MIRA INFORM REPORT

Report Date :

21.07.2012

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

Name :	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Registered Office :	Parakh House, Plot No.1 and 2, Market Yard, Gultekdi, Pune – 411037, Maharashtra
Country :	India
Financials (as on) :	31.03.2011
Date of Incorporation :	20.07.1987
Com. Reg. No.:	11-132583
Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :	Rs. 480.000 Millions
CIN No.: [Company Identification No.]	U01403PN1987PLC132583
TAN No.: [Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]	PNEP00528D
PAN No.: [Permanent Account No.]	AABCP0314L
Legal Form :	A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company
Line of Business :	Manufacturer of Agro Based Product and Commodities.
No. of Employees :	1900 (Approximately)

RATING & COMMENTS

MIRA’s Rating :

B (30)

RATING		STATUS	PROPOSED CREDIT LINE
26-40	B	Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.	Small

Maximum Credit Limit :	USD 3400000
Status :	Moderate
Payment Behaviour :	Slow
Litigation :	Clear
Comments :	Subject is an old established company having moderate track. There appears some accumulated losses recorded by the company. However, trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be slow. The company can be considered for business dealings with some caution.

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – September 30, 2011

Country Name	Previous Rating (30.06.2011)	Current Rating (30.09.2011)
India	A1	A1

Risk Category	ECGC Classification
Insignificant	A1
Low	A2
Moderate	B1
High	B2
Very High	C1
Restricted	C2
Off-credit	D

INFORMATION PARTED BY

Name :	Ms. Asma Shaikh
Designation :	Finance Manager
Contact No.:	91-20-24261733

LOCATIONS

Registered Office / Corporate Office:	Parakh House, Plot No.1 and 2, Market Yard, Gultekdi, Pune – 411037, Maharashtra, India
Tel. No.:	91-20-24261733
Fax No.:	91-20-24263211
E-Mail :	info@parakhagro.com parakh_agro@vsnl.net asmashaikh@parakhagro.com
Website :	http://parakhagro.com
Location :	Owned
Branch Office / Factory 1 :	Plot No.D-230, T.T.C. Industrial Area, Thane Belapur Road, Opposite Tata Press, Shirawane – 400 613, Maharashtra, India
Tel. No.:	91-22-27632745-47 / 27685702
Fax No.:	91-22-27632755
Factory 2 :	Gat No.45/1-2-3, Village Bhandgaon, Taluka Daund, District Pune – 412 214, Maharashtra, India
Tel. No.:	91-2119-275377
Fax No.:	91-2119-275775
Factory 3 :	Gat No. 45/1-2-3, Village Devnavhe, Pali Road. Taluka Khopoli, District Raigad, Maharashtra, India
Factory 4 :	Food Processing Park, Plot No. 93-142, A.B. Road, Nimrani, District Kasravad, Tahsil-Khargaon, Madhya Pradesh, India
Factory 5 :	Plot No. 812 and 813, Sector No. III, Pithampur Industrial Area, District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Factory 6 :	Plot No. 73, Taloja Industrial Area, Village- Tongre, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad, Maharashtra, India

DIRECTORS

AS ON 30.06.2011

Name :

Mr. Prakash Harakchand Parakh

Designation :

Managing director

Address :

584/1, Salibury Park, Pune – 411 001, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.03.1956

Date of Appointment :

20.07.1987

DIN No.:

00337188

Other Directorship :

