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Formerly | Hero Honda |
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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | INE158A01026 |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 19 January 1984 |
Founder | Brijmohan Lall Munjal |
Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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Number of employees | 8,599 (2020) [2] |
Subsidiaries | Vida EV |
Website | www |
Hero MotoCorp Limited is an Indian multinational motorcycle and scooter manufacturer headquartered in Delhi. It has a market share of about 30% in the Indian two-wheeler industry. [3] The Munjal family, with its 34.75% stake, is the biggest shareholder in the company as of 2024. [4]
Hero Honda started its operations in 1984 as a joint venture between Hero Cycles of India and Honda of Japan. [5] [6] "Hero" is the brand name used by the Munjal brothers for their flagship company, Hero Cycles Ltd. A joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company was established in 1984 as the Hero Honda Motors Limited at Dharuhera, India. [7] Munjal family and the Honda group both owned a 26% stake in the company. [8]
During the 1980s, the company introduced low cost motorcycles in India. It was noted for its advertising campaign based on the slogan 'Fill it – Shut it – Forget it' emphasizing fuel efficiency. In 2001, the company became the largest two-wheeler manufacturing company in India. [9]
By December 2010, the board of directors of the Hero Honda Group had decided to terminate the joint venture between Hero Group of India and Honda of Japan in a phased manner. The Hero Group would buy out the 26% stake of the Honda in JV Hero Honda. [10] Under the joint venture, Hero Group could not export to international markets (except Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka) and the termination would mean that Hero Group could now export. [11]
Honda exited the joint venture through a series of off-market transactions by giving the Munjal family, which held a 26% stake in the company. Honda, wanting to focus only on its independent fully owned two-wheeler subsidiary, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI), exited Hero Honda at a discount and get over ₹6,400 crore (equivalent to ₹140 billionorUS$1.7 billion in 2023) for its stake. The discount was between 30% and 50% to the current value of Honda's stake as per the price of the stock after the market closed on 16 December 2010. [12]
The differences between the two partners had become apparent for a few years before the split over a variety of issues, ranging from Honda's reluctance to fully and freely share technology with Hero (despite a 10-year technology tie-up that expired in 2014) as well as Indian partner's uneasiness over high royalty payouts to the Japanese company. Another major irritant for Honda was the refusal of Munjal family to merge the Hero Honda's spare parts business with Honda's new fully owned subsidiary, HMSI. [12]
As per the arrangement, it was a two-leg deal: In the first part, the Munjal family, led by Brijmohan Lal Munjal group, formed an overseas-incorporated special purpose vehicle (SPV) to buy out Honda's entire stake, which was backed by bridge loans. This SPV was eventually opened for private equity participation, and those included Warburg Pincus, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), TPG, Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group. [13] In June 2012, Hero MotoCorp approved a proposal to merge the investment arm of its parent Hero Investment Pvt. Ltd. with the automaker. This decision came 18 months after its split from Hero Honda. [14]
The name of the company was changed from Hero Honda Motors Limited to Hero MotoCorp Limited on 29 July 2011. [15] The new brand identity and logo of Hero MotoCorp were developed by the British firm Wolff Olins. [16] The logo was revealed on 9 August 2011 in London, to coincide with a cricket match between England and India. [16]
Hero MotoCorp can now export to Latin America, Africa, and West Asia. [16] Hero is free to use any vendor for its components instead of just Honda-approved vendors. [16]
On 21 April 2014, Hero MotoCorp announced its plan on a ₹254 crore (equivalent to ₹406 croreorUS$47 million in 2023) joint venture with Bangladesh's Nitol-Niloy Group in the next five years to set up a manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. The plant started production in 2017 under the name "HMCL Niloy Bangladesh Limited". Hero MotoCorp owns 55% of the manufacturing company and the rest 45% is owned by Niloy Motors (A subsidiary of Nitol Niloy Group). [17] Hero also updated its 100cc engine range in 2014 for 110cc bikes except for Hero Dawn. [18]
In July 2013, HMC acquired 49.2% [19] shareholding in Erik Buell Racing, a motorcycle sport company which produced street and racing motorcycles based in East Troy, Wisconsin, United States. EBR filed for bankruptcy in 2015 [20] and Hero MotoCorp proceed to acquire certain assets for ₹18.2 crore (equivalent to ₹31 croreorUS$3.6 million in 2023)., [21]
