UPL Globally
United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) is the largest producer in India of crop protection products with a wide range of products that include fumigants, fungicides, insecticides, rodenticides and herbicides. The company ranks fourth amongst the generic agrochemical companies in the world. It is the world's largest producer of Aluminium Phosphide. .

Through acquisitions, strategic alliances and subsidiaries, UPL has built a network across the globe -- in Europe, America, Asia Pacific, CIS, Africa and Australia with fully owned subsidiaries in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Denmark, Honduras, HongKong, Japan, Mauritius, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Africa, USA, UK, Zambia, Zimbabwe and representative offices in Sri Lanka & Vietnam.

Growth Strategy
UPL has pursued a strategy of continuous expansion, backward and forward integration, branded product development, thrust on registration and aggressive marketing. Through acquisitions, strategic alliances and subsidiaries, UPL has built a network across the globe and operates across seven manufacturing sites, six in India and one in Europe, each with close support from on-site technical services and quality control.

Integration is the core strength of UPL. This approach secures reliable raw materials for multi-site manufacturing through an extensive downstream range of products and services. UPL pioneered 'backward integration' in agrochemicals and is one of the world's few companies to manufacture complex organo-phosphorus compounds starting from the basic raw material, rock phosphate ore. This strategy has now been extended to other products, the most recent being an integrated caustic chlorine plant using the latest membrane technology, creating basic building blocks for agrochemicals and speciality chemicals.

Research and Development
Working closely with customers in the marketplace, UPL recognises the requirement for the highest level of support in product research, development and registration. Capability in applied R&D is one of UPL's major corporate strengths. R&D strategy is to continue to invest in innovative formulations that are environment and user friendly, which are essential to the growth of agro chemical companies. Most importantly, UPL is wholly committed to maintaining and expanding its portfolio of registrations globally. Considerable investment has been focussed on the regulatory requirements for registration support. UPL has a dedicated registrations team, which works closely with customers and registration authorities. Registrations activity is greatly assisted by UPL's access to the internationally recognised Jai Research Foundation an independent centre of excellence for research and toxicology with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) status.

A further step forward in product support is UPL's increasing capability in formulation and distribution services. Formulation facilities in the UK have now been augmented by the acquisition of a majority shareholding in AgroDan - a Danish company with established expertise in formulation technology as well as marketing and distribution.In November last year UPL acquired a California based crop protection products company AG Value Inc and in June this year announced the acquisition of SWAL Corporation Ltd. from Dubai based Jumbo Group and purchased CEQUISA, a distributor and registrant of crop-protection products located in Barcelona, Spain.

UPL has the commitment and capability to offer total support from start to finish in the agricultural sector.