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The world's
largest aluminium rolling company |
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World
leader in viscose staple fibre |
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One of
the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia |
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Fastest-growing
copper company in Asia |
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The Aditya
Birla Group is the 11th largest cement producer in the world
and the seventh largest in Asia |
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Fourth
largest producer of carbon black in the world |
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Fourth
largest producer of insulators in the world |
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The Aditya Birla Group, India's first multinational
corporation, traces its origins back to the tiny
village of Pilani in the Rajasthan desert, where
Seth Shiv Narayan Birla started
cotton trading operations in 1857. Today, the Group's
footprint extends to 25 countries and its revenues
are US$ 28 billion. We retrace the highlights of
this remarkable journey, starting from the present:
2008
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The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil
conferred the much coveted Rotary International
Polio Eradication Champion Award on Mrs. Rajashree
Birla in an elegant function at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan (Delhi), attended by the Chairman,
select Rotarians and WHO officials |
2007
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The
Aditya Birla Group was honoured with the India
Today Group's Readers Digest Gold award in
recognition of the work that truly exemplifies
the highest values of society as well as those
of Reader's Digest. The award was received
by Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya
Birla Center for Community Initiatives and
Rural Development, at the Pegasus Corporate
Social Responsibility Awards 2007 function |
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Hindalco
awarded the CII - Sorabji Green Business Centre
"National Award for Excellence in Water
Management 2007". |
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In
May 2007, Novelis became a Hindalco subsidiary
with the completion of the acquisition process.
The transaction makes Hindalco the world's
largest aluminum rolling company and one of
the biggest producers of primary aluminum
in Asia, as well as being India's leading
copper producer. |
2006
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Hindalco
in a joint venture with Almex USA Inc. |
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TransWorks
Information Services announces success of
bid to acquire Minacs Worldwide |
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Grasim
Industries Limited, India; Thai Rayon Public
Company Limited, Thailand and P.T. Indo Bharat
Rayon, Indonesia form a JV with Hubei Jing
Wei Chemical Fibre Company, China, for VSF. |
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Hindalco
awarded the Greentech Safety Silver Award
for its outstanding safety performance during
2005-06. |
2005
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Indian
Rayon re-christened as Aditya Birla Nuvo. |
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Aditya
Birla Group to set up a world-class aluminium
project in Orissa. |
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The
Aditya Birla Group signs a framework agreement
to acquire St Anne Nackawic Pulp Mill, Canada.
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2004
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Board
reconstituted with Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
taking over as Chairman. |
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Completion
of the implementation process to demerge the
cement business of L&T and completion
of open offer by Grasim, with the latter acquiring
controlling stake in the newly formed company
UltraTech. |
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Grasim,
Nagda, received the FICCI Annual Award 2003-2004
in
recognition of corporate initiaitve in rural
development. |
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Bihar
Caustic and Chemicals Ltd., Rehla, Jharkhand,
has received the
FICCI Annual Award 2003-2004 in recognition
of corporate initiative in family welfare. |
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Hindalco
recieves India CFO Award 2004 for excellence
in finance in a large corporate. |
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Scheme
of Arrangement announced to merge Indal with
Hindalco. |
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Indian
Rayon completes its brownfield expansion of
40,000 TPA at Hi-Tech Carbon, Gummidipundi,
taking total capacity to 1,60,000 TPA. |
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Deming
Award for Indo Gulf. |
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Indal
wins FICCI Award 2002-2003 for 'Corporate
Initiative in Rural Development'. |
2003
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Mr.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Group,
is selected as Business India's Businessman
of the Year - 2003. |
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Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is selected as The
Economic Times' Business Leader of the year. |
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The
Group is ranked 16th in India's first ever
survey of 'Great places to work in', published
in Business World magazine. The Group's joint
venture concern, Birla Sun Life Insurance,
is ranked 9th in the same study. |
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The
Group is ranked 20th in a study on the 'Best
Employers in India', conducted by Hewitt Associates
and Business Today. |
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Hindalco
receives the Asian CSR Award for its "Rural
Poverty Alleviation Programme". The Asian
CSR Awards are Asia's premier awards programme
on Corporate Social Responsibility. |
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The
Group acquires the Mount Gordon Copper mines
in Australia, another strategic step in becoming
a globally competitive copper player. |
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Liaoning
Birla Carbon, the Group's first carbon black
company in China, is incorporated. |
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Indian
Rayon acquires TransWorks, a leading Indian
ITES / BPO company. |
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The
board of engineering major Larsen & Toubro
Ltd (L&T) decides to demerge its cement
business into a separate cement company (CemCo),
in which L&T will retain 20 per cent of
its equity with the balance to be distributed
to their shareholders in proportion to their
shareholding in L&T. As a consequence,
Grasim to acquire an 8.5 per cent equity stake
from L&T and then make an open offer for
30 per cent of the equity of CemCo, to acquire
management control of CemCo. |
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The
Group divests its entire 37.38 per cent equity
stake in Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals
Ltd (MRPL) to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC). |
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Birla
Copper acquires the Nifty Copper Mines in
Australia, as part of a strategic plan to
make the company an integrated copper producer,
and source raw material for its copper smelter
at Dahej, Gujarat. |
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Indian
Rayon formally launches its insulators joint
venture with NGK Insulators Ltd., Japan, christening
it as "Birla NGK Insulators Private Limited. |
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Birla
Copper, a strategic business unit of Hindalco,
is accorded London Metal Exchange (LME) registration.
