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 Balmer Lawrie headquarters inKolkata | |
| Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
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| BSE: 523319 NSE: BALMLAWRIE | |
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| Founded | (1867; 159 years ago (1867)) inCalcutta,British India |
| Founder | Stephen George Balmer Alexander Lawrie |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Adhip Nath Palchaudhuri (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 |
Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. (BL) is an Indiancentral public sector undertaking and aconglomerate under theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,Government of India. It is classified as a category-IMiniratna company. Originally founded in 1867 by George Stephen Balmer and Alexander Lawrie inCalcutta,British India, the conglomerate has eightstrategic business units, fourjoint ventures in India and abroad, and a subsidiary in India.
Balmer Lawrie was founded as a partnership firm on 1 February 1867 inCalcutta,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 aGovernment of India Enterprise in 1972.[4][5][non-primary source needed] BL is classified as a category-I Miniratna company.[6]
Balmer Lawrie hasjoint ventures in both India and abroad and a subsidiary in India.
It has eightstrategic 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]
Today, Balmer Lawrie is a government sector enterprise with a turnover of ₹2,404 crores and a profit of ₹203 crores as of 31 March 2025. During FY 2024–25, the PSE earned a revenue of₹2,404crore (US$280 million).[7]
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