1943 - The company was incorporated at Travancore. The company is a public sector undertaking by the Govt. of India. - The main objects of the company is to manufacture fertilisers & chemicals. The products manufactured are ammonium sulphate, ammonium phosphate, super phosphate, ultrafos, NPX mixtures and anhydrouse ammonia, sulphuric acid, ammonium chloride, and sulphurdioxide. 1963 - The company started its R&D centre to take imported activities. The Govt. approved the setting up of a new fertiliser factory at Cochin with capacity of 200,000 tonnes of ammonia. 1982 - The company entered into an agreement with power gas corporation Ltd. U.K. for the exchange of technical knowhow developed by the company for the manufacture of ammonium sulphate from by-product gypsum obtained from the phosphoric acid plant. 1993 - FACT (Cochin Division) won the FAI award for best environment protection of an operating complex fertiliser plant. 1994 - FACT (Cochin Division) also won the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award for Excellence in Indian Industries. - The Petrochemical Division was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board. 1995 - The Consultancy Division of the Company has received international accreditation ISO 9001. 1996 - A 900 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant is proposed to be set up at Ambalamedu to utilise the under-utilised capacity of the Phosphoric Acid Plant - The Company won the Ever Rolling Trophy of the Cochin Town Official Language Implementation Committee for the 6th year in succession. - FACT was awarded the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering award for performance excellence for the year. 1997 - The ammonia plant is set up with financial assistance from the Japanese Overseas Development Fund. - Cochin Division was also awarded the National Safety Council's Award for Industrial Safety for safe handling of Ammonia and other raw materials at Willingdon Island. - FACT proposal to set up two captive power plants has got a further boost with the Union government deciding to allow private sector to install power plant in the factory. 1998 - The Company has entered into an MoU with the Union Government on its performance targets. 1999 - The company had to set up a new ammonia plant following a High Court directive to decommission FACT's ammonia storage facility at Willingdon Island, Kochi. 2000 - The Company has signed a tripartite agreement with CDSL and Cameo Corporate Ser. Ltd. 2001 - Kerala's crisis-stricken public sector giant, Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) will have a new helmsman from within the organisation, TT Thomas, who was director (marketing) has been appointed acting chairman & managing director of the multi-division company headquartered at Udyogamandal. 2002 -FACT has announced VRS for which 428 employees have opted for. -FACT has informed BSE that Government of India, Ministry of Disinvestment has constituted an inter Ministerial Group for the purpose of disinvestment of 51% of stake of FACT. -Shri.P.R Balasubramanian has assumed the charge for the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Fertilisers and Chemical Travancore Ltd. -FACT Employees Association, affiliated to Bharatiya Kamghar Sena said that the curruption by the management has resulted in financial crisis of the FACT. -Government has invited Expression of Interest for the disinvestment of Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. 2003 -Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd., has closed down two of its plants at Cochin division due to fuel shortage. And has also issued orders to shut down its plants at Kochi and Udyagamandal division. -Kochi Save Fact Action Committee has mooted a multi-stage co-operative society under MSCS Act 1984 to acquire Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. -The employees have initiated a snap strike as they were beaten up by the police and CISF. -IFFCO Managing Director, Mr Uday Shankar Awasthy visited FACT and has given positive response on the hopes of revival of the company. 2004 -With the January 10 deadline approaching and response to the VRS offer very poor, the management of Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) is considering diluting the conditions and introducing leave encashment to attract more workers. - Shri S Balan, Chairman & Managing Director, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd has assumed additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director of the company. -Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) at nearby Udyogamandal has set up a grievance cell with a view to provide more services to the farming community -Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) has signed a `heads of agreement' with Gail (India) Ltd for supply of LNG from the proposed terminal at Kochi for FACT's fertiliser and petrochemical units 2006 -FACT to join hands with Syrian firm. 2008 -FACT signs MoU to make gypsum-based building materials 2009 - Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd has informed that Shri A. Asokan, Director (Marketing) has taken over the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of the Company with effect from December 01, 2009. 2010 -V.G. Sankaranarayanan has been appointed as a Chairman and Managing Director of the Company 2011 -Sham Lal Goyal has been appointed as a Chairman and Managing Director of the Company. 2020 -The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) has achieved record monthly production of Ammonium Sulphate at 24,016 tonne. 2021 -Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore received 'Approvals for placing work orders for two Capital Projects'.