Rallis India Limited ("Rallis"), a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals Limited, is a key player in India’s Agri input industry. With its mission of "Serving Farmers through Science", Rallis is committed to promoting sustainable agriculture practices in India and overseas. Over the years, Rallis has become a symbol of trust among farmers and institutional customers with its superior and differentiated portfolio, extensive distribution and advisory services
Rallis offers differentiated solutions to its growing customer base within and outside India. Its innovative solutions under Crop Care and Seeds segments are designed to drive sustainable agriculture and ensures enhanced farm productivity
The Rallis Crop care portfolio, comprising Crop Protection and Crop Nutrition solutions, is focussed on supporting farmers throughout crop life cycle.
The exports business catering B2B customers spread across geographies, B2C customers in select markets apart from Custom Synthesis Manufacturing partners (CSM). Rallis is known among its international customers for its best-in-class EHS and Quality standards, sustainability initiatives and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.
Rallis has directed its Seed business towards the promotion of farmer prosperity in the domestic market. Rallis' hybrid seed solutions cater to major field crops cultivated in the country, such as Cotton, Maize, Paddy, Millet, Mustard, apart from a range of vegetable crops.
Rallis has five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, located strategically in Maharashtra and Gujarat State, for its Crop Care business. These facilities are equipped to produce high-quality technical grade agrochemicals and formulations.
Three technical plantsAnkleshwar, Lote, Dahej
Two formulation plantsAkola, Dahej
The Rallis Seed business operates its own maize cob drying plant near Hyderabad – a recognised hub for seed processing in India. It strategically collaborates with third-party partners in the region to ensure efficient processing, storage and packing.
Collaboration with approximately 12,000 farmers across seven Indian statesTelangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat
Two dedicated Innovation Centres, located in Bengaluru, signifies Rallis’ commitment towards innovation-led portfolio development aimed at enhancing farm productivity.
Rallis delivered profitable growth even though revenue was impacted by price drop. El Niño conditions and global inventory overhang were the key challenges faced by the business., However, Rallis stayed on course with its strategy, focussing on expansion of the product portfolio, widening of market reach, increasing manufacturing capacities and automating operations.
Towards New Vistas of Growth
Rallis is surging ahead on the path of its strategic priorities. The transformation is aimed at capitalising on opportunities and remaining competitive in a dynamic market.
Rallis multi-pronged strategy is built around:
We had forayed into the Specialty Silica segment at the back of our core strengths in basic chemistry products. We are continuously strengthening our market reach and presence in this business through quality-led innovations, driven by our Pune Innovation Centre. The Innovation Centre is focussed on R&D around chemistry-based material solutions.
Our growing expertise in performance materials, essential ingredients in many industries, is steering our growth and expansion in this high-opportunity segment. Our specialty silica products are popular among manufacturers of high performance and fuel-efficient green tyres. The products are being increasingly sought by tyre manufacturers seeking high quality and performance excellence in the backdrop of the stringent new automotive emission standards, labelling requirement of tyres and the growing Electric Vehicles (EVs) demand. Apart from tyres, these materials find extensive application in silicone rubbers, battery separators, technical rubber goods and oral care segments.
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The Silica business uses Sodium Silicate (produced from Soda Ash) as a key raw material to create precipitated silica. Highly dispersible silica (HDS) and other specialty silica products are manufactured by catalysing a reaction between Sodium Silicate and mineral acid under controlled process conditions. There is also a growing market for rice husk based silica, given its carbon footprint reducing potential. The rice husk based silica is expected to contribute significantly to tyre manufacturers in meeting their sustainability targets.
Our customer value proposition in this segment is driven by our innovative product portfolio, backed by high-quality standards benchmarked with global standards. Our strong sustainability thrust further lends us an unrivalled competitive edge in the industry.
The focus, at Tata Chemicals, is on harnessing the emerging and growing opportunities through continuous investments in strengthening our presence in this business.
Our Innovation Centre and our business development and plant teams collaborated with leading tyre customers to introduce two products - TYSIL™ 175GR-RHA and TREADSIL™ 175GR-RHA. Both these products are specially designed precipitated amorphous silica and are successfully meeting customers’ requirements. They are crafted to fulfil the stringent quality norms of end users in the tyres and rubber Industry.
The Nutrition Science division of Tata Chemicals harnesses the advances in precision fermentation to deliver specialised and scientifically-proven ingredients and formulations. These ingredients and formulations are crafted to unlock improved nutrition for both humans and animals.
FOSSENCE®, our short-chain FOS, fuels beneficial gut bacteria, enhancing health across food, beverage, infant nutrition and animal feed. It is a dietary fibre which remains undigested by our digestive enzymes. This means that it does not increase postprandial glycaemia or insulin response, even though it is sweet in taste.
The product is manufactured in our Mambattu facility, using fermentation technology that has been developed in-house. The Mambattu plant is a state-of-the-art facility, with FSSC 22000 certification for food safety, certified for Integrated management Systems comprising (ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 9001:2015) certifications for management systems. FOSSENCE® itself complies with the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), has FDA GRAS (Generally Recognised as Safe) status and holding FSSAI, Halal and Kosher certifications.
During the year, we continued to maintain our competitive advantage even though realisations were lower. We made considerable progress in enhancing our engagement with the existing customer segments, while opening new segments to achieve further growth.
Recognising the evolving market needs, we are strategically transforming our business model from ingredient-centric to solutionoriented. This shift has further accelerated our journey for the coming years.
Collaborating with Key F&B Companies in Developing New Variants of Products
A new variant of FOS has been introduced as an alternative to Chicory-based syrup for F&B customers. FOS is known for its use in pet foods for health improvement and is extensively used by a global pet food manufacturer. We are currently engaging with customers in both the domestic and overseas markets. Additionally, we have developed FOS as a probiotic for shrimp farming applications. We are collaborating with leading Food and Beverage companies to tailor these new product variants to meet their requirements.
Sugar, the heart of Indian sweets, has traditionally posed a health and marketing dilemma. Consumers craved the sweet indulgence without added sugar, but existing substitutes compromised taste, texture, or cost.
Through in-depth market research and collaboration with sweet makers, a unique sugar replacement blend was born. This 1:1 replacement offered a "No Added Sugar" promise, boosting natural sweetness without altering the traditional recipes. The preparation of this blend was preceded by meticulous assessment, by semitrained panelists, of the sweetness perception, aftertaste, texture and mouthfeel on a standardised scale. Blind consumer tests were also conducted to measure real-world preferences.
The blend was a resounding success. Customers lauded the unchanged taste and texture, while manufacturers benefited from improved profit margins.
Our Innovation Centre and our business development and plant teams collaborated with leading tyre customers to introduce two products - TYSIL™ 175GR-RHA and TREADSIL™ 175GR-RHA. Both these products are specially designed precipitated amorphous silica and are successfully meeting customers’ requirements. They are crafted to fulfil the stringent quality norms of end users in the tyres and rubber Industry.
Sugar, the heart of Indian sweets, has traditionally posed a health and marketing dilemma. Consumers craved the sweet indulgence without added sugar, but existing substitutes compromised taste, texture, or cost.
Through in-depth market research and collaboration with sweet makers, a unique sugar replacement blend was born. This 1:1 replacement offered a "No Added Sugar" promise, boosting natural sweetness without altering the traditional recipes. The preparation of this blend was preceded by meticulous assessment, by semitrained panelists, of the sweetness perception, aftertaste, texture and mouthfeel on a standardised scale. Blind consumer tests were also conducted to measure real-world preferences.
The blend was a resounding success. Customers lauded the unchanged taste and texture, while manufacturers benefited from improved profit margins.
