Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
ಮಂಗಳೂರು ರಾಸಾಯನಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ರಸಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆ
Public Limited
Traded as BSE: 530011
Industry Agriculture
Founded 1974
Headquarters Level-11, UB Towers, UB City No.24, Vittal Mallya Road, Bangalore, India
Key people
Arun Duggal
(Chairman)
Suresh Krishnan
(Managing Director)[1]
Products Fertilizers, Chemicals
Revenue US$ 0.711 billion (2010-11)
Parent Adventz Group
Website Official Website

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, is the largest manufacturer of chemical fertilizers in the state of Karnataka, India. The factory is located at Panambur, north of Mangalore City, along the National Highway 66, opposite to the New Mangalore Port Trust. The company is part of the Adventz Group, having a shareholding of 53.03% as of March, 2016. The company had a turnover of Rs. 2,523.83 crores in the financial year 2010–11. The company's corporate and registered office is at 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 Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra.

Overview of MCF

Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (MCF) is a subsidiary of Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited, an Adventz group company, which holds 53.03% equity shares. The 'Adventz' Group, is an Indian conglomerate with global ambitions that participates in and contributes to India's economic growth and prosperity through transformational change. The Group is partnered by world leaders in various areas of enterprises and has significant presence in agriculture, engineering & infrastructure, real estate, consumer durables and services which are the key drivers of the Indian economy. The Adventz Group and the UB Group are promoters of MCF. 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 the management of Adventz Group.

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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 forayed 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.

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Products

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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.

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