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Engineering |
Telco or Tata Engineering as it is
popularly known was incorporated in 1945, to manufacture
steam locomotives. In 1954, the Company diversified
into automobile manufacture, through collaboration
with Daimler-Benz for the manufacture of
commercial vehicles. 
By the time the collaboration ended in 1969, Telco
had become an independent producer of medium commercial
vehicles (MCVs) with negligible import content,
but had developed the capability of designing and
developing such vehicles. The Company progressively
widened its product range to cover heavy commercial
vehicles (HCVs) and light commercial vehicles (LCVs),
implementing one expansion program after another.
To sustain the unrelenting pace of its growth, Telco
added machining, press and assembly capacities,
set up its own forge and foundries, and virtually
created the country's automobile ancillary industry.
The Company even developed facilities for designing
and manufacturing state-of-the-art machine tools,
material handling equipment, dies and fixtures.
To accommodate the Company's growing activity base,
a large, modern complex has been set up at Pune
and a new plant has now become operational at Lucknow.
The widely successful Tata Indica, which
is Euro 1 and 2 compliant, is the country's first
indigenously designed, developed and manufactured
passenger car. The Company also makes several other
passenger vehicles, including the Safari, the
Sumo, the Sierra, the Tata Estate, and the Tata
mobile pick-up. All these vehicles
have been developed in-house by the Company's own
R&D Centre. This Centre has been equipped with
the latest computer-aided design hardware and software,
enabling the Company to respond quickly to changing
customer needs, both in India and abroad.
Address: Block Telco Road Pimpri
400 018
Phone: 746 0629 |
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