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    The Company History page lists out the major events in chronological order for Madhusudan Industries Ltd.

    Company History - Madhusudan Industries Ltd.
    The Company was incorporated on 27th August, 1945 under the name and style of Madhusudan Vegetable Products Company Limited. Objects and activities of the Company is manufacture of vanaspati refined oils, de-oiled cakes, soaps, vitreous china sanitaryware and ceramic tiles. Products of the Company are marketed under the names of CERA sanitaryware, CERA tiles and MADHURAM vanaspati.



    1946 - The Company had obtained Certificate for commencement of business

    from the Registrar of Companies of erst while Baroda State on

    28th February.



    1980 - The Company diversified its activities by setting up a ceramic

    sanitary unit at Kadi, Dist. Mehsana with an installed capacity

    of 3,600 tonnes per annum. The installed capacity of the ceramic

    sanitaryware unit was increased to 7,200 tonnes per annum in 1983

    and further to 9,000 tonnes per annum in 1985.



    1986 - The Company set up a ceramic tiles unit with an installed

    capacity of 3,500 tonnes per annum.



    1987 - The name of the company was changed to Madhusudan Industries

    Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation, consequent

    thereupon was issued by the Registrar of Companies, Gujarat at

    Ahmedabad on 9th December.



    - The Company set up a plant to manufacture 25 tonnes per day of

    vanaspati at Rakhial Station, Taluka Dehgam, DST. Ahmedabad.

    The Company also set up a solvent extraction plant to produce

    15,000 tonnes per annum of oil cakes.



    1988 - The Company privately placed with UTI, LIC and GIC and its

    subsidiaries 14% non-convertible debentures. These debentures

    are redeemable at 5% premium on expiry of the 7th year from the

    date of allotment of the debenture.



    - All shares taken up by the signatories to Memorandum, Promoters,

    Directors, etc. The issue shares includes 30,000 No. of equity

    share of Rs 100 each, issued as bonus in prop. 1:1 during July

    1984 and 60,000 No. of equity shares of Rs 100 issued as bonus in

    prop. 1:1 during March 1988. Equity shares of Rs 100 each

    sub-divided into shares of Rs 10 each during December.



    1989 - The installed capacity of the tiles unit was increased from 3,500

    tonnes to 7,000 tonnes per annum.



    - The Company embarked upon a programme to increase the capacity of

    the tiles unit from 7,000 tonnes to 14,000 tonnes per annum to

    manufacture glazed wall tiles and also to raise the installed

    capacity of the solvent extraction plant from 25,500 tonnes to

    45,000 tonnes per annum



    1990 - Production of vanaspati was adversely affected due to

    restriction imposed on movement of vanaspati outside Gujarat by

    the State Government since 30th March, and imposition of storage

    control orders by Central Government.



    - "Ujala King Inamotsav 90", a scheme was introduced by the Company

    for consumers, retailers and stockists.



    - It was decided to further expand the installed capacities of the

    solvent extraction plant from 45,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes per

    annum and that of the refinery from 7,500 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes

    per annum.



    1991 - Production of vanaspati continued to be affected by restrictions

    imposed by the State Government on movement of vanaspati outside

    Gujarat. Production in Sanitary ware Division suffered due to

    labour unrest for 22 days and disruption in gas supplies.



    - The Company expanded the capacity of the solvent extraction plant

    from 45,000 TPA to 75,000 TPA and of oil mill from 50 TPD to 150

    TPD. The effective production capacity of vanaspati plant was

    also being increased from 50 TPD by installing balancing

    equipments.



    - The Company undertook a major modernisation and technology

    upgradation-cum-expansion programme at its sanitary ware unit for

    which a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with M/s. Lisland

    Ltd., U.K.



    - M/s. Lisland Ltd., U.K. were to assist in formulating and

    executing the upgradation-cum-expansion programme involving

    replacement of existing tunnel kilns by new fuel efficient

    tunnel kilns, semi-automation in raw-material handling, glaze

    improvement, etc.



