Carborundum Universal Ltd - Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI) Scales New Heights

Carborundum Universal Limited (CUMI)Store this angel in big sizeCarborundum Universal Ltd, India, (CUMI) is one of the flagship companies of the USD 2.4 billion. The aggregation has pioneered the accomplish of coated and affirmed abrasives in India and has fabricated forays into added actual science areas such as ceramics (Industrial Ceramics, Ceramic Fibre Refractory and Bonded Refractories) and electrominerals. CUMI is the better aggregation in the abrasives business in India.

Carborundum Universal Ltd. is a allotment of the US $ 1.2 billion Murugappa Group. A avant-garde and bazaar baton in several fields of business with accomplishment operations above 12 states in the country, the Group has a able attendance in Abrasives, Engineering, Bio-products, Sanitaryware, Sugar, Fertilizers, Pesticides, Finance, General Insurance, Plantations and Nutraceuticals.

CUMI has pioneered the accomplish of Coated and Bonded Abrasives in India and has fabricated forays into added actual science areas such as Ceramics (Industrial Ceramics, Ceramic Fibres and Bonded Refractories) and Electrominerals. CUMI is the better aggregation in the Abrasives business in India. The organisation was founded in 1954 as a collective adventure with The Carborundum Company, USA and Universal Grinding Wheel Co. Ltd. UK. To be added accustomed as a technology and innovation-driven organisation in India and internationally, CUMI has placed greater accent on centralized analysis and development, artefact architecture and appliance engineering.

Over the contempo years, CUMI has scaled heights by accomplishing new milestones thereby accretion their business affairs all over the apple which helps them to accomplish their business adventure a greater success in the abrasives and ceramics Industry.

Carborundum Universal Ltd, India, (CUMI), has entered into an Agreement with Foskor (Proprietary) Limited, South Africa on 03 July, 2008, to access 51per cent disinterestedness pale in Foskor Zirconia (Proprietary) Limited, Phalaborwa, South Africa, (FZL). This acceding is accountable to authoritative approvals in South Africa. Foskor was gluttonous a cardinal accomplice to crop FZL to its next appearance of amplification and growth. CUMI is one amidst the two companies globally with interests in Abrasives, Ceramics, Refractories and Minerals and appropriately a analytic choice.

Carborundum Universal Limited acquired Volzhsky Abrasive Works, Volgograd in September endure year. CUMI operates 18 plants in India and 6 overseas. With this accession CUMI would become one of the better producers of Silicon Carbide and Bonded Abrasives in the World. CUMI has its above accomplishment units in India, Russia, China and South Africa and has operations in 9 countries including Australia, Canada, Middle East, US and Thailand.

On 28th November 2008, Carborundum Universal Limited (CUMI), a basic of the Murugappa Group has entered into an MOU with the Administration of the Volgograd Region, Russia represented by its First Deputy Governor Y.I. Sizov for ambience up a 100 thousand tonnes SiC Fusion Plant at a amount of about USD 50 actor through its accessory Volzhsky Abrasive Works, Volgograd Region, Russia.

Mr. M M Murugappan, Chairman, CUMI, opines "Our eyes is to abode CUMI on the all-around map as an Indian aggregation assertive to redefine the ambit and applications of actual science. Being bazaar leaders, we accept to consistently innovate, abnormally in ceramics sciences. There is a huge abeyant in the column surgical bazaar and the bio ceramics vertical offers a acceptable befalling to aggrandize our artefact portfolio."

Touching on CUMI’s approaching plans, Mr. Ramesh Agarwal, Managing Director, CUMI said , "Some of the actual focus areas would be leveraging all-around opportunities that appear from China and Europe and an investment to the tune of Rs. 25-30 crore in approaching technologies". Further, the aggregation affairs to bifold its exports over the alternating advancing years.

CUMI is a absolutely angular chip aggregation with operations in Australia, Canada, China, Russia, Middle East, US and in India. CUMI brings to FZL its mineral processing knowledge, its brands, bazaar access, appliance engineering ability and all-around administration practices. This will advice FZL to abound its ambit of articles and business. CUMI expects to attain this advance through TQM (Total Quality Management) led operational excellence. Other areas of best practices are its charge appear business excellence, charge to ambiance and absolute agent involvement.

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Headquartered in Chennai, the Rs.9582 Crore (USD 2.4 billion) Murugappa Group is India’s arch business conglomerate. Market leaders in assorted areas of business including Engineering, Abrasives, Finance, General Insurance, Cycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilizers, Sanitaryware, Plantations, Bio-products and Nutraceuticals, its 29 registered companies accept accomplishment accessories advance above 14 states in India. The organisation fosters an ambiance of professionalism and has a workforce of over 32,000 employees. The Group has artificial able collective adventure alliances with arch all-embracing companies like DBS Bank, Mitsui Sumitomo, Cargill, Roca and Groupe Chimique Tunisien has circumscribed its cachet as one of the fastest growing adapted business houses in India

Carborundum Universal India Limited (CUMI)
Chandrika Raman
Asst. General Manager
Group Corporate Communications
CUMI Murugappa Group
Tel: 044-25306535 / 098400-71172
Email: chandrikaR@corp.murugappa.com
Web: www.cumi-murugappa.com