The West Bengal government has offered land to Tata Motors for its proposed greenfield plant to manufacture commercial vehicles.

According to reports, some land near Kharagpur in West Bengal has been offered but Tata Motors has not made any formal commitment to set up its plant there. Kharagpur lies near the West Bengal-Jharkhand border and is very close to Tata Steel's Jamshedpur steel complex.

Tata Motors has planned to set up a greenfield manufacturing facility for its popular Ace commercial vehicle (mini truck) that was launched in May 2005. The company has also initiated steps to double production capacity of Ace to 60,000 units per year at the Pune plant.

In an independent development, Tata Motors in January 2006 had indicated that it was considering setting up a greenfield unit for manufacturing heavy commercial vehicles (trucks) in West Bengal. Meanwhile, Tata Motors is also working on its "small car" project that is currently in the testing stage. The company might go in for yet another location for this project.

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Addendum on 13 March 2006

Tata Motors is planning to set up a manufacturing facility for commercial vehicles (Ace) at Pantnagar in Uttaranchal with a capacity of 3,50,000-4,00,000 vehicles a year. The proposed project to be implemented in phases will come up in an area of 1,100 acres of land entailing an investment of Rs.2,500 crore. Work on Phase I is scheduled for completion by March 2007.

Original news date 11 March 2006

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