# GRI to quadruple tire production capacity with new Sri Lanka plant

Global Rubber Industries (GRI) is constructing a new tire manufacturing facility in Badalgama, Sri Lanka as part of a $100 million expansion plan. The plant will quadruple capacity to 750,000 tires per year and create 500 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-01-19
- Where: Badalgama, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 750,000 tires per year; 100 tons per day
- Products: agriculture tires, radial agriculture tires
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Global Rubber Industries](https://endata.com/companies/52627.md)

## Sources

- [tiretechnologyinternational.com](https://www.tiretechnologyinternational.com/news/factory-logistics/gri-to-quadruple-production-capacity-with-new-sri-lanka-plant.html), 2021-01-19: "The new manufacturing facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and is set to quadruple GRI’s current production capacity, bringing it to 750,000 tires per year and a total capacity of 100 tons per day."

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