Godrej Agrovet Limited is an Indian company which operates in the animal feed and agribusiness sectors. Godrej Agrovet's chairman is Nadir Godrej.[3] The company's subsidiary, Astec LifeSciences, manufactures agrochemicals.[4]
| BSE: 540743 NSE: GODREJAGRO | |
| Industry | Agribusiness[1] |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Nadir Godrej (chairman)[2] Balram Yadav (managing director) |
| Revenue |  ₹9,561 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2024) |
| ₹473 crore (US$57 million) (2024) | |
| ₹359 crore (US$43 million) (2024) | |
| Total assets | ₹5,703 crore (US$680 million) (2024) |
| Total equity | ₹2,516 crore (US$300 million) (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Astec LifeSciences |
| Website | www |
Business lines
editAnimal feed
editThe company is one of the biggest players in the animal feed business in India, producing over 15,00,000 tons/year of animal feed and nutrition products. Their products service the dairy cattle, broiler chicken, layer chicken and aquaculture sectors. The major manufacturing facilities are:
- Khanna, Punjab. Inaugurated in 2013, the animal feed plant in Khanna is the biggest manufacturing plant of broiler feed and layer feed in India. With a capacity of around 1000 tons/day, this plant caters to the poultry feed market in North India. The plant was installed by Neotech and Buhler.[3]
- Kharagpur: Highly automated plant of capacity of 500 tons/day. Upcoming, as of 2013.[5]
- Baramati: Highly automated plant of capacity of 500 tons/day. Upcoming, as of 2013.[6]
- Bangalore: Highly automated plant of capacity of 500 tons/day. Upcoming, as of 2013.[7]
- Erode: Highly automated plant of capacity of 500 tons/day. Upcoming, as of 2013.[8]
- GAVL has also entered Bangladesh through a joint venture with the ACI Group, where it is rapidly becoming a key player in both animal feed and poultry breeding sectors.
Poultry farms
editGodrej Tyson food is the joint venture of Godrej Agrovet with Tyson Foods of USA. Set up in 2008, the company operates large-scale poultry farms and other meat processing facilities to cater to the Indian meat market. The poultry farms, which are highly automated and modern, manufacture and market packaged processed poultry products in India. The company offers a wide range of packaged products in the brand name of Good Chicken and Yummiez. The manufacturing plants are located in Mumbai and Bangalore.
The company has also entered the poultry sector in Bangladesh in a big way. It has forged a joint venture with the ACI Group, where it is rapidly becoming a key player in both animal feed and poultry breeding sectors.
Oil palm plantations
editThe company is one of the largest oil palm developers in India. The area under oil palm plantation is more than 55,000 hectares spread across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra, Orissa and Mizoram. The company works directly with the farmers for oil palm production. Very recently in Mizoram, the company have commissioned a mill, which is the largest private sector industrial facility in Mizoram.
Crop Protection Business
editThe Crop Protection Business is a niche player in innovative agro-chemicals, with strong market share in plant growth promoters, soil conditioners and cotton herbicide. Godrej Agrovet is the world's largest producers and marketers of Homobrassinolides and also the leader in selective post-emergence cotton herbicides in India and have a 50% market share in the Triacontanol segment.
Organizational structure
editCurrently Balram Singh Yadav is heading the business as managing director of the company. Adi Godrej and Nadir Godrej are the chairmen of the Godrej group and Godrej Agrovet respectively. The company have more than 3000 employees and a network of over 10,000 rural distributors/dealers, who works for different business of the company.
IPO and stock market listing
editGodrej Agrovet launched its IPO on 4 October 2017 and closed on 6 October 2017. Its IPO size was 1157 Crore and got listed on 16 October 2017.
Astec LifeSciences
editAstec LifeSciences is a subsidiary of Godrej Agrovet.[9] The company's chairman is Nadir Godrej.[10] In 2015, Godrej Agrovet acquired 45.29% of Astec LifeSciences, and by May 2021, Godrej Agrovet owned 62.33% of the company.[11][12] The company manufactures active ingredients and intermediates for the agrochemicals industry which, as of 2021, comprises approximately 80% of the revenue.[4] Rest of the revenue comes from the contract research and manufacturing (CRAMS) segment, in which Astec LifeSciences manufactures key herbicides and fungicides for international companies.[4]
References
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- ^ "Godrej Agrovet IPO to open on Wednesday: Here are 10 things you should know". 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Animal Feed". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Khandekar, Siddhant; Shah, Dhavan (21 October 2021). "Astec Lifesciences (ASTLIF)" (PDF). ICICI Direct. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Astec LifeSciences Limited (ASTEC.NS) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ ".: Astec LifeSciences Ltd :. | About - Board Of Directors". www.astecls.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Sanjai, P. R. (29 August 2015). "Godrej Agrovet to buy 45.29% stake in Astec LifeSciences". mint. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Capital Market (12 May 2021). "Godrej Agrovet hikes stake in Astec Lifesciences". Business Standard India. Retrieved 6 May 2022.