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{{Short description|Indian chemical company}}

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{{Infobox company
| name = Atul Limited
| logo = Atul logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{BSE|500027}}|{{NSE|ATUL}}}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|INE100A01010}}
| industry = [[Chemical industry]]
| founded = 5 September 1947
| founder = [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]<br>{{small|([[Founder CEO|Founder]])}}
| hq_location = [[Atul, Gujarat|Atul]], [[Valsad district]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Sunil Siddharth Lalbhai (Chairman and MD), Gopi Kannan Thirukonda (CFO)
| revenue = {{INRConvert|5583|c}}
| operating_income = {{INRConvert|692|c}}
| net_income = {{INRConvert|499|c}}
| assets = {{INRConvert|7001|c}}
| equity = {{INRConvert|5662|c}}
| num_employees = 4,341 (as on March 31, 2025)
| parent = Lalbhai Group
| website = {{URL|https://www.atul.co.in}}
}}

'''Atul Limited''' is an Indian [[chemical industry|chemical]] manufacturing company headquartered in [[Atul, Gujarat|Atul]], [[Gujarat]] and is listed on both stock exchanges of India. Founded on 5 September 1947 by industrialist [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]], it was one of the first private‐sector enterprises established in post‐independence [[India]] and is part of the Lalbhai Group. It serves over 4,000 customers across more than 30 industries in 90 countries through wholly owned subsidiaries in the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[China]], and [[Brazil]].<ref name="ANI2021">{{Cite web|date=26 March 2021|title=A story of 70 years: Atul serving diverse industries, touching lives with quality products, services|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/a-story-of-70-years-atul-serving-diverse-industries-touching-lives-with-quality-products-services20210326155659/|access-date=2021-05-04|publisher=ANI News}}</ref><ref name="INDIANCOMPANIES">{{Cite web|title=Top 10 Chemical Companies in India|url=https://indiancompanies.in/top-10-chemical-companies-in-india/|access-date=2021-05-04|publisher=IndianCompanies.in}}</ref><ref name=dd>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Geoffrey |title=Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership |date=21 March 2023 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-91653-1 |pages=175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro-kEAAAQBAJ&dq=ATUL+LALBHAI&pg=PA175 |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Piramal |first1=Gita |title=Smart Leadership: Insights for CEOs |date=8 December 2005 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-118-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYEtAAAAQBAJ&dq=ATUL+LALBHAI&pg=PT19 |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Purohit |first1=Devesh |title=Theory of Reference Building - Legacy Matrix: An innovative IP for Public Relations and Brand Management |date=4 February 2024 |publisher=OrangeBooks Publication |pages=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTDyEAAAQBAJ&dq=ATUL+INAUGURATED+NEHRU&pg=PA94 |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Dataquest: DQ. |date=1991 |publisher=Cyber Media (India), 1991 |pages=104 |edition=1991 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x1cTAQAAMAAJ&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947%0D%0A+1947 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Textile Magazine, Volume 37, Issues 7-12 |date=1996 |pages=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOfxAAAAMAAJ&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947%0D%0A+1947 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of India: Gujarat |pages=226 |edition=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_NtAAAAMAAJ&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947%0D%0A+1947 |access-date=13 May 2025 |last1=Chopra |first1=Pran Nath |date=1992 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Far East and Australasia |date=2002 |publisher=Europa Publications |pages=508 |edition=2003 |isbn=978-1-85743-133-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947+++1947&pg=PA508 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=American Shadow Over India |date=1956 |publisher=L. Natarajan |pages=73 |edition=1956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ze4iAAAAMAAJ&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947%0D%0A+1947 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rajmohan |first1=K. |last2=Mohanan |first2=B.N. |last3=Batra |first3=A.M. |date=December 2010 |title=Data palm development mission of Atul Ltd. in India |url=https://www.actahort.org/books/882/882_31.htm |journal=Acta Horticulturae |issue=882 |pages=289–292 |doi=10.17660/actahortic.2010.882.31 |issn=0567-7572|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=May 2025}}

Atul has diversified itself into a chemical [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] from a small company making a few textile dyes into a chemical conglomerate manufacturing 900 products and 400 formulations to 4,000 customers belonging to 30 diverse industries in the process making India self-reliant in manufacturing of several chemicals.<ref name=70c/> The company has established 41 operating subsidiary, a joint venture and associate entities over the seven decades.<ref name=70c>{{cite news |title=Atul Ltd. enters 70th year of Operations |url=https://www.business-standard.com/content/press-releases-ani/atul-ltd-enters-70th-year-of-operations-121031700805_1.html |access-date=13 May 2025 |agency=Business Standard |date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422030542/https://www.business-standard.com/content/press-releases-ani/atul-ltd-enters-70th-year-of-operations-121031700805_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Siddharth Kasturbhai Lalbhai's Atul entering 70th year of operations |url=https://www.businessworld.in/article/siddharth-kasturbhai-lalbhais-atul-entering-70th-year-of-operations-372824 |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=BW Businessworld |date=2 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ANI2021"/>

Atul is the largest producer of [[Cresol|para Cresol]], para-anisic, aldehyde and para-anisic alcohol in the world with almost 55% of total global capacity at a single location.<ref>{{Cite news |title=United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) RECP Experiences in M\/s. Atul Limited (Aromatic Division). |url=https://downloads.unido.org/ot/46/86/4686108/SCHWAGER_ENV_IRE_IND_2015_100050_001.pdf |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>

Atul also manufactures many pharmaceuticals and drugs and it is the first company in India to manufacture [[Dapsone]].<ref name=ph>{{cite news |agency=Business Standard |title=Atul Ltd receives USFDA's approval for Dapsone facility |date=17 January 2015 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/content/b2b-pharma/atul-ltd-receives-usfda-s-approval-for-dapsone-facility-115011700275_1.html |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref>

In 2024 Atul village developed by Atul and with help of its Atul Foundation got the Platinum Green Village certification.<ref>{{cite news |title=Atul village received Platinum Green Village certification |url=https://www.business-standard.com/markets/capital-market-news/atul-village-received-platinum-green-village-certification-124060800314_1.html |access-date=13 May 2025 |date=8 January 2024}}</ref>

==History==
Atul was incorporated on 5 September 1947 by Kasturbhai Lalbhai. The manufacturing plant at Atul village inaugurated by Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in 1952.<ref name=dd/> Early international partnerships included [[American Cyanamid]] (1952) to form Cyanamid India Ltd for industrial chemicals and [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] (ICI) in 1955 to create Atic Industries Ltd for textile dyes. In 1960, a joint venture with [[Ciba-Geigy]] resulted in the creation of Cibatul Ltd for manufacturing epoxy resins.<ref name="CHEMWEEK">{{Cite journal|title=Joint Ventures in Indian Chemical Industry|journal=Chemical Weekly|date=20 March 1965|pages=45–48}}</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2025}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Penguin-CNBC TV18 Business YRBK10 |date=August 2010 |publisher=Derek O'Brien |pages=116 |edition=2010 |isbn=978-0-14-341419-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E1_97rguSuAC&q=ATUL+LALBHAI+1947+++1947&pg=PA116 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chemical industry in India]]
* [[Pharmaceutical industry in India]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]

==References==
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[[Category:Chemical companies of India]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1947]]
[[Category:Chemical companies established in 1947]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Family-owned companies of India]]
[[Category:Lalbhai Group]]
[[Category:Lalbhai family]]

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