DUNLOP Acquiring New Technology DUNLOP INDIA is currently involved in major capital expenditure programmes to modernise its plants and this will be followed by diversification programmes to broaden the company's base of operations. Capital expenditure during the period ended March last amounted to Rs 39.17 crore. During this time, the company successfully completed the first phase of its modernisation programmes. In the tyre division, these were con- siderably assisted by the technical collaboration arrangements with Sumitomo Rubber Industries. In the industrial products division, the period saw the commissioning of the steel cord conveyor belting plant set up with the assistance of BTR Belting of UK.