Hindalco Aluminium: Sheets, Coils, Foil and Extrusions

Hindalco Industries Limited was incorporated on 15 December 1958 as part of the Aditya Birla Group. Production started at Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh in 1962, with an initial capacity of 20,000 tonnes a year. Today it is an integrated producer: alumina refining, smelting, and downstream rolling, extrusion and foil, plus a copper business.

In 2007 Hindalco bought Novelis, the rolled-aluminium company with plants in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Novelis later acquired Aleris, a deal Hindalco completed in 2020. None of that changes what reaches a Bangalore fabricator, but it explains why Hindalco is often described as one of the larger aluminium rolling groups in the world.

Indian Aluminium Company Limited, Indal for short, was a separate producer for decades and its sheet and foil were well known across South India. In June 2000 Hindalco acquired a controlling 74.6 per cent stake in Indal, raised it to 96.5 per cent through an open offer in 2003, and later merged the company into itself.

So when an old drawing or a maintenance indent says 'Indal make', it is pointing to what is now Hindalco material. We treat the two names as the same source and quote accordingly. If your client's approved vendor list names Indal specifically, mention it, and we will check what the certificate needs to show.

According to Hindalco, its rolling facilities are at Hirakud, Belur, Mouda, Renukoot and Taloja. Extrusion plants are at Renukoot, Alupuram, Silvassa and Kuppam. Foil and packaging work is done at Mouda and Silvassa. Kuppam, in Andhra Pradesh close to the Karnataka border, is the nearest of these plants to Bangalore.

Knowing the plant is rarely critical for a purchase, but it helps when you read a coil label or a mill certificate and want to know where the material was produced.

From the Hindalco and Indal range, Jubilant Impex deals in the same forms listed on our product sheet. Flat-rolled coil, sheet and plate are detailed on the coils, sheets and plates page. Thin-gauge aluminium foil for industrial use has its own page. Round pipes, flats, strips, wires and profiles are covered under extrusions.

Not every alloy, temper or size is rolled by every mill at every point in time, so we confirm the source along with availability when we quote. If brand is not fixed by your specification, say so, and we can also offer material from Balco or another Indian producer with matching certification.

A brand name on a sticker proves very little on its own. What protects you is traceability: a coil or bundle number on the material that matches the number on the certificate, and a certificate that states the alloy, temper and size you ordered.

Jubilant Impex supplies material with a test certificate through a Government-recognised test house, and a mill certificate where one is available for the lot. If you want to understand what each line of those documents means, our guide on how to read a test certificate walks through it.

• Match the coil, heat or lot number on the material to the certificate.
• Check the alloy designation, for example 19000, 52000 or 5052.
• Check the temper, for example H14, H32 or T6, not just the alloy.
• Confirm thickness and width tolerances if your process is sensitive to them.