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What is TaTa and when was it founded?
Tata is an
Indian multinational
corporation, initially founded in
1868
, and has gained global recognition by
purchasing
other companies.
What did Tata originally start out as?
A
steel
and
iron
company
What was
Tata
originally the main supplier of?
It was the main supplier of materials for the hotel of the company's founder, the
Taj Mahal
Hotel in
Bombay.
What does Tata now have?
1000 subsidiaries
in transport (cars and airline), teleservices, chemicals, IT systems,
energy
, investments, food and hotels.
Why is their amount of pollution vast?
The
steelworks
factories and from all the
transport
that they require
How much are they investing and into what?
98 million euroes
into an advanced bag filtration and
gas reactor system
for improved emission controls at the Sinter Plant
Why are many of the subsidiaries in mass debt?
Tata keeps taking over more and more
companies
, and this means that less management is going into them, and this will have an affect on
workers.
How has Tata supported education?
They have introduced many
scholarship
programmes for
higher education
of the children
Give an example of a company that Tata has taken over
Jaguar Land Rover
What are the owners planning to do?
Diversify
the company by
merging
the group with many different industries
Where is the HQ of Tata located?
Mumbai
, with their head office in
Mumbai
House
How has Tata benefited Africa?
Tata has a lot of
businesses
within Africa which has helped them to
develop
the local areas
What is against Tata?
It faces a lot of
competition
and has a negative reputation, with a lot of products said to have
poor build quality
How does this reputation affect Tata?
Some of their products are really popular in one country and
completely unknown
in another