Friday, December 14, 2012

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Indian Conglomerate with a Global Impact



Reliance Industries Ltd. is a Mumbai-based conglomerate. The group is into petrochemicals, gas and oil refinery, textiles, telecom and broadband, retail, and special economic zone development.

Reliance is India’s second largest company in terms of revenues and is one of the largest public companies in terms of market capitalization. It is also the largest company in the private sector in terms of sales and profits. In 2012, Reliance is in the 99th place in the Fortune Global 500 list.

Petrochemicals and gas and oil refinery are the core businesses of Reliance. The other businesses with significant contribution to the Group’s success are the retail, textiles and special economic zone development. Its retail business, Reliance Retail, is now into fresh foods with Reliance Fresh.

In the next few years, Reliance would enter the aerospace market. It will invest a total of $10 billion for the design, development and manufacture aerospace equipments and components for both civilian and military aircraft. The Group created the Reliance Aerospace technologies Pvt. Ltd. and the Reliance Security Solutions Ltd. to take care of this new business venture. The application for industrial license was filed in July 2012.

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