Mahindra Gujarat

Mahindra Group

Website	Mahindra Gujarat

Mahindra Gujarat Tractor Limited, acquired by Mahindra & Mahindra from the Government of Gujarat in 1999, is the oldest running tractor unit in India The Mahindra Group has a 60% stake, the remaining 40% being held by the Government of Gujarat.

Originally founded in 1964 in cooperation with Motokov-Praha (Zetor) of Czechoslovakia^[1]. The company is based in the state of Gujarat.

Way back in 1912, Bombay-based Mr. Pashabhai Patel used to import tractors, through M/s Pashabhai Patel & Co. After independence, he was asked to procure 500 tractors by the Prime Minister Sri Jawaharlal Nehru. Licence was issued to the company, which entered into collaboration with Motokov Praha Czechoslovakia, and the name of the Company was changed to Tractor & Bulldozer Pvt.Ltd. in the year 1964. Due to unavoidable problems, this company was handed over to Gujarat Agro in the year 1972, and its name changed to Hindustan Tractor Ltd. The company changed hands again in 1978, when the Gujarat State Government took it in its own hands and renamed it as Gujarat Tractor Corporation Ltd.(GTCL).After the disinvestment in 1999, it was renamed as Mahindra Gujarat Tractor Limited (MGTL).

Today, the tractors are sold under the Shaktimaan brand in the 30-60 hp range.^[2]

Mahindra & Mahindra has now incorporated the Shaktimaan Brand of Tractors of Mahindra Gujarat Tractor Limited (MGTL) as its subsidiary, and is manufacturing its 30 HP and 35 HP Models at its own plant at Nagpur, which are marketed by MGTL. For the other models, only the Engines are manufactured at MGTL plant, and the Transmissions are manufactured by M&M itself. Strict Quality Control is maintained by M&M. The Vadodara plant has also been renovated and modern assembly systems have been installed there.

MGTL

Mahindra Gujarat Tractor Limited (MGTL) has its Head Office at Vadodara (formerly Baroda), Gujarat. Sri S.O. Tyagi is the Head- MGTL, and Sri Balmukund Verma is the General Manager (Marketing). Mahindra Gujarat Tractor Limited (MGTL) is a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) since 1999.The Company was earlier operating as Gujarat Tractor Corporation Limited, promoted by the Govt. of Gujarat (GoG) in 1978, and was manufacturing & marketing tractors under "HINDUSTAN" brandname. The Company presently manufactures powerful & fuel efficient tractors in a range from 30HP to 60HP marketed under the "SHAKTIMAAN" brand.

MGTL is an ISO 9001:2008 and OHSAS18001:2007 certified company

The company has a very good Marketing network across India having 13 area offices and around 200 dealers.

External links

• Mahindra Gujarat Website
• Mahindra and Mahindra
• Mahindra_Group

References

1. ^ Report
2. ^ Mahindra Gujarat Tractor