Tata trucks production from Jamshedpur plant crosses 2 million units

Apart from Jamshedpur, Tata Motors also have facilities in Pune, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Dharwad, and Sanand in India. While their facilities outside India include one each in Argentina and South Africa. The Jamshedpur plant manufactures a range of 200 models of trucks which ranges from mixers, tippers, tractor-trailers, multi-axle trucks and special application vehicles, catering to civilian and defence requirements. These trucks are also supplied to South Africa, Russia, Myanmar, the SAARC region and the Middle East, apart from India.

Jamshedpur is the site where Tata started their journey into manufacturing in 1945. They started with manufacturing steel. By 1954 they were out with their first truck/commercial vehicle. Today, the Jamshedpur facility is a modern world class manufacturing facility. Commenting on this milestone, Mr. Karl Slym, Managing Director, Tata Motors, said, “We are proud that the mother plant of the company, from where our operations started, has today released its 2 millionth truck. We have modernised the plant through the years, which today produces our most technologically rich and high performing civilian and defence products, catering to customers across the world.”

Image Caption – below: Mr. Ravi Pisharody, Executive Director, Commercial Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors Ltd., Mr. Ajoy Lall, Head, Jamshedpur Plant, Tata Motors Ltd., and Mr. Karl Slym, Managing Director, Tata Motors Ltd. at the roll-out ceremony of the 2 millionth vehicle from Tata Motors’ Jamshedpur plant.

Photo 2 above: From (L-R), Mr. Karl Slym, Managing Director, Tata Motors Ltd. with Mr. Ravi Pisharody, Executive Director, Commercial Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors Ltd. at the roll-out ceremony of the 2 millionth vehicle from Tata Motors’ Jamshedpur plant.