- Business
- POCL Enterprises Limited manufactures and trades metals, chemicals, and their oxides, with a primary focus on lead smelting, refining, alloying, and recycling activities. The company produces lead metal, lead alloys, zinc metal, lead oxides including litharge, red lead, and lead sub-oxide, zinc oxide, PVC stabilizers such as tri-basic lead sulphate, di-basic lead stearate, di-basic lead phthalate, and lead stearate series (PO3, top flakes variants), as well as calcium stearate, zinc stearate, and lubricants; it also engages in aluminum recycling, copper products, and plastics recycling from post-consumer and post-industrial waste. POCL operates manufacturing facilities in Puducherry, Kakkalur-Thiruvallur, Maraimalai Nagar, Sriperumbudur, and Thervoykandigai in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India, serving industries including cables, ammunition, X-ray shields, batteries, and plastics, with products supplied domestically and internationally. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chennai, India, the ISO 9001:2015-certified company pursues a Vision 2030 for circular economy expansion into lithium-ion recycling, e-waste, rubber, oil, glass, and paper. Recent developments include the 2023 launch of an aluminum recycling and melting facility in Sriperumbudur; ongoing lead production capacity expansion by 72,000 MTPA at Thervoykandigai with the first 36,000 MTPA phase operational in Q1 FY26 and the second phase slated for H2 FY26; acquisition of a 40% stake in PlanetFirst Green Private Limited for INR 190 million in June 2025; receipt of INR 611 million in funding from Antara India Evergreen Fund Ltd and others; commencement of lead-free PVC stabilizer production enhancing capacity to 2,400 MTPA at Puducherry in 2025; declaration of an interim dividend of Re. 0.40 per share for FY 2025-26 with record date November 20, 2025; and achievement of zero net debt with a cash balance of INR 71 crore as of H1 FY26, alongside plans for R&D in value-added products targeting 15%+ volume growth and 20%+ revenue CAGR through 2030.