News @ Jains - Jain Irrigation Gets Four GOI Plexconcil Export Awards

24th November, 2007 : Sponsored by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India; The Plastics Export Promotion Council (PLEXCOUNCIL) organized an Export award function at Mumbai on 24th November, 2007. Biennial events where the top two export performers in various products group categories are felicitated. Honorable Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India Shri B. K. Handique gave the awards.

Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Jalgaon (JISL) won awards for Plastic Pipes; PVC Sheets, Polycarbonate Sheets, and (MIS) Micro Irrigation Systems. JISL tally of Plexcouncil awards moves to 66 and total awards to 134. Till date, the Company has received 46 State Awards, 85 National Awards and 3 International Awards for outstanding export performance, R&D achievements and entrepreneurship, Fair Trade Practices Etc. The internationally prestigious "Crawford Reid Memorial" Award instituted by Irrigation Association, USA was conferred on the Chairman Shri. B.H. Jain for "Significant Contribution to the Irrigation Industry outside the United States".

The Company employs more than 4,200 people directly and several hundreds indirectly. The company operates through branches and depots practically in all the States besides overseas subsidiaries for supporting and developing Export business. The Company has an outstanding track record in successfully developing Micro Irrigation Systems and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems as an alternative to the conventional irrigation methods. Besides, the Company makes PVC Pipes for Irrigation; PE Pipes for gas and water distribution and ducts for Optical fiber cables. PVC & Polycarbonate Sheet for exports; Fruit Pulp & Puree Dehydrated and Onion & vegetables for exports.

Company has modern manufacturing facilities located in India at Jalgaon, Maharashtra, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Baroda (Gujarat) and Udumalpet (Tamilnadu).

The company has recently acquired Companies in USA & Israel in its core line of business as part of strategy to become one of the top 3 global players. At present, Company has 13 plants outside India i.e. USA, Israel, Chile, Brazil, Spain & Australia.

The Company has an extensive Research & Development [R&D] farm and training & development center spread over nearly 1,000 acres of farm at Jalgaon & similar facility near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. This center has extensive development laboratories and is engaged in pioneering efforts in developing tissue culture plants for Banana, Sugarcane etc. The Companys turnover for the last year ended on 31.03.2007 was Rs. 1,267 crores and is currently expecting to accomplish a more than 45% growth in the current year with a turnover of Rs. 1,850 crores, including Rs. 515 crores of export turnover from India.

The Companys customers included some of the top MNCs like Coco-cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Gilroy Foods etc. besides Indian large customers like HLL, Reliance, L&T, BSNL, Bharati Telecom etc. The Company had established its leadership in almost all the businesses it is engaged in and the list of satisfied customers are even increasing.