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Tata Chemicals Limited bags 16 ABCI National Awards Mumbai

Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) bagged 16 awards at the recently held 46th ABCI (Association of Business Communicators of India) annual awards ceremony at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai. This also marked the 50th anniversary of the association.
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The TCL Corporate Communications team won six gold, nine silver and one bronze in categories ranging from Newsletters, Posters, Photography, Illustrations, Headlines, Digital communications, Intranet, CSR and environmental communication campaigns to raise the total tally to 16 awards by the end of the evening. The Chief Guest for the evening was the Governor of Maharashtra, HE Shri. S M Krishna. The TCL team was in full strength to receive the awards at the glittering ceremony, which was attended by stalwarts from the field of Business Communications.

Mr. Homi Khusrokhan, Managing Director, TCL, said, "Factual and clear communication, in today's business environment is most critical and our thrust continues to be on promoting transparent internal and external communications that employ unique and innovative ways of disseminating clear and accurate information to all employees and other stakeholders. The ABCI awards have reinforced our commitment towards the way we communicate and vindicates our philosophy of bringing excellence into all that we do".

The Association of Business Communicators of India is the apex body of professionals in business communications. Founded in 1956, the Association was originally called the Indian Association of Industrial Editors. ABCI (Association of Business Communicators of India) Annual Awards are designed to promote excellence in all areas of written and visual business communications (design, presentation and print quality). The purpose of the awards is to recognise the best in Corporate Communications. ABCI conducts seminars, refresher courses, study workshops, presentations, lectures, etc. and is a forum for communicators to meet and exchange/share ideas and best practices. ABCI is the only association in India promoting excellence in business communications.

Considered as the Oscars of Business Communications in India, the entries are received from a large number of Organisations across the country. ABCI received several entries from member organizations, which included companies like Indian Oil Corporation, Thomas Cook, Goodlass Nerolac, Reserve Bank of India, SBI, Tata Motors, IDBI, Larsen & Toubro, NABARD, Western Railway, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India among others.

About Tata Chemicals Ltd.
Established in 1939 Tata Chemicals Limited is India's leading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, fertilizers and food additives. Part of US$ 22 billion Tata Group, the company owns and operates the largest and the most integrated inorganic chemicals complex in the country at Mithapur, Gujarat. The company's state of art fertilizer complex at Babrala, Uttar Pradesh, is known for its world class energy efficiency standards, and has won several awards in the field of environmental conservation, community development and safety. TCL' s phosphatic fertilizer complex at Haldia in West Bengal is currently the only manufacturing unit for DAP /NPK complexes in West Bengal.

The company has an annual turnover of over Rs.4000 crores and employs over 3000 personnel. The acquisition of an equal partnership in Indo Maroc Phosphore S.A. (IMACID) along with Chambal fertilizers and global phosphate major, OCP of Morocco recently, was the first step that TCL took towards internationalization In 2006 TCL acquired Brunner Mond group in UK making it the world's third largest producer of Soda ash with manufacturing locations in three continents.

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