Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd Share Price

Summary

Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd. was incorporated in August 1992 in the State of Kerala for setting up a modern seafood factory for the processing and export of value added marine products to USA, the European Union and the Far East. The Company is engaged in purchasing, processing, curing, canning, freezing, selling, exporting and dealing in marine products. The Company started business during Sep.92 taking over an existing unit called Mermaid Foods along with the acquisition of land. The company is involved in the business of purchasing, processing, curing, canning, freezing, selling, exporting and dealing in marine products.Uniroyal came out with a public issue during Aug.93 to set up facilities to process 135000 tpa of IQF and 4200 tpa of Block Frozen sea products at Vengalam Village, near Calicut, Kerala. Commercial operations commenced from March 1994. Exports are mainly to China, Australia, Malaysia, USA, South Africa and other European countries. UML is one of the few companies enjoying the Green Channel status for export of cooked shrimp to the US. Industry recession, depression in the international market and high cost of procurement of raw material led to put pressure on its margins. The ban of marine imports from India by the European Union in 1997 further increased its losses. The company upgraded its plant and factory to the standards of the European Union and after approval of the EU, exports to European countries was re-started during 1998-99. This led to a turna
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