S.No.	CIN/LLPIN	Name of the Company/ LLP	Current designation of the Director/ Designated Partner	Date of appointment at current designation	Original date of appointment	Company/ LLP Status	Defaulting status
1	U01403PN1987PLC132583	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Managing director	01-04-09	20-07-87	Active	NO
2	U51101PN1993PLC075425	PARAKH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	Director	03-12-93	03-12-93	Active	NO
3	U74999PN1981PLC023874	EM-KAY AGENCIES LIMITED	Director	15-04-94	15-04-94	Active	NO
4	U99999PN1994PTC083027	WONDERFUL PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	25-04-97	25-04-97	Active	NO
5	U15412MP1995PLC009303	PARAKH BESAN MILLS LIMITED	Director	02-04-99	02-04-99	Active	NO
6	U31300MP1994PTC008421	DEWAS CONDUCTORS PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	05-04-99	05-04-99	Active	NO
7	U74220PN2002NPL017463	NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE	Director	29-11-02	29-11-02	Active	NO
8	U70102PN2005PTC021651	JOLLYMAKER ESTATES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	08-12-05	08-12-05	Active	NO
9	U70102PN2005PTC021650	SUDARSHAN PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	08-12-05	08-12-05	Active	NO
10	U15142PN1993PLC071164	PARAKH OILS LIMITED	Managing director	01-04-09	01-02-09	Active	NO

Name :

Mr. Suresh Harakchand Parakh

Designation :

Managing director

Address :

584/1, Salibury Park, Pune – 411 001, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.04.1963

Date of Appointment :

20.07.1987

DIN No.:

00337190

Other Directorship :

S.No.	CIN/LLPIN	Name of the Company/ LLP	Current designation of the Director/ Designated Partner	Date of appointment at current designation	Original date of appointment	Company/ LLP Status	Defaulting status
1	U01403PN1987PLC132583	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Managing director	01-04-09	20-07-87	Active	NO
2	U51101PN1993PLC075425	PARAKH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	Director	03-12-93	03-12-93	Active	NO
3	U74999PN1981PLC023874	EM-KAY AGENCIES LIMITED	Director	15-04-94	15-04-94	Active	NO
4	U99999PN1994PTC083027	WONDERFUL PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	25-04-97	25-04-97	Active	NO
5	U15412MP1995PLC009303	PARAKH BESAN MILLS LIMITED	Director	02-04-99	02-04-99	Active	NO
6	U31300MP1994PTC008421	DEWAS CONDUCTORS PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	05-04-99	05-04-99	Active	NO
7	U70102PN2005PTC021650	SUDARSHAN PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	08-12-05	08-12-05	Active	NO
8	U70102PN2005PTC021651	JOLLYMAKER ESTATES PRIVATE LIMITED	Director	08-12-05	08-12-05	Active	NO
9	U15142PN1993PLC071164	PARAKH OILS LIMITED	Managing director	01-04-09	01-08-06	Active	NO

Name :

Mr. Harakchand Kesharchand Parakh

Designation :

Director

Address :

584/1, Salibury Park, Pune – 411 001, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

23.10.1932

Date of Appointment :

23.06.1991

DIN No.:

00382908

Other Directorship :

S.No.	CIN/LLPIN	Name of the Company/ LLP	Current designation of the Director/ Designated Partner	Date of appointment at current designation	Original date of appointment	Company/ LLP Status	Defaulting status
1	U01403PN1987PLC132583	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Director	23-06-91	23-06-91	Active	NO
2	U51101PN1993PLC075425	PARAKH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	Director	03-12-93	03-12-93	Active	NO
3	U74999PN1981PLC023874	EM-KAY AGENCIES LIMITED	Director	15-04-94	15-04-94	Active	NO
4	U15412MP1995PLC009303	PARAKH BESAN MILLS LIMITED	Director	02-04-99	02-04-99	Active	NO

Name :

Mr. Mahavir Rikhabchand Dugad

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

208/ 5647, Anita Kutir Housing Society, Pant Nagar, Santacruz (East), Mumbai – 400075, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

09.09.1972

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2009

DIN No.:

02687353

Name :

Mr. Mahendra Deepchand Lunawat

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

A/P, Shilphata Khopoli, Taluka Khalapur, Raigad, Shilphata – 410203, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

01.05.1965

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2009

DIN No.:

02696183

Name :

Mr. Vinay Ganpatrao Nalawade

Designation :

Director

Address :

3/TI Models Residency, Nt St Ines Church St Ines, Panji – 403002, Goa, India

Date of Birth/Age :

