Mahindra & Mahindra makes more than quality motor vehicles. For over 60 years it’s become a major world player in technology, engineering, marketing & distribution. The Group employs more than 30,000 people & has several state-of-the-art facilities in India & overseas, with numerous joint ventures with market leaders.
M&M has had licensing & technical collaboration deals with companies around the world, including in the US, Germany, France, Japan, Singapore & Britain. It has ambitious global aspirations with a presence on five continents.
Mahindra tractors have been on sale in Australia for a several years gaining respect for their quality & reliability. Not surprising really as they’ve swayed the critics all around the world too. M&M has made strategic acquisitions of plants in China, the United Kingdom & Europe, & has three tractor assembly plants in the USA. Its global subsidiaries include Mahindra Europe Srl. based in Italy, Mahindra USA Inc. & Mahindra South Africa. It has entered into partnerships with international companies like Renault SA, France, & International Truck & Engine Corporation, USA. Today Mahindra is one of the top five tractor manufacturers in the world & is the market leader in multi-utility vehicles in India.
It has a leading presence in key sectors of the Indian economy with its 110+ companies:
- Trade & financial services – Mahindra Intertrade, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
- Automotive components, information technology & telecom – Tech Mahindra, Bristlecone
- Infrastructure development – Mahindra GESCO, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd
- Acres is one of the world’s leading consulting engineering firms, with expertise in:
- Planning, engineering & project management
- Engineering solutions to clients throughout North America & around the world for more than seven decades
- Hydro-electric, thermal, & transmission & distribution
- Air, water & ground transportation
- Mining & heavy industries
- Civil, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic & geo-technical
Other milestones include:
- As India’s biggest tractor manufacturer, M&M plays a vital part in keeping food supplies flowing to the world’s second most populous people.
- Tractor market leadership in India for more than 19 years.
- First tractor company in the world to win the Deming Application Prize.
- The 4th company in India & only the 10th in the world outside Japan, to win this prize.
- Whilst around 90% of M&M’s tractor exports are to the USA, M&M also exports tractors to neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka, as well as African countries like Uganda, Nigeria & Zambia.
- Mahindra’s car manufacturing is growing at a brisk rate of more than 16 per cent.
- Global auto majors have been sourcing components from Mahindra among other suppliers in India. The industry is poised to more than treble its exports in 4 years, from $US1.8 billion in 2004-05 to $US5.9 billion in 2008-09.
- M&M even gets involved in consumer goods distribution in India. Its clients include such leading brands as LEGO, Walt Disney, Aqua & LadyBird.
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