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1983 |
Takeover of Metal Box Bearings factory @ Kharagpur. |
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1987 |
Capacity expanded to 4.42 million nos. |
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1991 |
Capacity expanded to 5.20 million nos. |
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1992 |
10 million plant inaugurated - Excellence in
Quality & Service Award from MICO. |
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1993 |
ISO 9002 certificate - 1st Bearing Manufacturer; Tata Steel Total Quality Award. |
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1995 |
15 million project inaugurated by Mr. Somnath Chatterjee. |
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1997 |
15.5 Mn production - 103% utilisation
- won JN Tata award, third time in succession. |
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1999 |
Won Rajiv Gandhi National Quality
Award. |
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2000 |
16,085 Mn production - 107% capacity
utilisation. |
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2000 |
Plant wide Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) kick off. |
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2000 |
Technical tie up with Nachi Fujikoshi
of Japan. |
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2001 |
First division in Tata Steel to
receive QS 9000 certification. |
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2001 |
Capacity expansion to 25 Mn (nameplate
capacity) through buy out. |
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2002 |
Ramp up to the installed capacity; commencement
of expansion in TRBs wef April 03. |
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2003 |
First division in Tata Group to be
certified to TS 16949, increased presence in HHML. |
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2004 |
Tata Bearing has successfully
challenged the TPM Award from JIPM and is the only Bearing's Manufacturer in India to win the TPM Award
from JIPM. |
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2005 |
Production & Sales cross 25 & 25.5 mill bearings
in FY05, TRB at 2.4 million, increased customer base. |
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2006 |
Production & Sales expected 28 million, new
symbols (in Large Tapered Roller Bearings, Clutch Release
Bearings and Ball Bearings). Cylindrical Roller
bearings developed for 2 W applications. |
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2007 |
Production & Sales expected 30 million, with a
thrust on development of new large Tapered Roller Bearings & hub
bearings. |
