The year 1965 - Two entrepreneurs Mr. R. K. Shah & Mr. V. D. Mehta founded Organic Coatings Pvt. Ltd. The start up was created with a focus on the production and marketing of high quality printing inks and UV coatings. After of a period of consolidation the company went public in 1995. 

Today, after close to half a century of serving the Graphic Art, Print and Surface Coating Industry, Organic Coatings is poised on the threshold of a period of transformation and market defining growth. Ink professionals with years of national and international exposure to highly competitive ink markets have been brought on board to steer the vision ahead.

 

At Organic Coatings Ltd. there is a sense of urgency in everything it does. It has set itself a goal of fast track growth and is constantly looking at new ways of achieving it.

One of the critical tools in this game plan of growth is the quality of the manufacturing assets that it owns.

Organic Coatings Ltd., is aware of the impact of manufacturing technology on the ink industry. It has therefore ensured strategic investments in plant and machinery, equipment, tools, quality processes and more, to ensure that it remains at the cutting edge of ink manufacturing.

The company has a modern, fully operational, ISO Certified manufacturing facility in Mumbai.

The shop floor at this facility is testimony to the latest in ink manufacturing technology, with an array of first hand machines from Buhler of Switzerland like the Cobra and K-60’s lined up to perform and deliver.

Whether inks, pigments, flushes, varnishes or print finishes Organic Coatings has full access to the latest and most modern technology to manufacture the same.

The company has set up independent manufacturing lines to simultaneously manufacture the four process colours at any given time.

Driving production is a technology intensive yet service oriented approach, which delivers high quality off the shelf products, as well as a range of tailor-made inks manufactured to maximize pressroom efficiency.

By integrating modern ink manufacturing techniques with the skills of highly competent ink professionals Organic Coatings provides a spectrum of products which stand true to the highest levels of quality and consistency.

These products have time and again proven to have delivered a fast, practical and competitive solution to printing problems.

Today, in a growing and challenging business environment, technology is the company’s competitive edge. An edge which it intends to use to create more value for its customers, as well as, strengthen its market position.

 

In its endeavour to stay abreast of the dramatic changes in ink production techniques and also keep on innovating to satisfy a growing client base, Organic Coatings Ltd.,has the support of its very own full fledged and well equipped research and development laboratory.

Headed by highly qualified staff and experienced people from the inks industry, the Research and Development department is the heart of innovation and superior solutions at Organic Coatings Ltd.

Here, qualified technical professionals working with the latest instruments and equipments enables the company to stay ahead of the learning curve.

The R&D department of Organic Coatings Ltd., has been credited with many firsts and it has played a major role in the creation of many innovative products and the patenting of the same.

The R&D center is recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research(DSIR), Ministry of Science and technology, Government of India. DSIR has provided financial support for the upgradation of some inks related technologies from the laboratory scale to pilot scale under its PATSER scheme.

Today, the Organic Coatings R&D Department has demonstrated its capabilities across Offset Inks, Resins, Alkyds and Specialised varnishes, various types of Overprinting varnishes, UV inks and coatings as well as Water based Inks and Coatings.

At Organic Coatings, we have been in the business of formulating and manufacturing printing inks for the past 45 years. Over this period, our inks have found acceptance with demanding customers, for the simple reason that we were able to deliver a product that performed on the shop floor and also adhered to high quality standards.

Quality is the reason that we are able to hold our own, in the face of a growing and active presence of multinational ink companies in Indian markets. Our facilities today are all ISO 9001-2000 recognized, there are well set systems and processes in place and our people are well informed and follow quality practices. 

State of art equipment, computerized systems, raw material of the highest standards and stringent checks at every stage of processing, mixing, milling, pumping and packaging today, ensures that our tradition of qualitative excellence is carried further.