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Tata Motors Limited

टाटा मोटर्स�

Type Public

Traded as NSE: TATAMOTORS

BSE: 500570

NYSE: TTM

NASDAQ: TTM

Industry Automotive

Founded 1945

Founder(s) JRD Tata

Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [1]

Area served Worldwide

Key people Ratan Tata, Chairman

Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman

Carl Peter Forster, CEO

Prakash Telang, MD (India Operations)

Ravi Pisharody, President (CVBU)

Products

Automobiles

Engines

Services Outsourced Engineering and Design

Revenue $20.572 billion (2010)[2]

Net income $844 million (2010)[2]

Total assets $20.192 billion (2010)[2]

Total equity $2.224 billion (2010)[2]

Employees 50,000 (2010)[2]

Parent Tata Group

Subsidiaries

Jaguar

Land Rover

TDCV

Tata Hispano

Website TataMotors.com

Tata Motors Limited (NSE: TATAMOTORS, BSE: 500570, NYSE: TTM, NASDAQ: TTM) is a multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company).

Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of USD 20 billion in 2009-10. It is the leader in commercial vehicles and among the top three in passenger vehicles. Tata Motors has products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. The company is the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer, the world's second largest bus manufacturer, and employs 24,000 workers. Since first rolled out in 1954, Tata Motors has produced and sold over 4 million vehicles in India.[3]

Established in 1945, when the company began manufacturing locomotives, the company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954 in a collaboration with Daimler-Benz AG, which ended in 1969.[4] Tata Motors is a dual-listed company traded on both the Bombay Stock Exchange, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange. Tata Motors in 2005, was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual revenue exceeding INR 320 billion. In 2010, Tata Motors surpassed Reliance to win the coveted title of 'India's most valuable brand' in a annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times.[5]

Tata Motors has auto manufacturing and assembly plants in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Sanand, Dharwad and Pune in India, as well as in Argentina, South Africa and Thailand.

Contents

1 History

2 Acquisitions

3 Expansion

4 Subsidiary brands

4.1 Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle

4.2 Hispano Carrocera

4.3 Jaguar Cars and Land Rover

4.4 Joint ventures

5 Important developments

5.1 Tata Nano

5.2 Tata Ace

5.3 Compressed air car

6 Electric vehicles

7 Operations

7.1 Tata in India

7.1.1 Sales & Service Network

7.2 Tata's global operations

8 Products

8.1 Passenger cars and utility vehicles

8.2 Concept vehicles

8.3 Commercial vehicles

8.4 Military vehicles

9 Tata Motors technology and design subsidiaries

9.1 Telco Construction Equipment (TELCON)

9.2 HV Transmission (HVTL) and HV Axles (HVAL)

9.3 Tata Technologies Limited (TTL)

9.4 Tata Motor European Technical Centre

10 References

11 External links

[edit]History

Tata Motors is a part of the Tata Group manages its share-holding through Tata Sons. The company was established in 1950 as a locomotive manufacturing unit and later expanded its operations to commercial vehicle sector in 1954 after forming a joint venture with Daimler-Benz AG of Germany. Despite the success of its commercial vehicles, Tata realized his company had to diversify and he began to look at other products. Based on consumer demand, he decided that building a small car would be the most practical new venture. So in 1998 it launched Tata Indica, India's first fully indigenous passenger car.

Designed to be inexpensive and simple to build and maintain, the Indica became a hit in the Indian market. It was also exported to Europe, especially the UK and Italy.

[edit]Acquisitions

In 2004 Tata Motors acquired Daewoo's truck manufacturing unit, now known as Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle, in South Korea.[6]

In 2005, Tata Motors acquired 21% of Aragonese Hispano Carrocera giving it controlling rights of the company.

In 2007, Formed a joint venture with Marcopolo of Brazil and introduced low-floor buses in the Indian Market.[7]

In 2008, Tata Motors acquired British Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which includes the Daimler and Lanchester brand names.[8][9][10][11]

In 2010, Tata Motors acquired 80% stake in Italy-based design and engineering company Trilix for a consideration of €1.85 million. The acquisition is in line with the company’s objective to enhance its styling/design capabilities to global standards.[12]

[edit]Expansion

The FIRST generation Tata Indica V2's excellent fuel economy, powerful engine and aggressive marketing strategy made it one of the best selling cars in the history of the Indian automobile industry.

