Mahakoshal Refractories: A Leading Manufacturer Of World Class Refractories

Arvind Gugalia

Managing Director

Arvind Gugalia

Managing Director

Currently, Indian refractories market is at Rs 11,000 crores including Imports and is expected to grow by 10- 11 percent for the next 4 to 5 years. Refractory manufacturers are divided into various categories. While, some focus on the manufacturing of basic refractories others focuses on manufacturing high alumina refractories (shaped and unshaped). Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. based in Katni District of Madhya Pradesh in India is an example of one company that is leading this segment with its shaped and unshaped high alumina refractories.

For over 25 years, Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. has established its high alumina products and services with steel, cement, non-ferrous, fertilizer and petrochemicals Industries. “We have the ability to supply complex shapes, quality products for critical applications like Blast furnaces, BF stoves, cement kilns, aluminum anode baking furnaces and smelters, power plants, boilers and also for other critical applications”, says Arvind Gugalia, Managing Director at Mahakoshal Refractories. The company’s state of the art plant, fully equipped laboratory and emphasis on R&D gives it the cutting edge in terms of compliance with all international quality standards such as ASTM, DIN, ISO, BIS and more.

Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. Is upgrading its product range continuously in both shaped & unshaped refractories in high alumina segment. Mahakoshal Refractories currently manufactures 65K MT of various types of high alumina shaped refractories, 40K MT of unshaped refractories, and 20K of High Alumina cements annually. “Apart from this we have raw materials calcination capacity of 30K MT for internal consumption,” adds Arvind Gugalia.

"Mahakoshal Refractories is now a well established domestic brand with excellent customer relationships. Mahakoshal Refractories today is supplying its products to all big industrial houses in india and have been honoured with many awards of appreciation from their customers, "says Mayank Gugalia, Director – Marketing, Procurement (RM)& Mining.

"As part of its backward integration strategy, Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. through its associate company has acquired Bauxite mines which has now become operational. Bauxite is a major raw material for manufacturing of High Alumina Refractories and will add further value to its refractory business", adds Mayank Gugalia.

"The company's product quality and services have been accepted globally. Today, the company is one of the top exporters of shaped and unshaped high alumina refractories in India. A good part of company's revenue comes from sales to at least 30 countries including the U.S.A., Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa and more," says Vandana Gugalia, Director – Exports.

Mayank Gugalia, Director

Brief History and Future Projects
Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. was established in 1968 in Katni to manufacture stoneware pipes. Slowly Mahakoshal Refractories Pvt. Ltd. Moved from manufacturing stoneware pipes to High Alumina Refractory products. In 2011, the company created a new facility (second unit) at village Gudri in Katni district. This facility occupies an area of more than 2,50,000 sqm to manufacture high alumina cements, refractory bricks and refractory castables in the most modern presses and automatic batching circuits. This set up further improved the quality and increased the quantity of value-added refractories. In a last 5 years the company’s revenue has increased by 3 times and is expected to cross Rs. 500 Crore by 2024-25.

Vandana Gugalia, Director – Exports

Currently, the company is building another manufacturing facility in Kutch belt of Gujarat (Near Mundra Port) to cater to its exports demand and also feed its western Indian markets. Keeping inview, the growth of manufacturing in steel, cement, refineries and non-ferrous segments in India for next 5-10 years, the company is ramping its capacity and product range. “Now we are planning geographical expansion of our production capacity and hope to start our new plant in Gujarat by the end of third quarter of the year 2022 and further add to that capacity in coming years,” concludes Arvind Gugalia.