TRACTOR ENGINEERS LIMITED was established in 1963
as a Joint venture between CATERPILLAR INC U.S.A. and
LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED
Caterpillar and L&T had equal (50%each ) shareholding in
TENGL
TENGL started manufacturing at POWAI in a new factory in
1965 and initially made spares for CAT Machines (primarily
DOZERS) in INDIA and sold them through CAT Dealers in India.
In 1969 TENGL started supplying undercarriage to BEML
TENGL started tracking undercarriage forHydraulic Excavators
of Poclain design in 1974, which L&T produced under
model LC80 ( 20 T HEX )
TENGL today tracks Hyd. Excavators made by L&T Komatsu,
TELCON, BEML, HM DEMAG and Blast Hole Drills of Ingersoll
Rand, Revathi CP etc.from 6T to 60T.
In 1970's TENGL made Battle Tank Pins for HVF Avadi.
TENGL designs and builds Apron Feeders
TENGL also designs and manufactures Oilfield Equipment
Spares.
TENGL,
is now a wholly owned subsidiary of LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED