Top 10 Chemical Manufacturing companies in India
In the dynamic global economy, India🇮🇳 has emerged as an important player in the chemical manufacturing sector. With a rich industrial heritage and a commitment to innovation, India empowers its chemical industry that contributes significantly to its economic growth. In this blog post, we'll introduce you to the top 10 chemical manufacturing companies in India that are at the leaders of chemical industry in India.
Chemical Companies of India
1. Reliance Industries Limited
Reliance Industries is a diversified conglomerate with a significant presence in the petrochemical, refining, oil & gas, textile and chemical sector. It manufactures a wide range of chemicals, including petrochemicals, polymers, and specialty chemicals.
We will only be considered RIL as a chemical manufacturer here, however Reliance have presence in many other businesses also. Reliance started by Dirubhai Ambani and now run by Mukesh Ambani. Company has many chemical manufacturing facilities in Bharat.
- Year of Establishment: 1966
- Website: [Reliance Industries] (https://www.ril.com)
- Petrochemicals Plant Locations: Allahabad UP, Barabanki UP, Vadodara Gujrat, Dahej Gujarat, Jamnagar Gujarat, Hazira Gujarat, Hoshiarpur Punjab, Nagothane Maharashtra, Nagpur Maharashtra, Patalganga Maharashtra, Silvassa Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- Refining Plant Location: Jamnagar Gujarat.
- Oil & Gas Plant Location: Gadimoga Andhra Pradesh
- Textiles Plant Location: Naroda Gujarat.
2. Tata Chemicals Limited
Tata Chemicals Limited is one of the big chemical companies. It is a part of the Tata Group and produces chemicals, including soda ash, soda bicarbonate, crushed refined soda, cement, salt, halogen products, gypsum and many more specialty products used in various industries.
Company has several manufacturing plants in India and foreign countries like Singapur, North America, Europe, Kenya and South Africa.
- Year of Establishment: 1939
- Website: [Tata Chemicals] (https://www.tatachemicals.com)
- Chemical Manufacturing Plant Locations: Mithapur, Gujarat, Dholera, Gujarat, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Mambattu, Andhra Pradesh.
3. Asian Paints Limited
While primarily known for paints and coatings, Asian Paints also produces a range of chemical and industrial products.
Company has several paint & chemical manufacturing plants in India and foreign countries like Shri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Fiji, Samoa Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Oman, Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, Qatar and Ethiopia.
- Year of Establishment: 1942
- Website: [Asian Paints] (https://www.asianpaints.com/)
- Plant Locations: Ankleshwar Gujarat, Sarigam Gujarat, Patancheru Telangana, Kasna Uttar Pradesh, Sriperumbudur Tamil Nadu, Rohtak Haryana, Khandala Maharashtra, Taloja Maharashtra, Mysuru Karnataka, Visakhapatam Andhra Pradesh
4. UPL Limited (formerly United Phosphorus Limited)
UPL is a leading agrochemical company specializing in the production of crop protection chemicals and seeds. Their main chemical products under crop protection are Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides & acaricides and Seed treatment chemicals.
Along with crop chemicals their speciality chemicals products fall under chemistry of Grignard reaction, Nitration, Phosphorus and sulphur derivatives, Chlorination, Hydrogenation, Phosgenation, Cyanation. UPL has many plants in India and outside India in North America, Latin America, Europe and many other countries.
- Year of Establishment: 1969
- Website: [UPL Limited] (https://www.upl-ltd.com/)
- Plant Locations: Karnal, Ankleshwar, Thane, Pune.
5. Deepak Nitrite Limited
Deepak Nitrite manufactures a variety of chemicals, including basic chemicals, fine and specialty chemicals, and performance products. Their basic chemicals products include Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate, Nitro Toluidines, Fuel Additives, Nitrosyl Sulphuric Acid which have several applications like Colourants, Petrochemicals, Rubber, Agrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Water Treatment, Glass Industries, Industrial Explosives and Fuel Additives.
