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UPL (company)

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UPL Limited
FormerlyUnited Phosphorus Limited (1969–2013)
Company typePublic
ISININE628A01036
Industry
Founded29 May 1969; 56 years ago (1969-05-29)
FounderRajnikant Shroff
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Rajnikant Shroff (Chairman & MD)
  • Jaidev Shroff (CEO)[2]
Products
RevenueIncrease ₹53,576 crore (US$6.3 billion) (FY23)[3]
Increase ₹11,178 crore (US$1.3 billion) (FY23)[4]
Decrease ₹3,569 crore (US$420 million) (FY23)[3]
Total assetsIncrease ₹82,679 crore (US$9.8 billion) (2022)
Total equityIncrease ₹24,661 crore (US$2.9 billion)[5] (2022)
Owners
Number of employees
10,000+[5] (FY21)
Websiteupl-ltd.com

UPL Limited, formerly United Phosphorus Limited, is an Indian multinational company that manufactures and markets agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and specialty chemicals.[6] Headquartered in Mumbai, the company is primarily engaged in the manufacture and marketing of conventional agrochemicals, seeds, and other agriculture-related products. It also manufactures fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, and nutrifeeds.[7][8]

United Phosphorus Limited was established on 29 May 1969.[8] The company changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013.[9]

On 20 July 2018, UPL signed a US$4.2 billion agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation (now Element Solutions Inc.) to acquire control of Arysta LifeScience Inc. The acquisition was completed in February 2019,[10][11] making UPL the fifth largest generic agrochemicals company in the world after Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and BASF.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact Us". UPL Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Global Leadership". UPL Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "UPL's Q4 net drops 43% to ₹792 crore on pricing pressure, delayed planting season". The Hindu Businessline. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ "UPL Q4FY23 results: Net profit falls by 42.6%, declares dividend". mint. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2020-21" (PDF). UPL Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Company Overview of UPL Limited". Bloomberg. 20 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Company Profile for UPL Limited". Reuters. Retrieved 16 March 2019.[dead link]
  8. ^ a b "UPL Limited on the Forbes Asia's Fab 50 Companies List". Forbes. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  9. ^ "UPL LTD – GDR (UPL:Singapore): Company Description – Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  10. ^ "UPL completes acquisition of Arysta LifeScience for $4.2 billion". The Economic Times. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. ^ "UPL Jumps The Most In Four Years After $4.2 Billion Deal To Acquire Arysta Lifescience". BloombergQuint. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  12. ^ "All You Need To Know About UPL's Latest Buyout Plan". BloombergQuint. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. ^ "UPL Completes Acquisition of Arysta LifeScience". Successful Farming. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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