Set up in 1960 as Hindustan Twyfords Ltd, with a technical collaboration with Twyfords UK, to introduce vitreous china sanitaryware in India. The company was subsequently renamed Hindustan Sanitaryware and Industries Limited in 1969 and HSIL Limited in 2009.HSIL Limited is among India's top 500 companies as listed in the 'Fortune India 500' 2018 list. Currently, HSIL has four distinct business segments, namely the Building Products Division (BPD), Consumer Products Division (CPD), Retail Division and Packaging Products Division (PPD).