Tata Chemicals Limited is an Indian
multinational corporation
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with interests in
chemical
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s, crop protection and specialty chemistry products. The company is headquartered in
Mumbai
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and has operations across India, Europe, North America and Africa.
[ Tata Chemicals is a part of the ]Tata Group
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and its shares are traded on the NSE and BSE. Tata Chemicals has a publicly listed subsidiary called Rallis India.
History and operations
Tata Chemicals has the third largest soda ash
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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. The township Mithapur, derives its name from "Mitha" which means salt in Gujarati language.
Since 2006, Tata Chemicals has owned Brunner Mond Brunner may refer to:
Places
* Brunner, New Zealand
* Lake Brunner, New Zealand
* Brunner Mine, New Zealand
* Brunner, Houston, United States
* Brunner (crater), lunar crater
Other uses
* Brunner (surname)
* Brunner the Bounty Hunter, a cha ...
, a United Kingdom-based chemical company with operations in Magadi
Magadi is a town and taluk located in Bengaluru South District , Karnataka, India.
History
As per a legend, Magadi was founded in 1139 by a Chola king, who, in the course of an expedition, heard that in early times it had been the residence ...
(Kenya). On 27 March 2008, Tata Chemicals Ltd acquired General Chemical of US.
In April 2010, Tata Chemicals acquired 25% stake in ammonia-urea fertilizer complex in Gabon for 290 million.[
In 2016, Tata Chemicals sold its urea business to Pune-based Yara India, part of the Norwegian chemical company, ]Yara International
Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company. It produces, distributes, and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers and related industrial products. Its product line also includes phosphate and potash-based mineral fertilizers, as we ...
.
In 2019, Tata Group transferred Tata Chemicals' branded food business to Tata Global Beverages (now Tata Consumer Products
Tata Consumer Products Limited is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company and a part of the Tata Group. Its registered office is located in Kolkata while its corporate headquarters is in Mumbai. It is the world's second-largest manufacture ...
), in an all-share deal.
In 2022, Tata Chemicals, through its subsidiary Tata Chemicals Europe, set up the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant.
Research and Development Center
The Research and Development Center Tata Chemicals Innovation Center located at Pune
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, Maharashtra
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started operations in 2004. The team of scientists is working in the following areas: Food Science & Technology, Advanced Materials, Green Chemistry.
Rallis India
Rallis India is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, and is listed on both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange
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Established with t ...
.active ingredient
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...
s, formulations and contract manufacturing
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services.
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Tata Chemicals
Tata Sons subsidiaries
Chemical companies of India
Chemical companies established in 1939
1939 establishments in British India
Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange