Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company, with revenues of Rs.240 billion ($5.5 billion) in 2005-06. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment, and the second largest in the passenger vehicles market with winning products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. The company is the world’s fifth largest medium and heavy commercial vehicle manufacturer, and the world’s second largest medium and heavy bus manufacturer. The company’s 22,000 employees are guided by the vision to be the “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.
Four million Tata vehicles ply on Indian roads, since the first rolled out in 1954. The company’s manufacturing base is spread across Jamshedpur, Pune and Lucknow, supported by a nationwide dealership, sales, services and spare parts network comprising over 2,000 touch points. The company also has a strong auto finance operation, Tata Motor Finance, for supporting customers to purchase Tata Motors vehicles.
Tata Motors, the first company from India ’s engineering sector to be listed in the New York Stock Exchange (September 2004), has also emerged as an international automobile company. In 2004, it acquired the Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company, Korea’s second largest truck maker. The rechristened Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company has already begun to launch new products.
In 2005, Tata Motors acquired a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera, a reputed Spanish bus and coach manufacturer, with an option to acquire the remaining stake as well. Hispano’s presence is being expanded in other markets. In 2006, it has formed a joint venture with the Brazil-based Marcopolo, a global leader in bodybuilding for buses and coaches, to manufacture and assemble fully-built buses and coaches. Tata Motors and the Fiat Group have recently signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an industrial joint venture in India to manufacture passenger vehicles, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets; Tata Motors already distributes and markets Fiat branded cars in India.
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, Australia, South East Asia and South Asia. It has assembly operations in Malaysia, Kenya, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Russia and Senegal .
The foundation of the company’s growth over the last 50 years is a deep understanding of economic stimuli and customer needs, and the ability to translate them into customer-desired offerings through leading edge R&D. With 1,400 engineers and scientists, the company’s Engineering Research Centre, established in 1966, has enabled pioneering technologies and products. The company today has R&D centers in Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, in India, and in South Korea, Spain, and the UK. It was Tata Motors, which developed the first indigenously developed Light Commercial Vehicle, India’s first Sports Utility Vehicle and, in 1998, the Tata Indica, India’s first fully indigenous passenger car. Within two years of launch, Tata Indica became India ’s largest selling car in its segment.
The pace of new product development has quickened. In 2005, Tata Motors created a new segment by launching the Tata Ace, India ’s first indigenously developed mini-truck. The years to come will see the introduction of several other innovative vehicles, all rooted in emerging customer needs. Besides product development, R&D is also focusing on environment-friendly technologies in emissions and alternative fuels.
Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in engineering and automotive solutions, construction equipment manufacturing, automotive vehicle components manufacturing and supply chain activities, machine tools and factory automation solutions, high-precision tooling and plastic and electronic components for automotive and computer applications, and automotive retailing and service operations.
True to the tradition of the Tata Group, Tata Motors is committed in letter and spirit to Corporate Social Responsibility. It is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, and is engaged in community and social initiatives on labor and environment standards in compliance with the principles of the Global Compact. In accordance with this, it plays an active role in community development, serving rural communities adjacent to its manufacturing locations. With the foundation of its rich heritage, Tata Motors today is etching a refulgent future.
ZTIS: Zamil Tata (Int’l) Information Services (ZTIS), a joint venture company between Zamil Group and Tata Group Company was formed in 2005 which is in the business of serving, partnering, and delivering IT services to national economy with the mission to bettering quality of life for all. Its solutions and services symbolize world-class leadership in technology and outstanding performance in quality and productivity
Abdulla Mohammad Al-Zamil who is the chairman of ZTIS, is leading the company’s IT initiatives in the Kingdom. Zamil and Tata Groups envisioned to bring in the global best-practices in IT and ITES to Saudi Arabia.
ZTIS provides complete package of service and solutions to the Corporate and government sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the domains of consulting, enterprise solutions, engineering solutions, storage solutions, software products & services, system integration and turnkey solutions. ZTIS also provides local support for implemented solutions.
Business Areas: IT Services & Solutions: Services and solutions to customers across industries and business areas such as banking, financial services, insurance, telecom, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail and consumer goods, transportation, healthcare and life sciences, energy and utilities, and e-governance. Application development and maintenance services over the entire IT application lifecycle, including migration and reengineering, e-commerce and internet services, testing services, architecture and technology consulting, systems integration and packaged software implementation across multiple industry and technology domains.
IT infrastructure Services & Solutions: Services that includes complete outsourcing of IT networks, consulting and integration, Storage and hardware support and installation, infrastructure management, ITIL Processes.
Engineering Design & Solutions: Styling, concept development, product definition and design, and digital prototyping; solid and surface modeling; FEA (Finite Element Analysis), mechanism, and crash analysis; CNC(Computer Numerically Controlled) programming and CNC model generation; tool design and manufacturing; robotic simulation, factory layout and simulation. Mechanical product design for electronic enclosures, appliances and packaging, from concept ideation to implementation and tool design.
Infotainment Services & Solutions: By leveraging its unique mix of engineering and creative skills including 3D Computer Graphics, Animation, and Visual Effects, we offer services in Pre-Production, Production and Post-Production of content for niche markets of Advertising, Film & TV, and Gaming. The company has a vision of becoming the top IT Service provider in the region.
ZTIS has its head-office at Alkhobar with a kingdom-wide presence. It is driven by strong support from parent Groups’ and a commitment to ethical business practices.