20.10.1968

Date of Appointment :

01.04.2009

DIN No.:

02696856

Other Directorship :

S.No.	CIN/LLPIN	Name of the Company/ LLP	Current designation of the Director/ Designated Partner	Date of appointment at current designation	Original date of appointment	Company/ LLP Status	Defaulting status
1	U01403PN1987PLC132583	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Director	30-09-09	01-04-09	Active	NO

KEY EXECUTIVES

Name :	Shekhar Ghatpande and Company
Designation :	Company Secretaries
Address :	‘Saraswati’, Flat No. 13, 3^rd Floor, 93, Rambaug Colony, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune – 411038, Maharashtra, India
Qualification :	B.Com, D.T.L., F.C.S.
Email ID :	shekhar_fcs1659@yahoo.com

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

AS ON 30.06.2011

Names of Shareholders	No. of Shares
Mr. Parakh Kesharchand Harakchand	960000
Mr. Parakh Harakchand Prakash	12219975
Mr. Parakh Harakchand Suresh	11246650
Mrs. Parakh Harakchand Patashibai	960000
Mrs. Parakh Prakash Asha	5700000
Mrs. Parakh Suresh Anju	4800000
Mr. Parakh Suresh Harshal	3496650
Mr. Parakh Suresh Mayank	3496650
Mr. Parakh Prakash Akash	5120075
Total	48000000

AS ON 30.06.2011

Equity Share Breakup	Percentage of Holding
Category
Directors or relatives of directors	100.00
Total	100.00

BUSINESS DETAILS

Line of Business :	Manufacturer of Agro Based Product and Commodities.
Products :	Flour / Besan / Wheat Film Power Generation (Windmill)
Terms :
Selling :	L/C, Cash and Credit
Purchasing :	L/C, Cash and Credit

GENERAL INFORMATION

Customers :

Wholesalers and Retailers

No. of Employees :

1900 (Approximately)

Bankers :

v Corporation Bank, H-2406 East Street, Camp, Pune – 411001, Maharashtra, India

v Axis Bank Limited, Daund Branch

v Central Bank of India

v Bank of Maharashtra,

v Oriental Bank of Commerce

v Bank f India

v ICICI Bank

v Kotak Mahindra Bank

v HDFC Bank Limited

Facilities :

Secured Loan	As on 31.03.2011 (Rs. in Millions)	As on 31.03.2010 (Rs. in Millions)
Rupee term loans secured	733.015	596.896
Working Capital Loans secured	214.695	503.150
Loans taken for fixed assets secured	11.589	8.299
Other Debts secured	500.000	235.000
Total	1459.299	1343.345
Unsecured Loan	As on 31.03.2011 (Rs. in Millions)	As on 31.03.2010 (Rs. in Millions)
Loans Directors	126.732	146.896
Total	126.732	146.896

Banking Relations :	--
Financial Institution :	Axis Trustee Services Limited, Axis House, 2^nd Floor, Bombay Dyeing Mills Compound, Pandurang Bhudhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400025, Maharashtra, India CIN No.: U74999MH2008PLC182264 Kotak Mahindra Primus Limited
Auditors :
Name :	Shah Kahndelwal Jain and Associates Chartered Accountants
Address :	Alankar Cinema Building, Pune Station, Pune – 411001, Maharashtra, India
Income-tax PAN of auditor or auditor's firm :	AACSK3470E
Associates :	Parakh Besan Mills Limited Parakh Foods International Limited Parakh Oils Limited Emkay Agencies Limited Dewas Conductors Private Limited Wonderful Properties Private Limited Akash Developers Anand Developers Gemini Developers Samrat Developers Arihant Developers

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

AS ON 31.03.2011

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares	Type	Value	Amount
50000000	Equity Shares	Rs.10/- each	Rs.500.000 Millions

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares	Type	Value	Amount
48000000	Equity Shares	Rs.10/- each	Rs.480.000 Millions

