Dhanuka Agritech Limited is one of India’s leading agrochemical Company and is listed by Forbes Magazine in the category of “200 Best under A Billion Companies in Asia Pacific”. The Company is listed with Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India. The company has Pan-India presence through its marketing offices in all major states across India.
The company’s R&D division has world class NABL Accredited Laboratories and has International collaboration with the world’s seven leading agrochemical Companies from US, Japan and Europe which helps Dhanuka to introduce the latest technology in Indian farmlands.
It has three state of art manufacturing facilities in Rajasthan, Gujarat and J&K with well-equipped Quality Testing Facilities. The R&D center is located at Gurgaon, which is recognized by the Ministry of Science & Technology for generating scientific data and evaluation of new chemistry.
The company has solutions for all major crops grown in the country including cotton, paddy, wheat, sugarcane, pulses, fruits & vegetables, plantation crops and others. The Company’s impetus is on marketing quality and eco-friendly chemistry which comply with ICM/IPM, and is safe to human beings and beneficial to flora & fauna. Dhanuka is recognized as one of the leader’s amongst Indian Agrochemical Companies in branded agrochemical product sales. The Company has developed several Public-Private and Private-Private partnerships for agricultural extension projects which are accelerating the transfer of improved agriculture technology to the Indian farming community.
The Company is engaged into the business of manufacturing of pesticides for farmers of India.
1980: Took over a sick unit Northern Minerals Pvt. Limited, Gurgaon and started with an office in Daryaganj, Delhi
1981: Achieved turnover of Rs.17 lacs in the first year itself, making the sick unit profitable.
1984: Expanded to all North Indian States, Maharashtra & Gujarat
1984: Inaugurated Dhanuka Agriculture Research Center at Delhi
1985: Incorporated Dhanuka Pesticides Limited
1985: Set up a plant at Sohna, Haryana for manufacturing Synthetic Pyrothrides
1986: Dhanuka Pesticides Limited entered Capital Market by offering 6,00,000 equity shares
1992: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with E.I. Dupont, USA
1997: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. Japan.
1998: On-site NABL accredited (Indian GPL) Lab for formulation Development, Soil & Water Testing etc.
1998: DAL production unit was certified with ISO 9001:2008 for Quality assurance
1999: Mobile seed treatment technology bought from Australia.
2000: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with Hokko Chemical Industory Co. Ltd, Japan
2001: Set up unit at Sanand with 2nd largest Granule and Dusting powder facility
2001: Dhanuka entered into a tie-up with Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan.
2001: Country's first Public Private Partnership started in Hoshangabad,MP where Mobile testing lab was introduced.
2004: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with FMC Corporation, USA
2005: Entered into Joint venture with Otsuka Chemicals of Japan for its Pharmaceutical division
2007: Northern Minerals Pvt. Ltd was merged with Dhanuka Pesticide Ltd. under the new entity Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. Set up modern manufacturing unit at Udhampur
2007: Seed treatment machine was imported from Argentina# Seed treatment of DAL was accepted by Govt of India with minor modification and GOI started Seed Treatment Campaign in different states
2008: Production with Japanese Technology, in collaboration with Otsuka Chemicals for Agrochemical division
2008: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with DOW Agrosciences, USA.
2009: 100% seed treatment campaign launched by Government of India & Dhanuka.
2010: M/s 2020 Equity Investors Limited, FII bought 8.25% of the Company’s Equity Shares
2010: Dhanuka launched a Campaign to Save Water under “Gaon ka pani gaon mein, Khet ka pani khet mein - Bachhaye pani ki har boon”.
2011: Dhanuka entered into tie-up with Oro Agri, South Africa
2011: Shifted the corporate office to the hub of Fortune 500 companies at Cyber City, Gurgaon
2011: Shifted the corporate office to the hub of Fortune 500 companies at Cyber City, Gurgaon
2011: Recognition by Forbes in Asia’s 200 Best under a Billion Companies
2011: Rated as one of the fastest growing company by Business World and Economic Times
2012: Dhanuka’s turnover crossed INR 500 crores milestone
2012: Asia’s 200 Best under a Billion Companies Recognition by Forbes for the Second Consecutive Year
2013: Recognition from Inc. India 500 for a second consecutive year for India’s fastest Growing Mid-Sized Companies
2014: World Water Day Campaign Launched
2014: Constructed two Check - Dams in Rajasthan to Save Water and for Rain Water Harvesting
2017: Constructed two more Check - Dams in Rajasthan
2017: Dhanuka has won “Amar Ujala CSR Awards” for the outstanding work in Save Water, Education, Health and Women empowerment
2018: Launched Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Awards
2018: Launched 'Transforming India through Agriculture' Campaign as a corporate identity
2018: Recognition from FICCI as 'Company of the Year 2018'
2018: Awarded ASSOCHAM’s “Water Management Excellence Awards 2018” under category of “Excellence in the field of Water Education & Awareness”
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