Aditya Birla Group: The Omnipresent Company-TAPMI

Established in 1860, by a small cotton trader called Shiv Narayan Birla, Aditya Birla Group has now grown to branch out to 35 countries and has plenty of products and brands to add accolades to it. The company has made a name for itself in not just India but in so many continents and has more employees working in it than many well-known companies. It’s a well-known player in fields such as non-ferrous metals, telecom, fashion, textile, cement, and carbon black business. In Canada, the group owns pulp mills and carbon black business and is the largest employer in that region. In the US, they own an aluminum rolling company called Novelis and has purchased an Ohio based Aluminium Company called Aleris. They similarly own carbon black and aluminum plants in South America. In Europe, it owns a bio-refinery plant in Sweden, a carbon black manufacturing unit in Spain, Italy, and Hungary. It’s known to be the world’s fifth largest acrylic fiber manufacturer. It also owns India’s largest telecommunication network Vodafone, the network I prefer to use. They own the famous automobile company Hindustan Motors and the cement company Ultratech. It’s also known to sell three garments every second, this displays its customer base. Pantaloons being its clothing retail chain is famous for its affordable clothing and has been my one-stop destination for trendy clothes. It hosts brands such as Latin Quarters, Honey and Annabelle. The group has been a huge part of every MBA student’s life including mine, due to its major selling formal clothing brand such as Allen Solly and Louis Phillippe. It’s known to produce good quality formal clothing under well affordable prices. Aditya Birla Group has been an omnipresent company and one of the top companies for many years now.