After years of dominating the commercial vehicle market in India, Tata Motors entered the passenger vehicle market in 1991 by launching the Tata Sierra, a multi utility vehicle. After the launch of three more vehicles, Tata Estate (1992, a stationwagon design based on the earlier 'TataMobile' (1989), a light commercial vehicle), Tata Sumo (LCV, 1994) and Tata Safari (1998, India's first sports utility vehicle). Tata launched the Indica in 1998, the first fully indigenous passenger car of India. Though the car was initially planned by auto-analysts, the car's excellent fuel economy, powerful engine and aggressive marketing strategy made it one of the best selling cars in the history of the Indian automobile industry. A newer version of the car, named Indica V2, was a major improvement over the previous version and quickly became a mass-favorite. Tata Motors also successfully exported large quantities of the car to South Africa. The success of Indica in many ways marked the rise of Tata Motors.[13]

[edit]Subsidiary brands

Jaguar

Hispano at the 2008 FIAA in Madrid

Land Rover

[edit]Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle

Main article: Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle

Tata Motors aimed to increase its presence worldwide. In 2004, it acquired the Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company of South Korea. The reasons behind the acquisition were:

Company's global plans to reduce domestic exposure. The domestic commercial vehicle market is highly cyclical in nature and prone to fluctuations in the domestic economy. Tata Motors has a high domestic exposure of ~94% in the MHCV segment and ~84% in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment. Since the domestic commercial vehicle sales of the company are at the mercy of the structural economic factors, it is increasingly looking at the international markets. The company plans to diversify into various markets across the world in both MHCV as well as LCV segments.

To expand the product portfolio Tata Motors recently introduced the 25MT GVW Tata Novus from Daewoo’s (South Korea) (TDCV) platform. Tata plans to leverage on the strong presence of TDCV in the heavy-tonnage range and introduce products in India at an appropriate time. This was mainly to cater to the international market and also to cater to the domestic market where a major improvement in the Road infrastructure was done through the National Highway Development Project.

Tata remains India's largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer and Tata Daewoo is the 2nd largest heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer in South Korea. Tata Motors has jointly worked with Tata Daewoo to develop trucks such as Novus and World Truck and buses namely, GloBus and StarBus.

[edit]Hispano Carrocera

Main article: Hispano Carrocera

In 2005, sensing an opportunity in the fully-built bus segment, Tata Motors acquired a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera SA,[14] the leading European bus and coach cabin maker. In 2009, the company picked up the remaining 79% stake in Hispano Carrocera SA for an undisclosed sum, making it a fully-owned subsidiary.

[edit]Jaguar Cars and Land Rover

Main articles: Jaguar Cars and Land Rover

After the acquisition of the British Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) business, which also includes the Daimler, Lanchester and Rover brands,[15] Tata Motors became a major player in the international automobile market. On 27 March 2008, Tata Motors reached an agreement with Ford to purchase their Jaguar Land Rover operations for US$2.3 billion. The sale was completed on 2 June 2008.[11]

In addition to the brands, Tata Motors has also gained access to two design centres and two plants in UK. The key acquisition would be of the intellectual property rights related to the technologies.

[edit]Joint ventures

Tata MarcoPolo released this low-floor bus in India and now it is widely used as public transport in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Lucknow.

Tata Motors has formed a 51:49 joint venture in bus body building with Marcopolo of Brazil. This joint venture is to manufacture and assemble fully-built buses and coaches targeted at developing mass rapid transportation systems. The joint venture will absorb technology and expertise in chassis and aggregates from Tata Motors, and Marcopolo will provide know-how in processes and systems for bodybuilding and bus body design. Tata and Marcopolo have launched a low-floor city bus which is widely used by Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Bengaluru transport corporations. Its manufacturing facility is based in Dharwad.

Tata Motors also formed a joint venture with Fiat and gained access to Fiat’s diesel engine technology.[16] Tata Motors sells Fiat cars in India through a 50/50 joint venture Fiat Automobiles India Limited, and is looking to extend its relationship with Fiat and Iveco to other segments. Tata has also formed several JV's with many small companies in various countries around the world.