    - The Company undertook to set up a new solvent extraction plant

    with an installed capacity of 250 TPD at Nimbahera in Chithorgarh

    District of Rajasthan.



    - 6,00,000 Bonus shares issued in prop. 1:2. 12,00,000 No. of

    equity shares issued at a premium of Rs 20 per share of which

    58,400 shares reserved and allotted on a preferential basis to

    financial institutions.



    - Another 60,000 shares reserved for preferential allotment to

    employees (incl. Indian working directors)/workers of the company

    (only 55,500 shares taken up). The balance of 10,81,600 shares

    along with the unsubscribed 4,500 shares of the employees' quota

    offered for public subscribed during October 1989.



    1992 - During November, the Company issued 15,75,000-15% secured

    redeemable partly convertible debentures of Rs 100 each at par of

    which 75,000 debentures were offered to the employees of the

    Company (only 20,250 debentures were taken up). The remaining

    15,00,000 debentures along with 54,750 debentures not taken by

    employees, were offered to the shareholders on rights basis in

    the proportion of 1 debenture : 2 equity shares held (all were

    taken up).



    - Part A of Rs 65 each debenture was to be automatically converted

    into 1 equity share of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 55 per share

    on 1st April, 1993. Accordingly, 15,75,000 No. of equity shares

    were allotted.



    - Part B of Rs 35 of each debenture was to be redeemed at par in

    three instalments of Rs 10, Rs 10 and Rs 15 on the expiry of

    6th, 7th and 8th year respectively from the date of allotment of

    debentures.



    1994 - The Company installed an Expander along with balancing equipments

    at Nimbahera units with a view to meet dumping of imported edible

    oil through Government owned Co-operative institutions at

    discriminatory import duty.



    - A new electrostatic glazing system was being installed in the

    sanitary ware division. The Company was in the process of

    setting up a new ceramic tiles unit near Baroda with an installed

    capacity of 22,000 TPA. Necessary agreements for Natural Gas was

    entered into with Gas Authority of India Ltd. and land had been

    located.



    - The Company entered the power sector by installing ten wind

    turbine generator at village Patelka in Saurashtra.



    - The Company issued 20,00,000 warrants to promoters and Group

    Companies enabling them to subscribe one equity share per warrant

    at a price of Rs 76 per share (Rs 66 premium). Till date

    8,06,495 warrants were converted into shares.



    1995 - Production declined marginally due to 56 days closure of the

    vanaspati unit by virtue of labour unrest. The deoiled cake

    production was also lower due to closure of Rakhial unit.



    - The solvent plant at village Patelka in Jamnagar district

    consisting of ten wind turbine generators was commissioned in

    March. The 5 MVA sub-station at Patelka was expanded to 15 MVA.



    1996 - The Electrostatic glazing system and new Heimsoth Kiln were

    commissioned during the year. Production and sales were affected

    by the partial shutdown of the solvent plant during the first

    quarter of the year.



    - The production of De-Oiled cake decreased due to poor capacity

    utilisation on account of limited availability of raw materials.



    - 1,135 shares issued.



    1997 - Production and sale of vanaspati and refined oil declined due to

    sluggish market conditions. Performance of De-oiled cake

    suffered due to poor capacity utilisation as a result of limited

    availability of raw material. The production of Sanitaryware and

    Tiles also declined.



    2000 - The Company had undertaken modernisation cum balancing equipment

    project at its Sanitaryware Unit, in Kadi.



    - Shri Vikram Somany has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing

    Director of the company w.e.f. 01.08.2000.



    - The Sanitaryware unit of the Company situated at Kadi has been

    granted ISO 14001 w.e.f. 01.06.2000.



    - The Company to consider hive-off of Edible Oil Division & trading of shares in

    dematerialised securities in Stock Exchange.



    2001



    -Madhusudan Ceramics, the sanitaryware division of Madhusudan Industries Ltd., has launched the country's first of its kind single piece Monoblock EWC with flushing cistern.





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