The company commenced manufacturing of construction equipment in 1961, as a division of TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company, now TATA Motors at its Jamshedpur plant. In 1984, it entered into a technical collaboration with Hitachi Construction Machinery for manufacturing hydraulic excavators. In 2000, HCM acquired a 20% stake in JV, which increased to 40% in 2005 and currently stands at 60%.The company offers the largest range of Hydraulic excavators under a single brand in India. It currently has manufacturing plants at Kharagpur and Dharwad.
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1961: Telco started the Construction Equipment Division. First excavator rolled out. 1984: Collaboration with Hitachi Construction Machinery for the manufacture of Hydraulic Excavators. 1985: The first Hydraulic Excavator UH083 launched. 1994: Construction Equipment Business Unit formed. EX70 Excavator Launched. 1998: New Manufacturing Facility set up at Dharwad. 1999: CEBU converted into a separate company – Telcon. 2000: Tata Motors and HCM sign JV for 80:20 stake in Telcon. 2009: New Manufacturing Facility set up at Kharagpur. 2010: New JV between Tata Motors and Hitachi with 40:60 stake. 2012: Name changed from Telcon to Tata Hitachi. 2018: Launch of the all new Backhoe Loader – Tata Hitachi Shinrai. 2019: The Dharwad plant Administrative Block receives the Gold Rating under IGBC's LEED New Construction Rating System.
Manufacturing Facilities
Tata Hitachi has two plants – Dharwad – Karnataka and Kharagpur – West Bengal. Set up in 1961, the oldest plant of Tata Hitachi at Jamshedpur manufactures large class excavators. Equipped with leading facilities from material preparation, fabrication, machining, shot blasting and painting to assembly, this plant houses world class equipment like robot and CNC machines and is a recipient of the TPM Commitment 2012-13 award. The Dharwad plant has been operational since 1999 and is a recipient of the Excellence in TPM Commitment award in 2012-13 by JIPM. The plant manufactures excavators up to 20T and Backhoe Loaders The Kharagpur plant set up in 2009 and manufactures 20T class excavators,Wheel Loaders and Dump Trucks A spare parts warehouse and Service Training facilities are integrated with both the plants to cater to Dealer and Customer requirements.
