Kenya's economy is market-based with a few state-owned infrastructure enterprises and maintains a liberalised external trade system. The country is generally perceived as Eastern Africa's hub for Financial, Communication and Transportation services. Major industries include: agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining and minerals, industrial manufacturing, energy, tourism and financial services. As of 2019 estimates, Kenya had a GDP of $98.264 billion making it the 65th largest economy in the world. Per capita GDP was estimated at $1,991.
The Birla family is a family connected with the industrial and social history of India.
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is an Indian state-owned steel making company based in New Delhi, India. It is a public sector undertaking, owned and operated by the Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 44,452 Crore for fiscal year 2016-17. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 72,578 employees. With an annual production of 14.38 million metric tons, SAIL is the largest steel producer in India and one of the largest steel producers in the world. The Hot Metal production capacity of the company will further increase and is expected to reach a level of 50 million tonnes per annum by 2025. Sri Anil Kumar Chaudhary is the current Chairman of SAIL.
Amcor Limited is a global packaging company. It develops and produces flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty cartons, closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care, and other products.
Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Worli, Mumbai, India. It operates in 35 countries with more than 120,000 employees worldwide. The group was founded by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla in 1857. The group has interests in sectors such as viscose staple fibre, metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbonblack, chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, telecom, BPO and IT services.
Bungoma County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital is Bungoma or Bungoma Town. It has a population of 1,375,063 and an area of 2,069 km2. In 2010, the neighbouring Mount Elgon District was eliminated and its lands were merged with Bungoma District to form Bungoma County.
Brajarajnagar is a town and a municipality in Jharsuguda district in the state of Odisha, India. It is famous for MCL-owned coal mines and now-defunct Orient Paper Mills of Birlas established in 1936.
Grasim Industries Limited is an Indian manufacturing company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Grasim Industries was ranked 154th in a list of the world's best regarded firms compiled by Forbes. It was started in 1948 as a textile manufacturer. Since then Grasim has diversified into Viscose Staple Fiber (VSF), cement, sponge iron, chemicals and Diversified Financial Services.
Aditya Vikram Birla, was an Indian industrialist. Born into one of the largest business families of India, he oversaw the diversification of his group into textiles, petrochemicals and telecommunications. He was one of the first Indian industrialists to expand abroad, setting up plants in South east Asia, the Philippines and Egypt. His death at the age of 52 left his young son Kumar Mangalam Birla in charge of his group of companies.
Yash Birla Group is Indian industrial conglomerate group based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Its chairman Yashovardhan Birla, is a member of the Birla family.
The group has diversified interest in industries like steel pipes, machine tools, cutting tools, tool holders, iron castings, power solution products, multipurpose engines pumps, electrical appliances, textiles, carpets, furnishing, lifestyle, infotech, publication, travel, electricity, property development, cotton ginning etc.
The Group traces its origins to the businesses started by various members of the Birla family.
The group today has 10 publicly listed subsidiaries in India.
The group is currently facing major financial and legal bottlenecks.
The environmental impact of paper is significant, which has led to changes in industry and behaviour at both business and personal levels. With the use of modern technology such as the printing press and the highly mechanized harvesting of wood, disposable paper became a relatively cheap commodity, which led to a high level of consumption and waste. The rise in global environmental issues such as air and water pollution, climate change, overflowing landfills and clearcutting have all lead to increased government regulations. There is now a trend towards sustainability in the pulp and paper industry as it moves to reduce clear cutting, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel consumption and clean up its impacts on local water supplies and air pollution.
Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (Chambal) is one of the largest private sector fertilizer producers in India. It was promoted by Zuari Industries Limited in the year 1985. Its three hi-tech nitrogenous fertiliser (urea) plants are located at Gadepan in Kota district of Rajasthan. The three plants produce about 3 million MT of Urea per annum. The first plant was commissioned in 1993,second plant in 1999 and the third one in 2018. These plants use state-of-the-art technology from Denmark, Italy, United States and Japan.
Century Textile and Industries is a textile, cement, paper manufacturing and export company based in Mumbai. The main business activity involves manufacture of cotton textiles, yarn, denim, viscose filament rayon yarn, tire-cords, caustic soda, sulphuric acid, salt, cement, pulp, and paper. The company also has a substantial dominance in the international textile markets and exports its products to more than 45 countries around the globe.
NBC Bearings is the product of National Engineering Industries Limited (NEI), a part of the C K Birla Group, which manufactures a wide range of bearings for the automotive, industrial and railways. The company had a gross turnover of Rs 1352 crores in 2013-14. NEI is capable of developing bearings from 6mm bore to 2000mm outer diameter, in over 1500 sizes. The company was founded by Mr B M Birla in 1946 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu is a Kenyan politician and diplomat who was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Ambassador to France on 26 January 2018. Immediately prior to her present position, she served as the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Regional Development Authorities from 25 April 2013 until 17 January 2018.
Chandra Kant Birla is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is chairman of the CK Birla Group, a conglomerate operating across home and building products, automotive and technology, and healthcare and education.
The CK Birla Group is an Indian conglomerate named after Chandra Kant Birla, headquartered in the Birla Tower in Barakhamba road, New Delhi, India. Earlier the group was led by eminent industrialists - BM Birla and GD Birla. The Group includes leading brands such as Orient Electric, NBC Bearings, AVTEC Ltd, Charminar, Aerocon, BM Birla Heart Research Centre CMRI Hospital, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and Caterpillar Dealership represented by Gmmco.
Ganga Prasad Birla, born in Benares was an Indian industrialist. He was the grandson of Baldeo Das Birla, the son of Brij Mohan Birla and the father of CK Birla. In 1940 becomes the first graduate in the Birla family. He joined the board of Orient Paper & Industries in 1942 and later became its chairman in 1957. He began his innings in group flagship, Hindustan Motors in 1969 and became its chairman in 1982. He also founded Hyderabad Industries Limited and many academic institutions such as Birla Institute of Technology, Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute, Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata, and hospitals such as BM Birla Heart Research Institute and Calcutta Medical Research Institute. He built temples in Hyderabad, Jaipur and Bhopal, and supported the renovation of places of historical, architectural and religious importance. He gradually pulled out of active business life after his second heart attack in 1981. He still came to office so long as he could, but responsibilities had long been farmed out to son CK Birla.
Orient Electric Limited (OEL) BSE: 541301 is part of the diversified Indian conglomerate CK Birla Group. It is one of the leading consumer electrical brands in India with a diverse portfolio of fans, lighting, home appliances and switchgears. It was formerly a division of the Orient Paper & Industries, which itself is a subsidiary of the $1.8 billion CK Birla Group. The Scheme of Arrangement between Orient Paper & Industries Limited and Orient Electric Limited and their respective shareholders and creditors was sanctioned by National Company Law Tribunal, Kolkata Bench on 9 November 2017. The company got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) & National Stock Exchange (NSE) on 14 May 2018.
Kesoram Industries Limited is one of the pioneer companies in India. It is under the flagship 'B K Birla Group Of Companies'. Its production ranges from tires to cement to rayon. According to ET500, its all India ranking was 121 for the year 2010 with a net income of Rs. 5020.63 Crore and a net profit of Rs. 648.29 Crore. In 2011, Kesoram Industries installed a small stationary packing unit. Kesoram Industries entered into a joint venture with Maharashtra Seamless Limited and Dhariwal Infrastructure Private Limited in 2012 for working a coal block allocated to it by the Central Government in the State of Maharashtra. The company reported a net profit of Rs. 339.67 crore during the quarter of 2014-15 by selling a tyre plant to JK Tyres..