[edit]Important developments

[edit]Tata Nano

Main article: Tata Nano

Tata Nano

In January 2008, Tata Motors launched Tata Nano, the least expensive production car in the world at about 120,000 (US $3000).[17] The city car was unveiled during the Auto Expo 2008 exhibition in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.[18]

Tata has faced controversy over developing the Nano as some environmentalists are concerned that the launch of such a low-priced car could lead to mass motorization in India with adverse effects on pollution and global warming. Tata has set up a factory in Sanand, Gujarat and the first Nanos are to roll out summer 2009.

Tata Nano Europa has been developed for sale in developed economies and is to hit markets in 2010 while the normal Nano should hit markets in South Africa, Kenya and countries in Asia and Africa by late 2009. A battery version is also planned.

[edit]Tata Ace

Main article: Tata Ace

Tata Ace was India's first mini truck

Tata Ace, India's first indigenously developed sub-one ton mini-truck, was launched in May 2005. The mini-truck was a huge success in India with auto-analysts claiming that Ace had changed the dynamics of the light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in the country by creating a new market segment termed the small commercial vehicle (SCV) segment. Ace rapidly emerged as the first choice for transporters and single truck owners for city and rural transport. By October 2005, LCV sales of Tata Motors had grown by 36.6 percent to 28,537 units due to the rising demand for Ace. The Ace was built with a load body produced by Autoline Industries.[19] By 2005, Autoline was producing 300 load bodies per day for Tata Motors.

Ace is still a top seller for TML with 5 lakh units sold to date (June 2010).[20]

Ace has also been exported to several Asian, European, South American and African countries and all-electric models are sold through Chrysler's Global Electric Motorcars division.[21]. In Sri Lanka it is sold through Diesel & Motor Engineering(DIMO) PLC under the name of DIMO Batta.

[edit]Compressed air car

Main article: Tata OneCAT

Tata OneCAT

Motor Development International of France has developed the world's first prototype of a compressed air car, named OneCAT.[22] In 2007, MDI owner Guy Negre was reported to have "the backing of Tata".[22]

It has airtanks that can be filled in 4 hours by plugging the car into a standard electrical plug. In 2008 MDI planned to also design a gas station compressor, which would fill the tanks in 3 minutes.[23] There are no gasoline costs and no fossil fuel emissions from the vehicle when run in town, but "the compressed air driving the pistons can be boosted by a fuel burner".[23]

OneCAT is a five seat vehicle with a 200-litre (7.1 cu ft) trunk. With full tanks it is said to run at 100 km/h (62 mph) for 90 kilometres (56 mi) range in urban cycle. There are severe physical arguments pleading against those figures. In December 2009 Tata's vice president of engineering systems confirmed that the limited range and low engine temperatures were causing difficulties.[24]

[edit]Electric vehicles

Tata Motors unveiled the electric versions of passenger car Tata Indica and commercial vehicle Tata Ace. Both run on lithium batteries. The company has indicated that the electric Indica would be launched locally in India in about 2010, without disclosing the price. The vehicle would be launched in Norway in 2009.[25]

Tata Motors' UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, has bought a 50.3% holding in electric vehicle technology firm Miljøbil Grenland/Innovasjon of Norway for US$1.93 M, which specialises in the development of innovative solutions for electric vehicles, and plans to launch the electric Indica hatchback in Europe next year.[26][27][28] On 17 Sept 2010 Tata motors presented to the DTC (Delhi Transport corporation). Four CNG - Electric Hybrid low-floored Star-buses to be used for Commonwealth games. These are the first Environmentally friendly buses to be used for public transportation in India.

[edit]Operations

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The Tata Safari DiCOR is one of Tata's best selling vehicles in India and also has been fairly successful in the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe

Tata has tried to revamp all its models in order to satisfy the consumer

The purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover is expected to help give Tata Motors gain a foothold in the European and American markets.

Tata relies on its subsidiaries for sales outside India. Seen here is the Range Rover Sport.

Tata Xenon is Tata's best selling vehicle in Europe.

