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What is the full form of TAFE?

By Anushree Goswami Last updated : April 20, 2024

TAFE is an abbreviation of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited. It is an Indian tractor manufacturer which is founded at Chennai in 1960. It is the second-largest tractor manufacturer in India and the third-largest tractor manufacturer in the world by quantities and capacities. Its financial statement shows about a 25% market share of the Indian tractor industry. TAFE trades more than 150,000 tractors every year and is exist in more than 100 countries. The founding chairman of TAFE is Shri. S. Anantharamakrishnan. As of October 2017, Malika Srinivasan is the Chairman and CEO of TAFE.

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More About TAFE

• Through the extensive variety and collection of quality products, TAFE has earned the trust, esteem and high reverence of customers.
• Its circulation network which incorporates more than 1000 dealers successfully handles and deals with its iconic tractor brands, Massey Ferguson, TAFE, and Eicher.
• It carries noteworthy major shares in the AGCO Corporation, USA. It sells overseas tractors in collaboration with AGCO as well as independently in over 100 countries.
• In addition to tractors, TAFE also manufactures an extensive variety and collection of equipment in different groups such as farm-machinery, Diesel engines, and gensets, engineering plastics, gears, batteries, hydraulic pumps, and cylinders, etc.
• Its R&D services are known for the exceptional and exclusive designs and engineering capabilities and are acknowledged by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India.

TAFE Awards

• Since 1995, Star Performer Awards for export excellence
• Award for Best Employer of People with Disabilities
• India Manufacturing Excellence Award to TAFE Madurai Plant from Frost & Sullivan
• JIPM Award for TPM Excellence in Category A to TAFE Sembium Plant from Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance
• NIQR GKD Outstanding Organization Award by National Institute for Quality and Reliability
• Green Award to TAFE Madurai Plant by Tamil Nadu State Government
• Best Employer in India, 2003 by Aon Hewitt Best Employers 2.0
• PRCI Chanakya Award for Corporate Citizen of the Year 2013 by Public Relations Council of India
• JIPM Award for TPM Excellence in Category B to TAFE Engineering Plastics Division (Doddaballapur Plant ) from Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance
• Agriculture Leadership Award for industry leadership in empowering farms and Indian farmers by Agriculture Today
• Star Performer Award for outstanding contribution to Engineering Exports for the year 2012-13 by Engineering Export Promotion Council, India
• Champion of Champions Award for Winning 16 Corporate Collateral Awards at the 10th Global Communication Conclave by Public Relations Council of India (PRCI).