Eicher Motors

For the German Eicher company, see Eicher tractor.

Eicher Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive company that manufactures motorcycles and commercial vehicles, headquartered in New Delhi. Eicher is the parent company of Royal Enfield, a manufacturer of middleweight motorcycles. It also manufactures Eicher branded trucks and buses, under a joint venture with Volvo Group^[3].

Eicher Motors Limited

Company type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 505200 NSE: EICHERMOT NSE NIFTY 50 constituent
ISIN	INE066A01013
Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	Goodearth Company
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Founder	Vikram Lal
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	S Sandilya (chairman) Siddhartha Lal (managing director)
Products	Commercial vehicles Motorcycle
Revenue	₹16,536 crore (US$1.9 billion) (FY24)[1]
Operating income	₹4,327 crore (US$500 million) (FY24)[1]
Net income	₹4,001 crore (US$460 million) (FY24)[1]
Total assets	₹23,128 crore (US$2.7 billion) (2024)[2]
Total equity	₹18,045 crore (US$2.1 billion) (2024)[2]
Owner	Siddhartha Lal (49.28%)
Number of employees	4,899 (March 2020)[2]
Subsidiaries	Royal Enfield VE Commercial Vehicles (54.4%)
Website	www.eicher.in

History

An Eicher multi-axle lorry

Eicher Motors Limited, the Indian company, is a commercial vehicle manufacturer in India. It traces its origins to the Goodearth Company, established in 1948 to sell and service imported tractors in India. In 1958, Eicher Tractor Corporation of India was established to manufacture tractors in India by Goodearth Company in collaboration with Eicher Tractors of Germany^[4]. The company manufactured its first indigenous tractor in 1959, and a year later changed its name to Eicher Tractors India Ltd.^[5]

Since 1965, Eicher in India has been completely owned by Indian shareholders. The German Eicher tractor was partly owned by Massey Ferguson from 1970, when they bought 30%. Massey Ferguson bought out the German company in 1973.^[6]

In 2005, Eicher Motors Ltd sold their tractors and engines business to TAFE Tractors (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd) of Chennai, the Indian licensee of Massey Ferguson tractors.^[7]

In October 1982, a collaboration agreement with Mitsubishi for the manufacture of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) was signed in Tokyo and in the same period the incorporation of Eicher Motors Limited also took place. LCVs were sold under the "Eicher Mitsubishi" brand. In February 1990, Eicher Goodearth bought 26% stake in Enfield India Ltd and by 1993 Eicher acquired a majority stake (60% equity shareholding) in Royal Enfield India.

In July 2008, Eicher Motors Limited (EML) and Volvo Group's formed a 50:50 joint venture called VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) which designs, manufactures and markets commercial vehicles, engineering components and provides engineering design.^[8]

An Eicher garbage truck transporting municipal solid waste

At present, Volvo Group owns 45.6% of VECV,^[9] while Eicher Motors holds the remaining 54.4%.^[10] In 2020, VECV bought Volvo Buses India operations for ₹100 crore.^[11]

In 2012, Eicher Motors started a joint venture with American company Polaris Industries called Eicher Polaris to make personal utility vehicles, starting with Eicher Polaris Multix in 2015. This joint venture company ceased operations in 2018.^[12]

Group structure

Eicher tow truck being used by the Bangladesh Police

The Eicher Group has diversified business interests in design and development, manufacturing, and local and international marketing of trucks, buses, motorcycles, automotive gears, and components. Eicher has invested in the potential growth areas of management consultancy services, customised engineering, and maps and travel guides.

VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) Limited is a joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors Limited. VECV is divided into five business units:^[13]

• Eicher Trucks and Buses
• Volvo Trucks India
• Eicher Engineering Components
• VE Powertrain

Royal Enfield Motors, the motorcycle manufacturing subsidiary, is a part of Eicher Motors.^[14][15]

Vehicles

• Eicher DragonHook
• Eicher multix polaris
• Eicher Trucks
• Eicher Buses
• Eicher Tractors
• Royal Enfield Motorcycles

References

1. Kumar, Shivendra (11 May 2024). "Eicher Motors Q4 results: PAT jumps 18% YoY at Rs 1,070.45 crore. Rs 51/share dividend announced". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
2. "BalSheet 31.03.2024". Archived 2024-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
3. "VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd". www.vecv.in. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
4. "Eicher Motors Ltd: A Journey Of Successful Turnarounds". Forbes India. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
5. "Eicher :: Eicher Motors Limited :: About Us :: Success Story :: Milestones". eicher.in. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
6. "Eicher Motors Share Price Today Live Updates: Eicher Motors Sees Marginal Decline in Price, EMA5 Reflects Recent Trend". The Economic Times.
7. "Tafe buys Eicher's tractor, engine & gear businesses for Rs 310 crore". The Economic Times. 26 May 2005. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
8. DHNS. "Volvo set to trim Eicher Motors exposure again". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
9. "Annual and Sustainability Report 2016" (PDF). Volvo. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
10. "Investor Presentation May 2022" (PDF). Eicher Motors. p. 47. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
11. Mishra, Lalatendu (13 August 2020). "Eicher Motor subsidiary to buy Volvo India's bus business for ₹100 crore". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
12. "Eicher Motors ends JV with US-based Polaris". The Times of India. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
13. "VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd". www.vecv.in.
14. "Royal Enfield Motorcycles - Data & Facts 2024 | MotorCyclesData". Motorcycles Data. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
15. "Eicher Motors incorporates 100% subsidiary 'Royal Enfield Europe' in Netherlands - ET Auto". ETAuto.com.

External links

• Official website