Automobiles

1. Ideal Jawa
   Makers of the famous Yezdi motorbike. The factory is located in Mysore.
   
   
2. MOTOR INDUSTRIES CO. LTD.[MICO]
   Incorporated:1951
   Regd. Office: Hosur Road, Adugodi,
   Bangalore- 560030
   Telex: +91-845-2203, 2797
   Objects And Activities: Manufacture of fuel injection pumps, spark plugs, elements & delivery valves, nozzles, holders, filters and filter inserts, glow plugs, glow indicators, glow resistors, starter motors, wipers and small motors, distributors and ignition coils.
   The company has technical collaboration with M/s. Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany.
    
3. Reva
   # 38, Maini Sadan, 7th cross, Lavelle road, Bangalore-560001
   Phones: +91-(80) 22271146, 22271151
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   Reva will be India's first Electric Car (EV). It is highly Economical and very environment friendly.

4. TVS Motor Company

   TVS has a manufacturing unit in Mysore and Hosur.

   They will manufacture two wheelers, three and four wheel (quadra cycles) automotive vehicles with an invesment of Rs 500 crore at Nanjangud in Mysore district. This is the second unit in Mysore, which will manufacture 500,000 vehicles per annum. This was announced on April 22, 2003.

   On August 20, 2003 TVS announced that they will come out with three wheeler in 18 months. For this new biz segment they would acquire 500 acres of land near Mysore. The new biz will increase the staff strength from 1,300 to 2,000 in Mysore.

5. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd.
   Plot No.1, Bidadi Industrial Area,
   Ramanagar Taluk,
   Bangalore 562109
   
   
6. VST TILLERS TRACTORS LTD.
   Incorporated: 1967
   Regd. Office & Factory: Plot #1, Dyavasandra Industrial Layout,
   Whitefield Road, Mahadevapura Post
   Bangalore-560048
   Tel: 91-80-2510805, 510806   Telex: +91-845-8502 VTTL IN
   Chairman: V.T.Velu
   Objects And Activities: Manufacture of Mitsubishi Shakti Power Tillers, tractors and diesel engines in joint venture with M/s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan, M/s Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Co.Ltd., Japan and M/s Mitsubishi Corp., Japan
    
7. Volvo India Ltd.
   Yalachahally Village
   Tavarekere Post
   Hosakote Village,
   Bangalore 562122
   Phone: +91-80-27965251-60
   Fax: +91-80-27965280

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• Continental to set up new plant in Bangalore
  German car components manufacturer Continental AG said it will invest Rs 100 crore in a new plant in Bangalore and focus on building more components for low-cost car makers in emerging markets like India.
  
  
• Mitsubishi-VST joint venture for diesel engines
  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (MHI), Tokyo, Japan and VST Tillers Tractors Limited (VTTL) today forged a joint venture to manufacture small size diesel engines upto 50 HP at VST Tillers plant in Mysore.

  Announcing the Joint Venture A T Nahender, Director, MHI-VST Diesel Engines, said the first phase of the project estimated to cost Rs 41.5 crore would have a plant capacity of 30,000 units and production would start by May, next year. It was planned to commence knock down production in December 2007 and gradually increase the indigenous content.
  
  

• Tata Luxury and Small bus plant in Dharwad soon
  Karnataka Industries Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu today informed the Legislative Council that Tata Motors has proposed to establish a new unit for manufacturing Luxury and small buses in Dharwad. Replying to Basavraj Bommai (JD), he said the company also proposes to manufacture Light Commercial Vehicles. Under the proposal, the company intends to invest Rs 2044 Crore.
  
  
• TVS launches new 160cc Apache RTR
  Energising the sluggish motorcycle market in the country, TVS Motor Company today launched its new offering 160cc Apache RTR (Racing Throttle Response), the first of its kind in the country, and aimed to cross One Million mark sales in bikes this year.

  Company President K N Radhakrishnan, unveiling the new vehicle, an upgrade of 150 cc Apache launched last year, told newsmen here that TVS Motor aimed to garner 25 per cent of the market share of around 60,000 to 65,000 vehicles in the premium segment this fiscal.
  
  

• Toyota sets up Technical Training Institute
  Toyota today announced setting up of Toyota Technical Training Institute (TTTI) for training of students and improving their employability. The purpose of establishing the Institute was to offer an opportunity to acquire special skills of "Monozukuri" ("skilled manufacturing"), for those students who have the talent but cannot go for higher education due to economic reasons.
  
  
• State may get Tata car unit
  The Tata Motors is understood to be seriously considering a location in Karnataka — either near Mysore or Dharwad – as one of the assembling units for its ambitious small car project. The car – which the Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata wants to sell at Rs 1 lakh – may hit the Indian roads in 2008 or 2009.
  
  
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