Hindalco Industries Limited is an Indian metals company and the aluminum and copper flagship of the Aditya Birla Group. It is one of the largest aluminum rolling companies and copper smelters in Asia. Hindalco produces aluminum and copper products, including ingots, wire rods, billets, rolled coils, and more. It has operations across India and in 12 other countries through its subsidiary Novelis, making it a top global aluminum producer.

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INTRODUCTION
Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, is an
industry leader in aluminium and copper. A metals powerhouse with a consolidated
turnover of Rs.600,128 million (US$ 15 billion), Hindalco is the world's largest aluminium
rolling company and one of the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia. Its copper
smelter is the world's largest custom smelter at a single location.
Established in 1958, Hindalco commissioned its aluminium facility at Renukoot in Eastern
U.P. in 1962. Later acquisitions and mergers, with Indal, Birla Copper and the Nifty and
Mt.Gordon copper mines in Australia, strengthened the company's position in value-added
alumina, aluminium and copper products, with vertical integration through access to captive
copper concentrates.
In 2007, the acquisition of Novelis Inc. a world leader in aluminium rolling and can
recycling, marked a significant milestone in the history of the aluminium industry in India.
With Novelis under its fold Hindalco ranks among the global top five aluminium majors, as
an integrated producer with low cost alumina and aluminium facilities combined with high-
end rolling capabilities and a global footprint in 12 countries outside India. Its combined
turnover of US$ 15 billion, places it in the Fortune 500 league.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
 Mr. Kumarmangalam Birla , Chairman.
 Mrs. Rajashree Birla
 Mr. C.M. Maniar
 Mr. E.B. Desai
 Mr. S.S. Kothari
 Mr. M.M. Bhagat
 Mr. K.N. Bhandari
 Mr. A.K. Agarwal
 Mr. N.J. Jhaveri
 Mr. Debu Bhattacharya , Managing Director.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 Mr. S. Talukdar , Group Executive President and Chief Financial Officer.
COMPANY SECRETARY
 Mr. Anil Malik

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Their Vision
To be a premium metals major, global in size and reach, with a passion for excellence.
Their Mission
To relentlessly pursue the creation of superior shareholder
By exceeding customer expectation profitably, unleashing
Employee potential and being a responsible corporate
Citizen adhering to the values.
Their Values
 Integrity – honesty in every action.
 Commitment – on the foundation of integrity, doing whatever you take to deliver, as
promised.
 Passion – missionary zeal arising out of an emotional engagement with work.
 Seamlessness – thinking and working together across
 functional silos,hierarchy levels , businesses and geographies.
 Speed – responding to stakeholders with a sense of urgency.

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Hindalco's business
Hindalco in India enjoys a leadership position in aluminium and copper. The company's
aluminium units across the country encompass the entire gamut of operations from bauxite
mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting to downstream rolling, extrusions, foils and
alloy wheels, along with captive
power plants and coal mines. The Birla Copper unit produces copper cathodes, continuous
cast copper rods along with other by-products, including gold, silver and DAP fertilisers.
Aluminium
Hindalco was among the first few alloy wheels companies to have
obtained the ISO/TS 16949 certification to meet the stringent standard
of the automobile industry. In India, Hindalco enjoys a leadership position in speciality
aluminas, primary aluminium and downstream products. Apart from being a dominant
player in the domestic market, Hindalco's products are well accepted in international
markets. Exports account for more than 30 per cent of total sales.
Hindalco's major products include standard and speciality grade aluminas and hydrates,
aluminium ingots, billets, wire rods, flat rolled products, extrusions, foil and alloy wheels
Copper

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Birla Copper, a unit of Hindalco is located at Dahej in Gujarat. The unit has the unique
distinction of being the largest copper smelter in the world at a single location with 500,000
tpa capacity with multiple world class technologies. The facilities comprise copper smelters,
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precious metals, fertilisers, sulfuric acid, captive power plants, utilities and a captive jetty.
Hindalco's Birla Copper is a renowned producer of copper cathodes and continuous cast
copper rods since its inception, with ISO-9001:2000 (Quality Management systems), ISO-
14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) OHSAS-18001:2007 (Occupational
Health and Safety Management Systems)
Mines
The two copper mines in Australia were acquired in 2003. Birla Nifty
mine consists of an open-pit mine, heap leach pads and a solvent
extraction and electrowinning (SXEW) processing plant, which produces copper cathode.
Birla Nifty's copper cathode capacity is 25,000 tpa. Open pit mining was completed in 2006.
During FY2008, Nifty produced 5,112 tonnes of copper cathode.
A copper sulphide deposit is located at the lower levels of the Nifty open pit mine and an
underground mine and concentrator have been developed to mine and process ore from this
deposit. The Nifty Sulphide Operation, commenced ore production from stoping in
December 2005 and concentrate production in March 2006. During FY2008, Nifty produced
53,397 tonnes of copper in concentrate.

