Tata Motors Limited (Formerly known Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd), was incorporated in September, 1945 and is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks and defence vehicles. In July, 2003, Company name was changed from Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited to Tata Motors Limited.
The Company designs, manufactures and sells a wide range of automotive vehicles. It manufactures engines for industrial and marine applications. As India's largest automobile company and part of the USD 37 billion Tata Group, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 86 subsidiary and associate companies, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea.
Its manufacturing plants are situated at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), Dharwad (Karnataka) and Sanand (Gujarat). Through their subsidiaries and associate companies, it operates into the UK, South Korea, Thailand and Spain.
In year 1948, the Company introduced steam road roller in collaboration with Marshall Sons (UK). In the year 1954, they made collaboration with Daimler Benz AG, West Germany for manufacturing medium commercial vehicles. In the year 1959, they set up a Research and Development Centre at Jamshedpur. In the year 1961, they started to export their products and the fist truck being shipped to Sri Lanka.
In the year 1966, the company set up the Engineering Research Centre at Pune to provide impetus to automobile Research and Development. In the year 1977, they manufactured first commercial vehicle in Pune. In the year 1983, they commenced manufacturing of Heavy Commercial Vehicle. In the year 1985, the company produced first hydraulic excavator in collaboration with Hitachi. In the year 1986, they produced the indigenously designed light commercial vehicle Tata 407 followed by 608. In the yea