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

SOURCES OF FUNDS		31.03.2011	31.03.2010	31.03.2009
SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
1] Share Capital		480.000	480.000	300.000
2] Share Application Money		0.000	0.000	0.000
3] Reserves & Surplus		420.000	420.000	0.000
4] (Accumulated Losses)		(31.719)	(116.748)	(51.422)
NETWORTH		868.281	783.252	248.578
LOAN FUNDS
1] Secured Loans		1459.299	1343.345	1387.920
2] Unsecured Loans		126.732	146.896	600.774
TOTAL BORROWING		1586.031	1490.241	1988.694
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES		199.852	191.385	168.124
TOTAL		2654.164	2464.878	2405.396
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]		1934.854	1712.862	1579.168
Capital work-in-progress		0.000	0.000	10.036
INVESTMENT		3.695	0.000	0.000
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS		0.000	0.000	0.000
CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES
	Inventories	558.973	697.062	476.885
	Sundry Debtors	346.512	352.337	323.423
	Cash & Bank Balances	147.882	193.930	157.323
	Other Current Assets	161.354	67.048	0.000
	Loans & Advances	110.729	110.924	148.471
Total Current Assets		1325.450	1421.301	1106.102
Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS
	Sundry Creditors	561.285	608.855	208.303
	Other Current Liabilities	33.514	35.949	79.227
	Provisions	15.036	24.481	2.380
Total Current Liabilities		609.835	669.285	289.910
Net Current Assets		715.615	752.016	816.192
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES		0.000	0.000	0.000
TOTAL		2654.164	2464.878	2405.396

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

	PARTICULARS		31.03.2011	31.03.2010	31.03.2009
	SALES
		Income	8286.687	6881.131	5929.563
		Other Income	11.253	19.786	7.443
		TOTAL	8297.940	6900.917	5937.006
Less	EXPENSES
		Raw Materials Consumed	6774.808	5673.186
		Manufacturing Expenses	337.270	246.043
		Employees Related expenses	60.389	50.367
		Selling Expenses	721.340	522.047
		TOTAL	7893.807	6491.643	5679.550
Less	PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION		404.133	409.274	257.456
Less	FINANCIAL EXPENSES		170.966	142.949	151.273
	PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION		233.167	266.325	106.183
Less/ Add	DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION		157.593	136.128	105.685
	PROFIT BEFORE TAX		75.574	130.197	0.498
Less	TAX		23.634	45.523	6.633
	PROFIT AFTER TAX		51.940	84.674	(6.135)
Add	PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD		(116.748)	(201.422)	(195.287)
	BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S		(64.808)	(116.748)	(201.422)
	Earnings Per Share (Rs.)			1.76	(0.20)

Particulars	31.03.2012
Sales Turnover (Approximately)	7100.000

Expected Sales (2012-2013): Rs. 7400.000 Millions

The above information has been parted by Ms. Asma Shaikh (Finance Manager)

KEY RATIOS

PARTICULARS		31.03.2011	31.03.2010	31.03.2009
PAT / Total Income	(%)	0.63	1.23	(0.10)
Net Profit Margin (PBT/Sales)	(%)	0.91	1.89	0.01
Return on Total Assets (PBT/Total Assets}	(%)	2.32	4.15	0.00
Return on Investment (ROI) (PBT/Networth)		0.09	0.17	0.00
Debt Equity Ratio (Total Liability/Networth)		2.53	2.76	9.17
Current Ratio (Current Asset/Current Liability)		2.17	2.12	3.82

