# Tata Hitachi established earth-moving equipment plant in Kharagpur, West Bengal

Tata Hitachi, a joint venture of Tata Motors and Hitachi Construction Machinery, established a plant to manufacture earth-moving equipment at Kharagpur, West Bengal. The lease agreement was signed in 2007 and the plant now employs over 2,100 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-07-04
- Where: Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
- Jobs: 2,100
- Starts operating: 2007
- Status: completed
- Products: earth-moving equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Tata Hitachi](https://endata.com/companies/34911.md)
- [Tata Motors Limited](https://endata.com/companies/15362.md) (partner)
- [Hitachi Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/15738.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/tata-hitachi-s-success-harvest-from-field-to-factory-in-west-bengal-124070401103_1.html), 2024-07-04: "A second project by Telcon, a 60:40 joint venture of Tata Motors and Japan's Hitachi Construction Machinery, to manufacture earth-moving equipment was announced the same day."

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