Private | |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1900 |
Headquarters | Chennai |
Key people
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A. Vellayan (Executive Chairman) M.V. Subbiah |
Products | Cycles, general insurance, Fertilizers, Abrasives, Automotive chains, Car door frames, Steel tubes & Gearboxes. |
Revenue | INR 300 billion (as on 31 March 2017) |
Number of employees
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32,000 |
Parent | Murugappa Holdings Limited, New Ambadi Estates Private Limited, Ambadi Enterprises Private Limited, EID Parry (India) Limited (Group Main Flagship Company) |
Website | www.murugappa.com |
Founded in 1900, the Murugappa Group is an Indian business conglomerate, founded, managed, and largely owned by the Murugappa family. The group has 28 businesses including eleven listed companies traded on the and the . Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the group include Carborundum Universal Ltd, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd., Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., Coromandel International Ltd., Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd., EID Parry (India) Ltd., ParryAgro Industries Ltd., Tube Investments of India Limited, and Wendt (India) Ltd., and Shanthi Gears Limited (Coimbatore).
Active in several segments including abrasives, auto components, bicycles, sugar, farm inputs, fertilizers, plantations, bioproducts and nutraceuticals, the group has forged strong alliances with leading international companies like Groupe Chimique Tunisien, Foskor, Cargill, Mitsui Sumitomo, Morgan Crucible and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). The Group has a wide geographical presence spanning 13 states in India and five continents around across the globe.
Brands like BSA, Hercules, Ballmaster, Ajax, Parry’s, Chola, Gromor and Paramfos are from the stables of Murugappa. The organisation has a workforce of over 32,000 employees.