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4.3   Industries · Part 5

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of foreign car companies such as Mercedes Benz, Fiat, General Motors, Toyota and the recent entry of passenger car manufacturers BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and Volvo make the Indian automobile sector a special one. Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford Motors are the major Indian companies which manufacture commercial vehicles. MAN, ITEC, Mercedes-Benz, Scania and Hyundai are the foreign companies engage in the manufacture of commercial vehicles. Two-wheeler manufacturing is dominated by Indian companies like Hero, Bajaj Auto and TVS.

India - Resources and Industries S.No Name of Industry Place Establishment Year Product Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand Pig Iron Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) Burnpur, Hirapur, Kulti, West Bengal Pig Iron & Crude steel Visweshwaraya Iron Steel Ltd. (VISL) Bhadravati,Karnataka Alloy and Sponge steel Hisdustan Steel Ltd. (HSL) Collaborated with Russia Bhilai, Chattisgarh Railway Equipments and Ship Building Hindustan Steel Ltd. (HSL) Collaborated with Germany Rourkela, Odisha Hot and Cold rolled sheets, Galvanized sheets and electrical plates Hindustan Steel Ltd.

(HSL) Collaborated with United kingdom Durgapur,West Bengal Alloy steel, Construction materials and railway equipments Hindustan Steel Ltd. (HSL) Collaborated with Russia Bokaro, Jharkhand Sludge and Slog Salem Steel Ltd. Salem, Tamil Nadu Stainless Steel Vijayanagar Steel Plant Tornagal, Karnataka Flat Steel and Long Steel Visakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Hot Metal MAJOR ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, SOFTWARE AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES IN INDIA SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES N S E W Not to Scale India - Resources and Industries Electrical and Electronic Industries Heavy electrical industries manufacture equipment used for power generation, transmission and utilization. Turbines for steam and hydropower plants, boilers for thermal power plants, generators, transformers, switch gears, etc., are the chief products of this industry.

The most important company in the field of heavy electrical is Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL). It has

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