Tube Investments of India Limited (Initially established as TI Cycles of India Limited, Madras) is a

Murugappa Group Murugappa Group is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1900. The Group has 28 businesses including nine companies listed on the NSE and the BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Chol ...

company that specializes in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

bicycles A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bic ...

, metal formed products, and

chain A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A c ...

s. It is based in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. It was incorporated as ''TI Cycles of India Limited'' in 1949, as a joint venture company.

History

* 1949: Established

TI Cycles of India Tube Investments of India Limited (Initially established as TI Cycles of India Limited, Madras) is a Murugappa Group company that specializes in engineering, bicycles, metal formed products, and chains. It is based in Chennai. It was incorpo ...

Limited (present day Tube Investments of India Limited) in association with Tube Investments Limited, UK (present day

TI Group TI Group plc (formerly "Tube Investments") was a holding company for specialised engineering companies. It was based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It was registered as ''Tube Investments'' in 1919, combining the seamless steel tube businesses of T ...

) * 1955: Established

Tube Products of India Tube Products of India (TPI) ''a Unit of Tube Investments of India Ltd''. is a steel tubes manufacturer based in India. History Tube Investments of India is a flagship company of Murugappa Group. Tube Products of India was established in co ...

Limited in association with Tube Products (Old Bury) Limited, UK * 1960: :*Established TI Diamond Chains Limited in association with Diamond Chain Company (Usa) :*Established TI Miller in association with Miller, UK * 1965: Established TI Metal Forming * 1990: Acquired Press Metal Corporation * 1993: TIDC acquired Satavahana Chains * 1999: TPI acquired Steel Strips And Tubes Limited * 2001: :*TII acquired Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited :*Established

Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd (Chola MS) is an Indian insurance firm and a joint venture between the Murugappa Group, an Indian conglomerate, and the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, a Japanese insurance company. The firm prod ...

Company Ltd * 2010: TI India acquired French chain manufacturer Sedis *In 2012, Tube Investments bought a 44.12% controlling stake in

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

-based Shanthi Gears for 292 crore. *In 2014, the large diameter tubing plant was inaugurated

Current major divisions

The major divisions now are: *

(TICI) * BSA Motors (BSAM) *

(TPI) * TI Diamond Chains (TIDC) * TI Metal Forming (TIMF) * Shanti Gears * TI TMT Macho Hercules Cycle of India in Antique Shop for $380

TI Cycles of India

TI Cycles of India (a unit of Tube Investments of India Ltd.) is a bicycle manufacturer based in India. Established in 1949 by the Murugappa Group and Sir Ivan Stedeford of Tube Investments Group in UK, TI Cycles is the maker of brands like

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

, BSA and

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

cycles. Currently it is the first largest cycle manufacturer in India and number one manufacturer in special segments like mountain bikes, sports lite roadsters, racing bikes etc. It has a manufacturing capacity of around three million bicycles per year. Of late, TI Cycles has begun to sponsor a variety of cycling events, one of them being the 900+ km Tour of Nilgiris, through its brand BSA. TI Cycles of India brands: * TI Cycles * BSA * Hercules * Philips Cycles * Track & Trail * Montra * Roadeo Track and Trail India is an initiative of TI Cycles India with the objective to bring brands such as Bianchi, Schwinn, Cannondale, Ducati, etc. to the Indian market. TI Cycles of India has manufacturing plants at: * Ambattur, Chennai * Nasik, Maharashtra * Noida, Uttar Pradesh * Rajpura, Punjab

Tube Products of India (TPI)

(TPI) ''a Unit of

Tube Investments of India Ltd Tube Investments of India Limited (Initially established as TI Cycles of India Limited, Madras) is a Murugappa Group company that specializes in engineering, bicycles, metal formed products, and chains. It is based in Chennai. It was incorpora ...

''. is a steel tubes manufacturer based in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Tube Investments of India is a flagship company of

. Tube Products of India established in the year 1955 in collaboration with Tube Products (Old Bury) Limited, UK to produce

Electric resistance welding Electric resistance welding (ERW) is a welding process where metal parts in contact are permanently joined by heating them with an electric current, melting the metal at the joint. Electric resistance welding is widely used, for example, in manufa ...

