TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited (Formerly Tata Refractories Limited and TRL) is an Indian

refractory In materials science, a refractory (or refractory material) is a material that is resistant to decomposition by heat or chemical attack and that retains its strength and rigidity at high temperatures. They are inorganic, non-metallic compound ...

company. It was established in 1958 in Belpahar, a city in

Jharsuguda district Jharsuguda is a district in Odisha, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarters. This region is rich in coal and other mineral reserves. Of late, many small and medium scale iron and steel units have been set up in the vicinity of Jharsugu ...

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. It mainly produces

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, dolomite, high

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, monolithics,

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, flow control products and tap hole

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refractories having a consolidated installed capacity of 4,00,000 MT per annum. Its key customers are the steel, cement, glass, copper and aluminium industries. During the year 2010–2011, the company achieved the distinction of being the first Indian refractories company to cross consolidated turnover. Current gross revenue stands at

History

In 1958,

Tata Steel Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with its primary operations based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel ...

formed a new refractory factory at Belpahar namely Belpahar Refractories Limited born JV between TISCO and Didier Werke, Germany. Fortune 500 Programme Launched Major modernization and expansion projects undertaken Over the years, strategies were drawn, plans were executed to modernize and grow the Plant. One of the key strategy nicknamed as "Fortune 500" in 2003 helped the Company achieve an annual Turnover of Rs.500 Crores by end of 2007.It was later renamed Tata Refractories under the

Tata Group The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate group of companies headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate, with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 c ...

. In 2011, Tata sold 51% of its shares to Krosaki Harima Corporation of Japan, and the refractory company's name was changed to TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited.

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Indian companies established in 1958 Companies based in Odisha 1958 establishments in Orissa Jharsuguda district {{India-company-stub