2. Outline
• History and Product offerings
• Tata Group & Corporate Responsibility
• Financial Analysis
• Tata’s Future & what impact, if any, for the
American auto market
3. History
• Started in 1945 in • The family founded:
Mumbai, India. – Ironworks
• Original production was – Steelworks
on locomotives. – cotton mills
• 1954 – hydroelectric-power
– First car rolled off of the plants
assembly line. • Are of their endeavors
• Tata’s are a family of have been proved to be
Indian industrialists and crucial to India's
philanthropists. industrial development.
4. History
• Tata Motors is India’s • Together both
owns the largest companies started their
independent company commercial vehicle
in India. operations in 1960.
• Mercedes and Tata • in 1986 the company
teamed up to create a created and sold the
truck line. first LCV
– First major business deal – LCV = light commercial
with another firm. vehicle
– Was the Tata 407
5. History
• Tata Motors decided to • Began creating new
pursue joint ventures. lines in the late 1990’s
– Cummins Engine Co., and early 2000’s:
Inc., was the first – Compressed natural gas
company to jointly buses
venture with Tata in – 1109 vehicle, used for
1993. commercial purposes.
– Manufactured a diesel – Ex-series
engine that had high
– Newly designed LCV
horsepower and emitted
called the 207 DI
less harmful chemicals.
6. Products
• Tata Indigo
– Created in 2002
– Mid-sized sedan.
– Different models run on
either normal gasoline
or diesel fuel.
– Seats 5 people.
– Same luxuries as
American made vehicles.
7. Products
• Tata Indigo SW
– Station wagon version of
the Indigo.
– Same basic features as
the Indigo.
– Seats 5 people.
– Different models fun on
different fuels.
– Different optional safety
features than other
vehicles.
8. Products
• Tata Indica
– Hatchback version of the
Indigo sedan.
– Easily affordable.
– Smallest in the line of
Tata vehicles to date.
– Seats 5 people.
– Same basic features as
the sedan.
9. Products
• Tata Safari
– Mid-sized SUV.
– Has a special engine
called DICOR.
• Direct Injection Common
Rail.
• Allows the engine to
intercool itself.
– Comes in either a 4x4 or
a 4x2.
– Can seat 7 passangers.
10. Products
• Tata Sumo
– Runs off of diesel fuel.
– Seats up to 7
passengers.
– Has a separate rear and
front suspension for an
optimal ride.
– Has two separate air
conditioners for the
front and rear of the
vehicle.
11. Tata Group
• 100 companies throughout 7 business sectors
•Engineering, materials, energy, chemicals, services,
consumer products, information systems and
communications
•Tata AutoComp Systems - Automotive
•Tata Steel - Materials
•Tata Power - Energy
•Rallis India - Chemicals
•Tata Realty and Infrastructure - Service
•Tata Tea - Consumer Products
•Tata Technologies - Information Systems and
Communications
12. Corporate Social Responsibility
•“A Company that cares about the future”
•Committed to corporate social responsibility
•Signed the United Nations Global Compact
•Plays role in community development
•Environmentally-friendly products and technology
13. Corporate Social Responsibility
•Two main concerns:
•Reduction of pollution
•Restoration of ecological balance
•Implemented soil and water conservation
programs
•Cleaner Engines
•Advanced emission-testing labs
•Developing alternate fuel engines
•Sewage treatment facilities
•Encourages tree planting
19. Growth and Expansion
• large Indian market
– Familiar with market
– Brand loyalty
• Fuel efficiency
• Mahindra & Mahindra- $1.88 billion
20. Debt vs. Equity
• Debt growth: $2.3 billion $4.1 billion
• Equity growth: $1.2 billion $2.1 billion
– 55 million outstanding shares
– ROE : 19%
• Debt/ equity ratio: .87
– Industry average: .58
– Cash now for growth
21. Growth
• Asset growth doubled since 2005
– Acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford
• Sales:
– $7.6 billion and grew 42.2% from 2006
• PROFITS!!
– $.95 billion on 2005 $1.5 billion on 2007
22. Cash Management
• Liquidity and solvency are good
• Inventory
• Improved cash management:
– 12% of assets in 2005
– 4% of assets in 2007