![]() The most recent development at TMML is the new 12 m luxury intercity coach Magna which is a reflection of the company’s effort to take on the global heavyweights who have been dominating the segment. VP (CVBU), Tata Motors, at Tata Marcopolo’s Dharwad facility Ravi Pisharody, Executive Director – Commercial Vehicles, and Mr. ![]() Rohit Srivastava, CEO, Tata Marcopolo, Mr. VP, Head – Manufacturing Operations (CVBU), Tata Motors, Mr. Tata Marcopolo’s Dharwad plant has an installed capacity of 15,000 buses per annum while its plant at Lucknow has a capacity of 3,000 buses per annum, with a workforce of over 3,000 people. The advanced engineering and design facility with automated machine shops at TMML delivers accurate dimensions of bus parts, with a focus on developing world-class buses. Through the JV, TMML has acquired skills of product innovation, process innovation introducing world-class buses, with the most relevant global technologies. We got an opportunity to visit the TMML facility at Dharwad, which is also its headquarters, and interact with senior officials who shared details on recent developments at the company and its plans for the future. Within a decade, the Indo-Brazilian JV has delivered over 70,000 buses in India and abroad as it continues to drive growth in the domestic market. The country saw a major turning point in this regard in 2006 when one of the most important joint ventures in the Indian bus industry history was inked between home-grown pioneer Tata Motors and the Brazilian bus and coach major Marcopolo S.A. The Indian bus market is rapidly evolving from the bus body on truck chassis configuration to fully-built buses which are leagues ahead when it comes to performance, safety, comfort and connectivity and other aspects.
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