SRF Limited
Mr. Kartik Bharat Ram MBA (Joint MD & Exec. Director)
Mr. Rahul Jain B Com CA (Pres & CFO)
Summary
SRF Limited manufactures, purchases, and sells technical textiles, chemicals, packaging films, and other polymers. It operates through Technical Textiles Business, Chemicals Business, Packaging Film Business, and Others segments. The company offers nylon tyre cord, belting, coated, and laminated fabrics; and industrial and polyester industrial yarns. It also provides fluorochemicals, such as refrigerants for room air-conditioner, automobile air-conditioner, refrigerator, and chillers under the Floron brand, as well as propellants for the pharmaceutical sector under the Dymel brand; and industrial chemicals used in various applications comprising solvents in pharma, feedstock for pharmaceutical and agrochemicals, metal de-greasing, etching of stainless steel and glass, and dry- foam blowing cleaning. In addition, it provides advanced intermediates for the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. Further, the company provides bi-axially oriented polyethylene terephthalate films under PETLAR brand and bi-axially oriented polypropylene films under OPLAR brand. It serves in India, Germany, the United States, Belgium, Switzerland, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Shri Ram Fibres and changed its name to SRF Limited in 1990. The company was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Gurugram, India. SRF Limited is a subsidiary of KAMA Holdings Limited.
History
The company was established in 1970, as Shri Ram Fibres Limited, by DCM Limited as a wholly owned subsidiary. Its initial focus was on the manufacture of tyre cord fabrics. Its first manufacturing plant was set up in Manali, near Chennai, in 1973.In 1986, the company set up a joint venture with Denso, SRF Nippondenso, for the manufacture of automotive components. This was later spun off as a separate company in 1993. Another subsidiary, SRF Finance, started in 1986 was sold to GE Capital in 1997. SRF also had a health-care division which manufactured plastic optical lenses, which was spun off as a separate company in 1997.In 1989, the company entered the Chemicals Business to manufacture refrigerants. Consequently, in 1990, it changed its name to SRF Limited.The company started its Packaging Films Business in 1995 when it acquired a BOPET film plant at Kashipur in India from M/s Flow more. SRF has since then grown beyond the national boundaries and become one of the leading manufacturers of both BOPET and BOPP films globally.With deep knowledge of Fluorine since the early 1980s, the company entered the Specialty Chemicals Business in 2004 as a supplier of fine chemicals to the agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals industry. The business has a rich experience of close to three decades in Custom Synthesis, Contract Research and Manufacturing.SRF Limited was listed in the 2011 Asia's Best under a Billion list by Forbes magazine.
Key Team
Mr. Prashant Yadav BE (Pres and CEO of Fluorochemicals Bus. & Technical Textiles Bus.)
Mr. Rajat Lakhanpal (VP of Corp. Compliance, Company Sec. & Compliance Officer)
Mr. Prashant Mehra (Pres & CEO of Packaging Films Bus., Coated Fabrics and Laminated Fabrics Bus.)
Mr. Pramod Gopaldas Gujarathi (Director of Safety & Environment and Whole Time Director)
Mr. Sanjay Rao (Pres & CIO)
Mr. Ajay Chowdhury (Pres & CHRO)
Mr. Anurag Jain (Pres & CEO of Specialty Chemicals Bus. & Chemicals Technology Group)
References
Mr. Kartik Bharat Ram MBA (Joint MD & Exec. Director)
Mr. Rahul Jain B Com CA (Pres & CFO)