Graphite India (GRAPHITE) manufactures and markets graphite electrodes, equipment and other specialty products. Promoted by Bangur Brothers in collaboration with Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, USA, the company was incorporated on Jul. 10, 1962. The company operates through its strategic business units of graphite and carbon, power generation, and glass reinforced pipes (GRP). The company produces graphite electrodes, calcined petroleum coke, carbon paste, GRP pipes and tanks, impervious graphite equipment (chemical equipment & graphite heat exchangers, sulphuric acid dilution cooling unit, thermometer pocket, pipe valves and fittings, etc), specialty products (mold stock graphite rods and blocks, mini rods, graphite tubes, etc) and other graphite products. The company provided the GRP pipes for the Bombay Municipal Corporation project of sewerage outfall into the Arabian Sea.
The graphite electrodes are manufactured at three plants located in Durgapur, Bangalore and Nashik. The Durgapur plant has expanded its capacity to 34,000 MT per annum. The company is a graphite technology specialist and provides solutions with products for applications in the metallurgical, chemical and process, aerospace and nuclear industries. The specialty products division is located in Bangalore and impervious graphite equipment division in Nashik. The company has an installed capacity of 33 MW of power generated through hydel and multi fuel routes and a 25,000 MT petroleum coke calcining facility. It is ISO 9001:1994/EN ISO 9001:1994 and ISO 9001:2000 certified by TUV. GIL exports around 65% of its production overseas to over 150 customers in 50 countries. Its registered office is at 31, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata-700016.