Our Company was originally incorporated as a private limited company under the name Ganesh Wheat Products Private Limited at Kolkata, West Bengal under the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated March 9, 2000, issued by the RoC. Subsequently, our Company acquired the business of M/s Ganesh Flour Mills, a sole proprietorship firm pursuant to a Business Transfer Agreement. Subsequently, pursuant to a resolution passed by our Shareholder's in the extraordinary general meeting held on December 24, 2010, the name of our Company was changed from Ganesh Wheat Products Private Limited to Ganesh Grains Private Limited, to reflect the principal object and the kind of business activities to be carried out by our Company and consequently, a fresh certificate of incorporation dated January 4, 2011, was issued by the RoC to our Company. Subsequently, our Company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company, pursuant to a resolution passed by the Shareholder's in the extraordinary general meeting held on January 28, 2011, and the name of our Company was changed to Ganesh Grains Limited, and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated February 5, 2011, was issued to our Company by the RoC. Subsequently, pursuant to a resolution passed by our Shareholder' s in the extraordinary general meeting held on July 13, 2024, the name of our Company was changed from Ganesh Grains Limited to Ganesh Consumer Products Limited, to reflect the true nature of Company's business and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated August 12, 2024, was issued by the Registrar of Companies, Central Processing Centre.
Major Events and Milestones: 1936 - We started with a retail outlet store in Burrabazar, selling various flours under the "Ganesh" brand name.
2000 - Acquisition of M/s Ganesh Flour Mills, a sole proprietorship firm pursuant to a Business Transfer Agreement.
2006 - Commissioning of Jalan Complex Unit- I as an atta chakki plant
2008 - Commissioning of Jalan Complex Unit - II for gram-based value-added flour products and ethnic flours
2010 - Commissioning of Padmavati Unit for whole wheat flour (atta) and wheat-based value-added flour products (maida, sooji and dalia)
2011 - Conversion from a private limited company into a public limited company
2014 - Registration of copyright for our current brand logo - Commissioning of Foodpark Unit for gram-based value-added flour products (sattu and besan)
2015 - Commissioning of Hyderabad Unit for whole wheat flour (atta) and wheat-based value-added flour products (maida, sooji and dalia) - Expanded our manufacturing capacity of whole wheat flour through acquisitions of Shree Venkatesh Agro Food Private Limited and Gobardhan Agri Flour Mills Private Limited
2016 - Raised funds through private equity investment from India Business Excellence Fund II and India Business Excellence Funds - IIA
2022 - Jalan Complex Unit- I was repurposed to achieve enhanced yield of Sooji - Launch of Ganesh kart website for D2C experience
2023 - Agra Unit was repurposed to achieve enhanced yield of Sooji - Jalan Complex Unit - II was repurposed to manufacture whole, powder and blended spices - Implementation of SAP S4 HANA as the ERP - Entered the spices product category through launch of whole and powder spices (including turmeric, chilli, cumin and coriander)
2024 - Expanded the spices product portfolio through launch of blended spices - Entered the snacks product category through launch of ethnic snacks (including bhujia and chanachur) - Change of company's name from Ganesh Grains Limited to Ganesh Consumer Products Limited
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