Grasim Industries
Grasim Industries Limited is the lead company of the Indian Unternehmemsgruppe Aditya Birla Group.
The company manufactures cement, viscose, textiles and chemicals, especially sodium hydroxide, ago.
The company was founded immediately after the independence of India as a textile company. The production of chemicals in 1972 initially served the supply of raw materials for the viscose. The entry into the cement production was carried out by a takeover.
Share
The company is in the main stock market index of India, the BSE Sensex Bombay Stock Exchange listed.
Cement
Grasim is the largest cement manufacturers in India with a production capacity of 13.12 million tons per year. It operates cement factories in
- Jawad in Madhya Pradesh,
- Raipur in Chhattisgarh
- Shambhupura in Rajasthan,
- Malkhed in Karnataka,
- Sikka in Gujarat, and
- Reddipalayam in Tamil Nadu.
Viscose
In the textile sector is Grasim manufactures 18 million meters viscose. These are 266 450 tonnes per year, Grasim is the largest viscose producer in the world. The factories are in
- Nagda in Madhya Pradesh,
- Kharach in Gujarat and
- Harihar in Karnataka.
It exports to more than 50 countries.
Chemicals
Grasim began in 1972 with a production of 33,000 tons / year of caustic soda for your own viscose, now this was increased to 190,800 tons / year (2006), Grasim what makes them the second largest Indian manufacturer.
Now part of the production program also chlorine, aluminum chloride, sulfuric acid, vinyl sulfate and raw materials for the production of saccharin, and medications.