Business Summary
The history of the group "House of Chettinad" is linked with the 9 decades old saga. In 1912 took birth the House of Chettinad through a visionary, idealist, born entrepreneur Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar who believed in Social Transformation through business. The founder of the House of Chettinad envisioned, his companies providing the stimulus for Industrial Growth and conceived business as a means of improving the living standards of people. The corporate credo of the House of Chettinad - "STRIVE, SAVE and SERVE" is the very thought of our founder. In order to continue fulfilling his dreams & aspirations, to reach greater heights the reins were taken over by equally visionary businessmen his son, Dr.Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar and grandson Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy. The House of Chettinad reached New Heights with generations of hardwork, dedications and remains the stamp of QUALITY, INTEGRITY and RELIABILITY under the Versatile, Pragmatic and Visionary leaderships.Today, a 8500 million business group has ventured & diversified in varying fields including Manufacturing (Cement, Silica, Quartz, Grits), Services (Construction, Transports, Steel Fabrication, Ship Management and Stevedoring, Clearing & Forwarding) Trading, Power Generation, Plantation, Farms, Logistics. Education, Sports Management, Literature, Art and Music fields have also been contributed vastly. It is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that the group finds worldwide patronage and earns precious foreign exchange for the country.
