Primo Chemicals Ltd
NSE: PRIMO BSE: 506852
₹18.72
(-3.65%)
Tue, 03 Mar 2026, 10:05 am
Market Cap4.58B
PE Ratio51.06
Dividend0
Company History
1975
- The company was incorporated at Chandigarh on 18th Dec as Punjab Alkalies Limited for manufacture of Caustic Soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid and calcium hypochlorite.
1981
- The company entered into two agreements with UHDE GmbH for supply of process know-how and imported equipment.
1983
- The company's name was changed to Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. on 19th April.
1984
- Commercial operations began on 1st Feb.
- Production of hydrogen commenced in September.
- The company's flakes were marketed under the brand name 'SUTLUJ' and were well received in the market.
1986
- The 20 tonnes per day sodium hypochlorite unit was completed.
1988
- Capacity utilisation and turnover amounted to 98.6% and Rs 18.39 crores respectively.
1989
- The capacity utilisation showed further improvement.
- The working results in terms of turnover and profits showed remarkable improvement over the previous period.
2002
- Mukul Joshi, IAS was nominated as Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.
- Harinder Singh Dhillon ceased to be Director of the company.
- S P Gupta resigned as Director from the Board of the company.
2003
- The company informed that it has become a Sick Industrial Company and filed the necessary reference with the BIFR.
- The company's case was registered with BIFR.
2014
- Shri D.P. Reddy, IAS was appointed as Director and Chairman on the Board of Directors of the Company.
2022
- The company split its face value from Rs. 10/- to Rs. 2/-.
2023
- The company name was changed to Primo Chemicals Ltd. from Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.
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