Tata Hitachi's Kharagpur plant rolls out 10,000th machine

KOLKATA: Tata Hitachi's Kharagpur plant rolled out its 10,000th machine on Thursday, marking a milestone in the 40:60 joint venture between Tata Motors and Hitachi Construction Machinery Company.

The machine, ZAXIS470H, was handed over to V Prabhakar Reddy of VPR Mining Infrastructure Private Limited - a leader and trend setter in the Indian mining industry, with many global ongoing projects and a big patron of Tata Hitachi. The day also marked the rollout of the 10,001 st machine – the ZAXIS370GI excavator - which was handed over to Nilmani Panda of Balasore Alloys Limited.

Speaking on the occasion, Sandeep Singh, managing director, Tata Hitachi said, "We have been able to cross several milestones at Kharagpur. Handing over of the 10,000th machine series is yet another achievement for us."

The Tata Hitachi Kharagpur plant has been conferred with the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) excellence award by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance. This 250 acre plant is counted amongst the biggest construction machinery manufacturing facilities which also has a unique mix of batch and mass production. The plant currently produces hydraulic excavators from 5 T to 40 T,wheel loaders, motor graders, and dump trucks.