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Company Headquarters: New Delhi, India Founded: 1959 Workforce: ~33,498 Company Working: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) carries out oil & gas exploration, production, refining, pipeline transportation, and sale of natural gas & petroleum products. Additionally, it produces and sells petrochemicals and engages in a sizable amount of alternative energy business. High-speed diesel, jet fuel, light petroleum gas, gasoline, bitumen, heavy fuel oil, naphtha, lubricants, and greases are some of the refined petroleum products offered by IOCL. The business established subsidiaries in the US, the Netherlands, Sweden, Mauritius, the UAE, and Sri Lanka. More than 35 countries, including Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal, several Middle Eastern nations, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and African nations, import SERVO lubricants. In each of the three key product categories—automotive oils, industrial oils, and greases—SERVO holds the largest market share. The first oil brand from the Asia-Pacific region to receive approval from marine engine builders like MAN B&W and Wartsila Sulzer is SERVO, which is the sixth oil brand overall. It is a Maharatna business owned by the Indian government.

Company Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Founded: 1982 Workforce: ~49,000 Company Working: PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PETRONAS) is one of the leading retailers and marketers of downstream oil and gas products. Petronas operates the business through three core segments retail, commercial, and others. The commercial segment offers petroleum products to the remaining commercial sector such as petrol stations and gas dealers. The retail segment deals with the distribution of petroleum products in the retail sector. The others segment includes liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and lubricants. The refrigeration oil is offered under the lubricants segment. PETRONAS has an extensive distribution network in the Malaysian market with its retail network considered as Malaysia’s largest petroleum retail network, with over 725 Kedai Mesra and 1000 stations. Beyond Malaysia, Petronas operates three downstream companies that are PETRONAS Energy Philippines Inc in the Philippines, PETRONAS International (Thailand) Co Ltd in Thailand, and PETRONAS (Vietnam) Co Ltd in Vietnam.

Company Headquarters: Indiana, US Founded: 1916 Workforce: 1,600 Company Working: Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (Calumet) is a leading producer of high-quality and specialty hydrocarbon products. It is engaged in the processing of crude oil and other feedstocks into customized lubricating oils, solvents, and waxes. It produces nearly 3,500 unique specialty products for use in commercial, industrial, and consumer applications. It offers refrigeration oil under its special oils & waxes product portfolio. It operates 11 facilities across North America, wherein five are refineries, three are specialty products manufacturing facilities, and the rest are blending and packaging facilities. It offers its products and services in approximately 52 countries across the globe, serving approximately 4,400 customers.

Company Headquarters: Courbevoie, France Founded: 1924 Workforce: ~107,776 Total is an integrated oil & gas company that operates globally. It has four operating business segments, namely exploration & production; gas, renewables, & power; refining & chemicals; and marketing & services. The exploration & production segment is engaged in oil & gas exploration and production activities. The gas, renewables & power segment develops downstream gas and low-carbon electricity. The refining & chemicals segment is engaged in refining, base petrochemicals, polymer derivatives, the transformation of biomass, and the transformation of elastomers. This segment also includes the activities of trading and shipping. The marketing & services segment includes worldwide supply and marketing activities of oil products and services. Under this segment, it manufactures and markets products primarily derived from crude oil. The company offers automotive coolants under the coolants & antifreeze product line. The company has distribution activities and related services throughout the world and its product and services offerings are available in 150 countries.

Company Headquarters: The Hague, The Netherlands Founded: 1907 Workforce: 82,000 Company Working: Royal Dutch Shell (Royal Dutch) is an international energy company operating through three business segments, namely integrated gas, upstream, and downstream. The integrated gas segment manages the liquefied natural gas (LNG) activities and the production of gas-to-liquids fuels and other products. The upstream segment is engaged in the exploration and extraction of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids, while the downstream segments manages different oil products and chemicals activities, which is a part of an integrated value chain that trades and refines crude oil and other feedstocks into a range of products which are moved and marketed around the world for domestic, industrial, and transport use. The downstream segment also manages oil sands activities. The company’s product portfolio includes gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, marine fuel, biofuel, lubricants, bitumen, and sulfur. Additionally, it also produces and sells petrochemicals worldwide. It has operations in more than 70 countries across the globe. It has interests in 21 refineries worldwide with the capacity to process a total of 2.8 million barrels of crude oil per day. It provides refrigeration oil for the marine industry under its marine lubricants product profile. It operates four base oil manufacturing plants, 31 lubricant blending plants, nine grease plants, and three gas-to-liquid base oil storage hubs. It has total 10,325 patents, including granted and pending. Its main technology centers are located in India, the Netherlands, and the US, with other centers in Brazil, China, Germany, Oman, and Qatar. It held assets worth USD 399,194 million in 2018.

