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  Bajaj Auto to take wheels to Pakistan
Bajaj Auto, the country's second largest automobile maker, is likely to set up a motorcycle and three-wheeler plant in association with the Pakistan-based Saigal family.
Bajaj Auto chairman and managing director Rahul Bajaj told Business Standard that the company planned to enter Pakistan, adding that the project was being handled by Sanjiv Bajaj, executive director, Bajaj International, a part of the Bajaj group.
Bajaj said the nature of investment in the project was still unclear as it would take a couple of months to be finalised.
www.rediff.com /money/2004/oct/09bajaj.htm   (370 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Auto rickshaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
An auto rickshaw is generally characterized by a tin/iron body resting on three small wheels (one in front, two on the rear), a small cabin for the driver (called an auto-wallah in some areas) in the front and seating for three in the rear.
Autos are generally fitted with a motorcycle version of a two-stroke engine with a handlebar for control (again like motorcycles) instead of a steering wheel, effectively making them a three-wheeler motorcycle carrying passengers on the rear seat.
The mototaxi or moto is the Peruvian incarnation of the auto rickshaw.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Auto_rickshaw   (2444 words)

  
 Bajaj Auto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bajaj Auto is a major Indian automobile manufacturer.
It is based in Pune, Maharashtra, with plants in Waluj near Aurangabad, Akurdi and Chakan, near Pune.
Bajaj Auto came into existence on November 29, 1945 as M/s Bachraj Trading Corporation Private Limited.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bajaj_Auto   (331 words)

  
 Auto rickshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An auto rickshaw (auto or rickshaw or tempo or tuk-tuk in popular parlance) is a vehicle for hire that is one of the chief modes of transport in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and is popular in many other countries.
An auto rickshaw, or simply just rickshaw, is generally characterized by a tin/iron body resting on three small wheels (one in front, two on the rear), a small cabin for the driver (called an auto-wallah in some areas) in the front and seating for three in the rear.
Autos are generally fitted with a scooter version of a two-stroke engine with a handlebar for control (again like scooters) instead of a steering wheel, effectively making them a three-wheeler scooter carrying passengers on the rear seat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auto_rickshaw   (2884 words)

  
 Indian Automobile Industry News - Bajaj Auto to go solo in non-life insurance
Bajaj Auto is planning to set up the non-life company with a start-up capital of Rs.
Bajaj Auto’s plan is to focus on the retail segment, although motor insurance is a loss-making portfolio for the general insurance industry.
Bajaj Auto has sold a total of 2.55 lakh motorcycles and 69,192 scooters for the year ended March ’00.
www.cybersteering.com /news.asp?id=n839   (318 words)

  
 INDIACAR.NET - Manufacturers: BAJAJ AUTO LIMITED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Bajaj Group came into existence during the turmoil and the heady euphoria of India's freedom struggle.
Jamnalal Bajaj, founder of the Bajaj Group, was a confidante and disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, and was deeply involved in the effort for freedom.
Bajaj is currently India's largest two and three-wheeler manufacturer and one of the biggest in the world.
www.indiacar.net /manufacturers/manufacturer1.asp?id=bajaj&vt=2   (258 words)

  
 domain-B : Indian business : companies : Bajaj Auto : Rajiv Bajaj: Turnaround artist
That Bajaj Auto has once again reclaimed its place in the two-wheeler market within five years speaks volumes of the younger Bajaj's turnaround strategy that included launching new products in a changing market place and changing the image of the company from a stodgy scooter maker into a trendy motorcycle manufacturer.
In one his interactions with the press, Bajaj recounted that in 2001 despite the fact that Bajaj Auto had an overwhelming share of the scooter market, it had not made a dent in the motorcycle market.
Since the market had shifted to motorcycles, Bajaj Auto's market-share in the two-wheeler segment had eroded though it maintained its share in the overall scooter market.
www.domainb.com /companies/companies_b/bajaj_auto/20060929_rajiv_bajaj.html   (1326 words)

