Kalyani Group
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| Private | |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
Area served | India, Germany, Sweden and many other |
Key people | Baba Kalyani (Chairman) |
| Revenue | US$ 2.5 billion (2010) |
Number of employees | 10,000 (2010) |
| Website | kalyanigroup.com |
The Kalyani Group is a privately held industrial group in India. It is focused in four primary sectors, viz. Engineering Steel, Automotive & Non-Automotive Components, Renewable Energy & Infrastructure and Specialty Chemicals.
The group's annual turnover exceeded USD 2.5 billion as of 2011[1] and has joint ventures with companies such as ArvinMeritor, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Hayes Lemmerz, FAW Corp etc. Kalyani group has very recently forayed into Indian football with entering in India's premier football tournament I-league. They launched their football team on November 23, 2014 named Bharat FC. They will start competing in I-league from January 2015. They are given direct entry to I-league by AIFF as an initiative to bring corporate in Indian football. Bharat FC will be 2nd team to enter I-league under this initiative after JSW lead Bengluru FC which entered the league in 2013-14 season.
History
Kalyani Group was founded by Nilkanthrao Kalyani, an Industrialist. The group is currently chaired by his son Baba Kalyani.
Companies
The group holds key stakes in a number of companies:
- Bharat Forge
- Automotive Axles
- Kalyani Steels
- CDP Bharat Forge
- Kalyani Carpenter
- Hikal Chemicals
- Kalyani Sharp
- BF Utilities
- Kalyani Brakes
- Kalyani Thermal
- Kalyani Lemmerz
- Alstom Bharat Forge Power Limited
- Kalyani technologies
References
- ↑ "Bharat Forge plans towed gun system for armed forces". The Economic Times. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.