Company Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan Founded: 1888 Workforce: 9,030 Company Working: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JXTG Nippon) is a fully integrated company offering petroleum products. The products offered by the company include lubricating oils, engine oils, gasoline, kerosene, as well as fuel cells, storage batteries, and others. It offers refrigeration oil under its lubricant’s product portfolio. It is engaged in business activities such as refining, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of petrochemical products along with import and sale of gas and coal as well as the supply of electricity and hydrogen. It has a refining capacity of 1.93 million barrels per day. It operates 16 manufacturing bases in Japan and is a subsidiary of JXTG Holdings, Inc.

Company Headquarters: Australia Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~50000 Company Working: BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Pty Ltd (BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia) engages in the mining of bauxite and refining of alumina. The company operates as a subsidiary of BHP Billiton Group.

Company Headquarters: Huixian , China Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~50,000 Company Working: China Hongqiao Group Limited (China Hongqiao), along with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of aluminum products primarily in China. Its products include molten aluminum alloy, aluminum alloy ingots, aluminum alloy casting-rolling products, and aluminum busbars. China Hongqiao also engages in the research and development of bauxite, sells electricity, and provides financial leases and inspection services. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Hongqiao Holdings Limited.

Company Headquarters: China Founded: 2001 Workforce: ~100000 Company Working: Aluminum Corporation of China is one of the leading mineral resources development companies in China. The company is engaged in nonferrous metals smelting and processing, related trading, and engineering and technical services. It was established as a joint stock limited company to provide fabricated aluminum products. The company caters to a wide range of industries including aviation, aerospace, transportation, packaging, printing, and electronics. The company owns advanced technology and equipment and is considered to be one of the largest in Asia. The company has a presence in over 20 countries and has consistently been ranked among the Fortune 500 since 2008.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1995 Workforce: ~1500 Company Working: Century Aluminum Company (Century Aluminum), along with its subsidiaries, produces primary aluminum in the US and Iceland. The annual primary aluminum production capacity of the company is approximately 1.01 million tonnes per year. Century Aluminum became a publicly owned company in March 1996. It is the second-largest producer of primary aluminum in the US. The company has three aluminum smelters in the US and one in Iceland.

Company Headquarters: Bahrain Founded: 1968 Workforce: ~2,500 Company Working: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) manufactures and sells alumina and aluminum-related products. The company exports its products to other countries in the Middle East, Europe, the Far East, South-East Asia, Africa, and North America. The company produces 981,000 metric tons of aluminum per annum. Around 50% of their production is sold to the downstream business in Bahrain.

Company Headquarters: Oslo, Norway Founded: 1905 Workforce: ~35,000 Company Working: Norsk Hydro ASA (Norsk) is engaged in manufacturing aluminum products and producing renewable energy. It operates through five business segments, which are primary metal, bauxite and alumina, metal markets, rolled products, energy, and other eliminations. The bauxite and alumina segment covers the production of alumina, bauxite mining activities, and related commercial activities. It has bauxite mines in Pará, Brazil. In 2018, the company’s bauxite production reached 6.2 million tons, generating a revenue of USD 3.3 billion.

Company Headquarters: Moscow, Russia Founded: 2007 Workforce: ~64,000 Company Working: RUSAL is a globally leading aluminum producer. Its main products are primary aluminum, aluminum alloys, foil, and alumina. The company has a vertically integrated business model with assets right through the production process—from bauxite and nepheline ore mines to aluminum smelters and foil mills. It has access to rich bauxite deposits to meet growing production demands for the next 100 years. The bauxite mines of the company helped produce high-quality alumina using the Bayer extraction method and sintering technology. It has 44 plants in 19 countries across five continents.

Company Headquarters: Canada Founded: 1902 Workforce: ~64,000 Company Working: Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. (Rio Tinto), formerly known as Alcan Inc., is involved in the mining and production of aluminum, bauxite, and alumina. The company has a presence in over 35 countries across the globe and operates through five segments—iron ore, aluminum, copper and diamonds, energy and minerals, and other operations. The company’s pioneering technological innovations include the Mine of the Future program and low CO2 aluminum producing from hydropower.

Company Headquarters: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US Founded: 1886 Workforce: ~4,500 Company Working: Alcoa Corporation (Alcoa) is a leading company in the metal industry that is engaged in the production of bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products. It operates through three business segments, namely, aluminum, alumina, and bauxite. The company operates seven active bauxite mines across Brazil, Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Australia. In 2018, Alcoa generated a revenue of USD 1.2 billion from the bauxite segment. In the same year, the company shipped a total volume of 46.9 million dry metric tons of bauxite. Of the total shipment, 5.7 million dry metric tons were shipped to third parties.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 1992 Workforce: ~250 Company Working: Gujarat Foils Limited (Gujarat Foils) engages in the manufacturing and supply of aluminum foil bare, aluminum sheet, aluminum foil-coated (plain and printed), aluminum foil-laminated (plain and printed), house foil, and containers. The company caters mostly to the food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, and packaging industries.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 1938 Workforce: ~1,000 Company Working: Kennamental India Limited (Kennamental India) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kennametal Inc. The company engages in the production and supplying of hard metal products and machine tools for a range of industries such as aerospace, defense, general engineering, mining, construction, and transportation. The company operates through two segments—hard metal products and machine tools.

