Milestones

• Completes sale and transfer of Urea Business (Babrala) to Yara Fertilisers India

• Divests phosphatic fertiliser and trading business (Haldia) to IRC Agrochemicals

• Starts construction of 5,000 MT manufacturing plant of fructooligosaccharides in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

• Acquires the precipitated silica business of Allied Silica in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu; starts manufacturing Highly Dispersible Silica (HDS)

• Launches new Tata Sampann products — Multigrain Khichdi, Nutri Mix Chillas and Organic Pulses

• Launches Medikarb^TM, India’s — first branded pharmaceutical-grade sodium bicarbonate

• Ranks no 1 in the Responsible Business Rankings 2017, a report co-produced by the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur and Futurescape Netcom

• Receives the Sustainable Plus Platinum Label, India's first and only corporate sustainability label, instituted by CII’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, for FY 2016

• Wins the coveted award for Fair Business Practices at the 30^th Jamnalal Bajaj Awards

•Scores Grade B under climate change performance management category in CDP 17 and stands 1^st under material category

• Tata Chemicals rebrands global subsidiaries - Tata Chemicals North America (General Chemical Industrial Products), Tata Chemicals Magadi (Magadi Soda Company), Tata Chemicals Europe (Brunner Mond and British Salt)

• Acquires stake in EPM Mining Ventures, Canada

• Tata Chemicals launches I-Shakti dals and pulses

• Rallis India acquires majority stake in Metahelix Life Sciences

• Tata Chemicals acquires 100 percent stake in leading vacuum salt producer British Salt, UK

Tata Chemicals becomes world's second largest soda ash manufacturer after acquiring US-based General Chemical Industrial Products (GCIP)

Tata Chemicals completes acquisition of UK-based Brunner Mond Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of soda ash and associated alkaline products

First step towards internationalisation – Tata Chemicals acquires stake in Indo Maroc Phosphore SA (IMACID)

• Tata Salt ranked No. 1 Food brand in Brand Equity Survey of India's most trusted brands

• Mithapur becomes the first industrial township to be awarded the ISO 14001 certificate

• Fertiliser plant gets ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification

Mithapur plant, India awarded the ISO 14001 certificate

1994
Fertiliser plant at Babrala commissioned in 36 months, a world record for setting up a fertiliser plant

1993
New cement plant started in Mithapur

1992
• Regional development programme for Okhamandal villages started
• Tata Shudh detergent launched

Tata Energy Research Institute set up with an initial contribution of Rs1 crore. Aimed at undertaking research and development of alternate forms of energy

Plant and machinery worth Rs414 lakh installed

Tata Chemicals discontinues sale of chemicals through Tata Oil Mills (TOMCO) and starts selling on its own

1969
Further expansion of soda ash capacity

1964
Soda ash capacity touches 400 tonnes per day

1962-63
• Net profit increases from Rs16.9 lakh to Rs79.7 lakh
• Significant breakthrough as technical staff succeed in using treated sea water in place of fresh water

1957
• Joint venture with Fison Pest Control to form Tata Fisons

• Subsequently merged with Rallis in 1972-73

1944
• Soda ash production starts in February
• Lease agreement signed between Baroda state and Tata Chemicals on March 16
• Tata Chemicals given rights to manufacture salt and marine minerals and to use lime stone and other raw materials within the Kathiawad region of the state

1943
• Auxiliary power plant commissioned
• Production of caustic soda, liquid chlorine, bleaching powder, hydrochloric acid and zinc chloride commences at Mithapur plant

1942
First unit of chemical works — a bromine plant — is completed. It is the only plant of its kind in India