Its copper cathodes are approved as 'Grade
A' copper brand by LME. |
2002
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The
Grasim board approves an open offer for
purchase of up to 20 per cent of the equity
of L&T, in accordance with the provisions
and guidelines issued by the Securities
& Exchange Board of India Regulations,
1997.
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Grasim
increases stake in L&T to 14.15 per cent
(351.84 lakh shares). |
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Landmark
corporate restructuring of Hindalco and Indo
Gulf. The fertiliser business of Indo Gulf
to be demerged into a separate company called
Indo Gulf Fertilisers. Indo Gulf's copper
business to be merged with Hindalco, creating
a non-ferrous metals powerhouse. |
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Grasim
divests its Gwalior unit to Melodeon Exports
Limited, and consolidates textile operations
at a single location in Bhiwani, MP, which
will manufacture both 'Grasim' and 'Graviera'
brands. |
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PSI
Data Systems acquires Birla Technologies Ltd,
bringing the Group IT services business under
one umbrella. |
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Indal
acquires a controlling stake in Anapurna Foils
Ltd (AFL), to augment its position in the
foil and packaging sectors. Subsequently AFL
is merged with Indal. |
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The
Group receives The Economic Times' "Corporate
Citizen" of the year award. |
2001
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Grasim
acquires 2.50 crore shares -- representing
just over 10 per cent of the equity -- in
L&T from Reliance Industries Ltd. |
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Birla
Consultancy & Software Services spun off;
becomes a separate entity called Birla Technologies
Ltd. |
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Indian
Rayon acquires a stake in PSI Data Systems,
in one of the largest cash transactions in
the Indian technology sector. |
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Grasim
closes its pulp plant at Mavoor as a part
of its restructuring initiatives. |
2000
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Indian
Rayon acquires Madura Garments and selected
overseas brand rights, taking the Group to
the top of the league in the branded apparels
sector. |
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The
Group forays into e-business through a strategic
alliance of its software arm, Birla Software
and Consultancy Services (BCSS), with Lawson
Software (USA). |
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'Gyanodaya',
the Institute of Management Learning of the
Adiya Birla Group, is inaugurated. |
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Hindalco
acquires Indal. The Indal board is reconstituted.
Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla becomes Indal's new
chairman. The Group holding goes up to 74.6
per cent, and further increases to 96 per
cent in FY'03. |
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The
Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
(IRDA) grants registration in principle to
Birla Sun Life Insurance Company. Indian Rayon
acquires major world rights for international
apparel brands Louis Philippe, Allen Solly
and Peter England. |
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The
Group announces its intention to launch a
450 MW `Green Power Project' in Karnataka
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The
merger of Birla AT&T and Tata Cellular
is completed. |
1999
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A
joint venture with financial services major
Sun Life of Canada is inked, as part of the
overall restructuring of the Group's financial
services business. |
1998
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The
Group forms a 50:50 joint venture company
with Tembec Inc. of Canada, called A.V. Cell
Inc., to supply pulp for the Group's VSF operations. |
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Grasim
acquires Dharani Cement and Shree Digvijay
Cement to consolidate the group's leadership
position in cement. |
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The
cement businesses of Indian Rayon and Grasim
are consolidated into a single division of
Grasim – the biggest restructuring ever
by any corporate entity in India. |
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The
Group forays into copper with the commissioning
of Indo Gulf's copper smelter – the largest
of its kind in India. |
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Thai
Organic Chemicals begins commercial operations
of Chlor-Alkali and Epichlorohydrin. |
1996
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To
honour the memory of the late Aditya Birla,
a new corporate logo –
Aditya,
the rising sun –
is
launched. |
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All
group companies are consolidated under the
umbrella of the Aditya Birla Group, led by
Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla. |
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P.T.
Indo Liberty Textiles is incorporated to manufacture
yarn in Indonesia. |
1995
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The
Group enters the telecommunications sector
through a joint venture with AT&T (USA). |
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Thai
Sulphites & Chemicals is incorporated
to manufacture sodium sulphite and sodium
metabisulphite. |
1994
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The
Birla Growth Fund is renamed Birla Global
Finance Limited, as its span of operations
expands. |
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Alexandria
Carbon Black, the Group's first joint venture
with the Egyptian government, is established. |
1992
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Thai
Epoxy and Allied Products commences production
of Epoxy Resins in Thailand. |
1991
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Pan
Century Oleochemicals commences production
of fatty acids and glycerine in Malaysia. |
1990
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Mr
Kumar Mangalam Birla gets actively involved
in the Group's operations. |
1989
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Thai
Peroxide commences manufacturing of hygrogen
peroxide solutions in Thailand. |
1988
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The
government liberalises the petroleum industry.
The Aditya Birla Group enters into a joint
venture with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Ltd to set up a three-million-tonne refinery,
Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd
(MRPL), at Mangalore, Karnataka. |
1987
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Indian
Rayon is renamed as Indian Rayon and Industries
Limited (IRIL), to reflect its wide horizon
of activities. |
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Thai
Acrylic Fibre is incorporated to produce fibre
and tow. |
1986
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The
Birla Growth Fund is set up to finance industrial
equipment, plant and machinery and consumer
durables, as well as for stock market operations. |
1985
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India's
first gas-based fertiliser plant in the private
sector –
Indo Gulf –
goes on stream at Jagdishpur, UP. |
1984
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Thai
Polyphosphates and Chemicals commences production
of sodium phosphates in Thailand. |
1982
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P.T
Indo Bharat Rayon is established. It is the
first producer of Viscose Staple Fibre in
Indonesia. |
1978
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Thai
Carbon Black, the Group's first carbon black
company is incorporated in Thailand. |
1977
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Pan
Century Edible Oils is incorporated in Malaysia,
going on to become the world's largest single-location
palm oil refinery. |
1975
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The
Indo Phil Group of companies, the first Indo-Filipino
joint venture commences production of spun
yarn. |
1974
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Thai
Rayon, the Group's Viscose Rayon Staple Fibre
business is incorporated in Thailand. |
1973
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P.T.
Elegant Textiles is established to manufacture
spun yarn. It marks the Group's first venture
in Indonesia. |
1969
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Aditya
Birla sets up Indo-Thai Synthetics Company
Ltd, the group's first overseas company. |
1967
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Hindalco
sets up a captive power plant at Renusagar
- a significant strategic move. |
1966
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The
Indian Rayon Corporation Ltd is acquired. |
1965
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Aditya
Birla, grandson of the legendary Ghanshyamdas
Birla, starts the Eastern Spinning Mills &
Industries. |
1962
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Hindalco commences production at its aluminium
complex at Renukoot, UP. |
1958
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Hindalco is incorporated. |
1947
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Grasim is incorporated. It commences operations
with a small rayon weaving unit at Gwalior,
MP. |
1919
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Ghanshyamdas Birla, grandson of Shiv Narayan
Birla, sets up the first Birla jute mill,
marking his entry into the manufacturing sector.
Rapid business expansion follows. |
1857
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The foundation of the Birla Group of Companies
is laid by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla –
cotton trading operations commence at Pilani,
Rajasthan. |
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