Tata Chemicals Explained

Tata Chemicals Limited
Type:Public
Foundation:[1]
Location City:Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location Country:India
Area Served:Global
Key People:Natarajan Chandrasekaran
(Chairman)
Ramakrishnan Mukundan
(MD & CEO)
Industry:Chemicals
Products:Basic and industrial chemicals, nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers, industrial refinishing products, coatings and crop nutritions;
Revenue: (2024)[2]
Operating Income: (2024)
Net Income: (2024)
Assets: (2024)
Equity: (2024)
Parent:Tata Group

Tata Chemicals Limited is an Indian multinational corporation with interests in chemicals, crop protection and specialty chemistry products.[3] The company is headquartered in Mumbai and has operations across India, Europe, North America and Africa. Tata Chemicals is a part of the Tata Group and its shares are traded on the NSE and BSE.[4] Tata Chemicals has a publicly listed subsidiary called Rallis India.[5] [6]

History and operations

Tata Chemicals has the third largest soda ash production capacity plant in India. This was the second soda ash plant built in India by Kapilram Vakil (grandson of late Indian justice Nanabhai Haridas) that started operating in the year 1944.[7] The township Mithapur, derives its name from "Mitha" which means salt in Gujarati language.

Since 2006, Tata Chemicals has owned Brunner Mond, a United Kingdom-based chemical company with operations in Magadi (Kenya) and General Chemicals, in United States of America.

On 27 March 2008, Tata Chemicals Ltd acquired 100 per cent[8] [9] With all these acquisitions, combined capacity of production has increased to around 5.17 million tons of soda ash.

In April 2010, Tata Chemicals acquired 25% stake in ammonia-urea fertilizer complex in Gabon for 290 million.[10] The first phase of the plant will have a full operational capacity of 2.2 billion tons of ammonia and 3.85 billion tons of urea per day.[10]

In 2016, Tata Chemicals sold its urea business to Pune-based Yara India, part of the Norwegian chemical company, Yara International.[11]

In 2019, Tata Group transferred Tata Chemicals' branded food business to Tata Global Beverages (now Tata Consumer Products), in an all-share deal.[12]

In 2022, Tata Chemicals, through its subsidiary Tata Chemicals Europe, set up the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant.[13] The plant can capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.

Plant locations

Research and Development Center

The Research and Development Center Tata Chemicals Innovation Center located at Pune, Maharashtra started operations in 2004. The team of scientists is working in the following areas: Food Science & Technology, Advanced Materials, Green Chemistry,[15] Biochemicals, Metabolites, and Nutraceuticals. Other innovation centers include Rallis Innovation Chemistry Hub (RICH) and Metahelix Life Sciences in Bengaluru, and Tata Chemicals R&D Centre in Mithapur, Gujarat.

Product range

Rallis India

Rallis India is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, and is listed on both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. Rallis India operates in the agriculture sector and has an India focused business, an international focused business, and a seeds business.[17] Both the India and international businesses focus on crop nutrition and crop protection products.[18] The international business also offers active ingredients, formulations and contract manufacturing services.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED . Zauba Corp.
  2. Web site: Tata Chemicals Share Price, Tata Chemicals Stock Price, Tata Chemicals LTD. Stock Price, Share Price, Live BSE/NSE, Tata Chemicals LTD. Bids Offers. Buy/Sell Tata Chemicals LTD. News & tips, & F&O Quotes, NSE/BSE Forecast News and Live Quotes.
  3. Web site: Br Natarajan . BITS Pilani and Tata Chemicals Join Hands for HRD . Indiaprwire.com . 16 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132405/http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/200802027097.htm . 21 July 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Tata Chemicals Ltd. (878472): Company Description – BusinessWeek . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003104029/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=878472&page=0 . dead . 3 October 2012 . Investing.businessweek.com . 24 May 2010 . 16 July 2010.
  5. Web site: About Rallis India Limited . 2022-04-18 . rallis.com . en.
  6. Web site: Rallis India History Rallis India Information . 2022-04-18 . The Economic Times . en.
  7. Web site: Chemicals with a capital sea . Tata.in . 1 April 2004 . 4 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809011427/http://www.tata.in/aboutus/articlesinside/Chemicals-with-a-capital-sea . 9 August 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: Tatas acquire General Chemical of US for $1 b . Business Line. 1 February 2008 . 16 July 2010.
  9. Web site: Tata plans to invest in lithium ion battery manufacturing in Gujarat . Business Line. 18 January 2019 . 16 July 2019.
  10. Web site: TCL buys 25% stake in urea complex in Africa for $290 mn . 11 April 2010 .
  11. News: ET Bureau . 11 August 2016 . Tata Group sells Urea business to Pune-based Yara Fertilizers India . The Economic Times . 2022-06-13.
  12. Web site: PTI . 2019-05-15 . Tata Group to consolidate FMCG Business; announces Tata Chemicals transfer to Tata Global Beverages . 2022-06-14 . Business Today . en.
  13. Web site: Livemint . 2022-06-24 . Tata Chemicals Europe opens UK's largest carbon capture plant . 2022-06-26 . mint . en.
  14. Web site: 30 November 2008 . Contact us . 16 July 2010 . Tata Chemicals.
  15. News: John. Satish. 8 September 2009. Tata Chemicals working on a green makeover. Mint.
  16. Web site: Rallis . 2022-04-15 . www.rallis.com . en.
  17. Web site: Rallis : Business Review . 2022-04-21 . www.rallis.com.
  18. Web site: 2021 . Rallis Annual Report 2020-2021 . 22 April 2022 . Rallis.com . 2 . PDF.