Tata Motors Sunday said its subsidiary Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd (TPEML) has signed a Unit Transfer Arrangement (UTA) for the obtaining of Ford India’s manufacturing plant at Sanand in Gujarat for ₹725.7 crores.
As part of the agreement, Tata Motors will get whole land and buildings, vehicle manufacturing plant alongside machinery and equipment situated in that, the Mumbai-based auto major said in a late-night notification to the stock trades.
As part of the agreement, every one of the qualified representatives at the Sanand unit of Ford India will be moved to Tata Motors.
Ford India will keep on working its powertrain manufacturing facility by renting back the land and buildings of the powertrain manufacturing plant from Tata Passenger Electric Mobility based on mutually agreed terms, Tata Motors said.
Tata Motors EV subsidiary additionally consented to offer work to the qualified representatives of the powertrain manufacturing plant on the off chance that Ford India discontinuance of such operations, the statement added.
The closure of the transaction will be dependent upon the receipt of significant approvals from the government authorities and fulfilment of customary condition precedents. The government of Gujarat, TPEML and FIPL have previously executed a tripartite MoU on 30th May 2022 to help all significant approvals for the above transaction.
The unit is neighboring the current manufacturing facility of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited at Sanand, which ought to help in a smooth transition, Tata Motors said.
This acquisition is timely and a win-win for all stakeholders. It will unlock a state-of-the-art manufacturing capacity of 300,000 units for each annum which is scalable to 420,000 units for every annum, the auto major added.
“The agreement with FIPL signed today is beneficial to all stakeholders and reflects Tata Motors strong aspiration to further strengthen its market position in the passenger vehicles segment and to continue to build on its leadership position in the electric vehicle segment,” Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles MD Shailesh Chandra said.
Steve Armstrong, Transformation Officer of Ford Motor Company, said the declaration denotes a significant step forward in the organization’s ongoing business restructuring in India, which is part for its Ford+ plan for vital change.
“With the transfer of employment for eligible vehicle manufacturing employees included in the agreement, this milestone also highlights our best effort in caring for those impacted by the restructuring,” he said.
The organization had in September last year reported that it would stop vehicle production at its two plants in India as part of a restructuring exercise.
Both Tata Passenger Electric Mobility and Ford India will cooperate over the course of the next few months to fulfill all the condition precedents and get the required regulatory approvals for the closure of the transaction, Tata Motors said.