Eicher Motors
Company type | Public |
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ISIN | INE066A01013 |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1948 |
Founder | Vikram Lal |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products |
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Revenue | ₹15,037.29 crore (US$1.9 billion) (2023)[1] |
₹3,799.63 crore (US$480 million) (2023)[1] | |
₹2,913.94 crore (US$360 million) (2023)[1] | |
Total assets | ₹19,197.64 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2023)[1] |
Total equity | ₹14,990.28 crore (US$1.9 billion) (2023)[1] |
Owner | Siddhartha Lal (49.28%) |
Number of employees | 4,899 (March 2020) [1] |
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Website | www |
Eicher Motors Limited is an Indian
History
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Eicher Motors is a commercial vehicle manufacturer in India. The company's origins date back to 1948, when Goodearth Company was established for the distribution and service of imported tractors. In the year 1959, the Eicher Tractor Corporation of India Private Ltd was established, jointly with the Eicher tractor company, a German tractor manufacturer. Since 1965, Eicher in India has been completely owned by Indian shareholders. The German Eicher tractor was partly owned by Massey Ferguson from 1970, when they bought 30%. Massey Ferguson bought out the German company in 1973.
In 2005, Eicher Motors Ltd sold their tractors and engines business to TAFE Tractors (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd) of Chennai, the Indian licensee of Massey Ferguson tractors.[citation needed]
In October 1982, a collaboration agreement with
In July 2008, Eicher Motors Limited (EML) and
At present, Volvo Group owns 45.6% of VECV,
In 2012, Eicher Motors started a joint venture with American company Polaris Industries called Eicher Polaris to make personal utility vehicles, starting with Eicher Polaris Multix in 2015. This joint venture company ceased operations in 2018.[5]
Group structure
The Eicher Group has diversified business interests in design and development, manufacturing, and local and international marketing of trucks, buses, motorcycles, automotive gears, and components. Eicher has invested in the potential growth areas of management consultancy services, customised engineering, and maps and travel guides.
VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) Limited is a joint venture between
- Eicher Trucks and Buses
- Volvo Trucks India
- Eicher Engineering Components
- VE Powertrain
Vehicles
- Eicher DragonHook
- Eicher multix polaris
- Eicher Trucks
- Eicher Buses
- Eicher Tractors
- Royal Enfield Motorcycles
References
- ^ a b c d e f "BalSheet 31.03.2023".
- ^ "Annual and Sustainability Report 2016" (PDF). Volvo. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Investor Presentation May 2022" (PDF). Eicher Motors. p. 47. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Eicher Motors ends JV with US-based Polaris". The Times of India. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd". www.vecv.in.