Starting from late 1980s and early 1990s, as a result of legal and financial challenges the company was split into several industry segments under the DCM and DCM Shriram Group branding, (not to be confused with Shriram Group), and diversified in to automotive, bioseeds, cement, chemicals, farms, fertilizers, pvc, sugar, textiles, windows and door, yarns, etc.
[3] The company went through a significant financial crisis in 1917 but recovered after it received a large contract from the British Army at the time of the First World War.
[3] Over time the company expanded and had many subsidiaries including Usha International, Bengal Potteries, Jay Engineering Works and Shri Ram Fertilizers.
[5] In the 1980s the company name was changed to DCM Ltd and it successfully defended a hostile takeover by a UK-based investor.
[3] The razing was the result of a 1989 Supreme Court decision which drove factories out of the city of Delhi and the mill was moved to Hisar.