Latex Bhavan, Poojappura
695 012 Thiruvananthapuram
India
P.O. Box Kerala
695 012 Thiruvananthapuram
Phone: +91 471 2355725
Fax: +91 471 2354949
http://www.hindlatex.com
exports@hindlatex.com
Manufacturers
OEM
Company Figures
Number of employees 1000-4999
Sales volume 1-9 Mio US $
Export content max. 10%
Year of foundation 1969
Area of business Commodities and Consumer Goods for Surgeries and Hospitals
Company Profile
Profile
Hindustan Latex (HLL) commenced its journey to serve the Nation in the area of Health Care, on March 1, 1966, with its incorporation as a corporate entity under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India. HLL was set up in the natural rubber rich state of Kerala, for the production of male contraceptive sheaths for the National Family Planning Programme.
The company commenced its commercial operations on April 5, 1969 at Peroorkada in Trivandrum. The Plant was established in technical collaboration with M/s Okamoto Industries Inc. Japan. Two most modern Plants were added, one at Thiruvananthapuram and the other at Belgaum in 1985.
The new condom plant inaugurated by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on 24th November 2007 has added another 283 million pcs to the Peroorkada Plant’s existing capacity With this the production facility at Peroorkada has emerged as one of the largest single manufacturing Plant’s in the world for the production of Condoms, with a capacity to produce over 1 Billion Condoms a year. With the addition of this capacity, HLL today has an annual production capacity of 1.316 billion condoms.
HLL is today a multi-product, multi-unit organization addressing various public health challenges facing humanity.
On the path of rapid growth, HLL has set its sights to be a Rs 1000 crore company by the year 2010.
HLL has been declared a Mini Ratna Company by the Government of India and upgraded as a Schedule B PSU.
Hindustan Latex is the only company in the world manufacturing and marketing the widest range of Contraceptives. It is unique in providing a range of Condoms, including Female Condoms, Intra Uterine Devices, Oral Contraceptive Pills – steroidal, non-steroidal and Emergency Contraceptive pills; Contraceptive Cream, and Tubal Rings.
HLL’s Health care product range include: Blood Collection Bags, Surgical Sutures, Auto Disable Syringes, Vaccines, Women’s Health Care Pharma products, In – Vitro Diagnostic Test Kits, Hydrocephalus Shunt, Tissue Expanders, Needle Destroyers, Blood Bank equipment, Iron and Folic Acid Tablets, Sanitary Napkins, and Oral Rehydration Salts.
With a vast array of innovative products and social programmes launched to meet the nation’s health care needs, Hindustan Latex Ltd. (HLL) is year after year taking a step closer to its vision of Innovating for Healthy Generations.
Over the past sixteen years HLL has steadily set up a strong and sound infrastructure for direct marketing. HLL has put in place a vast distribution network covering the length and breadth of the country. HLL’s products today reach over five lakh retail outlets, in 10 states, covering over 600 districts, 1509 distribution points, including over a lakh villages, in the remotest corners of the nation.
It is the leading social marketing organization in the country in the area of contraceptives – with a market share of over 65 percent in the rural and semi urban markets, including in the highly populated states of UP, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar etc.
HLL has also made vast inroads in the commercial segment too, with the growth in its market share from 0.1 percent over a decade back to 19 percent at present. HLL’s products are today exported to over 70 countries.
HLL’s association with world leaders include those with Okamoto of Japan; Finishing Enterprises, USA; Becton and Dickinson, USA; Female Health Company, USA; Gambro BCT, Sweden; Beijing Zizhu Pharma of China and Acumen Fund, USA.
HLL has today five state of the art manufacturing facilities – two at Thiruvananthapuram (at Peroorkada and Akkulam) manufacturing Contraceptives and Health Care products, at Kanagala (near Belgaum) producing contraceptives and Womens Health Pharma range, at Kochi in the Special Economic Zone for Female Condoms, and at Manesar in Haryana for the production of In-Vitro Diagnostic Kits. These Units have the ISO 9001, ISO 14001- quality and environmental management system certifications. HLL’s Peroorkada Plant was also awarded the OHSAS 18001 Certification for its efficient Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
HLL is investing heavily in the area of Research and Development. It is setting up a national centre for Research in the area of Contraceptive products
The Company has achieved a turnover of Rs. 244 crores during the last financial year – 2006-07 and a profit after tax of Rs. 20.06 crores.