Bilakhia Brothers set up Hindustan Inks & Resins to manufacture liquid inks
   at Vapi, Gujarat, India.

   Company goes public.

» Second plant commissioned at Daman. 
» Diversification into offset, screen and metal decoration inks.
» Marketing operations expanded to cover whole of India.

» SAP/R3 ERP system implemented across functions.
» One of the few printing ink companies in the world to manufacture
    ink based on flush technology.

» Hindustan Inks becomes the market leader in India.
» New R&D centre set up at Daman.

» Another ink plant at Silvassa.
» New plant to manufacture Alkali Blue Pigment set up in Vapi.
» Company goes global with a fully owned subsidiary in the USA.

   Built a unique single stream completely integrated plant for manufacturing    Pigments, Flushes, Resins, Varnishes & Inks at Vapi.

   Hindustan Inks starts global marketing activity.

   Micro Inks becomes part of the hubergroup, Germany.