verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message avantha group type public company industry conglomerate headquarters new delhi india number of employees 25 000 2013 website avanthagroup.com avantha group is an indian business conglomerate led by gautam thapar . the company is one of india s largest business conglomerates . its businesses include power generation and distribution power transmission and distribution equipment and services paper and pulp food processing farm forestry chemicals infrastructure information technology and information technology enabled service ites also referred to as business process outsourcing bpo . 1 avantha group operates in 90 countries with over 25 000 employees worldwide . business units include crompton greaves cg india s largest power transmission and distribution equipment company and ballarpur industries bilt india s largest paper manufacturer both listed on the indian stock exchanges . cg acquired pauwels belgium in 2005 ganz hungary in 2006 microsol ireland in 2007 sonomatra france in 2008 mse power systems united states in 2008 and power technology solutions uk in 2010 three business in nelco india in 2011 emotron sweden in 2011 qei inc usa and ziv group spain in 2012 . bilt acquired sabah forest industries sfi of malaysia in 2007 . another group entity the global green company acquired intergarden belgium and puszta konzerv hungary while in 2010 the group announced the acquisition of us based pyramid healthcare solutions a healthcare bpo firm . other group entities include avantha ergo life insurance company solaris chemtech industries avantha power & infrastructure biltech building elements avantha business solutions and avantha technologies . solaris chemtech industries is india s largest manufacturer of bromine brominated flame retardants specialty bromine chemicals and orthophosphoric acid . avantha power & infrastructure is involved in power generation while biltech building elements manufactures lightweight autoclaved aerated concrete aac from fly ash . salient business solutions and avantha technologies are it and it enabled services companies . see also edit gautam thapar thapar university karam chand thapar l. m. thapar thapar group companies portal references edit crompton greaves adopts new brand identity as global power company money dna . dnaindia.com . 2009 10 19 . retrieved 2010 12 23 . external links edit avantha group official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title avantha group & oldid 728805005 categories multinational companiescompanies established in 1919conglomerate companies of indiacompanies based in gurgaonhidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2014all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 july 2016 at 19 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view