“The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have
more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all.” – Henry Ford
Aditya Birla Group, a $44.3 Billion corporation is in the Fortune 500. Present in 34 countries, spread in 5 different continents, it is highly unlikely that ABG could miss touching anyone’s life! Present in sectors like metals and mining, telecom, retail, fashion, finance, chemicals, agriculture and many other it has touched lives of people ranging to all kind of economic strata. Living up to its vision, mission and value statement, ABG has transformed millions of lives.
Started the group with Grasim, Hindalco and Eastern spinning in 1930, became the first Indian MNC with its presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt in 1975, entered into financial services sector in 1995, and acquiring brands like Ultratech, Columbian chemicals in 2000s, ABG saw a steep increase in their business.
Metal Industry:
Aluminum which is one of the biggest businesses of ABG produces flat rolled products, which are used for automotives, building and construction, electrical, packaging etc. This sector employs around 37,000 employees thus contributing with 50 manufacturing sites in India. Copper products like wires, cables, transformers are also produced by ABG.
Cement:
ABG is a global leader in cement, also the largest producer of grey cement, white cement, and ready mix concrete. Ultratech cement and Binani Cement are their largest brands.
Telecom:
With a customer base of 408 million, Vodafone Idea is one of the leaders in the telecom sector. It has over 340,000 broadband sites covering 840 million Indians. It has largest voice network with over 200,000 unique GSM sites to cover over 1.2 billion Indians. It has widest distribution reach over 1.7 million retailers and almost 15,000 branded stores to service customers.
Financial Services:
It is one of the top fund managers with an aggregate AUM of Rs. 2,813 billion. It is among the top 5 private diversified NBFCs in India with a lending book of Rs. 447 billion. It has nationwide customer reach across more than 400 cities through 1300+ points of presence over 150,000 agents/channel partners.
Textiles:
It is present into pulp as well as apparel. It is largest Linen yarn and fabric producer in India. It has yarn and Acrylic fiber plants in India, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia.
Fashion and Retail:
Planet Fashion is a multi brand menswear retail format with the largest apparel retail network in its segment in India. People fashion brand targets youth in India. They also have partnerships with global brands like Ted Bake, Forever 21 and Simon Carter. It has acquired Pantaloons which is the one of the largest fashion store of India with 209 stored in 97 cities. It has also partnered with Louis Philippe, van Heusen, Allen Solly and Peter England.
The other sectors include Carbon Black,Chemicals Insulators,Agri Business, and Mining etc.
ABG does not only excel in Business but also excels in CSR. It runs 56 schools, operates 20 hospitals, 4,500 self help groups for women, and also created over 300 model villages in rural India. It also partnered with the Columbia University in establishing the Columbia Global Center’s Earth Institute in Mumbai.
Thus ABG makes a difference at Individual, societal as well as at National level!