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

Check List by Info Agents	Available in Report (Yes / No)
1. Year of Establishment	Yes
2. Locality of the firm	Yes
3. Constitution of the firm	Yes
4. Premises details	No
5. Type of Business	Yes
6. Line of Business	Yes
7. Promoter’s background	Yes
8. No. of Employees	Yes
9. Name of person contacted	Yes
10. Designation of contact person	Yes
11. Turnover of firm for last three years	Yes
12. Profitability for last three years	Yes
13. Reasons for variation <> 20%	--
14. Estimation for coming financial year	Yes
15. Capital in the business	Yes
16. Details of sister concerns	Yes
17. Major suppliers	No
18. Major customers	No
19. Payments terms	Yes
20. Export / Import details	No
21. Market information	--
22. Litigations that the firm / promoter involved	--
23. Banking Details	Yes
24. Banking facility details	Yes
25. Conduct of the banking account	--
26. Buyer visit details	--
27. Financials, if provided	Yes
28. Incorporation details, if applicable	Yes
29. Last accounts filed at ROC	Yes
30. Major Shareholders, if available	Yes

BANKERS CHARGES REPORT AS PER REGISTRY

Corporate identity number of the company	U01403PN1987PLC132583
Name of the company	PARAKH AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Address of the registered office or of the principal place of business in India of the company	Parakh House Plot No 1 and 2 Market Yard, Gultekdi, Pune – 411037, Maharashtra, India Email ID: parakh_agro@vsnl.net
This form is for	Modification of charge
Charge identification number of the modified	10297799
Type of charge	Immovable Property Movable Property
Particular of charge holder	Axis Trustee Services Limited, Axis House, 2^nd Floor, Bombay Dyeing Mills Compound, Pandurang Bhudhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400025, Maharashtra, India Email ID: debenturetrustee@axistrustee.com
Nature of description of the instrument creating or modifying the charge	No instrument was executed. A mortgage by physical delivery of title deeds was created on July 19, 2011 in favour of Axis Trustee Services Limited acting as Security Trustee for facilities aggregating Rs. 2889.400 Millions sanctioned to Parakh Agro Industries Limited in respect of immovable properties of the Company situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh as per Annexure I of the letter dated August 17, 2011 of the Security Trustee attached.
Date of instrument Creating the charge	19.07.2011
Amount secured by the charge	Rs. 2889.400 Millions
Brief particulars of the principal terms an conditions and extent and operation of the charge	Rate of Interest As Per Sanction of Respective Consortium Member Bank ( No Change In Original Charge) Terms of Repayment As Per Sanction of Respective Consortium Member Bank Margin As Per Sanction of Respective Consortium Member Bank Extent and Operation of the charge Charge in favour of Axis Trustee Services Limited acting as Security Trustee for facilities aggregating Rs. 2889.400 millions sanctioned to Parakh Agro Industries Limited in respect of immovable properties of the Company situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh as per Annexure I of the letter dated August 17, 2011 of the Security Trustee attached in addition to the existing charge.
Short particulars of the property charged	Mortgage of piece and parcel of land bearing Plot Nos. 811A, 812 and 813 Admea. 96, 940 sq. Metres situated at the Industrial Area No. III, Pithampur, Tehsil and District Dhar ( M.P.) Together with building and structure thereon and plant and machinery attached to the earth. Mortgage of piece and parcel of land Admea. 34,272 sq. Mtrs bearing Plot Nos. 93 to 119 and 132 to 138 and 140 to 142 situated at Food Processing Park, Village, Nimrani, Tehsil Kasarwad, District Kargone Mortgage of piece and parcel of land bearing Survey No. 290 Paiki Situated At Rasalpur, P.H.N. 27 Tehsil and District Dewas comprising of area Admea. Approximately 0.405 total 4051.85 sq. Metres together with building and structure thereon and plant and machinery attached to the earth. Continuation of the security already offered as mortgage of property situated at Plot No l-73 taloja, Plot No D-230 Vashi, Survey No. 17/1,17/3A,17/3B,25/2B,25/3A and 25/3B Khalapur, Khopoli, Dist Raigad, Gat No 45 Hissa No 1, Gat No 45/3 and Gat No 45 Hissa No 2 situated at Bhandgaon Taluka Daund, 6 windmills and land situated at Gat No 21/52/2 and 21/1B/7 Ranjangaon, Sakari and Gat No 475 and Gat No 466/4 at Chadvel Taluka Sakari, Location No BB-4 and BB - 6, Plot No SW-3 Gat No 1781 Brahmanwel, Sakari Mortgage of whole of the company's movable properties including plant and machinery, Current assets etc.
Particulars of the present modification	The charge created in favour of Axis Trustee Services Limited (acting as Security Trustee for Facilities aggregating Rs. 2889.400 millions availed by Parakh Agro Industries Limited from various lenders) is further secured by a charge on immovable properties of the Company situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh as per Annexure I of the letter dated August 17, 2011 of the Security Trustee attached.

