Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE) is an
Indian
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agricultural machinery
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manufacturer based in
Chennai
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,
India
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. TAFE is the third-largest
tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...
manufacturer in the world and the second largest
in
India
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by volume.
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TAFE – Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, is an Indian
tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...
manufacturer incorporated in 1960 at
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, with an annual turnover of INR 10,000 crores. The third-largest
tractor manufacturer in the world and the second largest
in
India
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by volumes, TAFE wields about 25% market share of the Indian tractor industry with a sale of over 180,000 tractors
(domestic and international) annually. TAFE's partnership with
AGCO Corporation
AGCO Corporation is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1990 and with its headquarters in Duluth, Georgia, United States. AGCO designs, produces and sells tractors, combines, foragers, hay tools, self-propelled sprayers ...
and the
Massey Ferguson
Massey Ferguson Limited is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. The company was established in 1953 through the merger of farm equipment makers Massey-Harris of Canada and the Ferguson Company of the United Kingdom. It was based in T ...
brand for over 60 years is a stellar example of its commitment to building long-term relationships with its stakeholders, through fair and ethical business practices. TAFE is also a significant shareholder in AGCO Corporation, USA – a US $11.1 billion tractor and agricultural equipment manufacturer.
TAFE has a distribution network of over 1600 dealers which sells its tractor brands under four iconic brands– Massey Ferguson, TAFE Tractors, Eicher Tractors and
IMT . TAFE exports tractors, and independently, for use in farms in over 100 countries all over the world.
Besides tractors, TAFE and its subsidiaries have business interests in areas such as farm-machinery, diesel engines and gensets, engineering plastics, gears and transmission components, batteries, hydraulic pumps and cylinders, passenger vehicle franchises and plantations.
TAFE's plant at Turkey manufactures a range of tractors for distribution in
Turkey
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through AGCO's dealer network. TAFE acquired Eicher's tractors, gears and transmission components and engines business in 2005 through a wholly owned subsidiary, TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited (TMTL). With six tractor plants, an engines plant, two gears and transmission components plants, two engineering plastics units, two facilities for hydraulic pumps and cylinders and a batteries plant besides other facilities, TAFE employs over 3,500 engineers, as well as a number of specialists in other disciplines.
TAFE is a part of
The Amalgamations Group based at
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, one of India's largest light engineering groups, comprising 40 companies, involved in the design, development and manufacture of diesel engines, automobile components, light engineering goods, plantations and services.
See also
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References
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