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- Tata Chemicals Limited manufactures and markets basic and specialty chemistry products worldwide. The company produces soda ash in dense, heavy, high purity, industrial grade, and light varieties; sodium bicarbonate; salt including livestock, dry industrial, and Tata Shudh branded varieties; caustic soda; chlorine and bromine-based products; gypsum; calcium chloride; crushed refined soda; standard ash Magadi; crex; energy products; ordinary Portland and masonry cement; specialty silica; nano zinc oxide; prebiotics and dietary fibers such as FOS; agrochemicals including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, bio-fertilizers, bio-stimulants, micronutrients, organic fertilizers, water-soluble fertilizers, bio-pesticides; and seeds through its listed subsidiary Rallis India Limited. It operates manufacturing facilities in India at Mithapur, Ankleshwar, Dahej in Gujarat; Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu; Mambattu in Andhra Pradesh; Lote and Akola in Maharashtra; the UK at Winnington, Lostock, and Middlewich; the US in Wyoming's Green River Basin; and Kenya at Magadi, serving customers in over 99 countries across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, the UK, Americas, Asia, and Oceania in industries such as glass, detergents, food and nutrition, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, animal nutrition, construction, high performance rubber, metals, oral care and cosmetics, paints, inks, adhesives, soaps, textiles, leather, and batteries. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, as part of the Tata Group, the company maintains R&D centres including the TCL Innovation Centre in Pune and Rallis facilities in Bengaluru. Recent developments include a November 2025 board approval for Rs 910 crore capex to expand dense soda ash capacity by 350 KTPA at Mithapur over 24 months and precipitated silica capacity by 50 KTPA at Cuddalore over 27 months to meet demand in sustainability, tyre, and rubber applications; a Rs 655 crore investment by Tata Chemicals Europe for pharmaceutical-grade sodium bicarbonate expansion starting construction in 2025; and the October 2025 launch of ChemForce, a Salesforce-powered AI CRM platform to enhance customer engagement in India.