Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. (BL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and a conglomerate under the

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. It is classified as a category-I Miniratna company. Originally founded in 1867 by George Stephen Balmer and Alexander Lawrie in

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, the conglomerate has eight

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s, four

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s in India and abroad, and a subsidiary in India.

History

Balmer Lawrie was founded as a partnership firm on 1 February 1867 in

, by two Scotsmen: George Stephen Balmer and Alexander Lawrie. It became a private limited company in 1924 with a paid-up share capital of ₹40 lakhs, a public limited company in 1936 and then a Government of India Enterprise in 1972. BL is classified as a category-I Miniratna company.

Joint ventures and subsidiary

Balmer Lawrie has

s in both Indian and abroad and a subsidiary in India.

Joint Ventures in India

*Balmer Lawrie - Van Leer Ltd. *AVI-OIL India Pvt. Ltd.

Joint Ventures abroad

*PT. Balmer Lawrie Indonesia *Balmer Lawrie (UAE) LLC

Subsidiary

*Visakhapatnam Port Logistics Park Limited

Service

It has eight

s: Industrial Packaging, Greases & Lubricants, Chemicals, Travel & Vacations, Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services, Cold Chain and Refinery & Oil Field Services, with offices spread across the country and abroad. BL is present in eight businesses: Travel and Vacations, Industrial Packaging, Greases and Lubricants, Leather Chemicals, Logistics, Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services, and Refinery and Oil Field.

Recent developments

Today, Balmer Lawrie is a government sector enterprise with a turnover of ₹2,404 crores and a profit of ₹203 crores as of 31 March 2025. During FY 2024–25, the PSE earned a revenue of .

References

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