YEAR EVENTS 1961 - The Company was incorporated on 11th May, at Mumbai. The Company manufacture various organic and inorganic chemicals. 1964 - The Company entered into technical collaboration agreements with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies and Universal Oil Products Co., U.S.A. Engineering agreements were also signed with Bataafse Internatioinale Chemie Matschappij N. V., Netherlands, Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation U.S.A. 1965 - 4,00,000 shares subscribed for by foreign collaborators. The Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., in equivalent pound sterling. 3,39,899 shares subscribed for by Mafatlal Group, their associates, friends, employees etc. 4,60,000 shares offered at par to the public during Febraury, 1966. 1967 - Shares fully called-up. 381 shares forfeited. 1969 - 381 forefeited shares reissued. 1975 - 6,00,000 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:2. 1979 - The Company set up a project for the manufacture of 1,100 TPA of technical organo-phosphates as also derived formulations based on the technical know-how from Royal Dutch/Shell Group. 1980 - 6,00,000 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:3. 1984 - The Company received a Letter of Intent for the manufacture of phosphamidon and DDVP, two agrochemicals, at Lote Parshuram. - The Company submitted an application for the manufacture of sulphonates and sulphates of linear alkyl benzene/dodecyl benzone/alpha olefins/fatty alcohols and detergents. 1985 - The Company obtained sanction to manufacture per annum 30 tonnes of hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation. 1986 - 12,00,000 Bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:2. 1987 - Ensen Holdings Private Limited became a subsidiary of the Company. 1988 - The Company's programme for modernisation and substantial expansion of its ethylene capacity to 300,000 tonnes at Thane received locational as well as environmental clearance from the Maharashtra Government. 1991 - Operations at Thane were affected for three weeks in June, following inundation of the complex consequent to unprecedented heavy railfall. - The Company received approval for foreign collaboration agreements to cover the supply of know-how/technology for a majority of the processes involved in the project. - The Company received necessary approvals for production of 20,000 TPA of high yielding varieties, hybrid seeds at different locations in different states, outside urban area and municipal limits. 1992 - During December, the Royal Dutch/shell group decided to withdraw as a shareholder from NOCIL. Following the Necessary approvals from RBI, the Royal Dutch/Shell group transferred its entire shareholding to Arvind Mafatlal Group and its business associates. - The shutdown of the Thane complex continuing longer than scheduled, interruption in power supply and the transporters strike in July affected adversely the operations of petrochemicals unit. - The R&D Unit undertook development of PVC and thermo plastic rubber compounds and expandable polystyrene. 1993 - The Ethylene pipeline from IPCL's plant at Nagothane to petrochemicals plant at Thane was commissioned. - The Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Dowelanco Agricultural Products Ltd., an associate of Dowelanco to establish a joint venture company `DE-NOCIL Corp Protection Pvt. Ltd.' in India to manufacture crop protection chemical for the Indian market and also to take over the Agrochemicals and seeds business of the Company. - A Research group was set up to synthesis novel mollecules which seemed to have fungicidal and herbicidal activity. In addition, biological screening of novel mollecules were carried out in collaboration with Shell Research Centre, U.K. - The Company commercialised the process know-how obtained from Regional Research Laboratories at Hyderabad and Jorhat in respect of Monocrotophos and a multipurpose plant for the manufacture of DDVP/Phosphamidon was to be set up. - The R&D unit embarked upon product application technology development for thermo plastic rubber and had also undertaken development of new process/product technologies in the fields of agrochemicals, fine/speciality chemicals, formulation development and methods of effluent treatment. - The R&D Unit undertook development of new process/product technologies including upgradation of by-product streams. It also carried out application development work on polyolefins and thermoplastic rubber compounds to enlarge the market. - Polyolefins Industries Ltd. (PIL) was amalgamated with the Company effective from 1st April. Pursuant to the scheme of amalgamation, the Company issued 13,30,285 No. of equity shares of Rs 100 each to the shareholders of PIL in the ratio of one equity shares of Rs 100 each of PIL for every one equity share of Rs 100 beach of the company. - The Company proposed to issue 12,00,000 bonus equity shares in prop. 1:3. - Urvija Investments Ltd. became a subsidiary of the company during the year consequent to the amalgamation of PIL with the Company. 