  
 Bajaj Auto board approves company's split
Auto giant Bajaj Auto's board on Thursday approved a demerger scheme, splitting group into three separate entities with the creation of two new companies.
After the demerger, for each share of Bajaj Auto, the shareholders would continue to hold one share of the company with face value of Rs 10 and would also be allotted one BHIL share of Rs 10 face value and one BFL share of Rs 5 face value.
As part of the scheme, Bajaj Holdings and Investment Ltd (which would be the new auto company) would be renamed as Bajaj Auto Ltd and the existing Bajaj Auto Ltd would be renamed as Bajaj Holdings and Investment Ltd, (which would act as the primary investment company).
www.rediff.com /money/2007/may/17bajaj.htm   (704 words)

  
 Bajaj Auto sets up joint venture in Indonesia
Bajaj Auto has set up a joint venture company in Indonesia to assemble and sell three-wheelers and high-end motorcycles there.
Bajaj said the Indonesia plant would receive completely knocked down kits in the initial stages and the assembly will be done locally.
About Bajaj Auto's entry in Pakistan, he said the company was waiting for the settlement of Safta related issues between India and Pakistan.
ia.rediff.com /money/2006/jul/17bajaj.htm   (441 words)

  
 Road Rangers: The Bajaj Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Although his grandfather Jamnalal Bajaj was almost an adopted son of Mahatma Gandhi, cracks began to appear in the Bajaj family’s relationship with the first family after Rahul’s father broke away from the ruling party to join the Congress (O) in 1969.
Bajaj Auto was caught off-guard —the company produced over a million scooters and three-wheelers, but was a rather insiginificant player in motorcycle segment.
For Bajaj Auto, the next target was to race ahead in the premium bike category, and its indigenously developed motorcycle Pulsar did the honours.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /corpbajajshow/970274.cms   (966 words)

  
 agencyfaqs! > news & features > Bajaj Auto to consolidate media planning with MindShare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Bajaj Auto, one of India's Top Ten advertisers, is in the process of consolidating the strategic media planning for all its brands with MindShare (the WPP company that combines the billings of HTA, O&M, Contract, Rediffusion, Equus and Speer).
In fact, a Bajaj senior executive, when questioned, was eager to know if "someone in HTA has gone on record" with the claim.
Bajaj's latest move is not new for observers who cite cases of Levers and P&G where creative, media planning and media buying have been, at times, handled by three different outfits.
www.agencyfaqs.com /news/stories/2001/03/21/2106.html   (710 words)

  
 Equitymaster.com : Bajaj Auto: Taxes trim profits
Bajaj Auto, one of India’s leading two-wheeler manufacturers, has registered a respectable 14% YoY growth in topline during 1QFY05.
Bajaj Auto is the second largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the country.
The improvement in market share could be attributed to launch of ‘Bajaj CT 100’, which accounted for nearly 23% of all motorcycles sold by the company during the quarter and further enabled it to regain leadership in the entry level segment with a 42% market share in June 2004.
www.equitymaster.com /detail.asp?date=8/02/04&story=6   (514 words)

  
 INDIACAR.NET - Latest auto news - Bajaj 'CT100' straddles 2 segments
Bajaj hopes that the CT 100 will help to consolidate its overall position in the motorcycle market.
Presently Bajaj claims to have a 32% market share in the entry-level segment (2003-04) with its ‘Boxer’ series, and a 12% share in the executive segment with the ‘Wind’ and ‘Hoodibaba’ motorcycles.
Bajaj is expecting total sales of its Boxer AT, Boxer AR and the newly launched CT 100 motorcycles to be 50,000 units a month.
www.indiacar.net /news/n6838.htm   (385 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com: Finance -> News -> Bajaj Auto to make 125 cc bikes for Kawasaki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
"Bajaj can manufacture as per the specifications of Kawasaki for exports outside India," he said after announcing the launch of the company's Caliber 115 motorbike.
Bajaj, which claims a market share of 44 per cent in the entry-level segment of the bike market, expected to make a dent in the executive bike category with Caliber 115, he said.
Ravichandran said "executive bike" is a "weak segment" for Bajaj and with Caliber, the company targetted to sell 25,000 bikes from April itself.
finance.indiainfo.com /news/2003/03/08/08bajaj.html   (210 words)

