Sundaram-Clayton

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Sundaram-Clayton Limited
Type Public
IndustryAuto Ancillaries
Founded1962
FounderT. S. Srinivasan
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Parent TVS Group
Divisions Foundry and Machining
Subsidiaries TVS Motor Company
Website www.sundaram-clayton.com

Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL) is an Indian automotive components company, based in Chennai and part of TVS Group. It makes aluminium and magnesium castings for the automotive industry. [3] [4] SCL was the flagship company of the TVS Group before being overtaken by its subsidiary TVS Motor Company. [5]

SCL was founded in 1962 in collaboration with Clayton Dewandre Holdings plc, United Kingdom.

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References

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