Tata Steel has manufacturing operations in 26 countries, including Australia, China, India, the Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom, and employs around 81,600 people. Its largest plant is located in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. In 2007 Tata Steel acquired the UK-based steel maker Corus in what was the largest international acquisition by an Indian company to date.
Tata Steel is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India.[7] It is ranked 401st in the 2012Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.[8] It is the eighth most-valuable Indian brand according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010.
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History
Tata Iron and Steel Company was established by Dorabji Tata on August 26, 1907, as part of his father Jamsetji's Tata Group. By 1939 it operated the largest steel plant in the British Empire. The company launched a major modernization and expansion program in 1951. Later, the program was upgraded to 2 MTPA project. In 1990, it started expansion plan and established its subsidiary Tata Inc. in New York. The company changed its name from TISCO to Tata Steel in 2005.
In August 2004, Tata Steel agreed to acquire the steelmaking operations of the Singapore-based NatSteel for S$486.4 million in cash.] The acquisition was completed in February 2005.
In 2005, Tata Steel acquired a 40% stake in the Thailand-based steelmaker