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TVS Motors
Company typePrivate Conglomerate (BSE)
Foundedin 1911 by Shri.T V Sundaram Iyengar
HeadquartersChennai, Tamilnadu, India
Key people
Mr.Venu Srinivasan Chairman
ProductsMotorcycles,Mopeds,Ungeared scooters, Automotive components
RevenueUSD 2.2 billion (FY 2006)
Number of employees
5,633 (2007)
Websitewww.tvsmotor.in

TV Sundaram Iyengar and Sons Limited (TVSs) is the holding company for the TVS Group of companies engaged in the manufacturing of almost all kinds of automotive components, best two wheelers and a few other industrial products. They are also into the financial services sector. The turnover of the entire group was close to $2 billion in 2003.

TVS was founded by T. V. Sundaram Iyengar in 1911.

It is the only automotive manufacturer in India to get the prestigious Deming Prize. One of its subsidiaries Sundaram Clayton was the first company in India to receive the Deming followed by Sundaram Brake Linings also getting the Deming Prize. This prize is "given to organizations or divisions of organizations that have achieved distinctive performance improvement through the application of TQM in a designated year."[2] Sundaram Clayton went on to be awarded the Japan Quality Medal.

The TVS group of companies is mainly situated in Padi, Tamil Nadu, in the outskirts of Chennai (formerly Madras).

TVS Motors

TVS Motor Company has its origin in SUndaram CLayton Limited, Moped Division, started in 1980. The factory was started in Hosur, Tamilnadu in southern India. The first product launched was a 50 cc moped, which appealed to the masses because of its capability to carry two people. In the same location, the same promotors started another company in 1984, in collaboration with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, for the manufacture of 100 cc motorcycles under the brand name of Ind-Suzuki Motorcycles. Subsequently in the moped division was bought by Ind Suzuki Motorcycles in 1987 and the company changed its name to TVS Suzuki Ltd. Even though the company started producing all kinds of two wheelers like mopeds, scooters and motorcycles, the collaboration with Suzuki continued for the motorcycles only. The collaboration with Suzuki Motor Corporation ended in 2001 and since then the name of the company changed to TVS Motor Company. The company now develops all types of two-wheelers through its own in house R&D facility and manufactures in three locations in India, Hosur in Tamilnadu, Mysore in Karnataka and Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. It has recently started a new manufacturing plant in Indonesia to cater to the South east Asian market. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Company is Mr. Venu Srinivasan who is the grandson of TV Sundaram Iyengar.

The major products

Motorcycles

  • TVS AX 100
  • TVS Fiero
  • TVS Samurai
  • TVS Shaolin
  • TVS Shogun
  • TVS Apache (150 cc,13.7 Ps @8500rpm)
  • TVS Apache RTR 160
  • TVS Apache RTR 160 EFI (Electronic Fuel Injection)
  • TVS Apache RTR 180 (17.3ps)
  • TVS Centra
  • TVS Fiero
  • TVS Fiero F2
  • TVS Fiero FX
  • TVS Flame
  • TVS Flame (125 cc,ccvti technology)
  • TVS MAX 100
  • TVS MAX R 100
  • TVS Star
  • TVS Star City
  • TVS Star Sport
  • TVS Supra
  • TVS Victor (110 cc)
  • TVS Victor EDGE (125 cc)
  • TVS Victor GLX (125 cc)

Scooterettes

  • TVS Scooty KS (60 cc) (2nd Largest used Scooter in India)
  • TVS Scooty ES (60 cc)
  • TVS Scooty Pep (90 cc) (3rd largest used scooter in India)
  • TVS Scooty Pep + (90 cc)
  • TVS Teenz (60 cc)
  • TVS Streak (90 cc)

Launch: 8 December 2006, Engine Volume: 65cc, Top Speed: 50 km/h, Mileage: 30–35 km/l, Colors: Black, Red, violet.

  • TVS Teenz Electric

Stepthru

  • TVS NEO 110

Mopeds

  • TVS 50 (The most used moped in India and its subcontinent, has been manufactured 11,26,325 (its variants and derivates included) times (August 2005) and still going on in service.
  • TVS XL (60 cc)
  • TVS Eco
  • prabhu madarchod(60 cc)
  • TVS Champ (50 cc)
  • TVS Super Champ (60 cc)
  • TVS Sport (70 cc)
  • TVS XL Super (70 cc)
  • TVS XL Super Heavy Duty (70 cc)

References

  1. ^ http://www.tvsmotor.in/pdf/Annual-report-2007.pdf
  2. ^ "Official Deming Prize website".
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