Duncans Industries Ltd

Summary

Established in 1859 as Playfair Duncan and Company, Duncans has become synonymous with tea. As its business expanded, the Birpara Tea Company was founded and the company was renamed Duncans Agro Industries. In Dec.93, the Duncan Goenka group ventured into the fertiliser industry by acquiring Chand Chhap Fertilizers and Chemicals from ICI India. The following year, Duncans Agro Industries was merged with Chand Chhap Fertilizers and Chemicals to form Duncans Industries. The company now produces both tea and fertilisers.The companys fertiliser plant at Panki near Kanpur is one of the first nitrogenous fertiliser manufacturing units in the country with an installed capacity of 675 kT of urea and 411 kT of ammonia pa. The company makets its fertilisers under the Chand Chhap brand name, which is well-established, particularly in UP and Bihar.The companys tea division owns 12 tea gardens in West Bengal and produces 15 mln kg pa of tea. 75-80% of the companys tea sales is in the form of packet tea. Apart from marketing its own tea in the domestic market, Duncans also purchases tea from auctions for blending and marketing package tea overseas for its international brands. It is undertaking an expansion programme for increasing the area under tea cultivation in the Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal.Its five group companies, Arvind Investments, Keya Trading, Krish Management Services, Field Investments and Quandong Investments have been amalgamated with DIL from March 1,... Read More