HMC invested ₹205 crores (US$30.5 million) as a Series B round of funding in October 2016 and gained a 32.31% stake in Ather Energy, a start-up company manufacturing electric scooters. It invested a further ₹130 crores (US$19 million) in 2018. [22] HMC's share in Ather Energy has grown up to 34.58% since 2016. [23] [24]
Hero MotoCorp has five manufacturing facilities based at Dharuhera, Gurugram, Neemrana, Haridwar and Halol. A new manufacturing facility is in the process of being set up in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. Spread over 600 acres, the company has invested 1600 crores in setting up this greenfield facility. [25] These plants together have a production capacity of over 7.6 million two-wheelers per year. [26] Hero MotoCorp has a sales [27] and service network with over 6,000 dealerships and service points across India. It has had a customer loyalty program since 2000, called the Hero Honda Passport Program which is now known as Hero GoodLife Program. [28] As of 31 March 2020, the company has an annual capacity of 9.1 million units in its eight manufacturing facilities. Apart from these manufacturing facilities the company also has two R&D facilities, in Germany & Jaipur. [29]
It is reported that Hero MotoCorp has five joint ventures or associate companies, Munjal Showa, AG Industries, Sunbeam Auto, Rockman Industries, and Satyam Auto Components, that supply a majority of its components. [30]
Its most popular bike, the Hero Splendor sold more than one million units per year. [31]
Hero MotoCorp launched XPulse 200 adventure motorcycle in India on 1 May 2019, along with the XPulse 200T touring motorcycle. [32]
In January 2021, Hero MotoCorp's production exceeded 100 million. [33] As of 2021, Hero is the only Indian automobile brand to exceed 100 million in production. [33]
Hero MotoCorp launched an online virtual showroom in 2021. [34]
1. Hero Splendor Series:
2. Hero HF Series:
3. Hero Passion Series:
4. Hero Glamour Series:
5. Hero Xpulse Series:
6. Hero Xtreme Series:
7. Hero Karizma Series:
8. Hero Other Models:
1. Hero Maestro Series:
2. Hero Destini Series:
3. Hero Xoom Series:
4. Hero Pleasure Series:
Hero also manufactures the Vida V1 and Vida V2 brand of electric scooters as its parent company VIDA is held as a subsidiary of Hero MotoCorp. [35]
The equity shares of Hero MotoCorp are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, [36] and the National Stock Exchange of India, [37] where it is a constituent of the NIFTY 50. [38]
As on 31 December 2013, the promoters Munjal Family held around 40% equity shares in Hero MotoCorp. Over 601,000 individual shareholders hold approx. 7.44% of its shares. [39] Foreign Institutional Investors hold approx. 30% shares in the company. [39]
Shareholder | Percent ownership [39] |
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Promoter Group | 34.6% |
Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) | 34.3% |
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) | 0.4% |
Indian Public | 8.3% |
Insurance companies | 8.3% |
Mutual Funds / UTI | 8.2% |
Bodies Corporate | 1.40% |
Financial Institutions / Banks | 2.0% |
Others | 2.5% |
Total | 100% |
As of 31 March 2014, the company had 6,782 employees, out of which 66 were women (1.1%). It also had approx 13,800 temporary employees on that date. [15]
In 1992, the company started Raman Kant Munjal Foundation (RKMF) in 1992, which oversees the Raman Munjal Vidya Mandir and BML Munjal University.[ citation needed ]
Hero has been the sponsor of the Caribbean Premier League, a twenty-20 cricket franchise, since 2018. [42] Since 2014, Hero has sponsored the Hero World Challenge golf tournament. [43] Hero also sponsors two British events on the Golf European Tour: English Open (known as the Hero Open) and the Betfred British Masters. Hero is also a partner of Spanish club Atlético Madrid. [44]
Hero were also the title sponsors of the first ever senior FIH World Hockey5s in 2022. [45]
Hero sponsored India's football leagues, the Indian Super League, I-League, I-League Qualifiers, Futsal Club Championship, Indian Women's League, Senior NFC for Santosh Trophy, Super Cup, Youth League and previously Federation Cup. They were also the principal sponsors of all India national and developmental football team kits. They pulled out from all the sponsorships in 2023 due to internal issues. [46]
In March 2022, the Income tax department conducted raids on offices and several other locations of Hero MotoCorp. Following this, the department stated in a report that the two-wheeler giant had made bogus claims of expenses to the tune of Rs 1000 crore. [47]
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Karizma may refer to:
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The Hero Honda Karizma R is a motorcycle launched as a successor of Hero Honda Karizma. It was launched in 2007 and was given a minor cosmetic update in 2011. In September 2009, it was supplemented by a full faired variant Karizma ZMR with Programmed fuel injection. After the separation of Hero Honda joint venture, They rebranded the same model in 2012 as Hero Karizma R and it got a generation update in 2014 with new styling,clip on handle bar setup and performance changes.Karizma R front side.jpg
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