SAS Motors Limited is a public limited company

Limited company

A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...

 incorporated in April 2003 with the mission of making low-cost farm

Farm

A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...

 mechanization technology available to Indian farmers

Agriculture in India

Agriculture in India has a significant history. Today, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry and logging accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2007, % of the total workforce and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest...

. Its flagship product is ‘Angad’ 240 D tractor

Tractor

A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...

. The company is engaged in sourcing, assembling, manufacturing, and marketing of ‘Angad’. SAS Motors also provides a range of agricultural equipment

Launched in November 2004,‘Angad’ has been well accepted by the farmers. More than 5000 ‘Angad’ tractors are running in the Indian soil right now.

Survey shows that 90% of the buyers of ‘Angad’ tractors are first time owners of tractor; this is in contrast with the tractor industry scenario where about 50% of the sales come from the replacement market.

Manufacturing strategy

SAS Motors Limited follows a model of sourcing standardized mass produced components available at economic price and adding a few selected customized components to enhance the efficiency of the tractor and make it suitable for the specific applications in the Indian condition. The cost of transportation of tractor from the factory to the farmers’ hand can increase the price of a low cost tractor significantly. Hence, SAS Motors Limited, has adopted the unique model of regional assembly set up and the markets in a region are catered to from the assembly plant closest to that region to keep the transportation cost low.

Products

SAS Motors Limited is currently manufacturing the following products:

• Tractors

Angad 240D, 22 hp Tractor

Angad 350D, 35 hp Tractor

• Power Tillers

Angad 150PT Power Tiller

Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever attached to a rudder post or rudder stock of a boat that provides leverage for the helmsman to turn the rudder...

• Rotovators
  Cultivator
  A cultivator is any of several types of farm implement used for secondary tillage. One sense of the name refers to frames with teeth that pierce the soil as they are dragged through it linearly. Another sense refers to machines that use rotary motion of disks or teeth to accomplish a similar result...
  
  
• Diesel Engine
  Diesel engine
  A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
  
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• Power Weeders / Mini Tillers