 Five new manufacturers started production in this period.In 1998 Bajaj Tempo, later renamed Force Motors, began tractor production in Pune.In April of the same year New Holland Tractor (India) Ltd launched production of 70 hp tractors with matching equipment by investing $US 75 million in a state-of-the-art plant at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh state with an initial capacity of 35000 units per year.