Brief Profile:
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1945 |
Founder(s) | JRD Tata |
Headquarters | Mumbai, |
Key people | Ratan Tata, Chairman Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman Carl Peter Forster, CEO Prakash Telang, MD ( |
Products | Automobiles Engines |
Services | Outsourced Engineering and Design |
Revenue | $20 billion (2009) |
Operating income | $10.40 billion (2009) |
Net income | $1.198 billion (2009) |
Total assets | $15.430 billion (2009) |
Total equity | $763 million (2009) |
Parent | Tata Group |
Subsidiaries | Jaguar Land Rover TDCV Hispano Carrocera |
Website | http://www.tatamotors.com/ |
Introduction:
The company's 24,000 employees are guided by the vision to be "best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value system and ethics."
Established in 1945, Tata Motors' presence indeed cuts across the length and breadth of India India is spread across Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow Maharashtra ) to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains. The company is establishing a new plant at Sanand (Gujarat ). The company's dealership, sales, services and spare parts network comprises over 3500 touch points; Tata Motors also distributes and markets Fiat branded cars in India
Tata Motors, the first company from India UK , South Korea , Thailand and Spain South Korea South Korea India Thailand to manufacture and market the company's pickup vehicles in Thailand Thailand ) has begun production of the Xenon pickup truck, with the Xenon having been launched in Thailand
Tata Motors is also expanding its international footprint, established through exports since 1961. The company's commercial and passenger vehicles are already being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia and South America . It has franchisee/joint venture assembly operations in Kenya , Bangladesh , Ukraine , Russia , Senegal and South Africa
Joint Venture, Subsidiary and Associate Companies
Tata Motors has several joint venture, subsidiary and associate companies:
Manufacturing:
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 in the West and Lucknow
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The Pune unit is spread over 2 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. ... (more)
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... (more)
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... (more)
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... (more)
Research & Development:
Research provides the much-needed inspiration for the birth of new ideas, which in turn breathes new life into products. World-class automotive research and development are key factors that contribute to the leadership of the Company.
Engineering Research Centre (ERC):
The Research Centre atJamshedpur
The Research Centre at
The Engineering Research Centre in Pune was setup in 1966 and is among the finest in the country. It has been honoured with two prestigious awards - 'The DSIR National Award for R&D Effort in Industry - 1999' and 'National Award for Successful Commercialisation of Indigenous Technology by an Industrial Concern - 2000.'
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