Chemical industry occupies an important place in the economy of India and during the financial year 2005-06, the industry contributed about 17.6% to the manufacturing sector and 3% to the Gross Domestic Product of the nation.

The diverse and wide spectrum of chemical products can be divided into different categories like fertilizers, agrochemicals, pesticides, specialty and fine chemicals, pigments and dyes, petrochemicals and plastics, pharmaceuticals and drugs and organic & inorganic chemicals. Like any other sector, the chemical sector is also dominated by some of the top players and the names of these top players are given below:

Top 10 Chemical Companies:

• United Phosphorous

• Tata Chemicals

• Pidilite

• Nirma Limited

• Hikal Limited

• Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Limited

• GHCL

• Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited

• Atul Limited

• Aarti Industries Limited

To explore more about these top players in the chemical sector in India, read on the content given below:

United Phosphorous:

United Phosphorous Limited shortly called as UPL is a company specialized in the production of seeds, crops and of course chemicals. The company is operating from its headquarters in the city of Mumbai and they are engaged in the manufacture of a wide range of agro chemicals and industrial & specialty chemicals.

Tata Chemicals:

Tata Chemicals Limited is a part of the TATA group and this is a global company with interest towards businesses that focus on living, industry and farm essentials. They are manufacturing chemical products under three different categories namely farm essentials, industry essential and living essentials. Some of their products include biofuels, customized fertilizers, fertilizers, etc…

Pidilite:

Pidilite is a popular name in the adhesive and industrial chemical industry and they are engaged in the manufacture of chemical products under the categories like textile chemicals, leather chemicals and construction chemicals. Some of the construction chemicals products include Dr. Fixit Concrete super bond and Dr. Fixit Epoxy injection grout, while their textile chemical products include Pidisper A and Pidisper DP.

Nirma Limited:

Nirma Limited is engaged in the manufacture of wide range of products, which includes industrial chemicals products as well. They are marketing their products through Nirma Consumer Care Limited.

Hikal Limited:

Hikal Limited offers a wide spectrum of custom manufacturing solutions and Research & development and they are offering their best products with experienced chemists and state-of-the-art facilities. They are engaged in the manufacture of agrochemical products like thiabendazole, quinalphos and Diuron.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Limited:

This company is shortly called as GNFC and they are one among the leading manufacturers of fertilizers and chemicals in India. Some of the chemical products manufactured by them are methyl formate, calcium carbonate, ammonium nitrate, formic acid, methanol and acetic acid. Their best quality fertilizers has enabled the agricultural sector to flourish in India.

GHCL:

GHCL stands for Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited and they are in this field for more than two decades now. Their main product is Soda Ash in the chemical industry with some of the special qualities like uniform particle size distribution, free flow, whiteness, low chloride, very low iron, etc…

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited:

This company is promoted by the Government of Gujarat and they are engaged in the manufacture of chemical products under various categories like phosphoric acid group, hydrogen peroxide group, sodium group, chloromethane group, caustic potash group and caustic soda group.

Atul Limited:

Atul Limited is a member of Lalbhai Group and they are manufacturing chemical products under different categories like agrochemicals, aromatics, bulk chemicals & intermediates, dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals & intermediaries, polymers and floras.

Aarti Industries Limited:

Aarti Industries Limited came into existence in the year 1975 with its name as Alchemie labs with manufacturing facility to manufacture a single chemical called dimentyl sulphate. However, now the company has grown as a big firm with wide range of chemical manufacture.