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Company type | Public |
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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]