Escorts Kubota Limited formerly Escorts Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate that operates in the sectors of

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, construction machinery, material handling, and railway equipment. Its headquarters are located in

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. The company was launched in 1944 and has marketing operations in more than 40 countries. Escorts manufactures

tractor A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most comm ...

s, automotive components, railway equipment, and construction and material handling equipment. Escorts Kubota Limited's management team includes

Nikhil Nanda Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. Part of the Nanda family, Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the chairman and managing director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1944 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Na ...

as the Chairman and Managing Director and Seizi Fukuoka as Deputy Managing Director.

History

Escorts Limited was originally founded as Escorts Agents Ltd. in 1944 by brothers Har Prasad Nanda and Yudi Nanda. They started a family owned business, Nanda Bus Company, in

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. Escorts Limited was founded in 1960 after the company set up its manufacturing base at Faridabad and began manufacturing

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with Westinghouse and heating elements with Elpro.

Businesses

Escorts Agri Machinery

Escorts Agri Machinery was launched in 1960. The company manufactures

tractors A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most comm ...

under the brand names Farmtrac, Powertrac, and Steeltrac. The first Escorts tractors were produced in 1961 based on Ursus license. In 1969, a partnership with

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was set up to produce licensed Ford tractors for India. Escorts has a plant in Mrągowo,

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, that was purchased from Pol-Mot in 2000, and four plants in India. There was an assembly plant in

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, that was purchased from Long Agri, but the North American subsidiary went into

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in 2008.

Escorts Construction Equipment

Escorts Construction Equipment manufactures and markets construction and material handling equipment like pick-and-carry

crane Crane or cranes may refer to: Common meanings * Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird * Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting ** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads People and fictional characters * Crane (surname) ...

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, vibratory rollers, and forklifts. The manufacturing and assembly facility is located in Sec 58,

Railway Equipment Division

The Railway Equipment Division manufactures and supplies critical railway components such as air brake systems, EP brake systems, draft gears and couplers, composition brake blocks, dampers, and rubber components to the

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. The manufacturing facility is located in Sector 24, Faridabad.

Escorts Auto Products

Escorts Auto Products manufactures auto suspension products such as shock absorbers, struts, and telescopic front forks for the automotive industry. The company collaborated with Fichtel & Sachs to introduce the concept of shock absorbers to be manufactured in India in 1966. In 2016, Escorts' Auto Products business was divested to Pune-based Badve Engineering.

Motorcycles

The motorcycle division of Escorts group used to manufacture Polish

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motorcycles under the brand name Rajdoot from the early 1960s until 2005. In the early 1980s, Escorts started making

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motorcycles in India. Rajdoot 350 was launched in 1983, which was later followed by the Yamaha RX 100 in 1985. The motorcycle manufacturing unit in Faridabad, India, was sold to Yamaha in 2001 when Escorts decided to quit the motorcycle business to concentrate on tractors and auto components.

Knowledge Management Centre

The Escorts Knowledge Management Centre (KMC) was created in 1976 and is spread over in Faridabad. The centre designs tractors. It has facilities such as an engine laboratory that has computerised test beds with online control,

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, and analysis; an advanced vehicle testing laboratory; a noise vibration and harshness lab; a metrology lab; and a materials engineering lab.

References

External links

Official websiteEscorts Tractor
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