The mother Plant was set up at Dhenkanal, Orissa with the initial installed capacity of 30,000 MT per annum in the year 1980. To the day, in 2010, the production capacity of the company is 4.30 Lacs MT per annum. The company’s products are sold and distributed under the brand name “Konark” which is synonymous with Orissa. The company maintains its leadership in Eastern India with the “Konark” brand established as a superior Brand based on quality, strength, and durability. The company received the ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OSHAS 18001:2007 certifications from Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) and TUV which exhibits the highest quality standards.

UAL Industries Ltd. is a professionally managed company. Shri S M Shroff, is the non – executive Chairman and Shri A K Saraf is the Managing Director who manages overall functioning of the company along with Executive Director, Sri K N P Sinha and other professionally qualified Non-executive Directors, unit heads and a dedicated team of Officers and Executives.

UAL Industries Limited is the largest Fibre Cement Sheet manufacturer and marketer in Eastern India with a 40% market share in East India. The National average is 10%. The company provides opportunity of direct employment to more than 700 personnel and indirectly to nearly 1500 persons.

It may be worthwhile to mention that after a lot of R & D the company has started using Fly Ash as a major Raw Material to the extent of 37% in the Raw Material Mix since 1992 and thereby helping in tackling the environment problem created by emission of fly ash. The Company is recipient of Environment Excellence Awards from Govt. of West Bengal, Orissa and TERI on various occasions.

A new green field Fibre Cement Sheet manufacturing facility is being set up in the State of Bihar in the district of Vaishali near Patna. The land has been acquired and project clearance from the Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi is awaited. The Capital investment in initial phase of the project shall be of the order of Rs. 30 Crores. It is likely to be commissioned during the first quarter of next financial year 2011–12. With addition to this plant, the total production capacity would stand enhanced to 5.50 Lacs MT per annum.