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| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />
| traded_as = {{BSE|502219}}<br />
| ISIN = INE666D01022<br />
| industry = [[Houseware]]<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|1962}}<br />
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| hq_location = 1101, Parinee Crescenzo, G-Block, [[Bandra Kurla Complex]], [[Bandra]] (East)<br />
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| hq_location_country = India<br />
| area_served = Worldwide<ref>{{cite web|title=Worldwide Activities|url=http://www.borosil.com/about/worldwide-activities/|website=Borosil|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref><br />
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Shreevar Kheruka <small>(MD & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])</small>|B.L. Kheruka <small>([[Chairman]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors & Committees|url=http://www.borosil.com/investors/board-of-directors-committees/|website=Borosil|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref></small>}}<br />
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| revenue = {{INRConvert|619.76|c}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.borosil.com/doc_files/Borosil%20Glass%20Works%20Limited%20Annual%20Report%202016-2017.pdf | title=54th Annual Report | publisher=Borosil | access-date=26 August 2018 }}</ref><br />
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| owners = Kheruka family (54.35%)<ref>{{cite web|title=Shareholding patterns|url=http://www.borosil.com/investors/shareholding-patterns/|website=Borosil|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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'''Borosil Glass Works Ltd.''' (BGWL) is an Indian [[glassware]] company based in [[Mumbai]]. The company is one of the largest glassware producing company in India with a significant presence in [[United States|USA]] and [[Netherlands]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Borosil is the market leader for laboratory glassware<ref>"The Global Laboratory Plasticware and Glassware Market to Grow at A CAGR of 5.17 Percent over the Period 2012-2016." Biotech Week. NewsRX. 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2015 from HighBeam Research: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-319888975.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154221/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-319888975.html |date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> and microwavable kitchenware in India. It was established in 1962 in collaboration with [[Corning Glass Works]] USA.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lee-Wright|first1=Peter|title=Child Slaves|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134067855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vW77AQAAQBAJ&q=Borosil&pg=PT64}}</ref> In 1988, Corning divested its share holding to the current Indian promoters.<br />
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== Products ==<br />
The company's products include laboratory glassware, instruments, disposable plastics, liquid handling systems and explosion-proof lighting glassware for the education sector and for industries including [[microbiology]], [[biotechnology]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saksena|first1=Amita|title=Text Book of Biochemistry|date=2006|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=9788183561198|page=94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLIZPDCV6-cC&q=Borosil&pg=PA94}}</ref> [[photocopying|photoprinting]], [[process systems]] and [[lighting]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{official website}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian brands]]<br />
[[Category:Glassmaking companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1962]]<br />
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