More than a family

At the very outset, it was intended that a family of enterprises be formed. The Steel Company would provide the basic materials of the industry and the others would process the steel into more advanced products. After the great slump of 1930 many companies that survived the storm constituted a conglomerate of Tata enterprises such as Tata Agrico, Tata-Robins-Fraser, The Tinplate Company of India Ltd., Tata-Yodogawa, Tata Refractories Ltd. etc. Each of these companies formed in collaboration with foreign giants made significant contributions in the development of Industrial India.