Formerly | Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 2002[1] |
Founder | Daewoo Motors |
Fate | Acquired by Tata in 2004 [2] |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Natarajan Chandrasekaran, (Chairman) Kim Bang-shin (President & CEO) |
Products | Commercial vehicles |
Parent | Tata Motors (2004–present) |
Website | tata-daewoo.com |
Tata Daewoo | |
Hangul | 타타대우모빌리티 |
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Hanja | 타타大宇모빌리티 |
Revised Romanization | Tata Dae-u Mobility |
McCune–Reischauer | T'at'a Taeu Sangyongch'a |
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The company was established in 2002 as "Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd",after it was spun off from parent Daewoo Motors. [1]
In 2004 it was acquired by Tata Motors,India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company. [2] The Tata Daewoo has a collaboration with Tata Motors its parent company in India.
Tata Daewoo Korea and Afzal Motors-Pakistan signed a Technical Assistance Agreement on 12 December 2005 in Pakistan. The assembling plant of Afzal Motors in Pakistan was inaugurated by Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Shaukat Aziz on 8 January 2007. And assembles Truck Chassis and Daewoo Dump Trucks. [3]
In 2013,the Vehicular Authority of South Korea has ordered that the trucks sold by Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles,has been recalled due to a steering failure. [4] The 3,276 trucks sold in these country has been repaired and now are in service. [5]
Tata Daewoo-Korea and BadanBas-Malaysia signed a Technical Assistance Agreement in May 2015 in Malaysia. In 2017 Tata-Daewoo began to sell their trucks under the Daewoo brand in South Korea. [6] [7]
In all of its recent versions,these trucks are engined by a Euro VI emissions standard engines. [8]
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