Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is the flagship company of the Torrent Group

Torrent Group

The Torrent Group worth USD 714 million is a group of companies in India founded by U. N. Mehta. Currently, the group is managed by his sons, Mr Sudhir Mehta and Mr Samir Mehta. The core business of the group is pharmaceuticals and power. The various companies under the Torrent banner are:*...

. Based in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

, it was promoted by U. N. Mehta initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd. and was later renamed to its current name Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals operates in more than 50 countries with over 1000 product registrations globally.

Moreover, it has 7 fully owned subsidiares:

1. Heumann Pharma GmbH & Co Generica KG, Germany
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2. Torrent Pharma GmbH, Germany
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3. Torrent do Brasil Ltda., Brazil
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4. ZAO Torrent Pharma, Russia
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5. Torrent Pharma Inc., United States
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6. Torrent Pharma Philippines Inc., Philippines
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7. Torrent Pharma Canada Inc., Canada
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Torrent Pharmaceuticals acquired Heumann GmbH, a Pfizer group company in 2005.

Operations

The company's key areas are Formulations, API, Drug Discovery, Marketing and Sales of Drugs. Its operations locations are:

• Manufacturing plant at Chhatral, Near Kadi, in North of Gujarat
• Manufacturing plant at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh
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  Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
  
  
• Manufacturing plant at Sikkim
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• Manufacturing plant at Dahej, Gujarat (under progress)
• Research Centre, Ahmedabad
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  Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
  
  -Gandhinagar region, Gujarat
• Corporate Office, off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad
  Ahmedabad
  Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
  
  

External links

• Home page of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited

Torrent Group milestones

• http://www.torrentlimited.com/milestones_pharma.htm

Torrent Pharma media reports

• http://www.torrentpharma.com/news_media.php