Gravita India

Gravita India Limited is an India-based global recycling company founded in 1992 by first-generation entrepreneur Rajat Agrawal. The company says its founding opportunity was the worldwide potential for lead recycling. It has since developed into a multi-material recycling group focused on building material-recovery ecosystems and supplying recovered and processed materials to industries. Its business spans lead battery recycling, aluminium alloy manufacturing, plastic recycling and waste-tyre recycling. The company also has a dedicated lithium-ion battery recycling vertical, with a plant established at Mundra, Gujarat. Its stated product portfolio includes specialized lead alloys, red lead, lead oxide, aluminium alloys, plastic granules, recovered carbon black and tyre pyrolysis oil. Gravita also supplies turnkey recycling solutions, including project design, engineering and commissioning, and provides consultancy related to regulatory requirements such as Extended Producer Responsibility and Battery Waste Management. Its activities also include scrap procurement. Gravita describes its operations as spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, with facilities in India at Jaipur, Kathua, Mundra and Chittoor and international plants in Romania, Ghana, Mozambique, Togo, Senegal, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. The company reports serving customers in more than 70 countries. Its official milestones describe successive expansion into aluminium, plastics and rubber recycling, alongside facility openings and capacity expansion in several countries. The company states that its shares are listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange. It has announced entry into copper recycling and a binding agreement to acquire a stake in Rashtriya Metal Industries Limited. The supplied official material does not specify a headquarters address, ticker, or the outcome of that proposed investment.

Gravita India Limited was founded in 1992 by Rajat Agrawal. The company’s official homepage describes Agrawal as a first-generation entrepreneur who recognized the worldwide potential for lead recycling. Lead recycling became the basis for a business that later expanded into multiple materials and recycling-related services. The company’s official milestones trace this expansion over time. In 2015-16, Gravita entered aluminium recycling. In 2016-17, it began commercial lead production at a new recycling unit in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. In 2017-18, it began commercial production of PET flakes at a new unit in Jamaica. In 2018-19, it commenced aluminium and plastic recycling operations in Africa. The company inaugurated a new recycling facility at Mundra port in 2020-21. Expansion continued across regions and materials. For 2022-23, the milestones list the start of aluminium recycling in Togo, commissioning an aluminium recycling unit in Senegal and a plastic recycling unit in Ghana, and an agreement to establish the company’s first battery recycling unit in the Middle East, in Oman. The company also records an expansion of services into rubber recycling in that period. Its 2023-24 milestones include recognition as a Four Star Export House by the Government of India and the empanelment of lead exceeding 99.98% purity from its Phagi, Jaipur plant as an approved lead brand deliverable against lead futures contracts on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited. For 2024-25, Gravita lists entering rubber recycling with operations in Romania, starting aluminium recycling operations in Ghana, expanding recycling capacity at its Tanzania plant, and empanelment of pure lead from its Mundra plant with the Multi Commodity Exchange of India. The company’s About page describes its current business as covering lead battery recycling, aluminium alloy manufacturing, plastic recycling, waste-tyre recycling and a dedicated lithium-ion battery recycling vertical with a plant at Mundra, Gujarat. It also says it has executed more than 70 turnkey recycling projects globally and serves customers in more than 70 countries. Gravita reports facilities in India at Jaipur, Kathua, Mundra and Chittoor, as well as international plants in Romania, Ghana, Mozambique, Togo, Senegal, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. It states that it is listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. The company has also announced its entry into copper recycling and a binding agreement to acquire a stake in Rashtriya Metal Industries Limited; the supplied source does not give the outcome of that transaction.

• Gravita founded

• Entered aluminium recycling

• Lead production began at Chittoor

• PET flakes production began in Jamaica

• Aluminium and plastic recycling began in Africa

• Mundra port recycling facility inaugurated

• Expanded aluminium, plastic and rubber recycling

• Recognized as a Four Star Export House

• Expanded recycling activity in Romania, Ghana and Tanzania

A global, multi-material recycling and materials-recovery company combining recovered-material manufacturing with turnkey project delivery, procurement and consultancy.

• Specialized lead alloys

  A stated product in the company's materials portfolio.

• Red lead and lead oxide

  Lead products listed in the company's portfolio.

• Aluminium alloys

  Products associated with the company's aluminium recycling and manufacturing business.

• Plastic granules

  A stated product in the company's materials portfolio.

• Recovered carbon black and tyre pyrolysis oil

  Products listed in connection with the company's recycling portfolio.

• Announced a dedicated lithium-ion battery recycling verticalOther

• Announced entry into copper recycling and a proposed stake acquisitionOther

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2. 2Our Purpose | Gravita Indiagravitaindia.com
3. 3Corporate Governance | Gravita Indiagravitaindia.com
4. 4About Gravita India | Global Recycling Companygravitaindia.com