Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla
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Hindalco Industries, an Aditya Birla Group company, will be investing $10 billion in organic growth, representing the most ambitious capital programme in the company’s history.The roadmap will enhance the company’s portfolio with new capacities, capabilities and products besides strengthening its ability to deepen customer partnerships, and ensure more meaningful contributions to the economies and communities where it operates.Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Hindalco Industries, said the world is entering an era where high performance materials, circularity and advanced manufacturing will reshape industries. Hindalco is uniquely positioned at the intersection of these trends, he said at the company’s annual general meeting held on Thursday.“We are expanding our downstream portfolio of high margin, non- LME-linked, value added and engineered products across India and Novelis,” he added.The company has already earmarked ₹50,000 crore over the next three years for strategic growth projects across the value chain and another ₹50,000 crore worth of investment opportunities is being evaluated, said Birla.India’s domestic aluminium consumption estimated at 6.1 million tonnes in FY26 is projected to increase five-fold to nearly 28 mt by FY47, driving higher demand for critical raw materials. India aims to achieve complete domestic self-sufficiency in both bauxite and alumina by 2035, he said.Copper will also play an equally critical role as the backbone of electrification. Domestic refined copper consumption, estimated at about 0.9 mt in FY26 is projected to increase fourfold to about 3.6 million tonnes by FY47 driven primarily by emerging sectors of renewables, e-mobility, high-speed rail and data centres.Until some years ago, he said automotive manufacturers would provide the company with designs and material specifications and ask it to manufacture products accordingly. Today, Hindalco is developing material specifications and designs for customers before producing them, he added.“We have process scientists, alloy specialists, modelling experts, and design engineers on board who are able to co-create safer, lighter and more efficient products. We are expanding our prototyping and testing capabilities, enabling us to translate ideas into commercial solutions more quickly,” said Birla.Hindalco solutions are present in leading two, three and four-wheeler brands. It supplies battery enclosures, battery casings, crash management systems, front forks, structural components and other safety critical applications for many of India’s leading auto brands, he added.During the year, the company developed an industry-first in-house digital import trade platform that integrates Hindalco’s ERP systems directly with banking partners.Published on July 23, 2026
