Incorporated in Jan. 1965, Ramco Industries (RIL) is a part of Rs.1200 Cr Ramco Group of Companies, having diverse business interest of Cement, Fibre Cement products, Cotton Yarn and Information Technology. RIL has diverse business activities i.e - Manufacture & Sale of Fibre Cement product & Manufacture & export of cotton yarn in the name & style of Sri Ramco Spinners - a 100% EOU. The company also set up a Fibre Cement Pressure pipe manufacturing plant in 1982, at Maksi in Madhya Pradesh, with a capacity of 30,000 MTs pa. The company also manufactures corrugated Sheets which are used for roofing purpose both in industrial and housing sector & flat sheets, which are used for internal applications like partition and false celling. The Company's pressure pipes are being supplied for portable water supply projects undertaken by various Government departments/Private Institutions. The company has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Sri-Lanka in October, 1999 for manufacture & sale of Fibre Cement Sheets and accessories with a capacity of 90,000 MTs p.a. It has also established a Spinning unit at Rajapalayam with Capacity of 11,808 spindles which exports its entire production to M/s. Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan. During 2000-2001, the Company's EOU successfully commissioned 2 Nos 770 KW MAN B&W Holeby HFO based Gensets. The company has expanded the installed capacity of Fibre Cement sheets & Accessories during the year 2002-03 by 25470 MT and with this expansion the total capacity has risen to 261850 MT. During 2002-03,a new project for production of Calcium Silicate Boards with the technical know-how from A&A material Corporation,Japan was taken up.