Manufacturing Simpson & Co. Ltd. Simpsons is perhaps one of the oldest business establishments in the country, with origins dating back to 1840. From 1840 to 1950 it pioneered the building of coaches and carriages, ornate railway coaches, motorcars, steam passenger buses and public service vehicles in India. Simpsons became synonymous with diesel power when it ushered in engine technology into India in 1951 through a Sales & Distribution Agreement with Perkins of U.K. Simpsons was the first Indian company to indigenously manufacture diesel engines for surface transport vehicles. Today it is India's leading manufacturer of high performance diesel engines catering to a wide variety of applications ranging from 15 to 95 BHP covering agriculture, industrial, power generation and marine applications.
The Amalgamations Group (a.k.a. Simpson Group ) is an Indian business conglomerate based in Chennai which has several business interests in Manufacturing Tractors, Automobile ancillaries, Plantation, Trading and services. The most notable being the Tractors and Farm Equipment's Pvt Ltd (Better known as TAFE ) , Simpsons & Company, Bimetal Bearings, India Pistons, T. Stanes & Co, Amco Batteries and Addisons Paint. The group today has over 47 companies with 50 manufacturing plants.
The Amalgamations Group was established by S. Anantharamakrishnan who during the early 1940s was a Director at Simpsons & Co. In 1945 he took over the management and later consolidated several British owned companies with interests in plantation, engineering, trading and services. [2] [3] According to popular Chennai historian S. Muthiah , the successful takeover was the result of an overheard conversation at a Hotel Connemara.
Amalgamations Group Type Public , Limited Industry Conglomerate Founded 1945; 77 years ago Founder S. Anantharamakrishnan Headquarters Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India Key people S. Anantharamakrishnan (Chairman) Products Tractors, Diesel engines, Automobile parts, Tea plantation, Retail stores Revenue INR 83 billion (2020) Net income INR 30.44 billion (2020) Number of employees 12,000 (2016) Website http://amalgamationsgroup.co.in/
Application Tractors, Forklift Trucks, Mobile Cranes, Compressors, Gensets, Loaders, Tuggers , Shunters, Road Rollers, Earthmoving / Road Construction Equipment, Marine Applications – Life Boats and Speed Boats
Training Full fledged Product Training Center at Chennai Training programs for OEMs, dealers & fleet operators Workshops on engine overhaul and reconditioning
Product Simpsons Engines (15 to 95 BHP range) are Direct Injection 2, 3 and 4 cylinder engines for variety of applications
After market Spare parts marketed as SIMPSON PARTS for domestic and export markets Extensive National distribution chain
Quality Quality TS 16949:2009 from LRQA, UK ISO 14001:2004 Environment Management System ISO 9001: 2008 from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance, UK
Emission Bharat Stage III for off-highway application US Tier I, Tier II and Euro II norms for tractor application CPCB norms for genset application for the specific HP category