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. The company acquired Associated Glass Industries Limited (AGI) in 1981and entered the Packaging Products business. PET bottles business was added through the acquisition of Garden Polymers Private Limited (GPPL) in 2011. Packaging Products Division further expanded its business and launched counterfeit resistant caps and closures under the brand AGI Clozure.