  
 The Hindu : Bajaj Auto launches Pulsar
Bajaj, Pulsar is sure to catch on the young mindset of biking universe with its street-sport styling.
Bajaj said with cumulative aggregate rate of growth (CARG) of 43 per cent, ``we have made a clear dent in the motorcycle market by outperforming the industry in the last three years and we will continue our quest for a higher market share in the motorcycles segment".
Pulsar is being manufactured at Bajaj Auto's facility at Chakan near Pune where all ungeared scooters such as Bajaj Spirit and Bajaj Saffire are manufactured.
www.hinduonnet.com /2001/11/24/stories/0624000c.htm   (532 words)

  
 Firodias to stay invested in Bajaj Auto
Carrying forward its stand-off with Bajaj Auto Ltd over name change, the Firodias-run Bajaj Tempo on Tuesday said it would go ahead with steps to rechristen itself as 'Force Motors' 'as per an ordinary resolution,' also making it clear that it was not contemplating offloading its holding in the two-wheeler major.
Bajaj Auto CMD Rahul Bajaj has openly hit at the Firodias for proposing Force Motors as the new name,
The Firodias, who hold about 10 per cent in Bajaj Auto, also made clear that they are in no mood to offload their equity.
inhome.rediff.com /money/2005/mar/15bajaj.htm   (468 words)

  
 Bajaj Auto to adopt Kawasaki brandname for future bike range
MUMBAI, June 9: Bajaj Auto is planning to adopt the Kawasaki brandname for its future range of motorcycles in the country.
According to Bajaj Auto officials, the company has decided to take this approach as the Bajaj brand is very closely associated with scooters and three-wheelers.
Bajaj can now focus on creating brand equity merely for its scooters and three-wheelers, which anyway enjoy dominant market shares in their respective segments.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980610/16155154.html   (644 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: News & Commentary
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bajaj Auto Ltd., India's second- biggest maker of two-wheeled vehicles, is poised to report a record profit, as the country's economic growth and rising income boosted sales of scooters, motorcycles and auto rickshaws.
Bajaj Auto's profit may rise 38 percent to 7.4 billion rupees ($163 million) for the year ended March 31, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg poll of seven analysts.
Bajaj Auto shares, which have slumped 19 percent this year, are the seventh biggest losers on the Mumbai Stock Exchange's 30-member Sensex Index.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aP3qWh.ecv3I   (699 words)

  
 Financial management at Bajaj Auto | Finance Case Studies Collection
Bajaj Auto Limited is one of India''s largest two-wheeler manufacturers.
Bajaj has initiated several measures to regain its market share and strengthen its competitive position.
In 2003, Bajaj Auto Limited (Bajaj) was one of India's largest manufacturers of both two and three-wheelers.
icmr.icfai.org /casestudies/catalogue/Finance/FINA004.htm   (511 words)

  
 Wharton Global Business Forum 2006
Bajaj was also conferred the degree of Doctor of Arts (Honoris Causa) by IIT Roorkee and the Alumni Achievement Award by the Harvard Business School, both in September 2005.
Bajaj was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay from May 2003 to May 2006.
Bajaj was elected to the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Maharashtra in June 2006.
www.whartonglobal.com /india/spkrrahulbajaj.asp   (557 words)

  
 2SB Feature: Bajaj Scooters in the USA Part One: History and Marketing
Bajaj was formed in 1945 by Jamnalal Bajaj, a follower and friend of Mahatma Ghandi.
Bajaj scooters were very briefly imported to the USA in the early 1980s.
While Bajaj USA is not a subsidiary of Bajaj Auto Ltd., the American company has a long relationship with the Bajaj family and has surprisingly been allowed to use the Bajaj name.
www.2strokebuzz.com /features/041701.html   (831 words)

