Balmer Lawrie

Balmer Lawrie
	Balmer Lawrie headquarters in Kolkata
Company type	Public Sector Undertaking
Traded as	BSE: 523319; NSE: BALMLAWRIE
Industry	Steel; Lubricants; Travel; Logistics;
Founded	(1867; 158 years ago) in Calcutta, British India
Founder	Stephen George Balmer; Alexander Lawrie
Headquarters	Kolkata, India
Key people	Adika Ratna Sekhar (Chairman & Managing Director)
Owner	Government of India
Parent	Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India
Subsidiaries	Visakhapatnam Port Logistics Park Limited
Website	www.balmerlawrie.com

Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. (BL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and a conglomerate under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It is classified as a category-I Miniratna company. Originally founded in 1867 by George Stephen Balmer and Alexander Lawrie in Calcutta, British India, the conglomerate has eight strategic business units, four joint ventures in India and abroad, and a subsidiary in India.

History

Balmer Lawrie was founded as a partnership firm on 1 February 1867 in Calcutta, British India, by two Scotsmen: George Stephen Balmer and Alexander Lawrie.^[1]^[2]^[3] It became a private limited company in 1924 with a paid-up share capital of ₹40 lakhs, a public limited company in 1936 and then a Government of India Enterprise in 1972.^[4]^[5]^{[non-primary source needed]} BL is classified as a category-I Miniratna company.^[6]

Joint ventures and subsidiary

Balmer Lawrie has joint ventures in both Indian and abroad and a subsidiary in India.

Joint Ventures in India

Balmer Lawrie - Van Leer Ltd.
AVI-OIL India Pvt. Ltd.

Joint Ventures abroad

PT. Balmer Lawrie Indonesia
Balmer Lawrie (UAE) LLC

Subsidiary

Visakhapatnam Port Logistics Park Limited

Service

It has eight strategic business units: Industrial Packaging, Greases & Lubricants, Chemicals, Travel & Vacations, Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services, Cold Chain and Refinery & Oil Field Services, with offices spread across the country and abroad.^{[citation needed]} BL is present in eight businesses: Travel and Vacations, Industrial Packaging, Greases and Lubricants, Leather Chemicals, Logistics, Logistics Infrastructure, Logistics Services, and Refinery and Oil Field.^[1]

Recent developments

Today, Balmer Lawrie is a government sector enterprise with a turnover of ₹1,612 crores and a profit of ₹232 crores as of 31 March 2020. During FY 2020–21, the PSE earned a revenue of ₹1,528 crore (US$180 million).^[7]

References

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