Tata Chemicals Limited is an Indian global company with interests in
chemical
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s, crop protection and specialty chemistry products headquartered in
Mumbai
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, India. The company is one of the largest chemical companies in India with operations in India, Europe, North America and Africa.
[ Tata Chemicals is a subsidiary of ]Tata Group
The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest conglomerate, with products and services in over 150 countries, and operations in 100 countries across six continents ...
conglomerate. Tata Chemicals has a publicly listed subsidiary called Rallis India.
History and operations
Tata Chemicals is the second largest soda ash
Sodium carbonate, , (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2CO3 and its various hydrates. All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield moderately alkaline solutions ...
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 Taluk headquarters located in Ramanagara district. The town is situated at a distance of 51 km from Bangalore. The founder of Bangalore, the great Kempegowda was a native of Kempapura, Magadi taluk. Magadi, having a rich cultur ...
(Kenya) and General Chemicals, in United States of America.
On 27 March 2008, Tata Chemicals Ltd acquired 100 per cent With all these acquisitions, combined capacity of production has increased to around 5.17 million tons of soda ash.
In April 2010, Tata Chemicals acquired 25% stake in ammonia-urea fertilizer complex in Gabon for 290 million. The first phase of the plant will have a full operational capacity of 2.2 billion tons of ammonia and 3.85 billion tons of urea per day.[
In 2019, Tata Group transferred Tata Chemicals' branded food business to ]Tata Global Beverages
Tata Consumer Products 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 manufacturer and di ...
(now Tata Consumer Products
Tata Consumer Products 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 manufacturer and di ...
), in an all shares deal.
In 2016, Tata Chemicals sold its urea business to Pune-based Yara India, part of the Norwegian chemical company, Yara International.
In 2022, Tata Chemicals, through its subsidiary, Tata Chemicals Europe
Tata Chemicals Europe (formerly Brunner Mond (UK) Limited) is a UK-based chemicals company that is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals Limited, itself a part of the India-based Tata Group. Its principal products are soda ash, sodium bicarbonate, c ...
set up the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant. The plant can capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.
Plant locations
*Mithapur
Mithapur is a census town in Devbhumi Dwarka district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It's lies about 20 km from Dwarka city, the district headquarter.
Geography
Mithapur has an area of . It is located at . It has an average elevation of 7&n ...
(Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
)
*Cuddalore
Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj.
While the early history of Cudda ...
(Tamil Nadu
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)
* Mambattu (Andhra Pradesh
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)
*Dholera
Dholera is a village in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat state in India.
History
Dholera was also an ancient port-city in Gulf of Khambhat, 30 km. from Dhandhuka village of Ahmedabad district. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Dholera is one of th ...
(Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
)
* Northwich, Cheshire (United Kingdom)
*Green River Green River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
* Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River
*Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte
*Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...
, Wyoming (United States)
*Magadi
Magadi is a Taluk headquarters located in Ramanagara district. The town is situated at a distance of 51 km from Bangalore. The founder of Bangalore, the great Kempegowda was a native of Kempapura, Magadi taluk. Magadi, having a rich cultur ...
(Kenya)
Research and Development Center
The Research and Development Center Tata Chemicals Innovation Center located at Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
, Maharashtra started operations in 2004. The team of scientists is working in the following areas: Food Science & Technology, Advanced Materials, Green Chemistry, Biochemicals, Metabolites, and Nutraceuticals. Other innovation centers include Rallis Innovation Chemistry Hub (RICH) and Metahelix Life Sciences in Bengaluru, and Tata Chemicals R&D Centre in Mithapur, Gujarat.
Product range
*Basic Chemistry Products – Soda ash, Sodium bicarbonate, Caustic soda, Chlorine, Liquid bromine, Gypsum, Phosphoric acid, Cement and Sulphuric acids.
*Energy Sciences Products – Li-ion battery packs and recycling of spent Li-ion batteries.
*Nutritional Sciences Products – Tata NQ offers nature-inspired and science-backed ingredient and formulation solutions catering to human and animal health.
*Material Sciences Products – Nano Zinc Oxide and Specialty silica.
*Agro Sciences Products – Crop protection and nutrition, animal nutrition, seeds, household products and contract manufacturing.
Financial
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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. Rallis India operates in the agriculture sector and has an India focused business, an international focused business, and a seeds business. Both the India and international businesses focus on crop nutrition and crop protection products. The international business also offers active ingredients
An active ingredient is any ingredient that provides biologically active or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals. T ...
, formulations and contract manufacturing
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services.
References
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Tata Sons subsidiaries
Chemical companies established in 1939
1939 establishments in British India
Tata Chemicals
Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
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