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Hyderabad: Mr. P R Agarwal
MD of Avon Organics,completed his
Engineering Course from Osmania
University and his Post Graduation
from Wisconsin, USA with
specialisation in Design
Engineering. Before starting Avon
Organics he worked as a design
engineer in Allwyn for a year.
Mr.P.R.Agarwal is the chairman of
All India Manufacturers Organisation.
Avon Organics was incorporated in
August 1993 to manufacture diketene
and its derivatives Monomethyl
Acetoncetamide (MMA) and Methyl
Acetoacetate (MAA). The company's
1200 tpa Diketene manufacturing
facility located at Sadashivpet in
Andhra Pradesh and the products of
it were used in pigments,
pharmaceuticals and pesticides.
Avon Organics has a tripartite
technical know-how agreement with
Shanghai Machinery & Equipment
Import and Export Corporation (SMEC),
representative of Shanghai Peng Pu
Chemical Works (SPCW) and Xytel
Technologies Partnership (XTP), US.
XTP shall be the technical
supervisor for the transfer of
technology, while SMEC shall supply
the technical know-how.
The company has bagged the award for
the Best New Product manufactured in
the State of Andhra Pradesh as
awarded by the Federation of Andhra
Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and
Industry and also certified as an
ISO 9002 company by American Quality
Assessors accredited with ANSI-RAB
for the manufacturing and marketing
MMAA, MMAE, DEA, EEAA and Aralydes.
The company had developed technology
for recovery of Diketene from
sludge. The company has also
diversified into Bio-Technology,
where the value addition is high.
The Bio-Technology Plant is located
at Solapur, Maharashtra for
manufacture of Ephedrine and
Pseudo-Ephedrine with an installed
capacity of 150 MT p.a. The plant
has commenced operations during
April 2001. The biotech division
produces Pharmaceutical
intermediates i.e Pseudoephedrine
and ephedrine.
The company has signed two long-term
export contracts to supply fixed
quantities of pseudoephedrine and is
in talks with a few more MNC's for
long term contracts during the year
2001-02. The company's bio-tech
division is pursuing USFD approval
which will enable it to enter into
regulated markets.
The company currently has a turnover
of Rs 100 crore.
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