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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)<br />
| logo = https://www.ajce.in/me/images/fact-logo.png<br />
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| type = [[Public sector undertakings in India|PSU]]<br />
| traded_as = {{BSE|590024}} <br />{{NSE|FACT}}<br />
| industry = [[Agrochemical]]<br />
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1943}}<br />
| founder = [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]]<br />
| location_city = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| location_country = India<br />
| area_served = [[India]]<br />
| key_people = Kishor Rungta<br>{{small|([[Chairperson]] & [[Managing director|MD]])}}<br />
| products = {{Bulleted_list|[[Ammonia]]|[[Sulphuric Acid]]|Ammonium Phosphate-Sulphate (FACTAMFOS)|[[Ammonium Sulphate]]|Zincated Ammonium Phosphate|[[Caprolactam]]}}<br />
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| owner = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]], [[Government of India]]<br />
| divisions = {{Unbulleted_list|Udyogamandal Complex (UC)|Cochin Division (CD)}}<br />
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.fact.co.in}}<br />
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'''The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited''', abbreviated as '''FACT''', is a [[Government of India|government-owned-fertiliser and chemical manufacturer]] under the [[ownership]] of [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]], [[Government of India]] headquartered in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]]. The [[Government of India|government corporation]] was incorporated in 1943, by Maharajah Sree [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] of the [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://fert.nic.in/page/fertilizers-and-chemicals-travancore-limited-fact |title=The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) &#124; Government of India, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers |publisher=Fert.nic.in |access-date=2012-11-01}}</ref> It is the first fertiliser manufacturing company in independent [[India]] and also the largest [[Public sector undertakings in India|Central Public Sector Undertaking]] (CPSU) in [[Kerala]].<br />
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The [[Government of India|government corporation]] has 2 production units - Udyogamandal Complex (UC) at [[Eloor]], Udyogamandal, and Cochin Division (CD) at [[Ambalamedu]]. In 1947, FACT started production of ammonium sulphate with an installed capacity of 50,000 MT per annum at Udyogamandal near [[Kochi]]. The Caprolactam plant in Udyogamandal was commissioned in 1990. Main products of this [[Government of India|government corporation]] include [[Ammonia]], [[Sulphuric Acid]], Ammonium Phosphate-Sulphate (FACTAMFOS), [[Ammonium Sulphate]], Zincated Ammonium Phosphate, [[Caprolactam]], and also complex fertilizers. [[Gypsum]], [[Nitric acid]], [[Soda Ash]] and coloured Ammonium Sulphate are major by-products.<br />
[[File:FACT_Cochin_Division.jpg|thumb|263x263px|FACT Cochin Division]]<br />
[[File:Panaromic_view_of_FACT_Cochin_Division.jpg|thumb|1281x1281px|Panoramic view of FACT Cochin Division]]<br />
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==History==<br />
The factory commenced production of [[Ammonium sulfate|ammonium sulphate]] in 1947, at the dawn of [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] using wood as the raw material for production of ammonia. With the effect of time, wood [[gasification]] became uneconomic and was replaced with naphtha reforming process. Through a series of expansion programmes, FACT soon became the producer of a wide range of fertilizers for all crops and all soil types in [[India]]. It became a Kerala State public sector enterprise in 1960 and in 1962, it came under the [[Government of India]]. Diversification to full-fledged engineering services (FEW) in the fertilizer field and allied areas followed. The next major step towards diversification was into petrochemicals.<br />
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FACT has formed a joint venture company with [[Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers|Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited]], named FRBL (FACT RCF Building Products Ltd) for manufacturing load-bearing panels and other building products using [[phosphogypsum]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://fact.co.in/ http://fact.co.in/]<br />
* [http://www.indiastudychannel.com/jobs/291915-FACT-Recruitment-2013-2014-Technician-Apprentices-Trade-Apprenticeship.aspx Latest FACT Jobs]<br />
* [http://www.rapidwall.com.au/]<br />
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