The $11.4 bn-Cummins, Inc. will acquire the stake held by the Tata Group companies in Tata Holset, its over 12-year old 50:50 JV for an undisclosed sum. It has been rechristened as Cummins Turbo Technologies. The company manufactures turbo chargers for medium and heavy-duty diesel engines for power generation, off-highway and on-highway vehicles. The Tata stake in the JV was held by Tata Motors, Tata Industries and Tata International.
Cummins recently announced a unified branding strategy to align its family of businesses under the Cummins brand. Following this new initiative, Tata Holset will be renamed and re-branded as Cummins Turbo Technologies.
Cummins, Inc. has another equal joint venture with the Tata Group called Tata Cummins, based in Jamshedpur. It manufactures the Cummins B series of engines and will not be affected by equity changes in Tata Holset / Cummins Turbo Technologies.
Read more in The Economic Times article.
