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Hero MotoCorp
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Hero Motocorp Ltd., formerly Hero Honda, is an Indian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer based in New Delhi, India. Hero Honda started in 1984 as a joint venture between Hero Cycles of India and Honda of Japan.[4] The company is the largest two wheeler manufacturer in India.[5] The 2006 Forbes 200 Most Respected companies list has Hero Honda Motors ranked at #108.[6]

Hero Motocorp Ltd

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Public company BSE: 500182 (http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/StockReach/AdvanceStockReach.aspx? scripcode=500182) NSE: HEROMOTOCO (http://www.nseindia.com/marketinfo/companyinfo/companysearch.jsp? cons=HEROMOTOCO&section=7) BSE SENSEX Constituent

Industry

Automotive

19 January 1984 Founded In 2010, when Honda decided to Brijmohan Lall Munjal Founder(s) move out of the joint Headquarters New Delhi, India venture,[7] Hero Area served India, Sri Lanka Group bought the shares held by Deya Varadh Sens (Chairman) Key people [8] Honda. Pawan Munjal (MD & CEO)[1] Subsequently, in Motorcycles, scooters, three-wheeler vehicles Products August 2011 the 239.43 billion (US$4.0 billion) (2012)[2] Revenue company was renamed Hero 23.78 billion (US$400 million) (2012)[3] Net income MotoCorp with a 60.58 billion (US$1.0 billion) (2012) Total assets new corporate Hero Group Parent identity.[9] On 4 June 2012,Hero Subsidiaries Erik Buell Racing(49.2%) Motocorp approved www.heromotocorp.com (http://www.heromotocorp.com) Website a proposal to merge the investment arm of its parent Hero Investment Pvt. Ltd. into the automaker. The decision comes after 18 months of its split from Honda Motors.[10]

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1 Company profile 1.1 Termination of Honda joint venture 1.2 Hero MotoCorp 2 Company performance 3 Recognition 4 Acquisition of Eric Buell Racing 5 Motorcycle models 6 Suppliers 7 References 8 External links

Company profile
Hero is the brand name used by the Munjal brothers for their flagship company, Hero Cycles Ltd. A joint venture between the Hero Group and Honda Motor Company was established in 1984 as the Hero Honda Motors Limited at Dharuhera, India. Munjal family and Honda group both owned 26% stake in the Company. In 2010, it was reported that Honda planned to sell its stake in the venture to the Munjal family. During the 1980s, the company introduced motorcycles that were popular in India for their fuel economy and low cost. A popular advertising campaign based on the slogan 'Fill it Shut it Forget it' that emphasised the motorcycle's fuel efficiency helped the company grow at a double-digit pace since inception. The technology in the bikes of Hero Honda for almost 26 years (19842010) has come from the Japanese counterpart Honda.[11] Hero MotoCorp has three manufacturing facilities based at Dharuhera, Gurgaon in Haryana and at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. These plants together are capable of churning out 3 million bikes per year.[12] Hero MotoCorp has a large sales and service network with over 3,000 dealerships and service points across India. Hero Honda has a customer loyalty program since 2000,[13] called the Hero Honda Passport Program. The company has a stated aim of achieving revenues of $10 billion and volumes of 10 million two-wheelers by 201617. This in conjunction with new countries where they can now market their two-wheelers following the disengagement from Honda. Hero MotoCorp hopes to achieve 10 per cent of their revenues from international markets, and they expected to launch sales in Nigeria by end-2011 or early-2012. In addition, to cope with the new demand over the coming half decade, the company is coming up with their fourth factory in Neemrana, Rajasthan while their fifth factory is planned to be set up in Gujarat.

1956Formation of Hero Cycles in Ludhiana(majestic auto limited) 1975Hero Cycles becomes largest bicycle manufacturer in India. 1983Joint Collaboration Agreement with Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Japan signed Shareholders Agreement signed 1984Hero Honda Motors Ltd. incorporated 1985Hero Honda motorcycle CD 100 launched. 1989Hero Honda motorcycle Sleek launched. 1991Hero Honda motorcycle CD 100 SS launched. 1994 Hero Honda motorcycle Splendor launched. 1997Hero Honda motorcycle Street launched. 1999 Hero Honda motorcycle CBZ launched. 2001 Hero Honda motorcycle Passion and Hero Honda Joy launched.
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2002Hero Honda motorcycle Dawn and Hero Honda motorcycle Ambition launched. 2003Hero Honda motorcycle CD Dawn, Hero Honda motorcycle Splendor plus, Hero Honda motorcycle Passion Plus and Hero Honda motorcycle Karizma launched. 2004Hero Honda motorcycle Ambition 135 and Hero Honda motorcycle CBZ* launched. 2005Hero Honda motorcycle Super Splendor, Hero Honda motorcycle CD Deluxe, Hero Honda motorcycle Glamour, Hero Honda motorcycle Achiever and Hero Honda Scooter Pleasure. 2007New Models of Hero Honda motorcycle Splendor NXG, New Models of Hero Honda motorcycle CD Deluxe, New Models of Hero Honda motorcycle Passion Plus and Hero Honda motorcycle Hunk launched. 2008New Models of Hero Honda motorcycles Pleasure, CBZ Xtreme, Glamour, Glamour Fi and Hero Honda motorcycle Passion Pro launched. 2009New Models of Hero Honda motorcycle Karizma:Karizma ZMR and limited edition of Hero Honda motorcycle Hunk launched 2010New Models of Hero Honda motorcycle Splendor Pro and New Hero Honda motorcycle Hunk and New Hero Honda Motorcycle Super Splendor launched. 2011New Models of Hero Honda motorcycles Glamour, Glamour FI, CBZ Xtreme, Karizma launched. New licensing arrangement signed between Hero and Honda. In August Hero and Honda parted company, thus forming Hero MotoCorp and Honda moving out of the Hero Honda joint venture. In November, Hero launched its first ever Off Road Bike Named Hero "Impulse". 2012-New Models of Hero Motocorp Maestro the Musculine scooter and Ignitor the young generation bike are launched.

