Research Internship Guidance

Apollo Tyres Ltd.,

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Leading Global Tyre
Company

Leading Tyre Manufacturer
in India, Balanced Product Portfolioo Presence across India, Europe & other growing

economies of Asia

o Delivered above industry growth of 18% as thempany posted a consolidated revenue of USD 2.48
on in FY2019

Manufacturing
Across2 Continents
o Manufacturing presence in Asia&Europe

o Maintained leadership position in the CV tyresegment and built on the dominant position inthe overall TBR marketo Launched Apollo Alpha—'India's first zero
degree steel- belted motorcycle radial tyre’Mix of Global &RegionalBrands

ExtensiveDistribution
Networko ~6,200 retail dealers in Indiao ~3,550 dealer outlets inEurope

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Copyright �o Became the first tyre company in India tointroduce a range of fuel-efficient tyres in FY2019
highlighting the role played by R&D team increating first-to-market products

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World’s14th largest Tire
Manufacturer
Apollo Tyres is the Largest IndianTire Manufacturer by turnover(consolidated)
No1 in OEM supply 6Mn tyre perannumApollo at a Glance
Sales To More Than 100 Countries Worldwideoo

New Jersey, USAo

Sales & Marketing OfficePlant : Enschede, NetherlandsoLondon, UKoo

Global Marketing Officeo

Tyres: Passenger Vehicle, Spacemasterand Agriculturalo

R&D EA, Enschede & Frankfurto

New Greenfield :oTyres : Passenger Car & CV

Hungaryo300 MT per dayoDubai, UAEo

Sales & Marketing Officeo Bangkok, Thailando Sales & Marketing OfficePlants: Oragadam, Limda,Perambra, Kalamassery & Chinnapandurooo

1,700 MT per day
Tyres: Passenger cars, commercialvehicles, farm vehicles, OHVs
R&D APMEA: ChennaioProcurement OfficeMarketing Office
Manufacturing Planto Johannesburg,
South AfricaSingapore,

oKuala Lumpur,
Malaysia Sales & Marketing
Officeo Sales & Marketing Office

R&D Center
Procurement Office
Project Site

Global presence in line with the company’s vision of being a significant global player
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VISION
To be a premium tyrecompany with a diversifiedand multinational presence

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VALUESo Customer Firsto Business Ethics
o Care for Societyo Empowermento One Familyo Communicate Openly

Global R&D Key facts and figures• Two Global R&D centres : India (Chennai) , The Netherlands (Enschede)• OEM development centre : Germany (Raunheim)• 410 full time R&D Engineers & Researchers• Full product range player• Steady growth in R&D investment 1.81% on net Sales

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Productapollotyres.com

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Special Products
Air MasterSpace MasterATMS (TPMS)

RFID

Sensors & Systems

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Material
Materials Research with global partners

resinsilicacarbon black

Sustainable materials:
Aug 2012: First European tyre withDandelion Natural rubberapollotyres.com

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Patents:

DesignCavity &Tread Design

DesignAutomation

ProductStylingl Layout Preparationl Layout Parametrizationl Sidewall Rendering

MouldEngineeringl Mould Designing

IP documentation &Value engineeringl Design Registrationl Pattern Preparationl Material Selectionl Rapid proto type (RPT)l Tread pattern
paarmeterisationl Pattern Noise
Optimization

Capabilities : Softwares like Unigraphics, Catia, Autocad, Photoshop, Adobe illustrator/Corel draw
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Simulation

Ploughing

Vehicle ModelingLoad Variation

Pressure Distribution

Carcass Deflection

Pinch Cut

Aquaplaning

Snow Interaction*

Wear*

F Tire

1st Mode
74.2 Hz

Rolling Resistance

Footprint Pressure @ Various conditions

Modal Analysis

Vulcanization* Under Development

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Copyright �Apollo Tyres Global R&D Asia. All rights reservedCharacteristic Evaluation
One of the 11 labs in EU approved for RRC
testing as per ECE R117.
Foot print pressure
distribution

Thermography

Speed / Load Durability
with Camber

Rolling ResistanceTyre Stiffness

360 Wear Scan
Shearography
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X-Ray
Copyright �Force Transmissibility
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Dry Testingvv
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Dry handling
Dry braking
Pass-by noise
measurements
In-Cabin Noise
measurement.
Double lanechange test
Off road traction

NATRAX(Indore,India)
VRDE(Ahmednagar,India)

Winter Testing
Snow traction
Snow braking
Snow handling
Ice traction
Ice braking
Ice handling

Wet Testingvv
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Field Evaluationv

v Durability
v Wear Test

Wet handling
Wet Braking
Hydroplaning
longitudinal
Hydroplaning lateralWanaka(New Zealand)
Ivalo(Finland)

Gerotek(Pretoria, South-Africa)
Test Center Lelystad(Lelystad,Netherlands)
Nürburgring(Nürburg, Germany)
MMRT(Chennai,India)

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Wabco – TVS(Tamilnadu ,India)
Copyright �Nardò Technical Center(Nardò, Italy)

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Automotive Testing(Papenburg, Germany)

APPlus Idiada(Barcelona, Spain)

Product Certification

ECE – Europe

DOT

EU Labelling

DOT - USA
GSO / SASO – Middle East

SONCAP - Nigeria

Colombia

PVoC – Kenya
Uganda, Tanzania

INMETRO - Brazil
LATU - Uruguay

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QCVN - Vietnam
PS - Philippines

TIS - Thailand

SNI - Indonesia

University Collaboration
Global R&D Centre – Asia

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Copyright �Apollo Tyres Global R&D Asia. All rights reservedIndustry – InstituteCollaborative research projects with premier Indianinstitutes••

Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Kharagpur, Patna
BITS - Goa

R&D Centre is recognized as “Centre forResearch” by Anna University, Chennai,
India

Collaborative research projects with European and American institutes

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Internship..
Who we are looking for:
Talented, highly motivated students of Engineering,in Our Plant, Global R&D Centre in Chennai, India••••

Expect you to learn a lot
Take initiative in seeking new work
Own your assignment and deliver in the given time frame
Expect you to provide a somewhat fresh, new perspective

Research Areas

Graduate Engineering Interns• Advanced Materials• Tire Mechanics• Vehicle Dynamics• Sensor Technology• Manufacturing• Maintenance Engineering
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Copyright �Duration : More than 3 months
Post Graduate Interns / Ph.dDuration : More than 3 months
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