[edit]Tata in India

A loaded Tata truck on a Rajasthan highway

Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company, with revenues of 35,651.48 crore (US$7.91 billion) in 2007-08.[29] It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment, and among the top three in passenger vehicles in India with products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments.[29] Tata vehicles are sold primarily in India, and over 4 million Tata vehicles have been produced domestically since the first Tata vehicle was assembled in 1954. The company’s manufacturing base in

India is spread across Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) and Dharwad (Karnataka). Following a strategic alliance with Fiat in 2005, Tata set up an industrial joint venture with Fiat Group Automobiles at Ranjangaon (Maharashtra) to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains. The company is establishing a new plant at Sanand (Gujarat). Tata's dealership, sales, service and spare parts network comprises over 3500 touch points. Tata Motors also distributes and markets Fiat branded cars in India. [29]

[edit]Sales & Service Network

Tata Motors has more than 250 dealerships in more than 195 cities across 27 states and 4 Union Territories of India.[30] It has the 3rd largest Sales and Service Network after Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai.

[edit]Tata's global operations

Tata Motors has been in the process of acquiring foreign brands to increase its global presence. Through acquisition, Tata has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand and Spain. Among these acquisitions is Jaguar Land Rover, a business comprising two struggling iconic British brands that was acquired from the Ford Motor Company in 2008. In 2004, Tata acquired the Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company, South Korea’s second largest truck maker. The re-branded Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company has launched several new products in the Korean market, while also exporting these products to several international markets. Today two-thirds of heavy commercial vehicle exports out of South Korea are from Tata Daewoo.

In 2005, Tata Motors acquired a 21% controlling stake in Hispano Carrocera, a Spanish bus and coach manufacturer.[14] Tata Motors continued its market area expansion through the introduction of new products such as buses (Starbus & Globus, jointly developed with subsidiary Hispano Carrocera) and trucks (Novus, jointly developed with subsidiary Tata Daewoo). In May, 2009 Tata unveiled the Tata World Truck range jointly developed with Tata Daewoo[31] Debuting in South Korea, South Africa, the SAARC countries and the Middle-East by the end of 2009 [31] santhosh In 2006, Tata formed a joint venture with the Brazil-based Marcopolo to manufacture fully-built buses and coaches for India and other international markets.[32] Tata Motors has expanded its production and assembly operations to several other countries including South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Argentina and is planning to set up plants in Turkey, Indonesia and Eastern Europe.[29]

Tata also has franchisee/joint venture assembly operations in Kenya, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Russia and Senegal.[33] Tata has dealerships in 26 countries across 4 continents.[34] Though Tata is present in many countries it has only managed to create a large consumer base in the Indian Subcontinent, namely India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Tata has a growing consumer base in Italy, Spain and South Africa.

[edit]Products

[edit]Passenger cars and utility vehicles

Tata Xover

Tata Nano Europa

Tata Starbus Low Floor 1610

Tata Marcopolo buses in the Delhi BRT.

Tata Sierra (Discontinued)

Tata Estate (Discontinued)

Tata Sumo/Spacio

Tata Sumo Grande

Tata Safari

Tata Indica

Tata Vista

Tata Indigo

Tata Manza

Tata Indigo Marina

Tata Winger

Tata Magic

Tata Nano

Tata Xenon XT

Tata Aria

[edit]Concept vehicles

2000 Aria Roadster

2001 Aria Coupe

2002 Tata Indiva

2004 Tata Indigo Advent

2005 Tata Xover

2006 Tata Cliffrider

2007 Tata Elegante

2009 Tata Pr1ma

2010 Tata Versa

2010 Tata Essota

2011 Tata Pixel

[edit]Commercial vehicles

Tata Ace

Tata TL/Telcoline/207 DI Pickup Truck

Tata 407 Ex and Ex2

Tata 709 Ex

Tata 809 Ex and Ex2

Tata 909 Ex and Ex2

Tata 1109 (Intermediate truck)

Tata 1512 (Medium bus chassis)

Tata 1612/1616 (Heavy bus chassis)

Tata 1618 (Semi Low Floor bus chassis)

Tata 1623 (Rear Engined Low Floor bus chassis)

Tata 1613/1615 (Medium truck)

Tata 2515/2516 (Medium truck)

Tata Starbus (Branded Buses for city, inter city, school bus and standard passenger transportation)

Tata Divo (Fully built luxury coach)

Tata CityRide (12 - 20 seater buses for intra-city use)

Tata 3015 (Heavy truck)

Tata 3118 (Heavy truck) (8×2)

Tata 3516 (Heavy truck)

Tata 4018 (Heavy truck)

Tata 4923 (Ultra-Heavy truck) (6×4)

Tata Novus (Heavy truck designed by Tata Daewoo)

