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.
Last Updated on : 13-May-2013