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Sonalika Tractors is an Indian

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manufacturer. The company was founded in 1995 in

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. It is the 3rd largest manufacturer of

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s in India, with the capacity to produce 3.00,000 tractors a year, as of June 2017. The company has become the No.1 company in exports from India selling 35,000 tractors in FY 2021-2022 and is active in 135+ countries. It manufactures tractors ranging from 20 HP to 120 HP. The company is operated by International Tractors Limited, the flagship firm of

Sonalika Group The Sonalika Group is an Indian multinational company headquartered in Hoshiarpur, Punjab and is active mainly in the automobile sector. It is best known for Sonalika Tractors. The Sonalika Group is headed by Lakshman Das Mittal. * Internationa ...

. Sonalika Tractors wields about 11.7% market share of the Indian tractor industry.

owns a 70 per cent stake in the company while

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ese diesel engine manufacturer,

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hold 30 per cent stake. It was selected for the ' Champions of Change' 2017 programme organised by

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History

The brand Sonalika Tractors is owned and operated by International Tractors Limited, which was incorporated in 1969 . It was founded by Lachhman Das Mittal. It sold its first tractor in 1996. International Tractors Limited was incorporated on 17 October 1987 and began manufacturing tractors named as Sonalika designed by

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(CMERI). In 2000,

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, a French tractor maker, acquired a 20% stake in the company for 80 million

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(equivalent to $11.4 million in 2000) and formed a Sonalika-Renault joint venture to market its tractors worldwide. After tie-up with Renault Agriculture, the company started producing licensed Renault tractors under the Renault Sonalika International. However, the tractors are marketed under 'Solis' brand name while it is marketed under the 'Sonalika' brand name in India. In August 2005, Sonalika bought back its stake from Renault when

was acquired by

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's Claas Motors. In October 2005,

, a

ese company, acquired a 12% stake in Sonalika Tractors. In October 2012,

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bought a 12.5 per cent stake in the company for ₹520

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. The investment from Blackstone made the company valued at ₹4,200 crore in 2012. The market share of Sonalika Tractors was also increased from 7.8 per cent (in 2011) to 9.9 per cent in 2013. The company launched a heavy range

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tractor series called Worldtrac 90 in June 2013. In December 2016,

bought 18 per cent stake in Sonalika for about ₹1,600 crore. Currently, it owns a 30 per cent stake in the company after Blackstone exit. It formed a new joint venture with FAMAG in

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in October 2018.

Plants

Sonalika has the world's largest tractor manufacturing facility, in

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, Punjab. It is spread across 85

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s of land and has all manufacturing facilities, from the engine to assembly. The plant has a production capacity of 3,00,000 tractors annually. In May 2017, the then Chief Minister of Punjab,

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, inaugurated the integrated tractor manufacturing unit of Sonalika. The Hoshiarpur plant is also equipped with a robotic paint facility, which was introduced for the first time in the Indian tractor industry. Sonalika has assembly plants in

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Products

* DI, RX Series * WT Series * GT Series * Sikander Series * Customized Series (Chhatrapati, Mahabali & Maharaja) * MM Series * Tiger Series * Sikander DLX Series

Operations

It holds a 60% market share in

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, 22% in

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and 20% in

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. The company operates in over 120 countries and is one of the top Indian tractor exporters.

Awards and recognition

* In 2019, Sonalika Tractors won Best Tractor for Agriculture (Sonalika Worldtrac 600), Best Design Tractor Award (Sonalika's Solis 5015) at the Indian Tractor of the Year (ITOTY) Awards 2019. * In 2018, it won the 11th Global Agriculture Leadership Award from the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) in the Industry Leadership category. * It was selected for the

's ' Champions of Change' 2017 programme. * Sonalika Tractors received the ET Iconic Brand of India by

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in 2017. * Sonalika Tractors awarded The Best Quality Award by the

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in 2002–03.

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