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TACO Hendrickson is a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Auto Comp Systems Limited and Hendrickson International, USA

Tata AutoComp Systems Limited
Established by the Tata Group, which has several decades of experience in the automotive industry, the TACO group of companies offers a range of products and services in the field of auto components to automotive vehicle manufacturers all over the world.

TACO has three major businesses - manufacturing, engineering and supply chain management. The group comprises the holding company, Tata Auto Comp Systems Limited (TACO), its joint ventures with global auto component leaders and two subsidiaries in the plastics and stampings product areas.

The TACO group, with its 24 manufacturing plants, 5 engineering centres and three export-oriented units, is rapidly expanding its business with vehicle manufacturers and Tier I suppliers to the automotive industry. Its current original equipment customers include DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mahindra and Mahindra, Piaggio, Tata Motors, Toyota, and Volvo.

For more on TACO, see this corporate profile.

Hendrickson International, USA
Hendrickson International was founded in 1913 by a Swedish emigrant engineer, Magnus Hendrickson. Headquartered in Chicago, Hendrickson is the world's largest independent manufacturer of commercial vehicle suspension systems with 2,700 people at 19 facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, the Pacific Rim and India.

The company focuses on the commercial vehicle industry and is a leading global independent axle and suspension system supplier. It manufactures 250,000 tonnes of steel springs annually.

Hendrickson's products include:

• Truck suspension
  • Medium duty and up to heavy-duty air suspension systems, front and rear application
  • Heavy-duty steel spring, single and double drive suspensions
• Bus suspension
  • Air suspension systems in four and two bag configuration for front and rear application, for tourist coach, low floor, ultra low floor, high desk, chassis type buses monocoque buses application and school bus application
• Trailer suspension
  • Trailer axles up to 25-tonne capacity, complete with steel and air suspension systems
• Parabolic springs
  • Full range of high stress parabolic steel springs, 140,000 tonnes per annum.

The company's customers include DAF trucks, DaimlerChrysler, Hino, Mack, Mitsubishi, Navistar, Nissan, Paccar, Sterling and Volvo / White among others.

Website: www.hendrickson-intl.com