TAFE: TAFE, Eicher, IMT and Massey Ferguson tractors
TAFE, the Chennai tractor maker founded in 1960: TAFE, Eicher and IMT tractors, Massey Ferguson rights in India, Nepal and Bhutan, and export reach.
TAFE is a Chennai-based Indian tractor maker behind the TAFE, Eicher and IMT brands, and owner of Massey Ferguson in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
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Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, known as TAFE, is an Indian tractor manufacturer incorporated in Chennai in 1960 and headquartered in the city's Nungambakkam district. AGCO completed the sale of its ownership interest in TAFE on 30 September 2025, and under an agreement reached that year TAFE is the exclusive owner of the Massey Ferguson trademarks in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Alongside its Farm Equipment Division, the group runs businesses such as Engineering Plastics, TAFE Access and Southern Tree Farms.
On the farm, TAFE's business is the tractor and the work it powers: tillage, haulage and driving implements through the three-point linkage, hydraulics and power take-off. Its tractor brands are TAFE Tractors, Eicher Tractors and IMT, together with Massey Ferguson in its three territories, and IMT tractors are presented as suitable for arable land, vineyards and orchards. TAFE also makes TMTL-Eicher Agro Engines, hydraulic pumps, hydraulic cylinders and gears, and sells its tractors through an international distribution network.
Size of the business
TAFE reports sales of more than 180,000 tractors a year and exports to over 80 countries. These are the company's own operating figures and are not tied to a particular financial year.
Is TAFE an AGCO subsidiary?
No. AGCO completed the sale of its ownership interest in TAFE on 30 September 2025.
Are TAFE's Massey Ferguson rights global?
No. TAFE's ownership of the Massey Ferguson brand covers India, Nepal and Bhutan only.
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