Kajaria Ceramics Ltd

About the Company :

Kajaria Ceramics Limited (KCL) was incorporated in 1985 as a manufacturer and trader in ceramic tiles, by Mr Ashok Kajaria in technical collaboration with Todagres SA, Spain and it started its operations in 1988 with a capacity of 1 million sqm per annum at its ceramic tiles manufacturing facility at Sikanderabad (District Bulandshahr), UP. Since then the company has extended production capacities as well as the product range. The company is mainly engaged in manufacturing ceramic glazed wall and floor tiles and vitrified tiles. It also imports vitrified tiles from China and various highend tiles from leading European brands, which are marketed under the brand name of ‘Kajaria. KCL also imports sanitary-ware. The manufacturing facilities of the company are located in Sikanderabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Gailpur (Rajasthan) apart from 3 units of ceramic and vitrified tiles in Gujarat and one ceramic tile unit in Andhra Pradesh in which KCL has a majority stake.

With these acquisitions and commissioning of the vitrified tile manufacturing capacities at Sikanderabad and Gailpur, the total manufacturing capacity of the company has increased to 41.0 million square meters (sqm) on consolidated basis from 36.0 million sqm as on 31 March 2012. During FY 2013, KCL reported Operating Income of Rs. 1588.44 crore and Profit After Tax of Rs. 100.55 crore as against an Operating Income of Rs. 1313.28 crore and Profit After Tax of Rs. 80.72 crore during FY 2012.

In October 2017, the company is in final stages of setting up a ceramic tiles plant near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs. 1250 million. It will have a production capacity of 4 million square metres.