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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Amalgamations Groupxxxx<br />
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| logo = Amalgamations - logo.gif<br />
| logo_size = 180px<br />
| logo_alt = Amalgamations Group Logo<br />
| type = [[Publicly-listed company|Public]], [[Limited-liability company|Limited]]<br />
| traded_as = {{BSE|xxxx}}{{Dubious|date=October 2018}}<br />
| foundation = {{start date and age|1945}}<br />
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| founder = [[S. Anantharamakrishnan]]<br />
| key_people = [[S. Anantharamakrishnan]] (Chairman)<br />
| num_employees = 12,000 (2016)<br />
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]<br />
| products = Tractors, Diesel engines, Automobile parts, Tea plantation, Retail stores<br />
| revenue = INR 83 billion (2020)<br />
| net_income = INR 30.44 billion (2020)<br />
| homepage = http://amalgamationsgroup.co.in/<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Amalgamations Group''' (a.k.a. '''Simpson Group''') is an Indian business conglomerate based in [[Chennai]] which has several business interests in Manufacturing Tractors, Automobile ancillaries, Plantation, Trading and services. The most notable being the [[Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited]] (Better known as [[TAFE Tractors|TAFE)]], Simpsons & Company, T. Stanes & Co, [[Amco Batteries]], [[Higginbotham's]] and Addisons Paint. The group today has over 47 companies with 50 manufacturing plants.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Amalgamations Group was established by [[S. Anantharamakrishnan]]<ref name="amalgamation_road">{{cite news|title=The road to amalgamation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710145510/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2003|date=21 May 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=S.|last=Muthiah|authorlink=S.Muthiah}}</ref> who during the early 1940s was a Director at Simpsons & Co. In 1945 he took over the management and later consolidated several British owned companies with interests in plantation, engineering, trading and services.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2630077.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Anusha | last=Parthasarathy | title=Survivors of Time: Higginbothams | date=2011-11-15}}</ref><ref name="smuthiahp53">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], Pg 53</ref> According to popular Chennai historian [[S. Muthiah]], the successful takeover was the result of an overheard conversation at a Hotel Connemara.<ref name="smuthiahp53" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://amalgamationsgroup.co.in/ Official Website]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Engineering companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1945]]<br />
[[Category:Agricultural machinery manufacturers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Diesel engine manufacturers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1945]]<br />
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