YEAR
EVENTS
1965 - The Company was incorporated on 17th November, at Calcutta.
It manufacture
nylon and other man-made fibres and fabrics. Nylon yarn
is marketed in India
under the trade mark ENKALON.
- The Company has entered into collaboration with AKU and
Glazstoff. Another
agreement was entered with N.V. Onderzoekings Institute
Research, Arnhem
(N.V. Research) for granting license to manufacture and
sell nylon-6 textile
and technical yarns and all other varieties thereof
under their patent rights.
1967 - The Company issued 1,34,000 No. of equity shares to directors,
etc. and
47,250 No. of equity shares to collaborators, 68,750 No.
Equity and 50,000 Pref.
shares offered to public in April 1967. Arrears: Rs
1,09,875.
1974 - In June, 1,25,000 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:2.
1975 - The Company received a letter of intent for the manufacture of
1,700 tonnes of
engineering plastic polymer resins per annum.
1976 - 46,875 Right equity shares issued (prop. 1:4; Prem. Rs 90) to
resident Indians
shareholders other than promoters.
1977 - 1,05,469 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:4.
1980 - 2,63,672 Bonus Equity shares in prop. 1:2.
1981 - A letter of intent was received to manufacture of 2,200 tonnes
per annum of nylon
industrial yarn and tyre cord. The electrical
distribution system was also modernised
to cut down distribution losses and for better
flexibility.
- Letters of intent were in hand for the manufacture of
1,700 tonnes per annum of tyre
cord fabrics and for expanding the capacity of nylon and
polyester industrial yarns
and tyre cord to the extent of 12,000 tonnes per annum.
- 50,000 - 9 1/2% Pref. shares redeemed.
1982 - 10,000 - 13 1/2% Pref. shares issued. These Pref. shares
redeemable during
31.12.1989/92 in 4 equal instalments. Rate of Pref.
dividend increased to 15% from
16.5.1984.
1983 - Some of the financial institutions in India and FMO of Holand
agreed to grant the
necessary foreign exchange for importing the capital
goods for the expansion of
nylon yarn capacity from 4,000 to 6,000 tonnes per
annum.
- The industrial licence for polyester filament yarn which
was 1,500 tonnes per annum
was re-endorsed as 6,450 tonnes per annum.
1984 - 3,95,508 bonus shares issued in the prop. 1:2. Of these,
3,591 shares allotted after
30.9.1985.
1985 - Permission was received to expand further the capacity of
nylon plant from 6,000 to
12,000 tonnes per annum and that of polyester filament
yarn from 6,450 to 15,000
tonnes per annum.
1986 - The Company obtained import licences and approval for basic
engineering, for the
expansion of the polyester plant. The Agreement in
principle was reached with the
collaborators, for manufacture of certain speciality
chemicals, in technical collaboration
with their group company Akzo Chemic.
- Approval was received for import of the State-of-the-art
integrated process technology
for production of nylon industrial yarn/tyre cord and
this technology was incorporated in
the planning and design of the final phase of expansion.
- 5,00,000-14% non-convertible debentures of Rs 100 each
(Series III) were issued to
financial institutions on private placement basis.
1987 - During the first quarter of the year, the new texturising
facilities were commissioned and
during the second half of the year twisting machines
were commissioned.
- The Company received industrial licences and letters of
intent for a total broad banded
capacity of 39,000 TPA of synthetic filament yarn and
industrial yarns.
1988 - Introduction of new varieties of PET bottles for packaging of
products such as pesticides
and high value processed foods met with success.
- The Company privately placed with financial institutions
13,00,000 - 14% non-convertible
debentures (IV Series) of Rs 100 each.
- These are redeemable in five equal annual instalments
commencing from 21st December,
1993, at a premium of 5% of the face value of the
debentures which is payable on 21st
December, 1995.
- 4,74,610 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 2:5. 40,000
- 14% Pref. shares were issued.
These Pref. shares are redeemable during 12.8.1995-98.
1989 - In order to augment the long term resources, the Company
issued on private placement
basis 14% non-convertible redeemable debentures (V
Series) worth Rs 5 crores. These
debentures are redeemable in three instalments commencing
from 19th April, 1996.
- The first instalment of 2,500 - 15% redeemable cumulative
Pref. shares redeemed on
31st December 1989.
1991 - Profitability was adversely affected due to increase in the
cost of raw materials, hike in
excise duty and unremunerative prices.
