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1989 - The first production line was commissioned which had a capacity of 14,000 MT/Year.
Company supplied products only to the domestic markets.
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1991 - 5 year HR plan was implemented for people development & team work. |
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1992 - Quality Circle (QC) activity was implemented. |
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1993 - 5S and Quality of Life (QOL) activities were initiated and successfully implemented. |
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1994 - Company received ISO 9002 quality system certification. |
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1995 - Plant expansion with commissioning of second production line increasing total capacity to 36,000 MT/year.
Company started exporting in regional markets reaching up to 40% export sales.
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1996 - Kaizen Suggestion System was started successfully.
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1997 - Third production line was commissioned increasing total plant capacity to 55,000 MT/year.
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1998 - Consolidated / Leveraged HR System Strength and implemented International Quality Rating System (IQRS) from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Norway.
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1999 - Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activity was implemented.
Company received ISO 14001 environment management system certification.
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2000 - System consolidation, company received IQRS Level 7 certification.
Company was awarded with Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award (RBNQA).
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2001 - Company was awarded the Deming Prize and TPM Excellence Award.
Company received ISO9001:2000 and OHSAS18001 certification.
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2002 - TPM Part II was initiated to focus on System Simplification and Improve Six Zero Challenge
Company was awarded the Thailand Quality Award (TQA).
Company also received International Asia Pacific Quality Award from APQO.
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2003 - Company was awarded the TPM Commitment Award and Golden Peacock Global Quality Award. |
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2004 - Plant expansion with commissioning of fourth production line increasing total capacity to 77,000 MT/year.
Anti-Pilling fiber (based on Cashmilon Technology) was launched in the market
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2005 - Fifth production line was commissioned increasing total plant capacity to 100,000 MT/year.
Company was awarded Japan Quality Medal (the highest recognition for quality in the world) from Deming Prize Committee, Japan, which was instituted by Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE)
Company was also awarded TPM Special Award from JIPM, Japan
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2006 - TPM Part III was initiated to focus on “Shop floor Excellence and Break-through Innovation”
Company expanded in Egypt with a capacity of 18,000 MT/year at Alexandria Fiber Co.
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2007 - Company invested in Egypt for a capacity expansion to 60,000 MT annually.
Company acquired 'AMICOR', an anti bacterial and anti-fungal fiber technology, from Blue Star Fiber, UK
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2008 - Company officially launched its ‘Birlacril®’ Brand
Established a R&D centre with pilot fiber production and yarn spinning lines
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2009 - In-house technological innovations by the company led to an increase in production capacity to a total of 110,000 MT annually.
It achieved 87% of total sales through export.
Company opened sales offices in China and India.
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