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About Polson Ltd.
POLSON BACKGROUND
Incorporated in 1900 by Mr. Pestonji Edulgi Polson,
primarily as a Coffee manufacturing
Company, Polson diversified into
other business activities including diary, agriculture,
pharmaceuticals, leather chemicals and Real Estate. With Government policy
reserving the
dairy sector for the Cooperative sector, Polson being a
private organization was forced to
end its dairy activities.
With its manufacturing operations spread over 14 acres and located on the
foothills of the
historical fort Vishalgad, this unit began its
operations in 1906 by setting up the first and
only Myrabolam Extracts
manufacturing facility, primarily servicing the Indian Railway
Authorities by substituting an import. Wattle Extract for
water treatment and in a
secondary application for the leather tanning
industry specialized in Vegetable based
tanning.
Over the years
the primary focus changed and the company became a leading supplier of
natural tannin materials and Eco-friendly leather chemicals of Indian
origin to the
international leather industry. Today the company has a
diversified product range being
manufactured in 3 state of the art
factories and has developed, established and maintained
an untarnished
track record of consistently meeting international quality standards and
boasts of a high profile customer base, which include several
multinational companies in
practically every country in the world.
Today the company is Asias largest manufacturer and exporter of
natural based vegetable
tannin extracts and Eco-friendly leather
chemicals.
The Board of Directors of the company consists of a
group of professionals other than the
Kapadia family.
Mr. Amol
Kapadia is responsible for the overall operations of the company and
reports to
the Board of Directors.
The Company is managed by a
professional Board of Directors which consists of members
of a group of
professionals besides members of the Kapadia family.
PROMOTER’S AND THEIR BACKGROUND
Amol, an entrepreneur,
with an MBA from IMD International, Lausanne, Switzerland, has
over 6
years of work experience in international consulting companies and over 30
years of
experience in manufacturing. He is an active member of various
entrepreneur
organizations.
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