Madras Fertilizers

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Madras Fertilizers Limited
Type Public
BSE:  532168
NSE:  MADRASFERT
IndustryFertilizer
Founded1966 (1966)
HeadquartersManali, ,
India
Key people
U Saravanan (Chairman and MD)
Products Fertilizers
Agrochemical
Owner Government of India (59.5%)
Naftiran Intertrade (25.77%) [1]
Website www.madrasfert.co.in

Madras Fertilizers Limited is an Indian public sector undertaking which is engaged in the manufacture of ammonia, urea and complex fertilizers at Manali, Chennai. [2]

Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) was incorporated in December 1966 as a joint venture between Government of India (GOI) and Amoco, with GOI holding 51% of the equity share capital. [3] The company is the first public sector undertaking in the fertilizer industry to get the ISO 9002 certification. [4]

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