Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
मैंगलोर केमिकल्स एंड फर्टिलाइजर्स फैक्टरी
ಮಂಗಳೂರು ರಾಸಾಯನಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ರಸಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆ
Public Limited
Traded as BSE: 530011
Industry Fertilizers and Chemicals
Founded 1974
Headquarters Bangalore, India
Key people
Arun Duggal, Chairman
Products Fertilizers, Chemicals
Revenue US$ 0.711 billion (2010-11)
Parent Adventz Group
Website

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, with a turnover Rs. 2,523.83 crores (2010–11), is the only manufacturer of chemical fertilizers in the state of Karnataka, India. It is situated in the port city of Mangalore, opposite to the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) on the other side of the Kochi - Panvel national highway NH 66 (formerly NH 17) and on the banks of the Gurupur river.
The company is part of the Adventz group with this group having a shareholding of 53.03% as of March,2016 quarter in Mangalore Chemicals as promoter shareholding according to the data published at the site, mangalorechemicals.com. Though, on 3.7.2013, another company not belonging to UB group,viz., Deepak Fertilizers (through its subsidiary) bought 24.46% shares of Mangalore Chemicals. Arun Duggal is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Deepak Anand is the current Managing Director of the company. The company's corporate and registered office is located in UB City, Bangalore and its factory unit is in Mangalore.
The company deals with fertilizers like Urea, Diammonium phosphate, granulated fertilizers, liquid fertilizers, soil conditioners, Muriate of potash, soil micronutrients, speciality fertilizers, food grade Ammonium bicarbonate, industrial chemicals like Sulphuric acid and Sulphonated granulated fertilizers. The marketing offices of MCF are located in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

Overview of MCF

Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited was started in 1966 with Dugal Enterprises Private Limited, New Delhi as its first promoters. The company was originally registered in New Delhi as Malabar Chemicals and Fertilizers Private Limited. The name of the company was changed to its present name in August 1971. Since Dugal Enterprises and International Development and Investment Company Limited of Nassau, Bahamas, (IDI) withdrew as promoters in early 1969, it was left to then Government of Mysore to pursue the project. The construction work started with the first pile driven on October 15, 1972 by the then Chief Minister of Mysore, Devaraj Urs.
In 1990, Government of Karnataka selected the UB group to take over the management of MCF, which was then a potential sick unit, with losses to the tune of about 600 million rupees. Now its under management of Adventz Group.

Infrastructure

Manufacturing facilities

The company has capacity to manufacture 2,17,800MT of Ammonia (intermediate product), 3,79,500MT of Urea, 2,55,500MT of Phosphatic fertilizers (DAP & NP 20:20:00:13), 15,330MT of Ammonium bicarbonate (ABC), 33,000MT of Sulphuric acid and 21,450MT of Sulphonated naphthalene formaldehyde (SNF) annually.
The design and engineering of the Ammonia/Urea plants was done by Humphreys & Glasgow Limited, London, a leading international firm in the fertilizer field and their associates, Humphreys & Glasgow Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. (The firm is now merged with Jacobs Engineering, USA). The Phosphatic plant was designed and engineered by Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan. Indian firms PDIL and Furnace Fabrica designed and constructed the ABC and Sulphuric acid plant respectively.
In 2010, MCF foryaed into the manufacture of suphonated naphthalene formaldehyde (SNF). SNF is a speciality basic chemical used in construction industry. It is largely consumed in formulation of concrete admixtures which facilitate dispersion of the cement particles and increases the rate of hydration resulting in usage of less water for concrete mixture.
In 2003, the company implemented SAP R/3 for its entire operation.

Utilities

Products

Manufactured products

Other products

Safety, Health, Environment and Pollution Control

The company has obtained Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification OHSAS 18001 as a part of its commitment to continual improvement. Det Norske Veritas, the certification agency has recertified the company’s OHSAS 18001 system, conforming to the latest 2007 version.
As an ISO 14001 certified Company, the company installed waste water recovery facility to treat, recycle and reuse the entire quantity of sewage and process effluents, thereby achieving zero liquid effluent discharge. It has also implemented a rain water harvesting system and sewage treatment plant at its township. The treated sewage water is used for gardening purpose. Continuing with its green initiative, the company planted an additional 5000 saplings in the green belt area in its factory in Mangalore in 2010.

References

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