Description : Founded in 1919 by the visionary industrialist Shri G.D. Birla, at the outskirts of the then Calcutta, Birla Jute Manufacturing Company Ltd. was the first company of the Birla Industrial Conglomerate. Under the stewardship of his nephew Shri M.P.Birla, the company diversified and expanded its business interest beyond jute, to encompass cement, PVC coated fabric, PVC floor coverings and auto trims.



After the demise of Late Mr. M P Birla in 1990, his wife, Mrs. Priyamvada Birla took over as Chairman of Birla Corporation Limited and continued to lead the company till her death on 3 July 2004. She was an entrepreneur of distinction with a strong business acumen and, under her leadership, the company crossed the Rs 1,300-crore plus turnover mark.

The company, renamed Birla Corporation Limited, to reflect the wide range of operations, is the flagship company of the M.P. Birla Group. The strategic focus of the company has been on steady growth by developing and assimilating technologies of tomorrow to manufacture an ever widening range of value-added products, while striving for complete customer satisfaction in India and abroad. Birla Corporation Limited is proud of the safe work practices followed at all its factories and godowns. As an enlightened corporate citizen, Birla Corporation Limited is keenly aware of its social responsibilities too, and provides education and health care facilities for its employees, their families and the community at large.