- The Company issued 10,00,000-17.5% secured redeemable
non-convertible debentures
of Rs 100 each (Series VI) on private placement basis to
(i) Unit Trust of India; (ii) Life
Insurance Corporation of India and (iii) General
Insurance Corporation of India and its
subsidiary companies.
- The third instalment of 2,500-15% redeemable cumulative
Pref. shares redeemed on
31.12.1991.
- The diversification scheme for production of polyester
industrial yarn was rescheduled
due to various reasons including delay in shipments of
equipment and changes in
financial conditions.
1992 - The Company received necessary approvals for expansion of
polyester filament yarn
plant at Mahad.
- With the necessary approvals from Government having
received, all capital jobs in
progress, assets and liabilities, licences, agreements
and commitments entered by the
Company for the project for production of polymerisation
initiators and alkyl esters were
handed over to a new company, viz., Centak Chemicals,
Ltd.
- The final instalment of 2,500-15% redeemable cumulative
Pref. shares redeemed on
31.12.1992.
1994 - There was prolonged lock-out at Pune from 6th August.
However, the lock out was lifted
with effect from 1st November and an amicable settlement
was arrived at.
- Polyester filament yarn off take was affected due to
serious floods in Surat and outbreak
of plague in September/October.
- Automobile sector emerged out of recession leading to
increased demand for tyres, the
lock-out denied the company of the advantage. Volume of
business in engineering
plastics also remained stagnant.
- Negotiations were concluded with foreign and domestic
suppliers for major items of
machinery and equipment for the scheme of expansion of
polyester filament yarn at
Mahad.
- The Company issued 10,00,000-13.5% Non-Convertible
Debentures series (vii) of
Rs 100 each on private placement basis with a bank. There
are redeemable in 3
instalments commencing from 23rd December 1997.
1996 - Equipment for after treatment facilities and for supply of
flat yarn on Jambo beams
was commissioned. Expansion of Nylon tyreCord Fabric
Capacity by 5400 TPA
was being envisaged.
1997 - During the year Rajashree Polyfil Ltd., was amalgamated with
the Company with
effect from 1st April, to create the country's second
largest synthetics textile major
after Reliance Industries and Indo-Rama Synthetics.
- 67,50,000 No. of equity shares of Rs 10 each of the
company were issued and allotted
to the shareholders of erstwhile Rajashree Polyfil Ltd.
on 4th May, in the ratio of one
equity share of the Company for every 20 equity shares of
Rajashree Polyfil Ltd.
Authorised capital increased. Equity capital sub-divided
into equity shares of
Rs 10 each.
- Century Enka holds 25 per cent stake in Rajashree, while
18 per cent is held by
Swedish major, Akzo Nobel and the rest is with financial
institutions and public.
- CEL will have an installed capacity to manufacture nearly
60,000 tpa of polyester yarn.
The merged CEL will have facilities to manufacture both
commodity yarns and
speciality yarns, and also PET chips with diverse
application.
1998 - Century Enka Ltd has cut back almost one-third of its
production of polyester, owing
to an over-supply situation in the market and severe
pressure on margins. The
B.K.Birla group company has shut down one batch
processing unit of the three
BPUs at its site in Maharashtra, thus slashing
production to around 1,200 tonnes
per month.
- 67,50,000 No. of equity shares at par issued pursuant to
scheme of amalgamation.
1999 - DSM Engineering Plastics BV has acquired the engineering
plastics business of
Century Enka Limited and established its subsidiary DSM
Engineering Plastics
(India) Pvt Ltd.
2000 - Crisil has assigned a P1+ rating to the certificate of deposit
and CP programme of
the company.
- Acordis Overseas Investment BV, one of the promoters of
Century Enka Ltd,
has decided to acquire 9.2 million equity shares Rs 10
each of the company.
2001 - Akzo Nobel Chemicals International BV has entered into
agreements dated
February 14 with the company and Century Tex and Inds
Ltd. to acquire their entire
shareholding of 9,30,1000 No. of Equity Shares in Centak
Chemicals Ltd., subject to
necessary approvals.
2003
-Pune Stock Exchange approves for the delisting of the company's
Equity shares
2004
-Delists shares from Delhi Stock Exchange Association Limited
2005
- Polyester Partially Oriented Yarn (POY) capacity expansion at
Bharuch Site by converting company's surplus Polyester Chips capacity
has been materialised and the commercial production has started from
April 19, 2005.
2007
- Century Enka Ltd has informed that Mr. G M Singhvi has been
appointed as Whole - time Director of the Company with effect from
16th May, 2007, by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on 3rd
May, 2007. |