Grasim Industries Limited: Products and Brands

Incorporated in 1947, Grasim Industries Limited is a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. It started as a textile manufacturer in India in 1947.

Today, it is a leading global player in VSF and the largest chemicals (Chlor-Alkali-s) player in India. It is also the largest cement producer and diversified financial services (NBFC, Asset Management, and Life Insurance) player in India through its subsidiaries UltraTech Cement and Aditya Birla Capital.

A global leader in Pulp & Fibre No.1 Producer in India of Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF)
No.1 Caustic and Specialty Chemicals Producer in India
No.1 Cement Producer in India
No.3 Global Cement Producer (Ex-China)
Top 3 Asset Management Companies
Top 5 Private Diversified NBFC
No.1 in Linen
Leading Player in Fertilisers
Leading Player in Insulators Growing presence in Solar Power

Chairman

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from the London Business School. Mr. Birla chairs the Boards of all major Group companies in India and globally.

In India, apart from chairing Company’s Board, he also chairs the Boards of UltraTech Cement Limited, Hindalco Industries Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited, and Aditya Birla Capital Limited. In the 23 years, that he has been at the helm of the Group, he has accelerated growth, built meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value.

Grasim Industries Limited

Grasim Industries Limited is the Diversified Company Have Presence in Cement, Textiles, Fiber, VSF, Chemicals, and Financial Services.

Revenue: Rs 75,073 Cr
Profit: Rs 1,886 Cr
Employees: 24,390
Market Cap: 48,648 Cr.
ROE: 5.39 %
Sales Growth (3Yrs): 28.38 %
Promoter holding: 40.15 %
Debt to equity: 1.47
Price to book value: 0.87

Viscose Stable Fiber

Grasim is the largest producer of Viscose Filament Yarn in India. Raysil, viscose filament yarn, is a versatile fashion yarn manufactured from premium and imported wood pulp. It is 100% bio-degradable and eco-friendly, giving a feather-light feel, vivid colors, and a natural luster.

Grasim Industries Ltd is the No. 1 VSF producer in India and has been manufacturing the world-class Viscose Staple Fibre for more than seven decades across four plant locations. VSF is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from wood pulp, a sustainable natural resource and is bio-degradable and eco-friendly. Moved up the VSF share in the overall Fibre market share from 3.5% to 5% in the last four years.

Textile Business

Established in 1949 as a textile unit, Jayshree Textiles is a producer of premium textiles (linen fabric, linen yarn, and worsted yarn) in the linen and wool business in India. Through brand Linen Club, Grasim Industries Ltd has significantly revolutionized the Indian textile market by popularising linen in India across a wide customer base. The integrated linen factory is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in spinning, weaving and finishing system from Switzerland and Italy.

Chemicals

Grasim Industries Ltd is the largest caustic soda producer in India with significant integration and a capacity of 1,147 KTPA. The largest end-consumers are alumina, textiles, and others. Net sales in Caustic Soda surpassed the 1-million-tonne mark during the year – a new benchmark set by any Indian company. Total Caustic Soda capacities are set to increase from 1,147 KTPA to 1,457 KTPA by FY21.

Cement

UltraTech is today the 3rd largest cement company in the World, excluding China with a consolidated capacity of 102.75 million tonnes per annum of grey cement (including 4.00 million tonnes per annum under commissioning) and the largest manufacturer of grey cement, ready-mix concrete and white cement in India.

UltraTech is India’s No. 1 cement and concrete brand. UltraTech has an operational presence in five countries (India, UAE, Bahrain, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka).

In India, UltraTech’s distribution network comprises a network of 49 cement plants, over 100 ready mix concrete plants, more than 650 warehouses and more than 200 railheads. UltraTech services 20,000 orders of different order sizes on a daily basis through a mix of logistical modes comprising rail, road, and sea.

Financial Services

Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) is the holding company of all the financial services businesses. Aditya Birla Capital has a strong presence across a wide range of Protecting, Investing and Financing Solutions, which include Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Motor Insurance, Corporate General Insurance, Mutual Funds, Wealth Management, Stocks and Securities Broking, Portfolio Management Services, Real Estate Investments, Pension Funds, Home Finance, Personal Finance, SME Finance, Real Estate Finance, Loan Against Securities, Corporate Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Loan Syndication and Asset Reconstruction.