Early History
Tornel was founded by Armando Tornel Murillo originally from de El Salto de Juanacatlán, Jalisco Mexico. Murillo entered the tire business when he was only 15 years old, while working as a tire seller at the same time he was studying in the night school of San Indelfonso in Mexico City. Years later, he went to the United States, where he pursued a technical career in Tire Engineering at Smithers Laboratories, and rubber technology at Vanderbilt Laboratories, gaining practical experience at Goodyear and Mohawk, both in Akron, Ohio. When he returned to Mexico during 1933, he partnered with his father and together they opened a tire-sale business with 27 employees, at a store located at Hidalgo Avenue number 91, in the historic downtown area of Jalisco. In 2008, Tornel was acquired by JK Tyres Ltd of India.
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