The Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited

The Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited
(TATA Engineering) was incorporated on September 1, 1945, at Jamshedpur when TATA SONS took over "Singhbhum Shops" from the erstwhile East India Railways to produce locomotives and general engineering equipment.

In 1954, the Company embarked on the manufacture of Diesel Commercial Vehicles at Jamshedpur under a 15-year technical and financial collaboration ended in 1969, TATA Engineering not only became an independent producer of medium commercial vehicles with a negligible import content, but had also developed the capability of fully designing and manufacturing these vehicles in-house.

The Pune Works was started in 1965 with the acquisition of the Investa Machine Tool Company in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Industrial belt, about 20 kms from Pune.

The Company's head office is located in Mumbai. It has three major plants at Jamshedpur, Pune and Lucknow (started in 1992). A fourth plant at Dharwad has recently been restructured to operate as two distinct business units - one for commercial vehicles and the other for passenger cars.

TATA Engineering is India's largest and the World's sixth largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles. The Company, today, commands over two-third market share in the medium, heavy and light commercial vehicle segment and close to a fourth in the multi-utility segment. TATA Engineering also emerged as India's second largest passenger car manufacturer in the last financial year, achieving a sale of 82,836 passenger cars and utilty vehicles. The TATA Indica acquired a market share of 8.8% in the first full year of launch. A total of 199,115 vehicles (both commercial vehicles and passenger cars) have been sold by the Company in 1999-2000.

Over the years, TATA Engineering has been very conscious of its responsibility to the environment and the communities around its manufacturing plants. It has ensured that all effluents are fully treated, and has made great investments on its vehicles to ensure that emission levels meet or better mandated norms. The Company has consciously decided to lead the domestic industry in complying with international emission standards. TATA Engineering is amongst the first companies in the auto sector to introduce the stringent Euro I and Euro II norms well ahead of the mandated dates and, today, its entire passenger car and multi-utility vehicle range is Bharat Stage II (Euro II) compliant. The Company has invested in a joint venture with Cummins (the global leader in diesel engine technology) in a pioneering effort proactively designed to ensure state-of-the-art engine and emission control technology for its commercial vehicle range in India.

Tata Engineering is committed to maximising customer satisfaction and strives to achieve the goal of excellence through development, manufacture and sale of reliable, safe, cost-effective, quality products and services of international standards using environmentally sustainable technologies for improving levels of efficiency and productivity within its plants and ancillaries. TATA Engineering also has a commitment towards improving the quality of life of its employees, both within and outside its plants and offices, through improved work practices and social welfare schemes.

Tata Engineering has won the national technology award for successful commercialisation of indigenous technology for its small car Indica. The award, carries a silver shield and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs.