Chambal Fertilisers

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Chambal Fertilisers
Type Public
Industry
Founded1985;38 years ago (1985)
Headquarters,
India
Key people
  • Saroj Poddar (Chairman) [1]
  • Shyam Sunder Bhartia (Co Chairman)
Products
  • Fertilisers
  • Pesticides [2]
RevenueIncrease2.svg27,940 crore (US$3.5 billion) (FY23) [3]
Decrease2.svg1,034 crore (US$130 million) (FY23) [3]
Parent Adventz Group
Website chambalfertilisers.com

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (CFCL) is an Indian agrochemicals manufacturing company based in Kota in Rajasthan. Established in the year 1985 by KK Birla Group, Chambal Fertilisers is the largest manufacturer of Urea in the private sector with an installed capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum. The fertiliser plant is located at Gadepan, Kota district, Rajasthan. [4]

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Operations

The main activity of CFCL is the manufacture of nitrogenous fertiliser viz. production of Urea. CFCL is also involved in trading of many agricultural inputs. The company has also entered into the software, spinning and miniature potato seeds businesses. [5]

The company exited its textiles business in 2015 [6] and shipping business in 2017. [7] [8]

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References

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