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The group "House of Chettinad" is linked with the 9 decades old saga. In 1912 took birth the House of Chettinad through a visionary, idealist and born entrepreneur Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar who believed in Social Transformation through business. The founder of the House of Chettinad envisaged his companies providing the stimulus for Industrial Growth and conceived business as a means of improving the living standards of people. Following the footsteps of his father Dr.Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar, Dr.Rajah Sir M.A.Muthiah Chettiar continued to contribute to the nation building cause and combined his business acumen to establish the company " Chettinad Cement Corporation Limited" in 1962 to cater to growing demands of cement in the country. One of the manufacturing unit located at Puliyur, Karur District, in Tamilnadu commenced production in April 1968 and another plant at Karikkali, Dindigul District Tamil Nadu commenced production in October 2001. Apart from cement, the Chettinad House is today engaged in activities as diverse as granite, engineering, silica, information technology, steel & textile trading, horse breeding, plantations, shipping, transportation, stevedoring, clearing and forwarding and logistics, Ready mix Concrete and Captive Power Plant.
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