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ROYAL TYRES
Accreditations: RMI accredited, Workshop MIWA
accredited
VISION
To be recognised as a household name, turning the
wheels of our economy in the tyre industry, delivering
unmatched service and consistently exceeding user
expectations.
MISSION
Royal Tyres Team To cultivate growth opportunities and foster sustainability,
we pride ourselves on high-quality products, innovation,
Full Name of Company: Royal Tyres and unmatched service, dedicated to earning customer
Nature of Business: Tyre Distributors & Retailers loyalty.
Services: KEY PERSONNEL
Tyres - a vast holding of budget, mid tier and CEO: Jay Patel
premium branded tyres Director: Jasmeena Shiba
Mag rims & wheels Director: Pranav Patel
Wheel accessories (Wheel spanners, locknuts, valve Director: Akshay Patel
caps, etc) Director: Nayan Shiba
Shocks & other suspension components Director: Devu Patel
General motor vehicle spares & consumables CONTACT DETAILS
24 Hour tyre breakdown service
Fitting & Stripping of Tyres DURBAN
Mobile truck wheel alignment Physical Address: 1159 Umgeni Road, Durban
Retreading, rim and puncture repairs Tel: +27 (0)31 303 2933
Tyre Inspection & maintenance Services E-mail: info@royaltyres.co.za
Website: www.royaltyres.co.za
Date Established: 1939
Customer Base: Private individuals, commercial & fleet BRANCHES:
businesses, government departments & municipalities. Port Shepstone, Harding, Phoenix and Umgeni Road
FOCUSSED DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT as its ethos was founded on the principles of integrity,
customer service excellence, and competitive prices.
Royal Tyres, one of KZN’s leading tyre specialists is The three founding brothers, with their focussed
South Africa’s oldest tyre dealer, is celebrating its 84th dedication and commitment to offering the highest
anniversary in 2023. Royal Vulcanizing, as the company quality at the most affordable price, provided a
was previously known, was rebranded to Royal Tyres in solid foundation on which to build the business.
2018. Over the years, the company has had to deal with Consequently, the business has grown from small,
a multitude of industry challenges while negotiating modest beginnings, doing two retreads a day, into
the rapidly changing and often tumultuous political a thriving professionally run operation with the full
and social landscape of the city and the country. range of passenger, commercial, truck and earth
moving vehicle tyres.
Mr. Raman Patel was the founder of this independent
black-owned tyre business, which came into existence In 1973, Raman’s son and Royal Tyres CEO, Jay Patel
during the turbulent Apartheid era. Any other business joined the team. His parents had passed away within a
would have crumbled under the bureaucracy of such a year of each other just as he finished his schooling - and
biased system, but Royal Vulcanizing was different. The he found himself thrust into the family business with
family business proved to be a force to be reckoned with his cousins and uncle.
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