SRF Limited is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n maker of industrial intermediates. It manufactures nylon fibers, engineering plastics, chemicals and polymers.

History

The company was established in 1970, as Shri Ram Fibres Limited by DCM Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary. Its initial focus was on the manufacture of nylon cord fibres for tyres. Its first manufacturing plant was setup in Manali, near Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, in 1973.

Over the years, the company diversified its product offerings into technical textiles, engineering plastics, chemicals and packaging films. In 1990, it changed its name to SRF Limited.

In 1986, the company setup a joint-venture with Denso

DENSO

is a global automotive components manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Established December 16, 1949 as , in 1996 the company became DENSO Corporation worldwide...

, SRF Nippondenso, for the manufacture of automotive components. This was later spun off as a separate company in 1993. Another subsidiary, SRF Finance, started in 1986, was sold to GE Capital in 1997. SRF also had a health-care division which manufactured plastic optical lenses, which was spun off as a separate company in 1997.

SRF Limited was listed in the 2011 Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

's Best under a Billion list by Forbes magazine.

Operations

SRF R&D centers are located in Jhiwana, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 and Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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. SRF operates 8 manufacturing plants in India, and 1 each in South Africa

South Africa

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, Thailand

Thailand

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 and the UAE.