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Castrol India

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Automotive and lubricant manufacturer

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% market share in the overall Indian lubricant market. It is part of Castrol Limited UK (part of BP Group).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • Industrypetroleum industry1
  • HeadquartersMumbai1
  • Websitewww.castrol.com/en_in/india/home.html
  • Legal formPublic Limited Company3
  • LEI335800KCNMKXQFPJ5Q283
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressTECHNOPOLIS KNOWLEDGE PARK, MAHAKALI CAVES ROAD, CHAKALA, ANDHERI (EAST), 400093 Mumbai, India3
  • Registered withMinistry of Corporate Affairs, L23200MH1979PLC0213593

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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% market share in the overall Indian lubricant market. It is part of Castrol Limited UK (part of BP Group). It has 5 manufacturing plants that are networked with 400+ distributors, serving over 70,000 retail outlets.2

Corporate structure

Castrol India is part of a group headed by BP. 131 entities, 25 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 1910, Castrol India started importing certain automotive lubricants from C C Wakefield & Company, making 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 telephone cable jellies, pharmaceutical 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Castrol India, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • oil

Listed on Wikidata.1

Corrosion preventives, lubricants, metalworking fluids, high temperature grease, cutting oil, automotive oil, 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

From Wikipedia’s article on Castrol India, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. May 30, 1979Parent Directly consolidated by BP3
  2. 1910Founded Founded1

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