Nirma

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Nirma Limited
Type Public
Founded 1969
Headquarters Ahmedabad
Key people Karsanbhai Patel (CMD)
Industry FMCG
Products Nirma detergent, Nima soaps
Revenue Rs. 2500 crores (2005)
Net income ???
Employees 14000
Website www.nirma.co.in

Nirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India manufacturing products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents and salt. Karsanbhai Patel, a well known businessman, industrialist and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation. Today Nirma has 14000 employees and a turnover of Rs. 2500 crores. In 2004, Nirma's annual sales touched 800,000 tonnes.

[edit] Major plants

  • Soda Ash
  • Linear Alkyl Benzene
  • Packaging
  • Soaps
  • Detergents
  • Industrial Salt
  • Alfa Olefin Sulfonate
  • Sulfuric Acid
  • Glycerin
  • Single Super Phosphate

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