Pakistan connection of the country’s most famous tractor company, the story is very exciting

New Delhi. It was the year of 1947, the pain of partition was spread everywhere. In the same fire, a family was from Nanda Brothers, who came from Lahore to Delhi. In 1944, it was not just a shift to bring to Delhi to pick up the Lahore company ‘Escorts Agents Limited’ to Delhi, it was the beginning of courage in pain. There is no factory, no machines, money, just cheering and freshly big machines. Everything was again started in Delhi with zero and a factory was set up in Faridabad in 1960. In 1961, when the first tractor was built with Ursas of Poland, it was not a machine, but the first victory of that struggle.

In 1969, America’s partnership with Ford Motors made escorts international. When Ford 3000 was launched in India in 1971, he became the hero of every farm. After this, names like Farmtrac and Powrtrac climbed on the tongue of farmers. In 1983, a bike with Yamaha also made an ambassador and iconic model like RX100. But then in 2001, the company changed the focus and only paid attention to tractors and components. Took the plant in Poland, and showed the amazing of electric tractors in the US and Europe since 2019. In 2020, when Kubota of Japan imposed ₹ 9,370 crore and took 53.5% stake, it was not just a company, it became a revolution of farmers.

In the first half of 2024-25, a revenue of ₹ 10,244 crore, a profit of ₹ 1,265 crore, and a market value of more than ₹ 38,000 crore, it is not just figures, it is a story written with hard work. Tractor sales earns 80%, and a new plant of ₹ 4,500 crore in UP is preparing the company for the future. From Stestrack to Farmtrac 26e, every model now directly connects with the needs of farmers.

Now escorts are not limited to fields

Four plants are made in India and one in Poland, 3 lakh tractors and 50 lakh auto parts are made every year. Construction machinery, from railway brake system to electric tractor, escorts Kubota is now in every sector where machines run. Finance wing named EKFL gives easy loans to farmers. The target of earning ₹ 22,500 crore by 2028 and becoming the second largest player in the country is in front.