The transport sector in India, is an evergreen sector.
Investments made into this sector are bound to reap profit in the longer run.
The connectivity via other modes of transport like railways, airways or
waterways are still limited to some places only and are not fully connected
with every town and city in India. Roadways still has the largest connectivity
of all. This made the trucks, tempos, lorries, freights, etc., the most
important means to transport for goods and services across the nation,
including the remote areas and the satellite towns of the cities. This in turn
makes the sector of manufacturing of trucks to spread its wing and grow
further.
There are several companies which are key players in the
market of the truck manufacturing, and their manufacturing units produces
verities of trucks and lorries for various purposes. It is to be noted here
that for type of truck depends directly to the type of products or goods which
will be delivered by it. I.e. different types of trucks and lorries are used to
transport different types of goods and services across the places. Some of the
biggest manufacturer of trucks of different kinds in the Indian truck
manufacturing market are given below.
1.
Tata Motors
The Indian multinational truck
manufacturing company, is the largest manufacturer and reputed company in India.
Tata also acquired many truck manufacturing companies of the overseas,
including Daewoo, the South Korean truck manufacturing company, which after
acquisition makes trucks with the joint name of Tata-Daewoo. The assembly
plants are located in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Sanand, Dharwad and Pune.
Along with that Argentina, South Africa, Britain, and Spain also have Tata’s
assembly plants for overseas needs of the company. Arguably, the company has
the monopoly in the Indian truck manufacturing business. Being the oldest player
the game and continuously making improvements in the products and services,
made its reputation that it has today.
Some commercial vehicles produced by
Tata are:
Tata Super Ace
Tata Prima
Tata 709
Tata 809
Tata 1518
Tata 3015
The products of Tata are now ranging from
mini tempo to heavy duty trucks. The trucks from Tata are sometimes modified by
the company itself depending on the route. The mines or places with high
altitude have high angle of elevation of the roads. For the vehicles running on
those route the engine capacity should by huge enough the pull the truckload.
Hence, the power of engine is increased for these routes.
2.
Ashok Leyland
Found right after the independence of the
country, the company is the second largest truck manufacturer of India. Primarily
manufacturing commercial vehicles, the company also manufactures automotive
parts and engines for the marine vehicles. The company is growing rapidly and
marking its presence not only in the field of trucks but also in manufacturing
the buses, tempos, minivans, etc. Initially it was Ashok motors, but it came in
collaboration with the British commercial vehicle manufacturing company Leyland
in around 1954. The partnership ended but Leyland continued to assist with the
technology. Nissan motors have joint venture with Ashok Leyland in India market
for the production of commercial vehicles. Advancement in the technology also
came with the collaboration of foreign ventures. Hythane Engines, CNG Engines,
Hybrid Engines, all are the result of research and development with sevral
foreign companies. In India, its manufacturing units are in Ennore, Hosur,
Alwar, Bhandara, etc.
The company also manufactures truck for the Indian
defence services for carrying either goods and services or the troops. Some products
by Ashok Leyland are:
Comet
Taurus 2516/2
Bison Tipper
Ecomet 912/111i
1789 Digger
3.
Mahindra & Mahindra
One of the biggest competitors of Tata and
Ashok Leyland in the commercial vehicle manufacturing market of India, Mahindra
& Mahindra is one of the largest manufacturers of the vehicles of the
country. It is also one of the largest tractor manufacturer of the world. Initially
the company started its production by manufacturing Jeeps and other Light
Commercial vehicles (LCVs) and tractors. Later on, the company realized the
potential of the market of the trucks and multi utility vehicles (MUVs) and
started their production lines to manufacture the trucks and lorries. The
company also began the production of two wheelers and electric cars in the
recent years. Passengers MUVs like Mahindra XUV500 is a great success by the
company. In commercial vehicles, the main target of the company is the market
of the Light commercial vehicles and agricultural vehicles. With the large
agricultural activity in the entire nation, the company has its somewhat
monopoly in the tractors market.
The company has assembly plants at Bangalore,
Haridwar, Nasik, Chakan, Zaheerabad, etc. The jeeps used in the defence
services and police services are made exclusively by the company.
4.
Eicher
The Indian commercial manufacturing company
has a considerable line of builds in the Light commercial vehicles sector. It
has collaborations with Volvo for the manufacture of commercial vehicles and
has several hybrid products in its account.
5.
Swaraj Mazda
Formed with the collaboration of Indian and
Japanese company Punjab Tractors and Sumitomo, Swaraj Mazda has concurrent
technical collaborations with other Japanese companies like Isuzu and Mazda. It
has expertise in the production of light commercial vehicles, small buses,
ambulances, water tankers, etc.
The company also exports the products to
countries like Kenya, Syria, and Jordan.
These are some of the major and worth
mentioning companies which collectively have 100% coverage of the presence of
commercial vehicle in the roads of India. The trucks ranging from the capacity
of 2 tonnes to 150 tonnes are available in the market for different purposes,
and all are produced by the companies mentioned above.
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