Private company

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd

Logo: http://www.hocl.gov.in/index.asp, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Indian public center based in Mumbai

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking based in Mumbai. It was established in 1960 to indigenize the manufacture of basic chemicals and to reduce country’s dependence on import of vital organic chemicals. Its products are phenol, acetone, nitrobenzene, aniline, nitrotoluenes, chlorobenzenes and nitro chlorobenzenes.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking based in Mumbai. It was established in 1960 to indigenize the manufacture of basic chemicals and to reduce country’s dependence on import of vital organic chemicals.2

Products and brands

  • phenol

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1960Founded Founded1

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