Goodyear looking at India with “renewed interest”

New Delhi – US-based tire maker Goodyear is looking at India with 'renewed interest', expecting to grow significantly in the country which is one of its biggest markets in Asia, according to a report by Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.

"With the new government bringing in reforms, there is a positive feeling... India is now seen with a renewed interest at the corporation level, absolutely," Goodyear India vice chairman & managing director Rajeev Anand told PTI.

Outlining the company's ambitions, he said: "We want to be in the top two to three players in the passenger car tire market in India." While he did not share any figures, Anand said Goodyear India has been on a steady growth path in the last three-four years.

Goodyear has two manufacturing plants at Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Ballabgarh in Haryana in India.