Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group is India's first truly multinational corporation.

The group has an annual turnover of US$ 2 !illion" mar#et capitalisation of US$ 2$ !illion" and has over %&&"&&& employees !elonging to over 2' different nationalities on its rolls. Aditya Birla Group has presence in 2& countries ( India" Thailand" )aos" Indonesia" *hilippines" +gypt" ,anada" Australia" ,hina" USA" U-" Germany" .ungary" Bra/il" Italy" 0rance" )u1em!ourg" S2it/erland" 3alayasia and -orea. The group has diversified !usiness interests and is dominant player in all the sectors in 2hich it operates such as viscose staple fi!re" metals" cement" viscose filament yarn" !randed apparel" car!on !lac#" chemicals" fertilisers" insulators" financial services" telecom" B*4 and IT services. The origins of Aditya Birla Group can !e traced !ac# to the %5th century 2hen Seth Shiv 6arayan Birla started trading in cotton in the to2n of *ilani" 7a8asthan. In the early part of the 2&th century" Group's founding father" Ghanshyamdas Birla" e1panded the group and set up industries in critical sectors such as te1tiles and fi!re" aluminium" cement and chemicals. In %595" Aditya Birla" the then ,hairman of the Group" put the group on the glo!al map. .e set up %5 companies outside India" in Thailand" 3alaysia" Indonesia" the *hilippines and +gypt. Under Aditya Birla's leadership" the group attained ne2 heights and it !ecame 2orld's largest producer of viscose staple fi!re" the largest refiner of palm oil" the third largest producer of insulators and the si1th largest producer of car!on !lac#. After Aditya Birla's demise his son -umar 3angalam Birla too# over the charge of the group and under his leadership the group has sustained the numero uno position in the sectors in 2hich it operates.

Group ,ompanies of Aditya Birla Group Grasim: Grasim Industries )imited 2as esta!lished as a te1tiles manufacturer in %5 ;. Today" Grasim deals in <iscose Staple 0i!re =<S0>" ,ement" Sponge Iron" ,hemicals and Te1tiles. .indalco: +sta!lished in %5';" .indalco deals in Aluminium and ,opper and is an industry leader in !oth. .indalco is the 2orld's largest aluminium rolling company and one of the !iggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia. Its copper smelter is today the 2orld's largest custom smelter at a single location. In 2&&?" .indalco ac@uired 6ovelis and in the process !ecame the 2orld's largest aluminium rolling company and one of the !iggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia" as 2ell as India's leading copper producer. Aditya Birla 6uvo: Aditya Birla 6uvo is a diversified !usiness conglomerate 2ith interests in viscose filament yarn =<0A>" car!on !lac#" !randed garments" fertilisers" te1tiles and insulators. Aditya Birla 6uvo" through its su!sidiaries and 8oint ventures has made forays into life insurance" telecom" !usiness process outsourcing =B*4>" IT services" asset management and other financial services. Ultra Tech ,ement: Ultra Tech ,ement manufactures and mar#ets 4rdinary *ortland ,ement" *ortland Blast 0urnace Slag ,ement and *ortland *o//olana ,ement. It is the country's largest e1porter of cement clin#er. Its e1port mar#et include countries around the Indian 4cean" Africa" +urope and the 3iddle +ast. Apart from the Group companies" other companies of the Aditya Birla Group are: Indian companies *SI Bata Systems : ;5 TransCor#s +ssel 3ining D Industries )td Shree Bigvi8ay ,ement )td

Idea ,ellular )td. Aditya Birla Insulators )imited Aditya Birla 7etail Bihar ,austic and ,hemicals )td. International companies Thailand : Thai 7ayon Indo Thai Synthetics Thai Acrylic 0i!re Thai ,ar!on Blac# Aditya Birla ,hemicals =Thailand> )td. Thai *ero1ide *hilippines : Indo *hil Te1tile 3ills Indo *hil ,otton 3ills Indo *hil Acrylic 3fg. ,orp. Indonesia : *T *T *T *T *T Indo Bharat 7ayon +legant Te1tile Industry Sunrise Bumi Te1tiles Indo )i!erty Te1tiles Indo 7aya -imia

+gypt : Ale1andria ,ar!on Blac# ,ompany S.A.+ Ale1andria 0i!er ,ompany ,hina : )iaoning Birla ,ar!on ,anada : A< ,ell Inc

A< 6ac#a2ic Inc Australia : Aditya Birla 3inerals )td. )aos : Birla )aos *ulp and *aper *lantation ,ompany )td. Eoint ventures ( Birla Sun )ife Insurance Birla Sun )ife Asset 3anagement ,ompany )td. Birla Sun )ife Bistri!ution ,ompany )td. Tanfac Industries )td. 3a8or Achievements of Aditya Birla Group :( )argest aluminium rolling company )argest single location copper smelter 6o.% in viscose staple fi!re The third largest producer of insulators The fourth largest producer of car!on !lac# The eleventh largest cement producer and the second largest in India Among the !est energy efficient fertiliser plants Among the 2orld's top %' and India's top three B*4 companies