IndustryMadras State (Congress era)
Madras Rubber Factory incorporated to make tyres
Madras Rubber Factory, begun as a balloon maker at Tiruvottiyur, was incorporated to manufacture tyres.
MRF was started in 1946 by K. M. Mammen Mappillai as a toy balloon unit at Tiruvottiyur, Madras, and began making tread rubber in 1952. Madras Rubber Factory Limited was incorporated in November 1960 to manufacture tyres in partnership with the Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company of Ohio. It went public on 1 April 1961. The company became one of India's largest tyre makers.
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