Tata Prima (The World Truck designed by Tata Motors and Tata Daewoo)

[edit]Military vehicles

Tata LSV (Light Specialist Vehicle)

Tata Mine Protected Vehicle (4×4)

Tata 2 Stretcher Ambulance

Tata 407 Troop Carrier, available in hard top, soft top, 4×4, and 4×2 versions

Tata LPTA 713 TC (4×4)

Tata LPT 709 E

Tata SD 1015 TC (4×4)

Tata LPTA 1615 TC (4×4)

Tata LPTA 1621 TC (6×6)

Tata LPTA 1615 TC (4×2)

Tata Winger Passenger Mini Bus

[edit]Tata Motors technology and design subsidiaries

Tata has dozens of technology and design subsidiaries. These include the main ones.

[edit]Telco Construction Equipment (TELCON)

TELCON is a joint venture between Tata Motors and Hitachi, which focuses on excavators and other construction equipment.

[edit]HV Transmission (HVTL) and HV Axles (HVAL)

HVAL and HVTL are 85% subsidiary companies of Tata Motors engaged in the business of manufacture of gear boxes and axles for heavy and medium commercial vehicles, with production facilities and infrastructure based at Jamshedpur.

[edit]Tata Technologies Limited (TTL)

TTL provides Engineering and Design (E&D) solutions to the Automotive Industry. Tata Motors holds 86.91% of TTL’s share capital. TTL is based in Pune (Hinjawadi) and operates in the US and Europe through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Detroit and London respectively. It also has a presence in Thailand. Tata Technologies is a software service provider in the IT services and BPO space. Its global client list includes Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Honda, to name a few. It bought over the British engineering and design services company, Incat International Plc for Rs.4 billion in August 2005. Incat specializes in engineering & design services and product lifecycle management in the international automotive, aerospace and engineering markets. With this acquisition, Tata Motors will have closer proximity to its global customers and be able to provide a wider range of services.

[edit]Tata Motor European Technical Centre

Tata Motor European Technical Centre is Tata's subsidiary based in the UK. It was the joint developer of the World Truck.[35]

Manufacturing

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Tata Motors owes its leading position in the Indian automobile industry to its strong focus on indigenisation. This focus has driven the Company to set up world-class manufacturing units with state-of-the-art technology. Every stage of product evolution-design, development, manufacturing, assembly and quality control, is carried out meticulously. Our manufacturing plants are situated at Jamshedpur in the East,Pune and Sanand in the West and Lucknow and Pantnagar in the North.

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Jamshedpur

Established in 1945, the Jamshedpur unit was the Company's first unit and is spread over an area of 822 acres. It consists of four major divisions - Truck Factory, Engine Factory, Cab & Cowl Factories. The divestments in March 2000 hived off the Axle and Engine plants into independent subsidiaries viz. HVAL & HVTL, respectively.

The Truck Division boasts of two assembly lines. The main assembly line, measuring 180 m in length has 20 work stations with a vehicle rolling out every 8 minutes. The other line is dedicated to special purpose vehicles and for meeting the requirements of the Indian Army. The uniqueness of the Factory lies in its possession of

Advanced facilities for manufacturing long members comprising of a set-up of 5000 Tones Hydraulic press line, cut-to-length line for strip preparation purchased from M/s Kohler of Germany and a Camber Correction line.

Facility for hot forming of axle halves with a 3000 tone press and heating furnace.

Flexibility in manufacturing frames with an off line Proto-typing facility.

The Cab & Cowl Factory is equipped with state-of-art facilities like Centralized Paint Shop and Automated painting set up, Robot painting, BIW Fabrication of day & sleeper cabs for trucks, Articulates (Tractor/ Trailer), BIW Fabrication of Cowls for buses, and other miscellaneous applications.

The fully equipped Foundry, that the unit is supported by, supplies high-grade SG Iron castings for automobile components and excavators, and is rated as one of the cleaner, better and highly automated foundries in the world. It has an annual capacity of 42,000 MT of Good castings and makes, both, Gey and SG cast Iron casting. It manufactures all critical automobile castings e.g. Cylinder Block, Cylinder Head etc. It has a sophisticated Kunkel Wagner High Pressure Moulding line of a rated production capacity of 90 moulds/ hour. This is supported by a sand cooler and sand mixer from Kunkel Wagner. Its melting shop has Medium Frequency Induction Furnaces for melting and Channel Furnaces for holding. The pouring is done by a Channel Press Pour coupled with a Steam Inoculation Dispenser. The core shop has a state-of-the-art Cold Box Machine, making four cores per minute. It has elaborate sand and metallurgical laboratories. In 1993 the foundry was ISO 9002 certified by the Bureau Veritas Quality International, which was later followed by the more stringent QS 9000 certification from the BVQI in the year 2000. Currently it is certified as TS: 16949 by BVC.

