UPL Limited
Indian multinational chemical company
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UPL Limited, formerly United Phosphorus Limited, is an Indian multinational company that manufactures and markets agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and specialty chemicals.[6] Headquartered in Mumbai, the company is primarily engaged in the manufacture and marketing of conventional agrochemicals, seeds, and other agriculture-related products. It also manufactures fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, and nutrifeeds.[7][8]
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| Formerly | United Phosphorus Limited (1969–2013) |
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Company type | Public |
| ISIN | INE628A01036 |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 29 May 1969 |
| Founder | Rajnikant Shroff |
| Headquarters | , India[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | |
| Revenue |  ₹53,576 crore (US$5.7 billion) (FY23)[3] |
| ₹11,178 crore (US$1.2 billion) (FY23)[4] | |
 ₹3,569 crore (US$380 million) (FY23)[3] | |
| Total assets | ₹82,679 crore (US$8.7 billion) (2022) |
| Total equity | ₹24,661 crore (US$2.6 billion)[5] (2022) |
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Number of employees | 10,000+[5] (FY21) |
| Website | upl-ltd.com |
United Phosphorus Limited was established on 29 May 1969.[8] The company changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013.[9]
On 20 July 2018, UPL signed a US$4.2 billion agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation (now Element Solutions Inc.) to acquire control of Arysta LifeScience Inc. The acquisition was completed in February 2019,[10][11] making UPL the fifth largest generic agrochemicals company in the world after Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and BASF.[12][13]
