UPL Limited, formerly United Phosphorus Limited, is an Indian
multinational company that manufactures and markets agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and
specialty chemicals, and also offers crop protection solutions. Headquartered in
Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, the company engages in both agro and non-agro activities. The agro business is the company's primary source of revenue and includes the manufacture and marketing of conventional agrochemical products, seeds and other agricultural related products. The non-agro segment includes the manufacture and marketing of industrial chemical and other non agricultural related products such as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth and regulators, rodenticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, and nutrifeeds. UPL products are sold in 150+ countries.
United Phosphorus Limited was established on 29 May 1969.
The company changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013.
On 20 July 2018, UPL signed a US$4.2 billion agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation (now
Element Solutions Inc.) to acquire control of Arysta LifeScience Inc. The acquisition was completed in February 2019, making UPL the fifth largest generic agrochemicals company in the world after
Bayer
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,
Dupont
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,
Syngenta
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Syngenta was founded in 2 ...
and
BASF.
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External links
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Indian companies established in 1969
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Chemical companies established in 1969
1969 establishments in Maharashtra
Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
Companies based in Mumbai
Agriculture companies of India
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