Indo Count Industries Ltd Company Summary

Indo Count Industries Limited was originally incorporated as Vishnu Aluminium Limited in November, 1988. Company changed the name from Vishnu Aluminium Limited to Indo Count Industries Limited in April, 1990. The Company mainly deals in top of the bed items in textiles business.

It serves a wide network of operations to the local as well as the overseas market.The Company went public in Nov.90 to part-finance the installed capacity having 26,208 spindles and to manufacture combed yarn at Gokal Shirgaon in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. In 1994-95, the installed capacity was increased to 32,256 spindles with the commissioning of 6048 spindles. ICIL has been accredited with the ISO 9002 certification.

ICIL further added 18,144 spindles and diversified into grey knitted fabric by installing 8 knitting machines. The scheme, being executed as unit number two, is run by a captive diesel power plant. The project was appraised by IFCI at a cost of Rs.53.6 cr.

Part of this cost was met out of the foreign currency loan of US$ 11 mln sanctioned by IFCI.During 1999-2000, the company has been granted financial assistance under Technical Upgradation Fund Scheme for modernizing the spinning mill and for expansion in knitting capacity. To improve its quality,production and productivity the company has initiated modernisation programme for its plant & machinery under TUF scheme. The installed capacity of Spindleage-Cotton Yarn was increased upto 56448 Nos during 2001-02.In October 2004, the Company established its electronic division, where it manufactures/assembles electronic goods such as colourdivision sets, air conditioners, music systems, etc.

for leading multi national brands.In 2014, the Company on 12th September, 2013, as the Promoter of Pranavaditya Spinning Mills Limited (PSML) made an Offer for Sale of 37,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10/- each held by it in PSML(OFS). With the said OFS, the Companys shareholding in PSML came down to 74.53% from 93.76%. During the year 2016-17, Company launched three licensed brands, Harlequin, Scion and Sanderson in North America within the fashion bedding segment.

It ventured in domestic home market through its subsidiary viz. Indo Count Retail Ventures Private Limited (ICRVPL), which introduced brand Boutique Living, an aspirational brand, in India which has been successful in the USA. Apart from showrooms in UK, USA and Australia, during the year 2016-17, the Company set up a 9,200 sq.

ft. experiential showroom at New York with a capacity to display 32 beds so that customers can touch and feel array of product on offer. During the year 2016-17, Company acquired 82.5% stake in Indo Count Retail Ventures Private Limited (ICRVPL) thereby ICRVPL becamesubsidiary of Company, w.e.f.

24th August, 2016. During the year 2017-18, Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary viz. Hometex Global DMCC in Dubai, UAE.

With this incorporation, as on 31st March, 2018, it had 6 direct subsidiaries viz. Pranavaditya Spinning Mills Limited, Indo Count Retail Ventures Private Limited, Indo Count Global Inc., USA, Indo Count UK Limited, Indo Count Australia Pty Ltd. and Hometex Global DMCC.

The Company launched new innovative brands Wholistic,Sleep Rx and Pure Earth in Intern in 2020-21. During the year 2020-21, it launched many new products under newly Launched Brands namely Wholistic and Sleep Rx in Health & Hygiene and Sustainable Performance category respectively. It introduced process improvements in the field of weaving preoperatery.In April 2022, the Company acquired the Home Textile Business of GHCL Limited including its manufacturing facility at Bhilad, Gujarat through slump sale as a going concern basis.

With this acquisition, the major Home Textile plant enhance its annual capacity of 45 million meters. In 2022-23, Pranavaditya Spinning Mills Limited was merged with the Company through the Scheme of Amalgamation effective from October 20, 2022. Pursuant to the aforesaid Scheme of Amalgamation, 2 fully paid up equity shares of Rs 2/- each of the Company issued to the equity shareholders of PSML, for every 15 fully paid up equity shares of Rs 10 each held by them in PSML.

The Company increased the bed linen capacity to 108 million meters in 2023 and further enhanced to 153 million meters in 2024.The Companys Kernersville facility, in North Calorina added 18 million units pillows and commenced commercial production in January 2026, bringing the combined U.S. pillow manufacturing capacity to 31 million units.