AS PER WEBSITE DETAILS

PROFILE

• One of the Leading Manufacturer of FMCG Commodities
• Manufacturer's of Wheat Products, Chakki Atta, All types of Pulses and Besan
• 8 Plants Located in Central and Western India
• 30 Years of Rich Experience in FMCG commodity Supply Chain Management]
• ISO 9001:2008 / ISO 22000:2006 1 HACCP Certified Plants
• Strong Retail and Distribution Network across India

MILESTONE

• One of the Leading Manufacturer of FMCG Commodities
• Manufacturers of Wheat Products, Chakki Atta, all types of Pulses and Besan
• 8 Plants located in central and western India
• 30 Years of rich experience in FMCG commodity Supply Chain Management
• ISO 9001 / 15022000 1 HACCP Certified Plants
• Strong retail and distribution network in west and south India
• India's only Kodak flexcel NX Digital flexographic plate making system

PRESS RELEASE:

• Parakh agro introduces Samrat Whole Wheat Atta

Chennai, July 20: Parakh Agro Industries has introduced their new brand “SAMRAT WHOLE WHEAT ATTA”.Available in convenient, attractive, handy and hygienic packaging of 1kg, 2 kgs, 5 kgs and in bulk size bags of 10kgs, 25 kgs and 50 kgs each. Priced at Rs. 33/= per kg, SAMRAT WHOLE WHEAT ATTA is distributed across grocery stores, retail chain stores, hyper markets and local kirana shops, consequently close to the customer.

• The Parakh Group, with its headquarters in Pune, is one of the leading Indian manufacturers of FMCG commodities such as wheat flour and wheat products along with besan and pulses

The Parakh Group, with its headquarters in Pune, is one of the leading Indian manufacturers of FMCG commodities such as wheat flour and wheat products along with besan and pulses. With over 30 years of rich experience in FMCG commodities and supply chain management, the business is run by a team of professionals under the guidance of Prakash Parakh and his younger brother Suresh Parakh. High tech plants located in central and western India, along with a strong retail and distribution network makes the group one of the leading manufacturers of FMCG commodities in India.

Prakash Parakh is ambitious about the food processing industry. He speaks about his earlier venture in edible oil for which flexible packaging was essential. He built up the refining, packaging and distribution network, along with brand building for the edible oil that became popular as Gemini oil. While the Parakhs began their edible oil project in 1994, their fast growth led to a joint venture with Cargill and he says quite frankly, “the Gemini brand and retail segment opportunities drove me to the packaging industry.”

Cargill-Parakh had established a flexible packaging plant with a W&H Varex blown film line and a W&H CI flexo press. Within a year of launching, as the Parakh brothers separated from Cargill in 2005, both the Gemini edible oil brand and the packaging plant became a part of Cargill India. After separating from the joint venture when Parakh decided to move on, he rebuilt a state of the art packaging plant just a stone’s throw from Parakh’s extremely modern and Asia’s largest toor dal processing plant at Bhandgaon, on the outskirts of Pune.

As a separate facility, Parakh has set up a fast growing flexible packaging plant that particularly aims at food and consumer product applications. This packaging plant has a capacity of producing 5 and 3 layer blown films and has modern W and H wide web CI flexo presses, for almost any consumer product application.