The Engine Factory is responsible for the in-house manufacture of Tata 697/497 Naturally Aspirated and Turbo Charged engines, and the 6B series engines manufactured at Tata Cummins.

As one of the most modern forging set-ups in the Country, the Forge Division is equipped with a semi-automated forging line with 40,000 mkg Beche Hammer and state-of-the-art presses from Kurimoto of Japan. It produces critical forgings like crankshafts, front axle beams and steering parts for the automobile plant. The new forging line, installed in April 1984, has the capacity to forge front axle beams at 90 sec per piece and crankshafts at 120 sec per piece. Mechanical presses help produce a variety of heavy forgings. The sophisticated FIDIA digit 165 CC Graphite Milling Machine links shop floor machines to the design workstation. The Forge has been certified as ISO 9002 and QS 9000 by the BVQI.

HV Axles Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, is currently the market leader in medium and heavy commercial vehicles axles in India with an installed capacity of over two lakh axles per annum. The Company's product range includes Front Steer axles- both live and normal, Rear Drive axles and dummy/ trailer axles. It is currently the sole suppliers of M&HCV axles to the Jamshedpur and Lucknow plants of Tata Motors.

HVAL has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities for making all major Axles components such as Front Axle Beam, Stub Axles, Front & Rear Wheel Hubs, Differential, Axle Gears (Crown Wheel, Pinion, Bevel Gear & Shaft Gear), Banjo Axle Beam, Swivel Heads, Constant Velocity Shafts etc. For being in the forefront of cutting edge technology, HVAL has proven skills in manufacturing axles from component level to assembly & testing. As a TS 16949 company, HVAL encourages and continuously supports its vendor base to upgrade their Quality Management System to TS 16949.

HVTL was established on 13th March 2000 as a major subsidiary of Tata Motors by taking over operations of Tata Motors' erstwhile Gearbox Division. It is a leading manufacturer of automotive transmissions, components and engineering applications for a wide range of medium and heavy commercial vehicles. The Company has a capacity of producing 94,000 gearboxes per year which is being enhanced to a capacity of 120,000 Gearboxes per year. It provides products and services of superior quality, matching with the current economic and business trends in medium and heavy commercial vehicle markets. The Quality System of HVTL is certified under ISO/ TS-16949. In the environmental and safety front, it was ISO 14001 certified in 2004 and OHSAAS-18001 certified in 1999.

While making technological advancements, the social responsibilities are also taken up seriously. Tata Motors, Jamshedpur, plays an active role in serving rural communities surrounding its Works through various community centres. While striving to create a culture for self-help amongst the local populace, it has made significant progress in community and social forestry, sustainable development of wastelands, road construction, rural health and education, development of rural industries, water supply and family planning. A signatory to the UN Global Pact, it also takes various initiatives in human rights protection, labour standards, environmental issues, modern effluent treatment facilities, sanitation drives, soil and water conservation programmes, tree plantation drives, etc.

Pune

The Pune unit is spread over two geographical regions- Pimpri (800 acres) and Chinchwad (130 acres). It was established in 1966 and has a Production Engineering Division, which has one of the most versatile tool making facilities in the Indian sub-continent. It houses a Vehicle manufacturing complex which is one of the most integrated automotive manufacturing centres in the Country producing a large variety of individual items and aggregates. It is engaged in the design and manufacture of sophisticated press tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, metal pattern and special tools, as well as models for the development of new ranges of automobile products. Its capabilities have enabled Tata Motors to introduce new products and improve existing ones without resorting to imports of dies or fixtures.