Company Headquarters: India Workforce: ~7,000 Founded: 1981 Company Working: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is a Navratna central public sector enterprise (CPSE) under the Indian Ministry of Mines. The company has the largest integrated baxuite-alumina-aluminum complex in the country. NALCO is the lowest cost producer of metallurgical alumina in the country and accounted for over 43% of aluminum exports in 2017–18. The company has an alumina refinery with an annual capacity of 22.75 lakh tonnes per annum, a smelter with a capacity of 4.60 lakh tonnes per annum, and an aluminum rolled products unit with a capacity of 50,000 MT per annum.

Company Headquarters: India Founded: 1965 Workforce: ~60,000 Company Working: Vedanta Limited (Vedanta) is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Plc. It is a natural resource company that engages in the exploration, extraction, and processing of oil, gas, and minerals. The company operates through the oil & gas, zinc and lead-India, silver-India, zinc-international, iron ore, copper, aluminum, and power segments. The company is one of the largest aluminum producers in India with a capacity of 2.3 metric tons per annum and a 40% share of the Indian aluminum market. Vedanta’s facility in Lanjigarh, Odisha (India), is considered one of the world’s largest single-location integrated alumina refinery complexes and is the first zero-discharge refinery in India.

Company Overview Company Headquarters: Mumbai, India Founded: 1958 Workforce: ~35,000 Company Working: Hindalco Industries Limited (Hindalco) is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group and is the world’s largest aluminum rolling company and one of Asia’s largest producers of aluminum. The company has a presence in more than 12 countries across the globe with 51 manufacturing units. Its Indian aluminum operations are integrated and consist of alumina refining and bauxite mining, among others. The company caters to a wide range of industries such as construction, electrical, transportation, packaging, and defence. It also exports aluminum extrusions to the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, France, the UAE, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Hindalco’s acquisition of Novelis Inc in 2007. helped extend its global footprint and secure a position among the top five aluminum majors. Some of its major subsidiaries include Utkal Alumina International, AV Minerals (Netherlands) BV, and Birla Resources Pty Ltd.

Company Headquarters: Utah, US Founded: 1970 Workforce: ~10,000 Company Working: Huntsman International LLC (Huntsman) serves a wide range of consumers and markets, including construction, home life, clothing and footwear, energy and fuel, and transportation. The company operates through four business segments, namely polyurethanes, advanced materials, performance products, and textile effects. It offers gas treatment chemicals through the performance products segment. These products are categorized under the energy & resources product line, which offers multiple gas treating technologies for usage in the removal of undesirable compounds from the refinery and natural gas streams and for absorbing unwanted acid gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and others. Huntsman has manufacturing, R&D, and operations facilities in over 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and Latin America.

Trelleborg AB has grown into a global engineering group specializing in polymer-based sealing, damping, and protective solutions. The company operates across more than 40 countries with manufacturing and application engineering facilities strategically positioned to serve heavy equipment and utility vehicle OEMs in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. Its Trelleborg Wheel Systems business unit — subsequently divested to Yokohama Rubber in 2023 — historically anchored the company's presence in agricultural and construction machinery, while the remaining group continues to supply critical engineered components to off-highway and utility vehicle platforms through its Industrial Solutions and Sealing Solutions divisions. Within the heavy Equipment and Utility Vehicles Market, Trelleborg supplies anti-vibration mounts, hydraulic seals, structural seals, and engineered polymer components that are integrated into construction machinery, municipal utility vehicles, forestry equipment, and material handling platforms. The company's sealing systems address demanding operating conditions — high pressure, extreme temperature, and exposure to hydraulic fluids — that are characteristic of excavators, wheel loaders, aerial work platforms, and refuse collection vehicles. Trelleborg competes directly with Parker Hannifin, Freudenberg, and SKF in sealing and vibration management, differentiating through application-specific engineering support and a broad material science portfolio spanning PTFE, polyurethane, and specialty elastomers. Following the 2023 divestiture of Trelleborg Wheel Systems to Yokohama Rubber for approximately SEK 20.4 billion, Trelleborg refocused its capital allocation toward higher-margin sealing and industrial solutions segments. The proceeds funded bolt-on acquisitions and R&D investment in fluid power sealing and structural bonding technologies directly applicable to electrified utility vehicles and hybrid construction equipment — segments where OEMs require new sealing architectures to accommodate battery enclosures and revised hydraulic circuits. Trelleborg has also expanded its partnership network with Tier 1 hydraulic system integrators to embed its sealing components earlier in the design cycle for next-generation utility platforms. Trelleborg's sealing and anti-vibration components are specified by major construction and utility vehicle OEMs including Volvo CE, Caterpillar, Komatsu, and JCB, as well as municipal vehicle manufacturers across Europe. The company reported group net sales of SEK 31.0 billion for full-year 2024, with the Industrial Solutions segment — which encompasses heavy equipment applications — contributing a meaningful share of that revenue base. Trelleborg's sustained investment in application engineering centers co-located with key OEM clusters in Germany, the United States, and China reinforces its position as a preferred sealing and vibration management supplier across the utility and high equipment vehicle value chain.

