ITC Limited

Kolkata India

  (Bombay: ITC)

Company Description

ITC walks with the other giants of India's business world -- Tata and Reliance. India's top cigarette market, ITC is a conglomerate focused on four business groups: consumer goods (cigarettes and cigars, food, and personal care products); luxury hotels; paperboards; and paper and packaging and agri business (commodities, leaf tobacco, spices). Its major brands include India Kings, Insignia, Navy Cut, Scissors, and Gold Flake (cigarettes); Wills Sport and John Players (apparel); Kitchens of India and Bingo! (prepackaged food, candy); and Mangaldeep (incense sticks, matches). It's also parent to one of India's leading technology companies, ITC Infotech. British America Tobacco owns about a third of ITC's shares.