(ERW) and Cold Drawn Welded (CDW) tubes also called as Drawn Over Mandrel tubes. The manufacturing locations of

are located at: *

Avadi Avadi () is a suburb of Chennai within Chennai Metropolitan Area limit, located in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a municipal corporation west of Chennai, about from Chennai Central Railway Station. It is surrounded by majo ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

* Shirwal,

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

Mohali Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab (India), Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Moh ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Tiruttani Tiruttani is a town in Tiruvallur district, suburb of Chennai within Chennai Metropolitan Area limit in state of Tamil Nadu, India. This town is famous for Tiruttani Murugan Temple which is one of the Arupadaiveedu and is dedicated to (Kartik ...

(Large Diameter Plant)

BSA Motors

BSA Motors is a manufacturer of non - pollutant electric vehicles. It has its state of manufacturing plant in

, Tiruvallur district.

TI Diamond Chains

TI Diamond Chains is simply known as TIDC India. T I Diamond Chain Limited is established as joint venture between Tube Investments of India Limited & Diamond Chain Company Inc USA. Now Tube Investments of India Limited merged it with as a division called TIDC India. TIDC India is leading chain manufacturer in segments such as Industrial, Automotive and Fine Blanking. TIDC India's manufacturing plants are: * TIDC India, 11, M. T. H Road,

Ambattur Ambattur is located in northwestern part of Chennai City, in Ambattur taluk of the Chennai District, surrounded by Avadi, Anna Nagar, Padi, Mogappair, Kallikuppam, Surapet, Korattur, Ayappakkam, and Thiruverkadu. It covers an area of . The nei ...

, Tiruvallur district. * Gangnouli, Laksar, Haridwar, Uttrakhand. * Kazipally Village, Jinnaram Mandal, Medak District, Telangana.

TI Metal Forming

TI Metal Forming was established in 1965 as a division of Tube Investments of India Limited. It manufactures Car door frame (skin parts), Glass separator channels, Door guide rails (stainless steel), Window channels, Side impact beams, Casing for starter motor (deep drawn part), HCV chassis and CRF sections for Railway wagons and coaches. TI Metal Forming is having four manufacturing plants: *

Thiruninravur Thirunindravur is a neighbourhood situated on the western part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located around 29 km from Chennai Central railway station. Thirunindravur comes under Chennai Metropolitan Area. The neighbourhood is serv ...

, Tiruvallur district *

Bawal Bawal is a big industrial town located, near Rewari city in Rewari district in Indian state of Haryana. It lies in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. It is located on national highway NH 48 (formerly called NH 8), 11 km from Rewari, ...

Rewari district Rewari district is one of the 22 districts in the state of Haryana, India. It was carved out of Gurgaon district by the Government of Haryana on 1November 1989. It is also part of the National Capital Region. The administrative headquarter of t ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

Sanand Sanand is a city and a municipality in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is a major industrial hub of Western India, host to manufacturing plants of multiple domestic and foreign companies like Tata Motors, Nivea, Nestlé Ind ...

Ahmedabad district {{Infobox settlement , name = Ahmedabad District , native_name = , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = District of Gujarat , image_skyline = D ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

Halol Halol is a city and a municipality (tehsil) in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located in western India, it has an average elevation of 499 metres (1637 feet). Halol is a major manufacturing hub of Western India, ...

Panchmahal district Panchmahal, also known as Panch Mahals, is a district in the eastern portion of Gujarat State western India. ''Panch-mahal'' means "five tehsils/talukas" (5 sub-divisions), and refers to the five sub-divisions that were transferred by the Maharaj ...

* Kakkalur, Tiruvallur district *

Laksar Laksar is a small town, near Haridwar city and Nagar Palika in Haridwar district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, situated along National Highway 334A. It is an important sugar manufacturing destination in the state and also known for the L ...

, Haridwar District,

Uttrakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

Tube Investments of India Subsidiaries

* Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited(CIFCL) *

Company Limited * Sedis Chains France

References

External links

tiindia.com
Tube Investments of India Limited Official Website
tubeproductsindia.com
Tube Products of India (TPI) Official Website
tidcindia.in
TI Diamond Chains (TIDC) Official Website
bsahercules.com
BSA Hercules Official Website
trackandtrail.in
Track and Trail Cycles Official Website
bsamotorsindia.com
BSA Motors Official Website
BSA Workouts Official Website

timetalforming.com
TI Metal Forming Official Website {{Murugappa Group Cycle manufacturers of India Companies based in Chennai Murugappa Group Indian companies established in 1949 Manufacturing companies established in 1949