The buses are painted a brilliant shade of yellow so as to set them apart on the road. The buses are BS6 compliant and interiors are moulded in ways to as to minimize injury to its children passengers. The school buses are of 23 to 56 seating capacities and offered in AC and Non-AC variants. The buses are fitted with advanced safety measures which include GPS Trackers, ITS Systems and CCTV Cameras to alleviate the fears of parents who entrust their children into the hands of transport staff. The JV between Tata Motors and Marcopolo has brought in a revolution in terms of bus travel with a range of buses and coaches to comply with every demand but more specifically where school bus safety standards are concerned. The takeover will not have any impact on TMML operations in the country or on the continued sales and service options of its customers. With Marcopolo SA wishing to exit from this JV, the balance 49 percent share is being sold and Tata Motors will become the sole owner of the Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited joint venture. Through this liaison, several innovative designs in bus and coach manufacture were introduced with production taking place at Dharwad and Lucknow where the bus bodies on chassis were built and marketed by the Company under the “Starbus” and “Starbus Ultra” bus brands. The JV between Tata and Marcopolo which went on to be called Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited (TMML) dates back to 2006 as a part of a 51:49 joint venture. Marcopolo SA will license Marcopolo trademarks to TMML for 3 years with a non-compete provision in India for the said period.Īlong with this arrangement, TMML and Marcopolo will also extend the open channel for future collaboration opportunities with regard to bus body design and consultancy for technical service. A statement to this effect confirmed that the acquisition would be completed by February 28, 2021.įollowing the purchase, all technologies pertaining to the existing bus body production manufactured will continue to vest with TMML. is a leading manufacturer of automotive transmissions, components, gearboxes and engineering applications for a wide range of medium and heavy commercial vehicles.The purchase is for a cash consideration of Rs.99.96 cores following which TMML will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. This one has particularly got an overwhelming response. The latest offering of the company is the Y1 electrical buses. You can see them running in different Indian cities. These are mainly used as local conveyance. The Company also manufactures all major Axles components such as Front Axle Beam, Stub Axles, Front & Rear Wheel Hubs, Differential, Axle Gears (Crown Wheel, Pinion, Bevel Gear & Shaft Gear), Banjo Axle Beam, Swivel Heads, Constant Velocity Shafts etc. Tata Marcopolo manufactures wide range of buses. It is currently the sole suppliers of large Bus axles to the Jamshedpur and Lucknow plants of Tata Motors. HV Axles Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, manufactures front Steer axles - both live and normal, Rear Drive axles and dummy/ trailer axles. The Jamshedpur Plant's engine factory is responsible for the in-house manufacture of Tata 697/497 Naturally Aspirated and Turbo Charged engines, and the 6B series engines manufactured at Tata Cummins. Established in 1945, the Jamshedpur unit is spread over an area of 822 acres and happens to be the Company's first manufacturing unit.
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