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Aditya Birla Group

Type

Private

Industry

Conglomerate

Founded

1857[1]

Founder(s)

Ghanshyam Das Birla

Headquarters Mumbai, India

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Kumar Mangalam Birla(Chairman)

Products

Metals, cements, textiles,chemicals, agribusiness,carbon black, mining, wind power, insulators,telecommunications, financial services, information technology, retail, trading solutions

Revenue

US$ 35 billion (2011)[2]

Employees

133,000 (2011)[3]

Subsidiaries

List of subsidiaries

Website

www.adityabirla.com

The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India.[4] It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide.[5] The group has diversified business interests and is dominant player in all the sectors in which it operates such as viscose staple fibre, metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services. The Aditya Birla group is a US$ 35 billion conglomerate which gets 60 % of its revenues from outside India.[2] The Aditya Birla Group has been adjudged the best employer in India and among the top 20 in Asia by the Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study 2007.[6] The origins of the group lie in the conglomerate once held by one of India's foremost industrialists Mr. Ghanshyam Das Birla.
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1 History 2 Operating countries 3 Non-ferrous metals 4 Cement 5 Carbon black

6 Textile business 7 Telecom Services 8 Aditya birla companies

8.1 Major subsidiaries and associates

9 Philanthropy

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9.1 Schools 9.2 Institutes

10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit]History
Aditya Birla is organized into various subsidiaries that operate across different sectors. Among these are viscose staple fibre, non-ferrous metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, Retail (under the 'More' brand of supermarkets), fertilizers, chemicals, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services. The Group consists of four main companies, which operate in various industry sectors through subsidiaries, joint ventures, etc. These are Hindalco, Grasim,Aditya Birla Nuvo, Idea cellular and UltraTech Cement.

[edit]Operating

countries

The Group operates in 33 countries Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam.

[edit]Non-ferrous

metals

Main articles: Hindalco and Novelis The Group's non-ferrous metals are under Hindalco.[7] It is a dominant player in aluminum and copper. Its manufacturing locations are primarily in India, and it owns mines in Australia. On 11 February 2007, the company entered into an agreement to acquire the Canadian company Novelis for U$6 billion,[8] making the combined entity the world's largest rolled-aluminium producer. On 15 May 2007, the acquisition was completed with Novelis shareholders receiving $44.93 per outstanding share of common stock.[9] Hindalco makes alumina chemicals, primary aluminum, rolled products, alloy wheels, roofing sheets, wire rods, cast copper rods, copper cathodes and several other products.[10]

[edit]Cement
Main articles: UltraTech Cement and Grasim Industries The Group's cement business was earlier under both Grasim Industries and UltraTech Cement. The two entities are now merged into UltraTech cement to form India's largest cement company. UltraTech cement was originally the cement business of L&T which was acquired by Aditya Birla Group in 2004.

[edit]Carbon

black

The Group is the fourth largest manufacturer of Carbon Black worldwide.[11] It operates out of facilities in Egypt, Thailand, India and China. Birla has also announced their intentions to purchase Columbian Chemicals Co. Press Release

[edit]Textile

business

Main article: Grasim The Aditya Birla Group is the world's largest player in the Viscose Staple Fiber industry. [12] It operates out of India, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and China. It owns the Birla Cellulose brand. Apart from viscose staple fiber, the group also owns acrylic fiber businesses in Egypt and Thailand, viscose filament yarn businesses and spinning mills at several locations all over India and South East Asia. The group has pulp and plantation interests in Canada and has recently invested in plantations in Laos. The Aditya Birla group is also a major player in the branded garments market in India.

[edit]Telecom

Services

Main article: Idea Cellular Idea Cellular is now owned by Aditya Birla Group.[13] Idea Cellular started off as a joint venture with the group, AT&T and the Tata Group. However the stakes of the remaining partners was eventually acquired by the group. After an Initial Public Offering on the Indian Stock Markets, Idea Cellular now accounts for a third of the group's market capitalization. The company is headquartered in Mumbai and has pan-India operations.

[edit]Aditya [edit]Major

birla companies

subsidiaries and associates

Aditya Birla Nuvo Grasim Industries Limited Hindalco Industries Limited UltraTech Cement Limited

Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Limited Samruddhi Cement Novelis Inc. Aditya Birla Minerals Aditya Birla Chemicals (India)Limited Utkal Alumina International Limited Dahej Harbour & Infrastructure Limited Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company Limited Tubed Coal Mines Limited Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited Aditya Birla Finance Limited Aditya Birla Money Mart Limited Aditya Birla Money Limited Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers Aditya Birla Capital Advisors Private Limited Idea Cellular Limited Madura Fashion & Lifestyle Essel Mining and Industries Aditya Birla Retail Thai Rayon Indo Thai Synthetics Thai Acrylic Fibre Thai Carbon Black Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited Birla Laos Pulp and Plantations Company Limited Indo Phil Textile Mills Indo Phil Cotton Mills Indo Phil Acrylic Manufacturing Corporation Pan Century Surfactants Inc. PT Indo Bharat PT Elegant Textile Industry PT Sunrise Bumi Textiles PT Indo Liberty Textiles

 [edit]Philanthropy

PT Indo Raya Kimia Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte Limited Alexandria Carbon Black Company SAE Alexandria Fiber Company SAE Liaoning Birla Carbon Company Limited Birla Jingwei Fibres Company Limited

The Group actively involves itself in several community development initiatives in particular around its manufacturing location. The group also supports development activities in areas like healthcare, education, sustainable livelihood, infrastructure and social causes. The group's philanthropic activities are guided by Mrs Rajashree Birla.[14] It works in 3,700 villages, reaching out to 7 million people annually through the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development. It runs 45 schools and 18 hospitals.

[edit]Schools [edit]Institutes [edit]See

Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani ,Goa , Dubai, Hyderabad. Aditya Birla Public School, Renukoot Aditya Birla Public School, Renusagar

also

Kumar Mangalam Birla Birla family Birla Foundation Aditya Birla Minacs

[edit]References

1.

^ "Aditya Birla Group | Our group | Milestones". Adityabirla.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.

2.

a b

"Aditya Birla Group | Our Group | Aditya Birla Group Profile".

Adityabirla.com. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 3. ^ "!DEA An !dea can change your life". Ideacellular.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

4.

^ "Media | Press releases | Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Novelis Inc. announce an agreement for Hindalco's acquisition of Novelis for nearly US$ 6 billion". Hindalco. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

5.

^ "Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group India Aditya Birla Group Profile History of Aditya Birla Group". Iloveindia.com. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

6.

^ "Best Employers in India 2007". Hewitt Associates Best Employers in India Survey. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.

7.

^ "Hindalco Industries good for long-term investment-Investor's GuideFeatures-The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

8.

^ By S. Prasannarajan (26 March 2007). "India Today". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

9.

^ "Birla buys Novelis for $6 bn". The Indian Express (India). 12 February 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.

10. ^ "Hindalco deal may not impact aluminium prices". The Hindu Business Line. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 11. ^ "Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd(500303|ABIRLANUVO) Fundamental details about Management Discussions". Indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 12. ^ "Birla rejigs fibre, pulp business-Jobs-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 13. ^ "Aditya Birla Group's think tank gets younger-Corporate Trends-News By Company-News-The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 14. ^ "Hindalco Industries Ltd. | CSR Rating 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility India | Details of CSR of the 1500 companies for the year 08-09". www.karmayog.org. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

[edit]External

links

Official site Hindalco Grasim Ultratech

Novelis Aditya Birla Retail

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