Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd

Company type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 500449 NSE: HOCL
Industry	Chemicals, Organic chemicals
Founded	1960^[1]
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India^[2]^[3]
Key people	Sajeev B., (Chairman & MD)^[4]
Products	Phenol, Acetone, Hydrogen Peroxide.
Owner	Government of India
Number of employees	197
Website	Official website

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking based in Mumbai.^[5]^[6] It was established in 1960 to indigenize manufacture of basic chemicals and to reduce country’s dependence on import of vital organic chemicals. Its products are Phenol, Acetone, Nitrobenzene, Aniline, Nitrotoluenes, Chlorobenzenes & Nitro chlorobenzenes. Basic Organic Chemicals includes Pesticides, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Dyes & Dyestuffs, Plastics, Resins & Laminates, Rubber Chemicals, Paints, Textile Auxiliaries & Explosives.^[7]^[8]^[9] The company is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Hindustan Organic Chemicals has two units in Rasayani and in Kochi.^[10]

References

^ "Acetone-Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.(A Govt. Of India Enterprise)". Thomex.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. Locations Information | Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd Company Locations". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals-Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers-Chemicals". Chemicals.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "Board of Directors". www.hoclindia.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited". hoclindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Uncertainty looms over HOCL unit". The Hindu. 20 February 2017. ISSN 0971-751X.
^ "Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (500449) - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - :: Hinton Information Services - Your One-Stop-Shop for all information needs". Hintoninfo.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "HOCL.NS Profile | HINDUSTAN ORGANIC CHEMICA Stock - Yahoo! Finance". Finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ Anand, Byas (4 June 2002). "Govt to invite bids for HOCL, EPIL by June 15 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ "Cabinet approves restructuring of Hindustan Organic Chemicals". www.thehindubusinessline.com. 17 May 2017.

External links

Official website
Six companies submit EoIs for Hindustan Organic Chemicals

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)

Departments

Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals	Chemical Division Petrochemicals Division Monitoring and Evaluation Division (M&E Division) Plastic Parks
Fertilizers	Urea Pricing Policy Division Fertilizer Movement Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) Fertilizer Policy and Projects Fertilizer Subsidy Division
Pharmaceuticals	National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority Drug Price Control Order