Kores (India) Limited

Kores India Limited is a diversified conglomerate operating in stationery, business automation, engineering, foundry production, pharmaceuticals, and election ink. Its stationery offering includes carbon paper, ink, ink remover, dustless chalk, eco-friendly pencils, markers, wax crayons, modelling clay, STEM products, and educational toys. The business automation division supplies shredding, currency-management, branch-automation, and cheque-encoding solutions. Its engineering division manufactures hydrostatic core drilling rigs, drilling pipes, adapters, accessories, and multipurpose drilling equipment for mineral exploration. The group also produces indelible ink for electoral use.

The company traces its roots to 1932, while Indian operations were taken over in 1956. Its foundry division produces centrifugal, shell, and conventional castings in SG iron, cast iron, and steel alloys, including crankshafts, rollers, brackets, cylinder liners, and engine-mounting brackets. Pharmaceutical operations manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates, including doxofylline, ambroxol, theophylline, and caffeine, supported by a cGMP facility in Roha and a research and development centre in Pawane, Navi Mumbai. The group serves more than 25 industries, has more than 1,600 employees, and operates across more than three time zones.