M.P Birla Group
M.P Birla Group controls substantial assets of the Birla Group. It also has interests in the other companies of the Birla family by way of investments in their equities. It is named after Madhav Prasad Birla.
The M. P. Birla Group is one of the leading industrial Groups in India. The Group owns a number of factories producing a wide range of products, including cement, jute, cables, auto interiors, etc. Birla Corporation Limited is the flagship company of the Group. It has its Registered and Principal Office in Kolkata and offices in Mumbai and New Delhi, among other places. The Group includes companies like Universal Cables Ltd., Vindhya Telelinks Ltd., Birla Ericsson Optical Ltd., Universal-ABB Power Cables Ltd. and Hindustan Gum & Chemicals Ltd. Other than Kolkata, Birlapur and Durgapur, the Group’s plants are located at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Satna, Raebareli, Chanderia(Chittorgarh), Jodhpur, Viramgam, Bhiwani, Gurgaon and Chakan (Pune).
Businesses
- UNIVERSAL CABLES LIMITED: is in the Indian Cables Industry, and its cables and capacitors are known by the brand name "UNISTAR"
- VINDHYA TELELINKS LIMITED: manufactures jelly filled Telephone Cables in technical collaboration with M/s. Ericsson Cables AB of Sweden
- BIRLA ERICSSON OPTICAL LIMITED: has technical and financial collaboration with Ericsson Cables AB of Sweden to produce Optical Fibre Cables. The company also produces Polyurethane Jelly filled insulated Cables.
- BIRLA FURUKAWA FIBRE OPTICS PRIVATE LIMITED: manufacturers of Optical Fibre.
- HINDUSTAN GUM & CHEMICALS LIMITED: manufactures Guar Gum and exports to various countries the world over. Rhone-Poulenc Inc. of France has 50% financial stake in the company. The company has 3 manufacturing units in India.
- BIRLA DLW LIMITED: was set up with a 50:50 Joint Venture with DLW Aktiengesellchaft, Germany to produce linoleum flooring for exports.
- BIRLA FINANCIAL CORPORATION LIMITED: has activities in the financial sector
Philanthropy
The M.P.Birla Group, besides its industrial activities, runs several institutions, including the M.P.Birla Planetarium, Belle Vue Clinic, South Point School and the M.P.Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School in Kolkata as well as various prestigious medical institutions like Bombay Hospital in Mumbai, Birlapur Hospital in Birlapur, 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal, M.P.Birla Hospital and Research Centre in Chittorgarh(Raj.), Birla Vikas Hospital in Satna, Sidhi and Indore (M.P). The M.P.Birla Eye Clinic was started in 2001.
Schools
- M.P.Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School
- MP Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Bhavan's Priyamvada Birla Inst of Management, Mysore
- MP Birla Planetarium - Kolkata.
- Belle Vue Clinic.
- South Point School.
- M.P. Birla Shiksha Bhawan & Inter College, Allahabad
- Birla shiksha kendra, chanderia, Chittorgarh
Hospitals
- Bombay Hospital- Mumbai.
- Birlapur Hospital - Birlapur 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal.
- M.P.Birla Eye Clinic
- Priyamvada Birla Cancer Research Institute, Satna (M.P)
- M.P Birla Hospital and Research Centre - Chittorgarh