| 1927 |
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Kapil
Ram Vakil sets up Okhamandal Salt Works. |
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On
May 4, VT Krishnamachari, then dewan (administrator)
of Baroda, lays foundation stone. |
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| 1937 |
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Tatas
approached to take over Okhamandal Salt Works. |
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| 1939
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Tata
Chemicals Limited incorporated on January
23. |
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| 1942 |
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First
unit of chemical works — a bromine plant
— is completed. It is the only plant
of its kind in India. |
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| 1943 |
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Auxiliary
power plant commissioned. |
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Production
of caustic soda, liquid chlorine, bleaching
powder, hydrochloric acid and zinc chloride
commences. |
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| 1944 |
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Soda
ash production starts in February. |
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Lease
agreement signed between Baroda state and
Tata Chemicals on March 16. |
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TCL
given rights to manufacture salt and marine
minerals and to use limestone and other raw
materials within the Kathiawad region of the
state. |
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| 1946 |
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Managing
agency agreement between Tata Chemicals and
Tata Sons transferred to Tata Industries. |
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Hospital
and medical facilities set up in Mithapur.
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| 1949 |
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Production
of sodium bicarbonate starts. |
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| 1952-53 |
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Soda
ash capacity increases from 50 to 100 tonnes
per day. |
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| 1955-56 |
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Production
progressed, for technical grade benzene hexachloride,
a pesticide, to utilise surplus chlorine. |
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| 1956-57 |
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Ethylene
dibromide, a new product from bromine, introduced. |
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Production
of copper oxychloride, an insecticide, started.
Plant and equipment designed in-house. |
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| 1957 |
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Joint
venture with Fison Pest Control to form Tata
Fisons. |
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Subsequently
merged with Rallis in 1972-73. |
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| 1957-58 |
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Major
expansion programme launched to increase capacity
of products. |
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| 1959 |
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First
phase of expansion plan completed. Second
lime kiln set up. |
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| 1961-62 |
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Production
of dense soda ash starts. |
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| 1962-63 |
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Net
profit increases from Rs 16.9 lakh to Rs 79.7
lakh. |
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Significant
breakthrough as technical staff succeed in
using treated sea water in place of fresh
water. |
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Government
removes price ceiling on soda ash and caustic
soda. |
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| 1964 |
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Soda
ash capacity touches 400 tonnes per day. |
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Expansion
programme completed. |
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| 1968-69 |
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Proposal
to export chemicals in association with Tata
Exports. |
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| 1969 |
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Further
expansion of soda ash capacity. |
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| 1971 |
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Tata
Chemicals discontinues sale of chemicals through
Tata Oil Mills (TOMCO) and starts selling
on its own. |
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| 1972-73 |
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Plant
and machinery worth Rs 414 lakh installed. |
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| 1974 |
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Tata
Energy Research Institute set up with an initial
contribution of Rs 1 crore. Aimed at undertaking
research and development of alternate forms
of energy. |
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| 1977-78 |
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Shipping
division started. MV Jagdev purchased from
the Great Eastern Shipping Company. |
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Sets
up wholly-owned investment subsidiary, Roshan
Investments Limited (name changed to Varuna
Investments Limited in 1978). |
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| 1979 |
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Relief
and rehabilitation programmes undertaken for
those affected by Morvi floods. |
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| 1979-80 |
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Develops
new salt works. |
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Tata
Chemicals Society for Rural Development established
to improve quality of life in Okhamandal villages. |
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| 1983 |
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Tata
Salt, India's first iodised, vacuum evaporated,
branded salt launched. |
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| 1988 |
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Starts
mini toy train, Sabras Express, in Mithapur. |
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| 1992 |
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'Tata
Shudh' detergent launched. |
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Regional
development programme for Okhamandal villages
started. |
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| 1993 |
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New
cement plant started in Mithapur. |
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| 1994 |
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Fertiliser
plant at Babrala commissioned in 36 months,
a world record for setting up a fertiliser
plant. |
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| 1996 |
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Tata
Chemicals receives ISO 9001 certification. |
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| 1998 |
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Relief
and rehabilitation programmes undertaken
for those affected by the cyclone in Gujarat.
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| 2001 |
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Production
severely affected due to earthquake on January
26, 2001 and the fire in the power plant on
March 2, 2001. Cement sales taken over from
ACC Limited.
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| 2002 |
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Mithapur
is awarded ISO-14001 certification.
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The
Chemicals Division at Mithapur is awarded
the ISO-9001-2000 Migration certificate. |
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| 2003 |
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Tata Salt ranked No. 1 Food brand in Brand
Equity Survey of India's most trusted brands. |
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Babrala
fertiliser plant registered with British Safety
Council. |
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New
initiatives taken up to consolidate and drive
growth in the core business. |
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Chemical
plant at Mithapur bags 'Certificate of Honour'
and saltworks awarded 'Certificate of Merit'
by Gujarat State Safety Council. |
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Mithapur
becomes the first industrial township to be
awarded the ISO 14001 certificate. |
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The
fertiliser plant gets ISO-14001 and OHSAS-18001
certified. |
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| 2004 |
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ISO
14001 certification for the Babrala Township.
In the pursuit to further excel in the waste
management at Babrala complex, the residents
of TCL township demonstrated their commitment
in implementation Environment Management System
and got the township complex certified for
ISO-14001 (1996). The certification audit
was conducted during 26-28-March 2004 by M/s
KPMG, India. |
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Tata
Chemicals set up the Innovation Centre to
develop world-class R&D capability in
the emerging areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology. |
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| 2005 |
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As
a first step towards internationalisation,
TCL acquired an equal partnership in Indo
Maroc Phosphore S.A. (IMACID) along with Chambal
Fertilisers and the global phosphate major,
OCP of Morocco. |
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| 2006 |
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TCL
completed the acquisition of the UK-based
Brunner Mond Group, one of the world’s
leading manufacturer and supplier of associated
alkaline products, and added manufacturing
plants in Northwich, Cheshire, Delfzijl, The
Netherlands and Lake Magadi in Kenya. Lake
Magadi is a major alkaline evaporate deposit
in Africa’s Great Rift Valley. |
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| 2007 |
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To
advance its footprint in India’s rural
economy, TCL entered in to a 50:50 joint venture
with Total Produce, Ireland, the third largest
fruits and vegetable distribution company
in the world and Europe’s largest and
most accomplished fresh produce provider,
to set up a fruits and vegetables distribution
business in India. |
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| 2008 |
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In
early 2008 TCL successfully completed the
acquisition of US-based General Chemical Industrial
Products (GCIP), providing access to some
of the world’s largest and most economically
recoverable trona ore deposits. This has taken
TCL’s global soda ash capacity to 5.5
million tonnes per annum and makes it the
world’s second largest soda ash manufacturer. |
