Jaypee Group

Jaypee Group
Public
Industry Conglomerate
Founded 1979 (1979)[1]
Founder Jaiprakash Gaur
Headquarters Noida, India
Key people
Jaiprakash Gaur (Chairman)
Products Engineering
Construction
Cement
Power
Hospitality
Real Estate
Expressways
Information Technology
Revenue Increase 138.31 billion (US$2.1 billion) (2010–11)[2]
Increase 17.54 billion (US$260 million) (2010–11)
Number of employees
Over 80,000
Website www.jalindia.com
Tehri Dam India – the largest rock and earth fill dam in Asia, completed by Jaypee

The Jaypee Group is an conglomerate based in Noida, India. It was founded by Jaiprakash Gaur which is involved in well diversified infrastructure conglomerate with business interests in Engineering & Construction, Power, Cement, Real Estate, Hospitality, Expressways, IT, Sports & Education (not-for-profit).

History

Jaiprakash Gaur was the founder and chairman of Jaiprakash Associates Limited. After acquiring a Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1950 from the now called Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, he had a stint with the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Later he became an entrepreneur, started as a civil contractor in 1958. Now the Jaypee group is the third largest cement producer in the country. The group's cement facilities are located today all over India in 10 states, with 18 plants having an aggregate cement production capacity of 24 million tonnes and same is poised to become 36 million Tonnes before October 2011.[3]

Overview

Jaypee is India's first largest cement producer and the largest private sector hydropower company with 1,700 MW in operation. The Jaypee Group successfully completed projects in 18 states of India and Bhutan. Jaypee is the engineering and construction company for India's Yamuna Expressway, which opened 9 August 2012.

JIL, the group flagship, has an engineering and construction wing which mostly supports Jaypee projects. It also has the largest land bank in India's National Capital Region, i.e., New Delhi. Jaypee has four thermal power plants totalling 5,120 MW under construction, and these are slated to go on stream by December 2014.

Hydropower projects

In September 2015, JSW Energy acquired two hydropower Projects of Jaiprakash Associates in a deal worth 9,700 crore.[4]

In August 2014, Shree Cements announced that it is set to acquire Jaiprakash Associates' 1.5 million tonne grinding unit at Panipat for 360 crore. [5] The Jaypee group has been selling most of its cement assets to reduce its debt.

On 29 February, 2016 it was reported that Jaypee group's cement assets will be acquired by Ultra tech amounting to 16,500 crore (US$2.5 billion) to laid off the debt, making it the largest deal in Indian cement sector.[6][7]

References

  1. 25 March 2009, 12:27 am IST, Sanjeev Choudhary, ET Bureau (25 March 2009). "Jaypee Group keeps head above water – The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. "Jaypee Group | Investors-Highlights". Jalindia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. "Jaypee Group | Corporate-Profile". Jalindia.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  4. "Reliance Power shares up on Jaiprakash hydro-power Deal". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. "Shree Cement-JP Associates' Rs. 360 Cr Deal". Bloomberg TV India. 26 August 2014.
  6. "UltraTech acquires Jaypee group's cement assets for Rs. 16,500 crore". Business Line. 29 February 2016.
  7. "Birla's UltraTech buys JP's cement plants for Rs 16,500 cr". Business Standard. 28 February 2016.
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