EPL Ltd
NSE: EPL BSE: 500135
₹234.51
-2.43 (1.03%)
Fri, 23 Oct 2026, 09:56 pm
Market Cap (in Cr)7484.76
PE Ratio19.41
Dividend2.14
Process Industries
Containers/Packaging
24.5KEPL Ltd Company History
1982
- The company was incorporated on December 22 with an annual capacity of 57 million units.
1984
- The company went public.
1989
- The installed capacity was increased from 57 million tubes per annum to 170 million tubes per annum.
1993
- The company's joint venture project in Egypt commenced production.
- 700 shares were subscribed for by signatories to the Memorandum of Association.
- 27,99,300 No. of equity shares were issued at par.
- 14,00,000 Right equity shares were issued in the proportion 1:2.
- 11,04,637 Right equity shares were issued at a premium of Rs 40 per share in proportion 1:4.
1994
- The company issued 22,00,000 No. of equity shares on preferential basis to promoters and associates.
- The company issued 33,62,044 Rights equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 215 per share in proportion 1:3.
1995
- The company created a functional chain responsible for 'Buy-Make-Deliver' functions.
- The company undertook to expand the capacity of lamitubes manufacture to 220 million tubes at Waqda.
- The company started manufacturing polyethylene film as a backward integration programme.
- The company absorbed three new technologies viz., Blown Film, Injection Mouldings, and co-extruded Seamless tubes.
- The joint venture started manufacturing plastic moulded containers.
- The company offered 38,62,044 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 215 per share to the existing shareholders.
1996
- The company entered into an MOU with its Egyptian Partners in the Joint Venture Company in Cairo.
- The company emerged as one of the world's largest suppliers of laminated tubes.
- The company created a Supply Chain Group.
- The company created a separate team for Product Development, Import Substitution, and Quality Assurance.
- The company installed an online MIS System on LAN.
1997
- EPL set up joint ventures abroad to manufacture tubes with the help of web imported from Essel's plants in India.
- The company is setting up an integrated laminated tubes manufacturing operation in China.
- Essel Packaging Limited received the approval of the Reserve Bank of India and the department of industries in Nepal to set up a unit in Nepal.
- Essel Packaging Ltd launched its web site with 20 pages on the Internet.
1998
- Essel Packaging Ltd set up a 100 per cent owned manufacturing subsidiary in Nepal.
- Essel Packaging is setting up a manufacturing plant at Silvassa.
- Essel Packaging Ltd is setting up a manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany.
1999
- Essel Packaging, the second largest lamitube company in the world, announced the price range for buying back its equity.
- The company proposed to introduce an employee stock option scheme for its employees.
2000
- Essel Packaging collaborated with Helmut Roschinger, the owner of real estate company Argenta International, to set up a $12.5-m production unit for laminated tubes in Dresden (Germany).
- Essel has a 100 per cent subsidiary operating in the Chinese market.
- Essel will be bringing state-of-the-art technology and cost leadership to the joint venture.
- The Board approved an issue of bonus shares in the ratio of three shares for every five shares held.
- Essel Packaging Ltd acquired the laminated tube business of Romanian Company, 'Progresul'.
- Crisil assigned P1+ rating to the Rs 40-crore CP program of the company.
- Essel Group's flagship company Essel packaging Ltd entered into a mega merger deal with Propack Limited.
2001
- The company received the Foreign Investment Promotion Board approval to set up a 51:49 joint venture with Bericap Holding GmbH of Germany for manufacturing caps and closures for carbonated soft drinks.
- The company acquired tubing lines and printing machinery from Masterpak in Mexico.
- Mr. Bernhard A. Schwyn was appointed as a Director of the company.
2002
- Essel Propack Ltd launched its fourth plant in the Guangzhou region to manufacture 45 million sq mt of special laminates and 550 million laminated tubes annually.
2003
- Essel introduced a new product, Co-extruded plastic tubes.
- Mr. Cyrus Bhagwadia resigned as the Managing Director on the board of the company.
2004
- Essel Propack established a new plant in Russia.
- Essel Propack set up a caps unit in the US.
- Essel Propack acquired 100% stake in Arista Tubes, UK.
- The shares of the company were delisted from the Delhi Stock Exchange Association Ltd (DSE) with effect from September 02, 2004.
- The company was delisted from Ahmedabad Stock Exchange with effect from October 15, 2004.
2005
- Essel Propack acquired Telcon Packaging, UK.
2006
- Essel Propack signed an amended agreement with Berrycap Holding GmBH, Germany.
- Essel Propack acquired 85% stake in Tacpro Inc., USA and Avalon Medical Services Pte Ltd. Singapore.
- Essel Propack took over Packaging India Pvt Ltd.
- Essel Propack expanded into specialty packaging materials.
- The company split its face value of shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2.
2007
- Essel Propack Board approved an interim dividend of 100% (Rs. 2/- per share).
2008
- Essel Propack acquired Medical Engineering & Design, Inc. in the USA.
- Essel Propack appointed Mr. Ashok Kumar Goel as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the company.
- Essel Propack Limited acquired Minneapolis-based company Catheter & Disposables Technology (CDT), a supplier of specialized disposable Medical Devices.
2010
- Essel Propack's new plant went on stream in China.
2011
- Essel Propack won the Global Supplier Award by Unilever.
- Essel Propack Mexico started production in its new plant in the State of Mexico.
- Essel Propack's new expanded plant went on stream in Goa, India.
- Essel Propack's new plant went on stream in China.
2012
- Essel Propack recommended an equity dividend of Re. 0.65 per share of face value of Rs. 2/- each.
- Essel Propack won a long term contract in Europe.
2013
- Essel Propack won a long term contract in Europe.
- Essel Propack's North America region clinched three winning spots in the Tube Council's 2013 Tube of the Year Awards.
- EP won the India Pharma Award 2013 for Excellence in Packaging Development.
2014
- Essel Propack recommended a dividend of Rs. 1.25 per share of face value of Rs. 2/- each.
2015
- Essel Propack China was awarded as the 'Supplier of the year 2015'.
2016
- Essel Propack's arm was awarded as Supplier of the year 2015 by GSK.
- Essel Propack won the RBNQA Excellence Trophy.
2018
- Essel Propack launched 'Project Liberty' - a big leap towards environmental sustainability.
- Essel Propack started commercial production in Assam.
2019
- Essel Propack introduced tubes for sanitisers.
2020
- EPL acquired Creative Stylo Packs.
- EPL received global recognition for its fully recyclable Platina Tube.
2021
- EPL won the prestigious Best Governed Company award at the 21st ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance.
- EPL and Vicco Labs launched sustainable tube packaging for 'Vicco Turmeric'.
- EPL partnered with Unilever for a sustainability initiative in the oral care range.
- EPL joined hands with GSK Consumer Healthcare for a sustainable future.
- EPL Limited partnered with Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited for the creation of the first-ever recyclable toothpaste tubes.
2022
- EPL got approval for the Amalgamation of Creative Stylo Packs Private Limited with EPL Limited.
- EPL's product Platina won Recyclass and APR certification for recyclability.
2023
- EPL Limited was awarded a Gold Medal by EcoVadis for Sustainability.
2024
- The Company signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Private Limited and Clean Max Aria Private Limited.