In India, when people think of the food processing industry, often the implication is that they are thinking of ready to eat meals, frozen chapattis, making peanut butter, turning milk into cheese and ice cream — mostly things that bring to mind refrigerators and supermarkets. This concept requires a cold chain — refrigerated trucks delivering products to supermarkets which display the stuff in large coolers and freezers with glass doors and covers, and finally customers who keep these things in their home refrigerator. But in reality the Indian food processing industry is much more than cold storages, supermarkets and refrigerators.

Nevertheless, Parakh admits that change is inevitable. He says, “with increased prosperity and education there will be cultural change resulting in changes in working, cooking and eating habits. To some extent there is a step ahead towards eating out and trying non-traditional foods, but this change will be gradual.” He explains to us that there is a huge industry that is based on traditional products and ordinary every day products, like wheat flour and dals, which require hygienic processing, sorting, packaging and distribution. This is an enormous industry that is not waiting for FDI in organised retail. It can be done with indigenous modern food processing plants, sophisticated packaging, streamlining and developing distribution channels while simultaneously building the local brands.

Prakash Parakh tells us, “There is no doubt about the existence of a real food processing industry in the country and in the packaged food market there is scope for everyone, as it is not a fully mature market. From this comes the packaging story.”

• Parakh Agro’s toor dal processing plant

It takes almost a week to process toor dal (lentil) — polishing, infusing it with solar radiation, splitting and sorting it by size and color into various grades before it is packed. For a first time visitor the level of process automation and controls is a revelation. This is apparently one of the most difficult dals to polish and process — it is a painstaking process and although it has been totally automated it requires continuous monitoring and testing.

Parakh Agro’s plant is state of the art — something like five floors of vertical and horizontal chutes and pipes – a kind of dry refinery using equipment from Basel based Buhler. Also amazing is the Buhler Sortex device which uses inline cameras to sort each grain of dal as it falls in a thread-like stream. Each grain of dal is optically sorted for blemishes in polishing and other attributes — substandard grains are ejected. The whole device is conceptually designed like a continuous ink jet device where ink droplets that are not required on the substrate are diverted.

• Indias First In-House Kodak Flexcel NX System Goes to Parakh Agro

Kodak has installed India’s first in-house Flexcel NX system at Parakh Agro Industries’ plastics packaging division, headquartered in Pune, which produces food-grade flexible packaging materials.

Parakh Agro Industries’ plastics packaging division has invested in the Kodak Flexcel NX system, including the Trendsetter NX mid imager, Flexcel NX laminator, Prinergy Powerpack workflow with Digicap NX screening capability along with complete plate exposing and inline plate processing equipment.

Prakash Parakh, managing director of Parakh Agro Industries, said: ‘Kodak’s packaging technology is extremely versatile and user friendly. It is easily upgradeable, and we wanted our print quality to be of the highest standard. From our past experience,  we have seen the Kodak Prinergy workflow running successfully in several offset pre-press bureaus in India, so it is a tried and tested solution.’

Vinay Nalawade, director of Parakh Agro, Plastics and Flexibles, said: ‘Higher ink transfer is one of the main concerns in wide web flexography. We at Parakh evaluated the Kodak Digicap NX screening for its capability and were surprised to see the improved results. The high densities for solvent-based inks will enable us to give the required results and further help improve speed and productivity, which will be a vital factor for our immediate expansion plans with high quality print machines. We always believed in the best of class inputs when it comes to machines, polymers, inks, plates, pre-press, etc. Simplicity of use and high level of automation also acted as other deciding factors for us.’

“Kodak is happy to partner with Parakh Agro, one of the packaging industry’s emerging flexible packaging companies, having major expansion plans, especially in the flexible packaging sector, with specialty films for specialty products. We have equipped them with the Flexcel NX system, a key enabler for a converter to match the quality of gravure, to achieve the targeted quality standards,” said Suhas Kulkarni, national business manager, packaging segment, Graphic Communications Group, Kodak India Private Limited

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PAID-UP CAPITAL	1~10	3
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FINANCIAL CONDITION
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--LEVERAGE	1~10	3
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