Termination of Honda joint venture

In December 2010, the board of directors of the Hero Honda Group have decided to terminate the joint venture between Hero Group of India and Honda of Japan in a phased manner. The Hero Group would buy out the 26% stake of the Honda in JV Hero Honda.[14] Under the joint venture Hero Group could not export to international markets (except Sri Lanka and Nepal) and the termination would mean that Hero Group can now export. Since the beginning, the Hero Group relied on their Japanese partner Honda for the technology in their bikes. So there are concerns that the Hero Group might not be able to sustain the performance of the Joint Venture alone.[15][16] The Japanese auto major will exit the joint venture through a series of offmarket transactions by giving the Munjal familythat held a 26% stake in the companyan additional 26%. Honda, which also has an independent fully owned twowheeler subsidiaryHonda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI)will exit Hero Honda at a discount and get over $1 billion for its stake. The discount will be between 30% and 50% to the current value of Honda's stake as per the price of the stock after the market closed on Wednesday.[17] The rising differences between the two partners gradually emerged as an irritant. Differences had been brewing for a few years before the split over a variety of issues, ranging from Honda's reluctance to fully and freely share technology with Hero (despite a 10-year technology tie-up that expires in 2014) as well as Indian partner's uneasiness over high royalty payouts to the Japanese company. Another major irritant for Honda was the refusal of Hero Honda (mainly managed by the Munjal family) to merge the company's spare parts business with Honda's new fully owned subsidiary Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI).[17] As per the arrangement, it will be a two-leg deal. In the first part, the Munjal family, led by Brijmohan Lal Munjal group, will form an overseas-incorporated special purpose vehicle (SPV) to buy out Honda's entire stake, which will be backed by bridge loans. This SPV would eventually be thrown open for private equity participation and those in the fray include Warburg Pincus, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), TPG, Bain Capital, and Carlyle Group.[18]
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Honda will continue to provide technology to Hero Honda motorbikes until 2014 for existing as well as future models.[19]

Hero MotoCorp
The new brand identity and logo of Hero MotoCorp were developed by the British firm Wolff Olins.[20] The logo was revealed on 9 August 2011 in London, to coincide with the third test match between England and India.[20] Hero MotoCorp can now export to Latin America, Africa and West Asia.[20] Hero is free to use any vendor for its components instead of just Honda-approved vendors.[20]

Company performance
During the fiscal year 200809, the company sold 3.7 million bikes, a growth of 12% over last year. In the same year, the company had a market share of 57% in the Indian market.[21] Hero Honda sells more two wheelers than the second, third and fourth placed two-wheeler companies put together.[11] Hero Honda's bike Hero Honda Splendor sells more than one million units per year.[22] On 1 June 2012, Hero MotoCorp reported its highest ever monthly sales at 556,644 units in May, registering a growth of 11.28%.[23]

Recognition
The Brand Trust Report[24] published by Trust Research Advisory has ranked Hero Honda in the 13th position among the brands in India.

Acquisition of Eric Buell Racing

Logo of Hero Honda, as the company was known till Aug. 2011

On 1 July, 2013, the company had announced that it has acquired a stake of 49.2% on Erik Buell Racing, a motorcycle sport company which produces street and racing motorcycles based in East Troy, Wisconsin, USA. It was reported that, the company has already made $10 million investment and the rest of the money is likely to be invested over the next nine months. The investment in EBR is being done through Hero MotoCorps newlyincorporated and wholly owned subsidiary i.e, Hero MotoCorp Limited.[25]

Motorcycle models
See also: Category:Hero Honda motorcycles Sleek Street Achiever Ambition 133, Ambition 135 CBZ, CBZ Star, CBZ Xtreme CD 100, CD 100 SS, Hero Honda Joy, CD Dawn, CD Deluxe, CD Deluxe (Self Start) Glamour, Glamour F.I Hunk Karizma, Karizma R, Karizma ZMR FI
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Passion, Passion Plus, Passion Pro Pleasure Splendor, Splendor+, Splendor+ (Limited Edition), Super Splendor, Splendor NXG,Splendor PRO Hero Impulse launched in 2011 after the separation of hero and Honda. Its India's first off-road and on road Bike. Hero ignitor launched in 2012 Maestro

Suppliers
It is reported Hero Honda has five joint ventures or associate companies, Munjal Showa, AG Industries, Sunbeam Auto, Rockman Industries and Satyam Auto Components, that supply a majority of its components.[26]

References
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