Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited operates through 11 segments: garments, which includes branded apparels and accessories, and contract exports; rayon, which includes viscose filament yarn, caustic soda and allied chemicals; carbon black, which offers carbon black; insulator, which offers insulators; textiles, which offers spun yarn and fabrics; fertilizers, which offers urea, ammonia, argon gas, pesticides and seeds; financial services, which includes retail asset finance, corporate finance, capital market, syndication, insurance advisory, asset management, brokerage income, stock and commodity broking; software, which includes software services, life insurance, includes life insurance services; telecom, which includes telecommunication services, and business process outsourcing (BPO), which include BPO services. In March 2009, it acquired 56% of Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments Ltd. In March 2009, the Company acquired 50.01% interest in Birla Sun Life Distribution Company Ltd (BSDL).