TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited (TRL Krosaki), is a Company incorporated in the year 1958 under the name of 'Belpahar Refractories Limited', which had set up its plant at Belpahar, Jharsuguda in 1959 to meet the refractories requirement of steel, aluminium and copper industries of the country. It was subsequently renamed as Tata Refractories Limited (TRL) in the year 1986.
TRL Krosaki is an Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certified company and is the No.1 Refractories Manufacturing Company In India. It manufactures a wide range of products like Basic, Dolomite, High Alumina, Monolithics, Silica, Taphole Clay and RH Snorkel Refractories. The company also provides technical services to its customers in the form of Refractories Management Services, Refractories Engineering Services and Technical Support Services.
Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC), Japan, which is a leading refractories player of the World, has 77.62% stake in the Company. KHC was established in 1919 and it accumulated technologies over 96 years which helps in providing solutions backed by latest technologies. 'Krosaki Harima' is an associate of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Japan which has a global ranking of being the 2nd steel producer in the world.
The Company has two Associate Companies namely TRL Krosaki Asia Pte Limited, Singapore and Almora Magnesite Limited, Almora, Uttarakhand. TRL China Limited, a refractories manufacturing company in People's Republic of China is a wholly owned subsidiary of TRL Asia Pte Limited.
The association with KHC has benefited the Company in accessing the latest technology and diversified its products, thus increasing its potential to penetrate the world refractories market. KHC and TRL Krosaki have jointly emerged as the 4th largest refractories manufacturer in the world.