Over the years, this division has developed expertise in design and manufacture of automated dies, fixtures and welding equipment. Its large design group is fully conversant with state-of-the-art CAD facilities and manufacturing facilities comprising of light and heavy CNC machine shops, jigs boring room, plastic template shop, wood pattern and model pattern shop, five axis precision machine tools and laser control machines. To cope with such a diverse range, four assembly lines have been established, one each for MCVs and HCVs, LCVs, Utility vehicles and one for Passenger Cars (Indica and Indigo).

The Passenger Car Division in 'K' block executes the entire process of car manufacture over five shops - the engine shop, the transmission shop, press and body shops, paint shop and the trim and final assembly shop. The shops are fully automated ensuring that there is minimal chance for error in the manufacturing processes.

After the car is completely assembled, it goes through several checks like wheel alignment, sideslip test, brake test, shower test, and a short test run before it is ready for dispatch. All systems such as materials management, maintenance and other activities are computerized, enabling smooth operations and minimum inventory needs.

The Electronics Division is engaged in the production of a wide variety of Machine Tool Controllers, PLCs, Test rig instrumentation, Servomotors, Proximity Switches. In addition, it has developed a number of components such as flashers, horns, timers that are used in Tata Motors' vehicles.

Industry experts rate the fully automated Foundries at Chinchwad and Maval among the best, worldwide. The Iron Foundry at Chinchwad produced 37,000 Tons of high precision castings in 2006-07 while the Iron Foundry at Maval produced 14000 Tons of spheroidal Iron castings in 2006-07. These include Cylinder Blocks, Cylinder Heads, Gear Box Housing, etc. To dispense with the need for outsourcing, an Aluminium Foundry with an annual capacity of 3,300 tonnes has been established.

Lucknow

Tata Motors Lucknow is one of the youngest production facilities among all the Tata Motors locations and was established in 1992 to meet the demand for Commercial Vehicles in the Indian market. The state-of-the-art plant is strongly backed by an Engineering Research Centre and Service set-up to

support with latest technology and cater to the complexities of automobile manufacturing. Fully Built Vehicle business, which is one of the fast growing areas of our business, is also established in Lucknow.

Our plant, rolls out commercial vehicles and is specialised in the designing and manufacturing of a range of modern buses which includes Low-floor, Ultra Low-floor, CNG & RE Buses.

The Lucknow facility also specialises in manufacturing HCBS (High capacity Bus System) buses.

In light of Company’s aggressive growth plans, we are currently in expansion phase and production at Lucknow would grow many-fold in near future. The expansion shall be in the areas of painting, welding, vehicle assembly & testing and utility services, driven by latest technology. To achieve these plans we invite people who have good Technical Knowledge, seek Challenging Opportunities and have a Drive for Engineering Excellence to come and partner us in our journey.

Pantnagar

The Company has set up a plant for its mini-truck Ace and the passenger carrier Magic (based on the Ace platform) at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand. The plant began commercial production in August 2007. This is the company's fourth plant, after Jamshedpur (commercial vehicles), Pune (commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles) and Lucknow (commercial vehicles). The plant is spread over 953 acres, of which 337 acres is occupied by the vendor park.

State-of-the-art facilities include weld shops, paint shops, engine and gear box shops and assembly lines. The Company has invested over Rs.1000 crores in the plant. Vendors for the vehicle have made additional investments to set up their plants in the vendor park adjoining the plant. The operation has generated about 7500 direct and indirect jobs in the plant, among vendors and service providers in the area.

Sanand

Tata Motors’ plant for the Tata Nano at Sanand, in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, marks the culmination of the Company’s goal of making the Tata Nano available to hundreds of thousands of families, desirous of the car a safe, affordable and environmental friendly mode of transport. The capacity of the plant, to begin with, will be 250,000 cars per year to be achieved in phases, and with

some balancing is expandable up to 350,000 cars per year. Provision for further capacity expansion has also been incorporated in this location.

Built in a record time of 14 months starting November 2008, the integrated facility comprises Tata Motors’ own plant, spread over 725 acres, and an adjacent vendor park, spread over 375 acres, to house key component manufacturers for the Tata Nano.

In line with latest world-class manufacturing practices, the Tata Nano plant has been equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. They include sophisticated robotics and high speed production lines. Conscious of the critical need of environment protection, the plant has energy-efficient motors, variable frequency drives, and systems to measure and monitor carbon levels. These are supplemented with extensive tree plantation, sustainable water sourcing through water harvesting and ground water recharging and harnessing solar energy for illumination.