| Our Company was incorporated as G. Kewalram Private Limited on May 2,
1961 with the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra. On December 9, 1981,
the name of our Company was changed to Kewalram Private Limited and
subsequently to Redington (India) Private Limited on April 28,1987. The registered
office of our Company was transferred to Chennai, Tamil Nadu by the Company
Law Board's order dated July 13, 1994. We changed our name to Redington
(India) Limited with effect from on October 01, 1996 with the Registrar of Companies,
Tamil Nadu on which date our Company became a public limited company.
Subsequently, on January 10, 2002, the word "Private" was inserted in the name of
our Company pursuant to Section 43A (2A). The word "private" was deleted from the
name of our Company pursuant to Section 44 (a) of the Companies Act, 1956, and
our Company became a public company with effect from March 15, 2002.
1993
.. Acquired the business of the Indian branch of Redington Pte Limited, Singapore
.. Commenced branch operations in Western and Southern India
.. Commenced distribution of Hewlett Packard IT products
1994
.. Commenced service operations for IT products
.. Commenced distribution of Epson and Tripplite IT products Commenced distribution of Samsung monitors
.. Commenced operations in Northern India
1995
. Commenced operations in Eastern India . Commenced distribution of Compaq and Philips products
1996 . Commenced distribution of Intel products
1997
. Tied-up with Microsoft for distribution of software products
1998
. Tied-up with IBM, APC and Canon for distribution of their products
2000
. Recognised as an `excellent service provider' by Hewlett Packard
2002
Commenced call centre operations for servicing Compaq's Presario range of products
.. Ranked "best distributor - India' for the year 2002-2003 by Computer Associates
2003
. Commenced distribution and servicing of Motorola mobile phones
2004
. Ranked `best distributor in India' in the volumes business category by Microsoft
for the year 2003-2004
2005 .. Acquired 100% shareholding of Redington Gulf FZE
.. Commenced distribution of consumer durables
.. Ranked `best distributor small and medium businesses - India' for the year 2004 by IBM
.. Ranked `best national distributor' by Xerox
.. Ranked `best distributor - enterprise storage' for the year 2004 by HP
2006
. Acquired 100% shareholding of Redington Distribution Pte Limited
.. Acquired 100% shareholding of Cadensworth (India) Private Limited
.. Ranked `distributor of the year' for the Asia Pacific region in the year 2005 by CISCO
.. Ranked `best growing distributor' for the year 2005-2006 by Acer
2007
-Redington India Ltd has entered into a Distributor Agreement with Apple Computer International Pvt Ltd., Bangalore (Apple Computer) for distribution of their range of products in India.
2008
- Redington India Ltd has informed that the Company has entered into a Distributor and Adobe Licensing Center agreement with Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd (Adobe) for distribution of their range of products in India.
-Redington India Ltd has appointed Mr. N Srinivasan as an Additional Director of the Company.
2009
-Automated Distribution Center becomes operational in Chennai.
-Foray into 3PL/4PL services.
-Best Software Group Asia-Pacific VAD - IBM Software
-Top Distributor Award in the East and West Region by CISCO
-TSG Enterprise and Commercial Growth Award by HP Enterprise
2010
-Started micro distribution of IT through Nook Distribution
-TUV NORD awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification for Chennai
-TUV SUO Management Service GmbH has awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification for providing Support Services.
-Best Distributor of the Year by NetApp.
-Best sales performance award for APAC region by Kodak.
-Best performing country in the Asia Pacific Region for HP Indigo Business.
-Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2
2011
-Entered into a Strategic relationship with EMC for distribution of their storage products through Cadensworth.
-SMS&P Volume License Distributor of the Year
-Intel Authorized Distributor 2011
-Distri Leader Recognition Award
-Ricoh ties up with Redington India
-Redington India appointed as National Distributor by Research in Motion for PlayBook Tablet
2012
-SMART Technologies Inc. has announced the appointment of Redington as an authorized distributor for SMART's business collaboration and interactive products.
-Fortinet Appoints Redington as New Distributor in India
-Redington India Acquires Sterling Technopolis IT Park
-Dun and Bradstreet Award for Corporate Excellence at the Rolta Corporate Awards 2011
-Award of Excellence for BENQ projector business.
-Best after sales support -Editor's choice among National distributors from ITPV
-Started carrying out Supply Chain Management business independently, through a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, ProConnect Supply Chain Solutions Ltd.
2013
-Redington (India) Ltd Tie up with CtrlS Datacenters Limited for cloud computing products.
-Redington India collaborates with Amazon for distribution of Kindle devices.
-Redington ties up with Palo Alto as a National distributor for Network Security products.
2014
-Vaultize (www.vaultize.com) announced signing of Master Reseller Agreement with Redington to expand and strengthen its India channel.
-Barracuda appoints Redington as national distributor in India.
-Redington have recommended a dividend of Rs. 0.90 per Equity share of Rs. 2/- each.
2015
-Redington to merge Nook Micro Distribution with itself
-The Company has Tie-up with Xiaomi for distribution of their Smartphones
2016
-Redington (India) "Update on Acquisition of additional stake in Linkplus, Turkey by Overseas Subsidiary Company".
2019
-Redington (India) Ltd has acquired 90% stake in Auroma Logistics Private Limited
-Redington (India) Ltd has acquisition of 49.4% stake in Arena
2021
-Company has issued Bonus Shares in the Ratio of 1:1.
2022
-Company name has changed to Redington Ltd. from Redington (India) Ltd..
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