Zenith Export (ZEL) was incorporated in Jul.'81 to take over the partnership business of Zenith Enterprise, a family business promoted by B R Loyalka in 1969. Bilas Rai Loyalka is the chairman and Raj Kumar Loyalka is the managing director of the company. ZEL manufactures and exports industrial leather hand-gloves and handloom silk fabrics as well as silk made-ups. ZEL has arrangements with many silk weavers in and around Bhagalpur, Varanasi and Bangalore to manufacture silk fabric on a job-work basis. The company went public in Apr.'95 (premium : Rs 180) to part-finance a 100% EOU to manufacture 100% natural silk fabric, and to diversify by setting up a spinning unit. Both units were commissioned in the second half of 1995. The Silk Weaving unit at Nanjangud is taking severe steps to compete in the international market by developing new designs to yield better results.