  
 Rahul vs Rajiv: The Bajaj saga- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
By 1980 Bajaj Auto was top scooter producer by far, and its Chetak brand had a 10-year waiting list.Critics said Rahul's success flowed from the quasi-monopoly status he got as an early entrant at a time when foreign collaborations and licences were difficult to obtain.
Bajaj Auto met the challenge squarely, and beat the newcomers hands down in scooters.
Rahul Bajaj at this juncture became famous as head of the Bombay Club, opposing liberalisation till there was a level playing field for Indians and foreigners.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1146315.cms   (848 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | Bajaj motorbike sales soar
Shares in Bajaj Auto have risen by almost 6% after the firm, India's leading scooter manufacturer and number two motorcycle maker, reported a surge in earnings.
Bajaj was India's leading two-wheel maker until last year when Hero Honda, a joint venture with Japan's Honda Motor, overtook with sales up 38% to more than 1.4 million bikes.
Bajaj Auto said profits hit 1.48bn rupees (£20.7m) over the quarter, up from 639m rupees a year earlier.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/1984605.stm   (487 words)

  
 Bajaj demerger just 'division of work' : Bajaj Auto, Rahul Bajaj, Sanjiv Bajaj, Rajiv Bajaj, demerger : IBNLive.com : ...
New Delhi: The Bajaj brothers on Tuesday tried to play down reports on an imminent demerger of the company, saying the areas of specialisation of the two brothers are different and hence it's simply division of work.
But Rajiv Bajaj tried to explain the issue differently, saying he and younger brother Sanjiv "were specialists in different areas." He also declined to take any query on reports of demerger of Bajaj Auto.
Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj, too, has gone on record, saying the company would put up a proposal before its board latest by May to consider hiving off its financial and investments businesses into two separate entities to utilise its cash surplus.
www.ibnlive.com /news/bajaj-demerger-just-division-of-work/33495-7.html?xml   (365 words)

  
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Bajaj Auto's 24 percent stake in Maharashtra Scooters Ltd. (MHSC.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) would go into the investment company, as would the 74 percent stake in two insurance joint ventures, Bajaj Allianz Life insurance and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.
Shares in Bajaj Auto Finance (BJFN.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 3.5 percent to 423.50 rupees in a firm Mumbai market, while shares in Bajaj Auto were up 1.5 percent at 2,114.05 rupees.
Bajaj Auto Finance said on Monday its board had approved raising up to 9.5 billion rupees through an issue of equity shares, debentures and warrants.
today.reuters.com /business/newsArticle.aspx?type=basicIndustries&storyID=nBOM131586   (521 words)

  
 prdomain | Bajaj Auto
Bajaj Auto Ltd., India s leading two-wheeler manufacturer, is a part of the Bajaj Group.
Bajaj Auto started its operations in 1945, as in importer of two and three wheelers.
Bajaj Auto has a technical tie-up with Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan to produce a range of the latest, state-of-art two-wheelers in India.
www.prdomain.com /companies/B/BajajAuto/co_profile.asp   (316 words)

  
 Strategy: Does Bajaj Auto Have The Caliber To Be A Legend?
Why, Bajaj Auto's sales of scooterettes have crashed by 11.60 per cent in April-January, 1998-99, in comparison to the same period of the previous year.
Bajaj Auto is betting on 2 recent launches: the Legend, its first 4-stroke scooter (launch: August, 1998), and the Bravo, a 150-cc scooter with a 5-port engine (December, 1998).
But Bajaj Auto has maintained its V-F-M USP by pricing the Spirit at between Rs 18,000 and Rs 22,000 against tvs-Suzuki's Scooty, which is priced at between Rs 21,000 and Rs 23,000.
www.india-today.com /btoday/22031999/cf3.html   (1350 words)

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