- Business
- Marico Limited (MARICO:NSI) is an India-based multinational consumer goods company that manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of products in the beauty, wellness, health, and personal care categories; its core offerings include coconut oils such as Parachute and Parachute Advansed, value-added hair oils and serums under brands like Hair & Care, Nihar Naturals, Livon, and Parachute Gold, hair care solutions including shampoos, dyes, relaxers, and conditioners via HairCode and Ôliv, edible oils and healthy foods from Saffola featuring blended refined oils, oats, masala oats, and salt, skin care products like Parachute Advansed Body Lotion, Pure Sense, and Coco Soul, male grooming ranges encompassing Set Wet deodorants, gels, sprays, waxes, and Studio X shampoos, facewashes, and soaps, anti-lice treatments under Mediker, fabric care with Revive starch, and emerging wellness brands such as Beardo, Just Herbs, True Elements, Plix, and Coco Soul Foods; internationally, it offers brands like Fiancee, Caivil, Hercules, Black Chic, Code 10, Ingwe, X-Men, Thuan Phat, and Isoplus across hair styling, grooming, and care segments. Founded in 1988 and headquartered at 7th Floor, Grande Palladium, 175 CST Road, Kalina, Santacruz East, Mumbai, India, the company operates in over 25 countries spanning India, Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Vietnam, the Middle East, Egypt, North Africa, and South Africa, with manufacturing facilities in India at locations such as Puducherry, Perundurai, Kanjikode, Jalgaon, Paldhi, Dehradun, Baddi, and Paonta Sahib, serving diverse consumer segments from mass-market households to premium wellness seekers through an extensive distribution network. In recent developments, Marico completed the acquisition of the remaining 46.02% stake in HW Wellness Solutions Private Limited, maker of True Elements health foods, in October 2025 for up to INR 138 crore, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary following an initial agreement in September 2025; it raised its stake in Satiya Nutraceuticals to 60% on a fully diluted basis by May 2025 through an additional 8.8% acquisition; and expanded its transportation infrastructure via a multi-million-dollar contract with SemiCab in November 2025, scaling from a pilot to nationwide operations for enhanced efficiency after four prior such agreements, while unveiling an ambitious growth plan targeting INR 20,000 crore revenue by 2030 with double-digit EBITDA growth and 200-250 basis points margin expansion guided for the second half of FY26.