[7] 1947: Incorporated by Kasturbhai Lalbhai as the first private sector company of independent India to be inaugurated by its first Prime Minister[1] 1947: Established a joint venture (JV) with American Cyanamid Company of the US, Cyanamid India Ltd, to produce crop protection chemicals and pharmaceuticals[1] 1955: Established a JV with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) plc of the UK, Atic Industries Ltd (Atic), to produce textile dyestuffs[1] 1960: Established a JV with Ciba-Geigy Ltd (Ciba-Geigy)[6] of Switzerland, Cibatul Ltd (Cibatul), to produce epoxy resins and curing agents.

[1] 1967: Started to manufacture phenoxy herbicides and in subsequent years added more products to the range[8] 1978: Set-up Atul Rural Development Fund to formalize programs undertaken since inception related to serving society.

[9] 1997: Established a wholly owned subsidiary company, Atul Bioscience Ltd, to produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and their intermediates.

[10] 2011: Acquired DPD Ltd in the UK engaged in the production of tissue culture raised date palms.

The Group companies have production facilities in Ambernath, Ankleshwar and Atul in Gujarat, India and Bristol in the United Kingdom.

[6] The joint venture companies have production facilities in Atul in Gujarat and Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India.

Kalyani Shala was set up in 1953 for providing education to children living in Atul and surrounding towns and villages.

[6] Atul Vidyamandir, a residential school for tribal students, was set up in 2009 based on the public-private partnership model with the Government of Gujarat.

[6] Atul Foundation takes up relief measures and reaches out to disaster affected people | communities.

It also tries to improve rural infrastructure by renovating | building better amenities such as roads, streetlights, water facilities, schools and anganwadi structures.