Tata Motors sees robust CV growth, eyes "fully-built" vehicles

Auto major Tata Motors Ltd expects to clock 20 per cent growth in its commercial vehicles segment in fiscal 2018-19, riding on an overall uptrend in the economy, a top company official said.

"The growth in the last two quarters has seen an upturn and this momentum is expected to continue," Tata Motors Manufacturing Head (CVBU), A B Lall told PTI.

"We are expecting at least 20 per cent growth in commercial vehicles this fiscal over last year," he said.

Tata Motors is also focusing on "fully-built" vehicles (including load bodies) in line with global practices, Lall said. At present, it sells tipper trucks with load bodies.

The Mumbai-headquartered company, however, is yet to finalise the manufacturing strategy, he said.

Lall said capacity utilisation of its commercial vehicles plants is on the rise, and debottlenecking of the facilities will be taken up to ramp up production.

At Tata Motor's Jamshedpur plant, cabin-making capacity for trucks is also being augmented, the top