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Company type | Public |
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BSE:
532830 NSE: ASTRAL | |
ISIN | INE006I01046 |
Industry | Building materials |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Sandeep Engineer (managing director) [1] |
Products | Adhesives, bathware, CPVC pipes, paints, PVC pipes |
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Website |
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Footnotes / references [4] |
Astral Limited (formerly Astral Poly Technik Limited) is an Indian building materials and equipment company based in Ahmedabad which makes chlorinated polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride pipes. [5] [6]
In 1996, Astral Poly Technik Limited was founded by Sandeep Engineer and later became known as Astral Pipes. [7] [8] At first, the company introduced industrial CPVC pipes in India by licensing the CPVC Resin procurement technology from Lubrizol. [9] [10] However, after three years, they shifted to the plumbing sector, where CPVC pipes became more popular than galvanized Iron (GI) pipes. [9] In 2004, the company started offering lead-free polyvinyl chloride pressure pipes. Following that, in the next few years, they diversified into other areas such as fire sprinkler system, Soil, Waste and Rainwater (SWR) pipes, underground pipes, and other related sectors. [9]
In 2007, the company went public and had its shares listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and Bombay Stock Exchange. [11]
The introduction of PVC pipe in 2013 marked the beginning of the business's expansion into the agricultural market. [9] In 2016, it brought an end to its partnership with Lubrizol regarding the production of CPVC pipes [12] and began operations at its own CPVC compounding facility at Santej ( Gujarat) in collaboration with Sekisui Chemical. [13]
As of 31 March 2022, Astral had a total manufacturing capacity of 282,338 MTPA for both pipes and water tanks. It has factories which are located in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Odisha. In addition, Astral had a combined adhesive manufacturing capacity of 95,980 MTPA, with factories in Santej (Gujarat), Unnao, and Rania (Uttar Pradesh), as well as in the United States and United Kingdom. [14]
The company has a distribution network of over 800 distributors in the plastic segment and over 1,800 distributors in the adhesive segment. [15]
According to the DuPont analysis conducted in 2020, the company's current ratio declined from 1.45% in 2015 to 1.27% in 2019. [16] However, as of March 2022, it recovered and increased to 1.78%. [17]
Since 2014, Astral has acquired companies in India, the UK, and the US. [18]
In 2017, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, a direct-to-digital advertisement was released by the company which garnered global attention by creating awareness about open defecation and linking it with the issues of women's safety and gender-based violence in India. [25] [26]
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Company type | Public |
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BSE:
532830 NSE: ASTRAL | |
ISIN | INE006I01046 |
Industry | Building materials |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Sandeep Engineer (managing director) [1] |
Products | Adhesives, bathware, CPVC pipes, paints, PVC pipes |
Revenue | ![]() |
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Total assets | ![]() |
Total equity | ![]() |
Subsidiaries |
|
Website |
astralltd |
Footnotes / references [4] |
Astral Limited (formerly Astral Poly Technik Limited) is an Indian building materials and equipment company based in Ahmedabad which makes chlorinated polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride pipes. [5] [6]
In 1996, Astral Poly Technik Limited was founded by Sandeep Engineer and later became known as Astral Pipes. [7] [8] At first, the company introduced industrial CPVC pipes in India by licensing the CPVC Resin procurement technology from Lubrizol. [9] [10] However, after three years, they shifted to the plumbing sector, where CPVC pipes became more popular than galvanized Iron (GI) pipes. [9] In 2004, the company started offering lead-free polyvinyl chloride pressure pipes. Following that, in the next few years, they diversified into other areas such as fire sprinkler system, Soil, Waste and Rainwater (SWR) pipes, underground pipes, and other related sectors. [9]
In 2007, the company went public and had its shares listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and Bombay Stock Exchange. [11]
The introduction of PVC pipe in 2013 marked the beginning of the business's expansion into the agricultural market. [9] In 2016, it brought an end to its partnership with Lubrizol regarding the production of CPVC pipes [12] and began operations at its own CPVC compounding facility at Santej ( Gujarat) in collaboration with Sekisui Chemical. [13]
As of 31 March 2022, Astral had a total manufacturing capacity of 282,338 MTPA for both pipes and water tanks. It has factories which are located in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Odisha. In addition, Astral had a combined adhesive manufacturing capacity of 95,980 MTPA, with factories in Santej (Gujarat), Unnao, and Rania (Uttar Pradesh), as well as in the United States and United Kingdom. [14]
The company has a distribution network of over 800 distributors in the plastic segment and over 1,800 distributors in the adhesive segment. [15]
According to the DuPont analysis conducted in 2020, the company's current ratio declined from 1.45% in 2015 to 1.27% in 2019. [16] However, as of March 2022, it recovered and increased to 1.78%. [17]
Since 2014, Astral has acquired companies in India, the UK, and the US. [18]
In 2017, as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, a direct-to-digital advertisement was released by the company which garnered global attention by creating awareness about open defecation and linking it with the issues of women's safety and gender-based violence in India. [25] [26]