Indian Army orders 788 TATRA Vehilces from BEML worth Rs. 632 crores

[sudhir007]

Indian Army orders 788 TATRA Vehilces from BEML worth Rs. 632 crores

 

[Tshering22]

Why can't we order the same from an Indian supplier like Mahindra & Mahindra and TATA? I heard they're into this now. Why do our leaders have to go for foreign maal all the time?

 

[Speaker]

^^^ Isn't BEML Indian?

 

[navtrek]

 

[navtrek]

^^^ Isn't BEML Indian?

Ya it is

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, with headquarters in Bangalore. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, transport and mining.

 

[navtrek]

Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. [BEML]

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) incorporated in May 1964 with its corporate office at Bangalore and commenced operations from 1 January 1965. The production units of the company are located at Bangalore, Kolar Gold fields and Mysore in Karnataka. The company is engaged in the production of rail coaches, rail bus and DC EMUs for Indian Railways, Heavy duty trucks/its variants, crash fire tenders, heavy recovery vehicles, PMS bridges, earth moving equipment and aggregates for defence. Other major customers of BEML are Coal India Limited, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Associated Cement Company, Steel Authority of India Limited, the National Hydro Electric Thermal Power Corporation.

Bharat Earth Movers Limited is a premier ISO 9000 Company in India and the second largest manufacturer of earthmoving equipment in Asia. A three- decade-old multi-locational and multi-product company, BEML has vital applications in diverse sectors of economy such as coal, mining, steel, cement, power, irrigation, construction, road building and railway. It has expanded its product range to cover high-quality hydraulics, heavy-duty diesel engines, Welding robots and undertaking of heavy fabrication jobs.

A public sector undertaking, BEML commands 70% market share in domestic earthmover industry. Nearly 40% of its equity has been divested to financial institutions and public. BEML has its corporate headquarters and central marketing division in Bangalore.

BEML manufactures a wide range of products to meet the needs of Mining, Construction, Power, Irrigation, Fertiliser, Cement, Steel and Rail Sectors. The earthmoving equipment include Bulldozers, Dump Trucks, Hydraulic Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Rope Shovels, Walking Draglines, Motor Graders and Scrapers. BEML has recently introduced Road Headers and Slide Discharge Loaders for underground mining applications. Railway products include Integral Railcoaches, Electric Multiple Units, Rail Buses, Track Laying Equipment and Overhead Equipment Inspection Cars. BEML manufactures Heavy Duty Trucks and Trailers and hydraulic aggregates for transportation sector.

The company also manufactures high power diesel engines and heavy duty hydraulic aggregates to meet specific customer requirements. The company plans to diversify into varied activities including underground mining equipment, underground storage for petro-products, leasing and financial services and joint ventures abroad.

Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. [BEML]

 

[Speaker]

Ya it is

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, with headquarters in Bangalore. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, transport and mining.

Thanks, I was actually responding to Tshering22 for saying we should have sourced it from an Indian company.

 

[Tshering22]

^^^ Isn't BEML Indian?

Sorry guys. I though it was the Czech manufacturer we were talking about.

 

[KS]

Sorry guys. I though it was the Czech manufacturer we were talking about.

Everyone is partly correct.

TATRA is a Czech military truck manufacturer and this is license produced by BEML in India

 

[Justin Joseph]

BEML is Asia's second-largest manufacturer of earth moving equipment, and it controls 70% of India's market in that sector.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

^^^ TATRAs have been in service with the Indian Army since the 70s when they were imported from the Czech Republic as Tank Transporter Tractors. If i'm not mistaken they replaced ANTARs in that role though some KAMAZs were also in use. Since that time, TOT took place and a production line was established at BEML. The TATRAs have undergone some improvements/modifications since then, though cosmetically there are little changes. Another thing, TATRA dumpers are now popular in the civilian world in the mining industry. In the late 60s, BEML had set up a production line for KOMATSU (Japanese) Dozers, initially for the Indian Army, later for civilians as well. Another fact of some interest; at the same time as the TATRAs came, the Armoured Corps. got wheeled APCs like the BTR-60s and the SKOTs (6x6). They have long gone, while the TATRA remains. But those APCs were the nucleus around which the Mechanised Infantry forces were set up.

 

[brain_dead]

Indian Army orders 788 TATRA Vehilces from BEML worth Rs. 632 crores

something big is cooking up..
i guess we'll be using these trucks for our sams.

 

[Tshering22]

Everyone is partly correct.

TATRA is a Czech military truck manufacturer and this is license produced by BEML in India

In that case, my first comment is correct. Why consider license manufacture and paying royalty to a foreign company when our own companies have jumped into this division.