Bayer CropScience Limited, constitutes the core cropscience company and has production facilities at the Bayer sites in Thane, Himatnagar and Ankleshwar. With the acquisition of Aventis Cropscience Limited worldwide, Bayer is the undisputed leader in the Crop Protection business in India.

Bayer Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, was established in July 2000 and is a wholly owned pharmaceutical subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience Private Limited. The company handles the pharmaceutical sales and marketing operations, and has the flexibility to speed up investment in new product launches and intensify research and development activities in India.

Bayer MaterialScience Private Limited is one of the largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics. Its innovative development in coatings, adhesives, insulating materials and sealants, polycarbonates and polyurethanes significantly enhance their lives, particularly in the automotive and construction, electrical and electronics, household, sports and leisure sectors. The Company has a plant in Cuddalore, near Chennai, which manufactures thermoplastic polyurethanes. The Company is also in the process of setting up a 'System House' in India, with the intention of providing specific solutions to its customers.

The activities of the Bayer Group are divided into three business segments - HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience. This section provides an overview of the activities of the individual business groups and their key products. HealthCare: From Pharma to Animal Health, CropScience: From Crop Protection to safeguarding food supplies, MaterialScience: From Makrolon® to Perlon®

Bayer Business Services is Bayer Group's competence center for IT-based services and is a global company. Bayer Business Services in India provides IT services to all the sub-groups. The company's services are tailored to its customers' needs and Bayer Business Services contributes to their success by offering top quality at competitive prices. In India, Bayer Business Services also hosts the IDC (India Delivery Centre) which is the only global off-shoring delivery unit within Bayer Business Services, offering all IT related services to Bayer Business Services Business Units all over the world.

Bayer Technology Services is a major global technology provider with wide-ranging, recognized expertise. The company delivers fully-integrated solutions to cover the life cycle of plants and processes. Bayer Technology Services has the expertise necessary to support the production units it builds throughout their service life from the initial idea and basic calculations, to engineering and construction anywhere in the world, to start-up chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing units. As a global supplier of future-proof and market-oriented technology solutions for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, the company ensures that its customers are fit for the future and use technological integration and holistic expertise to create lasting competitive advantages.