Tube Products of India (TPI) is an Indian manufacturer of precision steel tubes, cold rolled steel strips and tubular components, operating as a division of Tube Investments of India Limited, part of the Chennai-based Murugappa Group. The division supplies primarily to the automotive industry, along with bicycles, boilers, and general engineering applications.
| Name | Tube Products of India |
|---|---|
| Type | Division of a listed company |
| Parent | Tube Investments of India Limited |
| Group | Murugappa Group |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Industry | Steel tubes and strips, automotive components |
| Products | Cold drawn welded tubes, electric resistance welded tubes, cold rolled steel strips, tubular components |
Tube Investments of India was established in the years following Indian independence as part of the diversification of the Murugappa Group, in collaboration with Tube Investments of the United Kingdom. Tube Products of India emerged as the group's tubes manufacturing arm, focused on precision steel tubing for industrial use. Over time, the parent company organised its operations into business divisions, with TPI handling tubes and strips while a sister division concentrated on bicycles and another on engineered chains.
TPI manufactures a range of steel tubes and strips used as inputs by other industries:
The division operates manufacturing plants in multiple Indian states and supplies leading domestic and global automobile and two-wheeler manufacturers.
As one of the early organised producers of precision steel tubes in India, TPI has been associated with the localisation of automotive tubular components, reducing dependence on imports for items such as propeller and steering column tubing. Its output also underpins the bicycle manufacturing operations of the Murugappa Group, including the BSA and Hercules brands produced by TI Cycles.