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Encyclopedia > Aditya Birla Group
Aditya Birla Group
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Type Public
Founded
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people Kumar Mangalam Birla
Industry chemicals
Products Viscose, Palm oil, aluminium, copper
Revenue $12 billion
Employees 88,000
Website www.adityabirla.com

Aditya Birla Group is one of India's largest business groups. The corporate management outfit of the group is called Aditya Birla Management Corporation. The group headed by Kumar Mangalam Birla (who is worth $8 billion US$) and runs operations in more than 15 countries. Image File history File links Aditya_Birla_Group_logo. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... “Bombay” redirects here. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Chemical tanks in Lillebonne, France Chemical industry includes those industries involved in the production of petrochemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, oleochemicals etc. ... Viscose is a viscous organic liquid used to make rayon and cellophane. ... Palm oil from Ghana with its natural dark color visible, 2 litres Palm oil block Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Standard atomic weight 63. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

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Financial Information

The Aditya Birla Group is one of India's first truly multinational corporations. It is a US$ 12 billion conglomerate, with a market capitalisation of US$ 20 billion and is anchored by a force of 88,000 employees belonging to over 20 different nationalities. Over 23 per cent of its revenues flow from its operations across the world. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...


Presence

It has 74 manufacturing units and sectoral services that span India, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt, Canada, Australia, China, USA, UK, Germany and Hungary.


Products

It is a major player in all of the sectors in which it operates. Among these are viscose staple fibre, non-ferrous metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilizers, sponge iron, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services. Viscose is a viscous organic liquid used to make rayon and cellophane. ... In the most general sense of the word, cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... Fertilizers are chemicals given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil or by foliar spraying. ... Sponge iron is the product 123 created when iron ore is reduced to metallic iron, usually with some kind of carbon (charcoal, etc), at temperatures below the melting point of iron. ... Insulators are materials which prevent the flow of heat (thermal insulators) or electric charge (electrical insulators). ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... Telecom is an abbreviation of telecommunication. ... BPO is an acronym that can refer to: business process outsourcing, the increasing trend of relocating entire business functions to either self-owned or third-party service providers, typically in low-cost locations. ... Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)is: the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ...


Rankings

Globally the group is:

  1. Number 1 in viscose staple fibre
  2. The third largest producer of insulators
  3. The fourth largest producer of carbon black
  4. The eleventh largest cement producer
  5. Among the most cost-efficient aluminum and copper producers.
  6. The fourth largest aluminum producer in Asia.
  7. Largest single location custom copper smelter
  8. The most energy efficient fertilizer plant
  9. Among the world's top 15 BPO companies and among India's top three

Telecom Services

Aditya Birla Group holds about 98.3% in IDEA cellular, a leading telecom operator in the India.


Novelis Buy-out

This article documents a current event.
Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

Hindalco Industries Ltd of the Aditya Birla group has agreed to buy US-based aluminum sheet maker Novelis Inc in an all-cash deal worth $6 billion (around Rs 26,500 crore)[1]. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Hindalco Industries is one of Indias largest material-related company and is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. ... Novelis Inc. ...


It is the second mega takeover in 2007 by an Indian Company, following Tatas acquisition of Corus. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is Indias second largest steel company (slated to become largest after the completion of its ongoing takeover of Corus). ... For other uses, see Corus. ...


See also

Birla Family The Birla family is one of the foremost business houses in India. ... Birla Foundation can mean: K.K. Birla Foundation M.P. Birla Foundation See also Birla family This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

External links

References

  1. ^ "Birla buys Novelis for $6 bn", The Indian Express, 2007-02-12. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

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