Incorporated in the year 1897 as a Public Limited Company, Century Textiles and Industries Limited started with one industrial unit - Cotton Textile Mills. Since then, the company has made rapid progress in widely diverse fields. Currently, the company has a remarkable presence in Textiles, Real Estate and Pulp & Paper Industry. Century Pulp and Paper (CPP), established in 1984 at Lalkua, near Nainital, Uttarakhand, produces excellent quality Writing and Printing paper and is a leading manufacturer of tissue and board, and Rayon Grade Pulp products. The company has another paper unit (bagasse manufacturing), a prime-grade tissue paper plant at Lalkua, a sheet cutting facility at Sonipat,the other two are at Bharuch & Baddi. In 2009, the company had added a state-of-the-art, vertically integrated plant, Birla Century at Jhagadia, Bharuch, Gujarat. Birla Century uses the best modern machinery to produce a wide range of premium textiles — suiting and shirting, fine fabrics and household linen. Innovative finishes are imparted to fabrics through world-class automated processing, with eco-friendly and non-toxic dyes and chemicals. In 2016, the company forayed into real estate sector with Birla Estates, aiming to deliver exceptional residential and commercial spaces. The company will be developing many land parcels that it holds as well as look at joint development/ strategic tie-ups across top cities. The two commercial properties built by Birla Estates at Worli - Birla Aurora and Birla Centurion - both platinum certified buildings, have attained an iconic status in the commercial property fraternity.