1994 - New speciality grades of HDPE were successfully introduced in the local market. - During the year new value added polymer compounds like Antifibrillation Musterbatch, Furniture Compounds etc. were introduced. - The Company's proposal to modernise the Naphtha cracker plant which would increase the Ethylene capacity to 3,20,000 TPA along with 1,80,000 tonnes per annum of polypropylene, 2,10,000 tonnes per annum of Polyethylene and a plant for Ethoxylates. 1995 - 6,13,02,850 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:1. 1996 - Drip irrigation systems for high value horticulture products were successfully introduced during the year. 1997 - The Company commissioned a new and latest state-of-the-art technology blow moulding plant for the manufacture of L-ring drums and large capacity containers. - Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd and Infosys Technologies Ltd have signed agreements with National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to get their equity shares admitted for dematerialisation on NSDL. - Dow Chemicals of the US has emerged as the front-runner in the race to acquire a majority stake in the petrochemical joint venture with National Organic Chemicals company (NOCIL), an Arvind Mafatlal Group company. 1998 - The company received certification for the quality management system for the remaining products groups in petrochemicals division and for all the products in the polymer, Rubber Chemicals and Plastics Products Divisions. The company has thus received ISO 9000 certification for all its divisions. The company now wishes to acquire the Certificate for Environment System ISO 14000. - A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Mafatlal Industries. Shell, Montell and Nocil for the setting up of the new project with capacity of 450,000 tonnes per annum. 1999 - The Arvind Mafatalal-group controlled Nocil has launched an attractive voluntary-retirement scheme (VRS) at its petrochemicals and polymer division before it is officially taken over by Shell Montell. - National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd (Nocil) has shut down its poly vinyl chloride (PVC) plant at Thane. - Representatives of National Organic Chemicals Ltd (NOCIL), a Shell-Montell Polyolefins-Mafatlal promoted company was grilled by citizens groups and residents of Navi Mumbai over the violation of environmental protection norms adopted in its proposed expansion programme. - National Organic Chemicals Ltd (Nocil) has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its petrochemicals plant was shut down from Tuesday, November 27. 2002-Nocil has been shut down due to financial problem. The company was shut down after Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) stopped supplying naphtha to it since Nocil did not make outstanding payment of Rs 130 crore. -National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd has informed BSE that the Commissioner of Labour by his order dated August 30, 2002 granted permission to the Company to close down the Petrochemicals Division of the Company under Section 25 - O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. 2004 -NOCIL Board approves Financial Restructuring Proposal -NOCIL signs a MoU with Reliance Industries Ltd. to sell its petrochemical & plastics products division 2006 -National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd ha appointed Mr. C L Jain as an Additional Director of the Company. 2007 -National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd has appointed Mr. Dhanajay Mungale as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors. - Company name has been changed from National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd.to NOCIL Ltd. 2008 -Nocil Limited has appointed Mr. V. K. Gupte as a Company Secretary of our Company w.e.f. 12th April, 2008. 2009 -NOCIL Ltd has recommended dividend @ Re 0.60 per Equity Share of Rs 10/- each (6%) 2010 -NOCIL Ltd has recommended dividend @ Re 0.60 per Equity Share of Rs 10/- each (6%) -Mr. Pradeep Vasudeo Bhide has been appointed as Additional Director of the company 2011 -NOCIL - Assignment of the Registered Trademark "MONOCIL" 2012 -NOCIL Ltd has recommended a dividend @ Re. 0.60 per Equity Share of Rs. 10/- each (6%) 2013 -NOCIL commenced production at its new Greenfield Plant at Dahej. 2014 -NOCIL Ltd has recommended a dividend @ Re. 0.60 per Equity Share of Rs. 10/- each. 2017 -NOCIL gains on getting nod for expansion of capacities at Navi Mumbai, Dahej 2018 -"The Company has received award from Indian Chemical Council for development of Indigenous Technology." 2019 -"Commencement of Trial Production of Phase II of Expansion at Dahej". -The Company has been conferred the ICC Award for Excellence in Management of Environment for the year 2018 for its plant at Dahej, Gujarat.