LAS VEGAS—Ralson India Ltd. will enter the U.S. commercial tire market next year, making its Ralson and Accelus brand truck/bus tires available for sale in the first quarter of 2023, the company announced at the SEMA Show.
Ralson—which prior to this was strictly a producer of tires for two- and three-wheeled-vehicles—also is staffing a team of U.S. sales and marketing tire professionals with a U.S. office in Franklin, Tenn., and naming industry veteran Jim Mayfield executive vice president of Ralson Tire North America Inc.
Brian Sheehey, former vice president/head of marketing for Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America (YOHTA), joined the company as senior vice president, Ralson announced in late November.
Ludhiana, India-based Ralson is sourcing the tires from a $350 million plant it opened earlier this year in Indore, India, and which is dedicated to producing tires for the U.S. market.