Aditya Birla Group

The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation

headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates in 33 countries with more
than 133,000 employees worldwide. The group has diversified business interests and is
dominant player in all the sectors in which it operates such as viscose staple fibre,
metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals,
fertilisers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services.
The Aditya Birla group is a US$ 40 billion conglomerate that gets 60% of its revenues
from outside India. The Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study 2007
have adjudged the Aditya Birla Group the best employer in India and among the top 20
in Asia. The origins of the group lie in the conglomerate once held by one of India's
foremost industrialists Mr. Ghanshyam Das Birla.

Organization
Aditya Birla is organized into various subsidiaries that operate across different sectors.
Among these are viscose staple fibre, non-ferrous metals, cement, viscose filament yarn,
branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, Retail (under the 'More' brand of
supermarkets), fertilizers, chemicals, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT
services. The Group consists of five main companies, which operate in various industry
sectors through subsidiaries, joint ventures, etc. These are Hindalco, Grasim, Aditya
Birla Nuvo, Idea cellular and UltraTech Cement.

Operating countries
The Group operates in 33 countries Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil,
Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam.

Aditya Birla companies

Aditya Birla Nuvo
AV Cell, Canada
AV Nackawic, Canada
AV Terrace Bay, Canada
Grasim Industries Limited
Hindalco Industries Limited
UltraTech Cement Limited
Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Limited
Samruddhi Cement
Novelis Inc.
Aditya Birla Minerals
Aditya Birla Chemicals (India)Limited
Utkal Alumina International Limited
Dahej Harbour & Infrastructure Limited
Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company Limited
Tubed Coal Mines Limited
Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited
Aditya Birla Finance Limited
Aditya Birla Money Mart Limited
Aditya Birla Money Limited
Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers
Aditya Birla Capital Advisors Private Limited
Idea Cellular Limited
Madura Fashion & Lifestyle
Essel Mining and Industries
Aditya Birla Retail
Thai Rayon
Indo Thai Synthetics
Thai Acrylic Fibre
Thai Carbon Black
Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited
Birla Laos Pulp and Plantations Company Limited
Indo Phil Textile Mills
Indo Phil Cotton Mills
Indo Phil Acrylic Manufacturing Corporation
Pan Century Surfactants Inc.
PT Indo Bharat
PT Elegant Textile Industry
PT Sunrise Bumi Textiles
PT Indo Liberty Textiles
PT Indo Raya Kimia
Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises Pte Limited
Alexandria Carbon Black Company SAE
Alexandria Fiber Company SAE
Liaoning Birla Carbon Company Limited
Birla Jingwei Fibres Company Limited
Domsj Fabriker

Non-ferrous metals
The Group's non-ferrous metals are under Hindalco. It is a dominant player in
aluminum and copper. Its manufacturing locations are primarily in India, and it owns
mines in Australia. On 11 February 2007, the company entered into an agreement to
acquire the Canadian company Novelis for U$6 billion, making the combined entity the
world's largest rolled-aluminium producer. Hindalco makes alumina chemicals, primary
aluminum, rolled products, alloy wheels, roofing sheets, wire rods, cast copper rods,
copper cathodes and several other products.

Cement
The Group's cement business was earlier under both Grasim Industries and UltraTech
Cement. The two entities are now merged into UltraTech cement to form India's largest
cement company. UltraTech cement was originally the cement business of L&T that was
acquired by Aditya Birla Group in 2004.

Carbon black
After purchasing Columbian Chemicals Co, the Group is now the largest manufacturer of
Carbon Black worldwide. It operates facilities in Egypt, Thailand, India, China, Korea,
Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Germany, and the United States.
Textile business
The Aditya Birla Group is the world's largest player in the Viscose Staple Fiber industry.
It operates out of India, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and China. It owns the Birla Cellulose
brand. Apart from viscose staple fiber, the group also owns acrylic fiber businesses in
Egypt and Thailand, viscose filament yarn businesses and spinning mills at several
locations all over India and South East Asia. The group has pulp and plantation interests
in Canada and has recently invested in plantations in Laos. The Aditya Birla group is
also a major player in the branded garments market in India.

Telecom Services
Aditya Birla Group now owns idea Cellular. Idea Cellular started off as a joint venture
with the group, AT&T and the Tata Group. However the group eventually acquired the
stakes of the remaining partners. After an Initial Public Offering on the Indian Stock
Markets, Idea Cellular now accounts for a third of the group's market capitalization. The
company is headquartered in Mumbai and has pan-India operations.