Castrol India

{{Short description|Automotive and lubricant manufacturer}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Castrol India

| logo = Castrol logo 2023.svg

| logo_size = 200

| type = Subsidiary

| traded_as = {{BSE|500870}}
{{NSE|CASTROLIND}}

| key_people = Mr. Omer Dormen
(Managing Director){{cite web|title=Executive Profile|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=58833399&ticker=878285|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141028183848/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=58833399&ticker=878285|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|website=Business Week|access-date=28 October 2014}}

| industry = Oil and Gas

| products = Oil
Petroleum
Petrochemical
Lubricant

| revenue = {{INRConvert|23543|m}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bseindia.com/bseplus/StockReach/AdvanceStockReach.aspx?scripcode=500870 |title=BSE Plus |publisher=Bseindia.com |access-date=22 December 2010}}

| net_income =

| assets =

| equity =

| owner = BP (50.9%){{cite web|url=http://www.4-traders.com/CASTROL-INDIA-LIMITED-16030562/company/|access-date=2016-10-25|title=Castrol India Limited : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile | INE172A01027 | MarketScreener}}

| parent = Castrol

| num_employees =

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home.html|castrol.com/india}}

| company_slogan =

| foundation = {{start date and age|1910}}

| location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Castrol India Limited is an automotive and industrial lubricant manufacturing company. Castrol India is the 2nd largest manufacturer of automotive and industrial lubricants in the Indian lubricant market and owns around 20%{{Cite web | url=https://www.capitaline.com/SiteFrame.aspx?id=1 | title=Capitaline Databases - Indian Corporate, Indian Company Database, Indian Equity Market, Indian Mutual Fund, Transfer Pricer | access-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118102258/https://www.capitaline.com/SiteFrame.aspx?id=1 | archive-date=18 November 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{failed verification|date=July 2020}} market share in the overall Indian lubricant market.{{cite web |url=http://www.hdfcsec.com/Market/Information.aspx?CoCode=292&RptType=History |title=HDFC Securities |publisher=Hdfcsec.com |access-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126224804/http://hdfcsec.com/Market/Information.aspx?CoCode=292&RptType=History |archive-date=26 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }} It is part of Castrol Limited UK (part of BP Group). It has 5 manufacturing plants that are networked with 400+ distributors,{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} serving over 70,000 retail outlets.{{cite web |url=http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=8278011&contentId=6005704 |title=Castrol India - Castrol India |publisher=Castrol.com |access-date=22 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213145952/http://www.castrol.com/castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=8278011&contentId=6005704 |archive-date=13 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Update inline|date=March 2025}}

History

In 1910, Castrol India started importing certain automotive lubricants from C C Wakefield & Company made an entry in the Indian market. In 1979, CIL was incorporated under the name of Indrol Lubricants and Specialities Pvt Ltd. It was listed on BSE in 1982 and CIL was converted into a public limited company. CIL had formed a subsidiary Company in the year 1987 under the name of Indtech Speciality Chemicals, Ltd.

On 1 November 1990, the name of the company was changed from Indrol Lubricants & Specialities Ltd. to Castrol India Ltd. It helped to manufacture of Telephone cable jellies, pharmaceuticals jellies and industrial waxes in technical collaboration with Dussek Campbell, U.K.

As of December 2019, there were talks ongoing between Reliance Industries and BP for setting up fuel stations in India where Castrol's products will be sold.{{cite news |title=Reliance-BP petrol pumps to dent PSU market share: Morgan Stanley |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/reliance-bp-petrol-pumps-to-dent-psu-market-share-morgan-stanley/1801090/ |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=The Financial Express (India) |date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191223152930/https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/reliance-bp-petrol-pumps-to-dent-psu-market-share-morgan-stanley/1801090/ |archive-date=2019-12-23 |url-status=unfit}}{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}

Products

[https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-product-type/metalworking/corrosion-preventives-castrol-rustilo.html Corrosion preventives], [https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial.html industrial lubricants], [https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-sector/metals-manufacturing.html metalworking fluids], [https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-sector/lubecon/lubricants/greases/high-temperature-grease.html high temperature grease],[https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-product-type/metalworking/soluble-cutting-oil.html cutting oil], [https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-sector/automotive-manufacture.html automotive oil], [https://www.castrol.com/en_in/india/home/industrial/lubricants-by-product-type/metalworking/neat-cutting-fluids.html neat cutting oil], cleaners

  • Oils - Cylinder oils-crosshead, crankcase oils-crosshead, truck piston engine oils, hydraulic oils, gear oils, compressor oils, turbine oils, refrigeration oils, emulsifiable oils, multi-grades, heat transfer oils, greases, and fishing

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