1946 - 1970
1946
Shed balloons
lamp-post
1949
toy-duck
1952
tread rubber machine
1956
tread rubber
anime-tyre
1961
1963
history-logo
1964
1967
aeroplane post-aeroplane-animation post-aeroplane-animation
1970
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milestone
1946

1946

K. M. Mammen Mappillai started MRF’s journey as a toy balloon manufacturing unit in a shed in Tiruvottiyur in Madras in 1946.

1949

1949

By 1949, the company was making latex cast toys, gloves and contraceptives and established its first office at 334, Thambu Chetty Street, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.

1952

1952

MRF’s venture into the manufacture of tread rubber in 1952 put them on the road and into the big leagues.

1956

1956

By 1956, within 4 years, MRF was the market leader of tread rubber in India with a 50% share.

1961

1961

1961 proved to be a fruitful year. MRF became a public company, established a technical collaboration with the Mansfield Tyre & Rubber Company based in USA and then the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. K. Kamaraj released the first tyre from MRF’s new pilot plant at Tiruvottiyur.

1963

1963

Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone for the Rubber Research Centre at Tiruvottiyur on June 12, 1963, commemorating the inauguration of the Tiruvottiyur factory.

1964

1964

MRF set up an overseas office at Beirut in 1964, one of India’s first efforts at exporting tyres and to build an identity. The MRF Muscleman was born.

1967

1967

MRF became the first Indian company to export tyres to the very birthplace of tyre technology, the United States.

1970

1970

MRF opened its second plant at Kottayam.

1946
1946

K. M. Mammen Mappillai started MRF’s journey as a toy balloon  manufacturing unit in a shed in Tiruvottiyur in Madras in 1946.

1949
1949

By 1949, the company was making latex cast toys, gloves and contraceptives and established its first office at 334, Thambu Chetty Street, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.

1952
1952

MRF’s venture into the manufacture of tread rubber in 1952 put them on the road and into the big leagues.

1956
1956

By 1956, within 4 years, MRF was the market leader of tread rubber in India with a 50% share.

1961
1961

1961 proved to be a fruitful year. MRF became a public company, established a technical collaboration with the Mansfield Tyre & Rubber Company based in USA and then the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. K. Kamaraj released the first tyre from MRF’s new pilot plant at Tiruvottiyur.

1963
1963

Pandit Nehru laid the foundation stone for the Rubber Research Centre at Tiruvottiyur on June 12, 1963, commemorating the inauguration of the Tiruvottiyur factory.

1964
1964

MRF set up an overseas office at Beirut in 1964, one of India’s first efforts at exporting tyres and to build an identity. The MRF Muscleman was born.

1967
1967

MRF became the first Indian company to export tyres to the very birthplace of tyre technology, the United States.

1970
1970

MRF opened its second plant at Kottayam.