Medi Caps Ltd share Price

Medi-caps was incorporated by S L Mittal in Aug.`83 as a private limited company and was converted into a public limited company in Mar.`86. Pharmaceutical companies procure empty hard gelatine capsules from Medi-caps for dosaged medicines meant for oral administration. The company is the second-largest manufacturer of empty hard gelatine capsules in India. It takes several years for a company manufacturing capsules to attain zero-defect in production and to fully normalise operations. Medi-caps can claim to have achieved this. In Apr.`95, the company offered 6.11 lac rights shares at a premium of Rs 116 to part-finance the Rs 9.19-cr expansion of its manufacturing facilities (from 2000 mln pa to 3440 mln pa) by installing four high-speed automatic capsule-making machines. The company`s manufacturing unit is located in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. The company`s clientele include US Vitamins, SOL Pharmaceuticals, Dr Reddy`s Laboratories, Lupin Laboratories, Aristo Pharmaceuticals, etc. At present, it has 40 clients. The other group company of Medi-caps is Medi-caps Finance which is engaged in finance related activities. In 1993, R C Mittal received the Glory of India International award. In 1995-96, the company enhanced the capacity of empty hard gelatine capsules by 2500 lac. The company received ISO 9002 Certification during 1998-99. It developed six sizes of the Hard Gelatin Capsules in 2002-03. The company is closely working on commissioning of 13th Machine with 100% automisation. During 2002-03 the company established the export market in countries like China,Thailand,Dubai,Malaysia,South Africa and Philipines.