Apollo Tyres’ Chennai facility is gearing up to manufacture special tyres for the Indian defence forces that are currently imported by them at exorbitant rates, a top company official said. The tyres needed by the defence forces are unique in size and the volumes are low and there are few suppliers.“Apollo Tyres has been supplying bias tyres to the defence services from a long time now. Currently, we are in the process of developing new tyres for them, which will be produced at our Chennai facility going forward,” Satish Sharma, president, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA), Apollo Tyres said.