Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), is a unit company of the Amalgamations Group, one of India's largest Light Engineering Groups with diverse interests in Diesel Engines , Automobile components , Tractors and related farm machinery, lubricants, panel instruments, hydraulic pumps, Engineering Tools , Storage Batteries, Paints , Engineering Plastics , Automobile franchises and Printing apart from interests in Agribusiness , book selling and publishing. The group's leadership technology, built on foreign know how has been nurtured through indigenous efforts.

TAFE was established in 1961 in collaboration with Massey Ferguson, UK to manufacture and market a range of tractors and related farm equipment in India. One of the largest tractor manufactures of tractors in India, TAFE's vision is to be the first choice of customers in India and to also move towards a growing presence in the international markets.

With a network of more than 500 dealers, branches, service outlets as well as its own sales offices and depots covering the entire width and breadth of India, TAFE is committed to providing complete farming solutions to its customers and empowering them to work towards increased farm productivity, prosperity and profits.

TAFE has been a pioneer in the mechanization of the Indian farms. Beginning with the popularizing of tractors in agriculture in the early 60s, TAFE has many firsts to its credit. TAFE was the first company to market a total package of Tractors and farm equipment to not only provide farm power but also interfaces to transform the farm power to increased farm productivity. TAFE was also the first to introduce the Direct Injection technology in India, thereby intiating considerable fuel saving and the resulting economies in tractor operations cost to its customers. TAFE was also the first Indian manufacturer to launch a 75 HP tractor to cater to the emerging needs of very large farms and agri-businesses. With three manufacturing locations at Chennai(Sembiam), Madurai (Kallidaipatti) and Bangalore(Doddaballapur), TAFE has a large manufacturing base. Its Madurai plant, the latest and possibly the largest such plant in the country is specially tailored to take on short run production batches to the exacting standards demanded by advanced countries. All its plants and sales offices are linked by VSAT links providing fast and efficient communications and data linkage another first of its kind in India.

Apart from its core business of manufacturing and marketing tractors, TAFE is also involved in the following related and unrelated areas.

As a natural sequel to producing tractors, TAFE has developed a range of matching trailers, implements and accessories. These are marketed through TAFE's dealer network by a totally owned subsidiary, TAFE Access Limited (TAL). As a natural corollary, TAFE, through TAL is also involved in the marketing and distribution of lubricants and greases for tractors through its dealer network.

TAFE is also involved in the packaged power industry through its Power Source Division. At its fully automated modern plant at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai, it produces a range of automobile batteries, under the AMCO brand name, which find wide OE application in the new generation two and four wheelers manufactured in India as well as in the replacement market. The batteries are marketed through another unit of the Amalgamations group viz., AMCO Batteries Limited.

The tractor's hydraulics is an important part in the transformation of power into farm productivity and the hydraulic pump is a critical component of any tractor. The transmission of power developed in the tractor's engine to the ground is also a major part of the total design of the tractor. TAFE therfore has inhouse facilities for the manufacture of hydraulic pumps and also gears for tractors. A related facility for the manufacture of panel instruments, not only for captive use but also for sale to the growing automobile industry in India is an integral part of the company.

TAFE has also diversified into Engineering plastics and production of tools and dies for this industry. Its Doddaballpur plant has clamp capacities ranging upto 1300 tons and is a major supplier of the needs for precision plastic components of the white goods, IT, automobile industries. Its commercial tool room produces tools and dies to international sepecifications demanded by discerning buyers.

TAFE's vision of being the customer's first choice on offering to the customers quality products engineered to perfection using technology that is contemporary and relevant to the market it serves. This approach to quality as being inherent to its existence has obtained for TAFE certifaction under ISO 9002, The quality movement permeates through out the organization and is apparent from the various laurels won by quality circles from the company in national and international arenas.

TAFE's vision is not just wishful thinking but based on recognized engineering, marketing and financial strengths, built up over the past four decades. In all that it does, TAFE pursues excellence. That this is not a cliche is reflected in the words of TAFE's chairman, "To us in TAFE, excellence is not some thing that we engineer, input or inspect into our products. It is an innate desire that inspires our hearts at work and at home and ripples out into the world around us. "