Company Headquarters: Japan Founded: 1918 Workforce: ~ 28,751 Company Working: Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto Denko) offers a wide range of products, globally. It operates through four business segments, namely, industrial tape, optronics, life science, and others. The company offers adhesive tapes under its industrial tape segment. Double-sided tape, protective surface film, masking tape, membrane products, gasket materials, flexible printed circuit board, packaging tape, and fluoroplastic sheets are some of the other essential products offered by the company. It offers its products for applications in various industries, including healthcare, retail, transportation, electronics, housing, infrastructure, and consumer goods. Nitto Denko has a presence in nearly 28 countries across the world, including the US, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Belgium, Russia, Germany, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Italy, Spain, Vietnam, and India. Hydranautics, Inc., Nitto Denko America, Inc., Nitto Belgium NV, Nitto Medical Corp, and Nitto Denko India Private Limited are some of its subsidiaries.

Company Headquarters: Belgium Founded: 1778 Workforce: 6,678 Company Working: Recticel is an international market player in polyurethane foams. It operates in four business segments, namely flexible foams, automotive, insulation, and bedding. Under flexible foams, the company serves sponges, scouring pads, thermal insulation foams, vibration absorption material, rechargeable batteries, filters, and seals. It has 98 manufacturing sites in 28 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America. Its assets were increased from USD 767.096 million in 2016 to USD 824.353 million in 2017.

Company Headquarters: Ireland Founded: 1966 Workforce: ~13,500 Company Working: Kingspan Group is one of the leading providers of sustainable building solutions across the world. It is engaged in manufacturing insulation and building envelopes. The group offers customers a range of products, including rigid insulation boards, insulated roofs, walls, facade systems, insulated panels, access floors, steel frames, and timber frame off-site solutions. It operates through five product segments, namely, insulated panels, access floor, environmental, insulation boards, and light and air. Its insulating panels segment comprises a range of roof and wall panel systems. The group sells mineral wool steel sandwich panel products through this segment. Its products have applications in the commercial & industrial, residential, and office & data sectors. It also offers zero and low carbon solutions to the private and public sectors. Kingspan Group operates through two end use categories, namely, new build and refurbishment. It has completed several projects to improve the energy-efficiency in several manufacturing sites. The group has 129 manufacturing facilities across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas and a presence in more than 70 countries worldwide.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Pennsylvania, US Founded: 1889 Workforce: 4,800 Company Working: Carpenter Technology Corporation (Carpenter Technology) is a leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty alloys and process solutions for various industries including automotive, aerospace, defense, energy, medical and consumer electronics. The company operates its business through two segments, namely specialty alloys operations, and performance engineered products. The specialty alloy operations segment offers cast/wrought and powder stainless steels, high temperature (nickel, cobalt, and iron-base) superalloys, high-strength steel, and tool & die steels. The company has manufacturing facilities and distribution centers located across the US, Sweden, Canada, Singapore, China, Mexico, Taiwan, UAE, and Belgium. In 2018, the expenditure incurred on research and development was USD 19.3 million.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Essen, Germany Founded: 1994 Workforce: ~1,800 Company Working: thyssenkrupp Aerospace Germany GmbH (thyssenkrupp Aerospace) is a partner of the world’s leading aerospace companies and their supply chains. The company operates through the materials and services divisions. The material division offers aluminum, steel, titanium, and other materials, whereas the services division offers material services provision, value-added services, supply chain management of finished parts, third-party logistics, and kitting. In the material division, under the other materials segment, the company offers cobalt and nickel alloys. In addition, it offers materials with value-added services and logistical services. thyssenkrupp Aerospace marks presence in more than 44 locations in around 20 countries. Furthermore, the locations have been approved to EN/AS 9100 and/or EN/AS 9120 standards by the major leading aerospace certification companies