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HINDALCO PRODUCES:
Hindalco produces high purity ingots through the smelting process. Alloy ingots of various
grades are also produced mainly used for production of castings in Auto Industry as well as
electrical applications. Both these products are re-melted and further processed into a large
number of products for various downstream applications.
Hindalco's metal is a registered brand at London Metal Exchange (LME).
Wire rods
Hindalco manufactures wire rods, in a continuous casting and rolling process.
Electrical Conductor (EC) wire rods are used for the production of cables, ACSR
and AAC conductors. Alloy wire rods are used to produce AAAC conductors.
Billets
Hindalco's aluminium billets are produced by a state-of-the-art Wagstaff casting
process using Airslip technology. These are top quality billets with a smooth
surface finish. Billets are used mainly for producing extrusions and forgings.
Rolled Coils
Hindalco's cold rolled coils are precision-finished to match international standards. They
have good shape, high tolerance, versatility and blemish-free surfaces. They are used in
commercial and general engineering applications such as bus bodies, cladding and fan

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blades. The company meets the demands of its ever-growing clientele with continuous
upgrades and process improvement.
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Hindalco's cold rolled coils are precision-finished to match
international standards. They have good shape, high tolerance,
versatility and blemish-free surfaces. They are used in commercial
and general engineering applications such as bus bodies, cladding
and fan blades.The company meets the demands of its ever-
growing clientele with continuous upgrades and process improvement.
Packing

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The coils are packed in eye-to-sky or eye- to-wall position, wrapped in HDPE and
hardboard, strapped with hoop iron and placed on wooden pallets. Moisture protection is
provided by silica gel packets.
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TALOJA PLANT
Taluka : Panvel. M.I.D.C. Area.
The Taloja plant of Hindalco produces Aluminium
plates and aluminium steel. Melting of aluminium
scrap is also done here. Aluminium melts at 650°-700°C.
There are three different sections in which the plant is divided.
1) The recycling plant
2) The remelting plant
3) The main plant.
Production of aluminium plates and aluminum steel is done in these sections.
Hindalco is the largest recycler of aluminium.

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Aluminium is used in making pressure cookers, checker plates ,roofing sheet, roll bond
sheet, fan blade, lamp shed etc.
The total area of the plant is 100 acres. The number of labourers in this plant are more than
600.
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MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Aluminium scrap is melted in recycling plant. Aluminium
Melts at 650°-700°C. A furnace is used to melt the aluminium.
The capacity of the recycling plant is 30 tonnes. It is the
Largest recycler of aluminium. The machinery used for melting is
Imported from Japan and U.S.A.
After the melting process is over, the removal of Bauxite layer and Oxide layer is done
by a machine called scalper. Then the incut is heated at the temperature of 500° C in the
soaking pit. Rolling of the aluminium is done here. The cycle time taken in the soaking pit is
ten hours per sheet.
Later it is sent to Hot Mill. Aluminium foil is formed here. The minimum output of the
hot mill is 8 mm. 60 – 65 sheets are formed per day. The temperature of the aluminium foil
is 350°C. after manufacturing.

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Soon after the foils are formed, they are bought in Cold Mill. The sheets are made thin
here.Fans and Spray are used in coolants.The sheets are made thin and then rolled.The
thickness then is 1mm.
Then the foils are sent to the Davy Mill.The output of Cold Mill is the input for Davy
mill . Minimum 0.16 mm. thick foils are formed here. The cycle time per foil is ten minutes.
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The foils are then made flexible in a machine called as tension leveller. Litho products are
used in tension leveller to bring flexibility in the sheets. The cycle time in this machinery is
30 minutes. The output of tension leveller is the finished product.
The sheets are then cut as per customer requirements. The cycle time in this process is 45
minutes per foil.

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CONCLUSION
Recognised as one of Asia's largest producers of primary aluminium , Hindalco's foil
packaging solutions strive to serve customers within and beyond the national frontiers.
With the logistical advantage of being situated close to the Mumbai port in Western
India, the company with a Star Trading House status has an overall export turnover of USD
595 million (Rs.26,052 million) and foil products account for around 10 per cent of total
metal product sales.
A proactive and committed workforce, with a strong sales network, ensures
Hindalco's valuable contribution to the continuous improvement of products and
manufacturing processes.

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Its high standards and comprehensive quality control measures assure safe and timely
delivery of products. Hindalco has expanded its customer base to more than 30 countries
including Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany,
Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordan Kenya, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK
and USA.
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