Fine and speciality chemicals products include Xylidines, Oximes, Cumidines, Speciality Agrochemicals which have application in Agrochemical manufacturing, Colours & Pigments, Paper, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals etc. Performance products include Optical Brightening Agent (OBA) & DASDA which have application in Paper, Detergents, Textiles, Coating Applications in Printing and Photographic.
Phenolics products include Phenol, Acetone, Cumene, Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) which have application in Laminate & Plywood, Pharmaceuticals, Adhesives, Sanitisers, Rubber, Chemicals, Paints etc. Company has six chemical manufacturing plants in three states of India.
- Year of Establishment: 1970
- Website: [Deepak Nitrite] (https://www.godeepak.com)
- Plant Locations: Nandesari, Gujarat, Dahej, Gujarat, Dahej, Gujarat (DPL), Roha, Maharashtra, Taloja, Maharashtra, Hyderabad, Telangana.
6. PI Industries Limited
PI Industries is a prominent player in the agrochemical and specialty chemical manufacturing sector. They produce insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and speciality chemicals. Company has three manufacturing plants in India.
- Year of Establishment: 1947
- Website: [PI Industries] (https://www.piindustries.com/)
- Plant Locations: Jambusar Gujarat, Panoli Gujarat.
- R&D Center Location: Udaipur Rajasthan.
7. Aarti Industries Limited
Aarti Industries is known for its production of specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates. Company chemical division produces Benzene & Toluene based products using chemistry of chlorination, denitrochlorination, nitration, hydrogenation, ammonolysis, bromination, alkylation, diazotization, fluorination etc.
Company pharma division produces generic APIs, generic intermediates and xanthine derivatives for the pharmaceutical and food & beverages industry. Company has several manufacturing plants in India.
- Year of Establishment: 1975
- Website: [Aarti Industries] (https://www.aarti-industries.com/)
- Plant Locations: Sarigram Gujarat, Vapi Gujarat, Jhagadia, Kutch Gujarat, Tarapur Maharashtra, Dahej SEZ Gujarat.
- Research and Technology Centre Location: Mahape, Navi Mumbai Maharashtra.
8. Atul Limited
Atul Limited manufactures a wide range of chemicals, including dyes, pigments, aromatics, floras, pharmaceutical intermediates, resins, curing agents, polymers, and agrochemicals. Atul Limited is also one of the great chemical companies in India.
Company has many plants in India and subsidiaries outside India in Brasil, China, Ireland, UAE, UK and USA.
- Year of Establishment: 1947
- Website: [Atul Limited] (https://www.atul.co.in/)
- Plant Locations: Atul Valsad Gujarat, Ankleshwar Gujarat, Tarapur Gujarat, Panoli Gujarat.
9. Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited
Sudarshan Chemical Industries is a major producer of pigments and agrochemicals. Their pigment production ranges from organic to inorganic pigments and speciality chemicals.
Company's Roha plant operational since 1973 and engaged in chemical production of Azo pigments and High-Performance Polycyclic pigments. While Mahad plant operational since 1993 and are engaged in the production of blue and green pigments and Effect pigments.
- Year of Establishment: 1951
- Website: [Sudarshan Chemical Industries] (https://www.sudarshan.com/)
- Plant Locations: Roha and Mahad Production plant in the Maharastra state of India.
10. Navin Fluorine International Limited
Navin Fluorine specializes in the production of fluorine-based specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates. Navin Fluorine is known as big chemical manufacturer of fluorine chemical products.
They make high performance and high-quality refrigerants, Anhydrous Hydrofluoric (AHF), Aqueous Hydrofluoric acid and various inorganic fluorides like Ammonium bifluoride, Potassium fluoride, Sodium fluoride, Potassium fluorotitanate, Potassium fluoroborate, Hexafluorophosphoric acid, HF adducts as HF Pyridine complex and HF urea complex.
Company has three plants to produce chemicals in India.
- Year of Establishment: 1967
- Website: [Navin Fluorine International] (https://www.nfil.in/)
- Plant Locations: Surat Gujarat, Dahej Gujarat, Dewas Madhya Pradesh.
- R&D Center Location: Surat Gujarat India.
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