- Business
- Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group incorporated in 1947 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, operates as a diversified conglomerate with leadership in cellulosic fibres, diversified chemicals, textiles, paints, and building products; it provides viscose staple fibre (VSF) for apparel, home textiles, and non-wovens through Birla Cellulose, diversified chemicals including caustic soda, chlorine derivatives such as stable bleaching powder, polyaluminium chloride, chlorinated paraffin wax, epoxy resins, reactive diluents, and hardeners, fashion yarn and fabrics like linen, insulators, and building materials; through subsidiaries, it offers cement via UltraTech Cement, India's largest producer, diversified financial services via Aditya Birla Capital, and clean energy solutions via Aditya Birla Renewables. The company maintains primary manufacturing facilities in India, including key sites at Nagda, Vilayat, and Kharagpur, with global presence in VSF and chemicals markets. Recently, Grasim has commenced commercial production across all six greenfield paints plants under the Birla Opus brand, achieving 1,332 million litres per annum capacity, launched Birla Pivot as a B2B online marketplace for building materials, expanded renewable energy through acquisitions of minority stakes in wind-solar hybrid SPVs with Prozeal Green Energy and GMR Energy for captive power at plants in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha, announced plans to commission epichlorohydrin and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride plants by March 2026 at Vilayat, and reported strong Q2 FY26 financial results with revenue and profit growth driven by cement, paints, and B2B segments.