UPL (company)
UPL Limited, formerly United Phosphorus Limited, is an Indian multinational company that manufactures and markets agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and specialty chemicals, and also offers pesticides.[4] Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the company engages in both agro and non-agro activities. The agro-business is the company's primary source of revenue and includes the manufacture and marketing of conventional agrochemical products, seeds, and other agricultural-related products. The non-agro segment includes manufacturing and marketing industrial chemicals and other nonagricultural products such as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides, industrial & specialty chemicals, and nutrifeeds. UPL products are sold in 150+ countries.[5][6]
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Formerly | United Phosphorus Limited (1969–2013) |
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Type | Public |
ISIN | INE628A01036 |
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Founded | 29 May 1969 |
Headquarters | UPL House, 610 B/2, Bandra Village, Bandra (East), , India[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 10,000+[3] (FY21) |
Website | www |
United Phosphorus Limited was established on 29 May 1969.[6] The company changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013.[7]
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,[8][9] making UPL the fifth largest generic agrochemicals company in the world after Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and BASF.[10][11]
References
- "Contact Us". UPL Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Global Leadership". UPL Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Annual Report 2020-21" (PDF). UPL Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- "Company Overview of UPL Limited". Bloomberg.
- "Company Profile for UPL Limited". Reuters. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "UPL Limited on the Forbes Asia's Fab 50 Companies List". Forbes. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "UPL LTD – GDR (UPL:Singapore): Company Description – Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "UPL completes acquisition of Arysta LifeScience for $4.2 billion". The Economic Times. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "UPL Jumps The Most In Four Years After $4.2 Billion Deal To Acquire Arysta Lifescience". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "All You Need To Know About UPL's Latest Buyout Plan". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "UPL Completes Acquisition of Arysta LifeScience". Successful Farming. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.