Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd
Company typePublic
BSE: 500449
NSE: HOCL
IndustryChemicals, Organic chemicals
Founded1960
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
Sajeev B., (Chairman & MD)
ProductsPhenol, Acetone, Hydrogen Peroxide.
OwnerGovernment of India
Number of employees
197
WebsiteOfficial website

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking based in Mumbai. It was established in 1960 to indigenize manufacture of basic chemicals and to reduce country’s dependence on import of vital organic chemicals. Its products are Phenol, Acetone, Nitrobenzene, Aniline, Nitrotoluenes, Chlorobenzenes & Nitro chlorobenzenes. Basic Organic Chemicals includes Pesticides, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Dyes & Dyestuffs, Plastics, Resins & Laminates, Rubber Chemicals, Paints, Textile Auxiliaries & Explosives. The company is under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Hindustan Organic Chemicals has two units in Rasayani and in Kochi.