Tata Group

Tata is one of the oldest and most respected business conglomerates in India and South Asia, with revenues in 2004-05 of $17.8 billion (Rs 799,118 million), the equivalent of about 2.8 per cent of the India's GDP. The Tata Group has operations in more than 40 countries across six continents, and its companies export products and services to 140 nations. The group takes the name of its founder, Sir Jamshedji Tata, a member of whose family has almost invariably been the chairman of the group. The present chairman is Ratan Tata, who took over from J.R.D. Tata in the 1990s. TISCO is now renamed as Tata Steel Limited while TELCO has become Tata Motors Limited.

The Tata group of enterprises comprises 93 companies in seven business sectors. 65.8% of the ownership of Tata group is held by charitable trust of Tata. [1]

History

TISCO, now Tata Steel was established in 1907 to set up India's first iron and steel plant in Jamshedpur. The plant started production in 1912. In 1910, Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Company was set up. In 1917, the group entered the consumer goods industry with the Tata Oil Mills Company being established to make soaps, detergents and cooking oils. In 1932, Tata Airlines was established. In 1939, Tata Chemicals was established. TELCO, now Tata Motors, was established in 1945 to manufacture locomotive and engineering products.

Business and Values

Tata Group's aim is to improve the quality of life of the communities they serve. The Tata family of companies shares a set of five core values: integrity, understanding, excellence, unity and responsibility. Tata Group has played a pioneering role in a variety of fields after India's freedom. It is widely respected for the initiatives it has taken in different fields for the upliftment of the country. Its contribution to India's education, science & technology, etc is widely documented and appreciated. In fact many of the renowned public sector companies in India and leading research organisations trace their history to Tata.

Engineering

*Tata Motors TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotives Ltd) is a company of Tata group of companies which produces automobiles for the Indian Market. Its products range for goods and passenger transport. It is now called Tata Motors. Seven out of ten medium and heavy commercial vehicles in India bear the Tata mark, widely trusted in India. The Indica V2 - India's only fully indigenously designed and manufactured passenger car - has been a great commercial success.
* Tata Autocomp Systems Ltd (TACO) is one of the newest addition to Tata Group of Industries. It is one of the fastest growing auto-components company. TACO has established joint ventures with a number of world renowned auto-component companies.
*Tata Projects
*TCE Consulting Engineers
*Voltas
*TAL Manufacturing Solutions
*Telco Construction Equipment Company
*TRF

Materials

*TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd) is India's first private Iron and Steel Company, and also the first company founded by J.N. Tata (the founder of the Tata Groups). Its works are located at Jamshedpur, with headquarters at Mumbai. Now Tata Steel.
*Tata Advanced Materials

Energy

* Tata Power is one of the largest private sector power companies. It supplies power to Mumbai, the commercial capital of India.
*Tata BP Solar India

Chemicals

*Rallis India
*Tata Chemicals
*Tata Pigments

Services

*The Indian Hotels Company
*THDC
*Tata-AIG General Insurance
*Tata-AIG Life Insurance
*Tata Asset Management
*Tata Financial Services
*Tata Investment Corporation
*Tata Share Registry
*Tata Economic Consultancy Services
*Tata Quality Management Services
*Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) is one of the largest consulting firms in South Asia.
*Tata Services

Consumer Products

*Tata Tea Limited is the world's second largest manufacturer of packaged tea and tea products. It also owns the Tetley brand of tea sold primarily in Europe.
*Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company
*Titan Industries manufacturers of Titan (watches)
*Trent (Westside)
*Tata Ceramics

Information Systems And Communications

*Tata Interactive Systems
*Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) is Asia's largest software company with 2005-06 revenues being over US$ 2.97 bn.
*Tata Elxsi is another Software company of the Tata stable. Based in Bangalore. One of the leading companies in the animation industry of India.
*Nelito Systems
*SerWizSol
*Tata Infotech
*Tata Technologies
*Idea Cellular
*Tata Teleservices
*VSNL, the Indian telecom giant, was acquired in 2002.Tata-owned VSNL acquired Bermuda-based (former Canadian crown corporation and Montreal-based) Teleglobe in 2005
*Tatanet
*Nelco

The Tata Logo

The now ubiquitous blue-coloured Tata logo was designed by the Wolff Olins consultancy. The logo was meant to signify fluidity; it may also be seen as a fountain of knowledge, as also a tree of trust under which people can take refuge.