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Founder and
Visionary |
 Kerox
was built by the late visionary, scientist and founder
K.V.Ramanath (1934-2002). His passion was science and
his contributions numerous. In the 1960's fiberglass
reinforces plastics was an obscure and unknown field in
India. Ramanath was intrigued by this technology, but
there was scant availability of raw materials and resources,
and much of what was available was being imported from UK.
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investigations eventually inspired him to indigenously
research and develop our first product in 1968, ME-50 MEKP
(Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide) catalyst, for room
temperature curing of polyester resins. This was a
great success in the market because of its quality and
reliability, and continues to be sold by Kerox today. |
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starting Kerox, Ramanath earned in the 1950's a B.Sc. from
Madras Christian College and a B.Sc.(Tech) in Paint
Technology from the University Department of Chemical
Engineering, Bombay. His background in Paint
Technology led him to research and develop the Kerox Range
of Polyester and Epoxy Pigments, which are color dispersions
for coloring FRP. |
| During his
career spanning over 40 years he has researched and
developed key raw materials for the FRP industry - Methyl
Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP), Polyester and Epoxy Pigments,
Cobalt based Accelerators, Tertiary Butyl Perbonzoate,
Tertiary Butyl Hydroperoxide, Di-Tertiary Butyl Peroxide,
Low Profile Additives for SMC/DMC, Pigment Grade Resins.
To his credit he has many other innovations in allied
fields. |
| Kerox today
continues to serve and innovate in the FRP industry under
the founding principles laid out by K.V. Ramanath - to
deliver a high quality product to the customer at a great
price value. |
| As the founding
father of raw materials for the FRP industry in India, his
departure and achievements continue to inspire the current
leadership of Kerox and many new entrepreuners. |
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Company |
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Kerox Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. is
Incorporated in the State of Karnataka, India.
It evolved from Kerox Chemical Corporation, a pioneering
company in the field of raw materials for the FRP industry,
and was founded in 1968 by K.V.Ramanth. Kerox is the
dominant FRP raw materials manufacturer in India for
Polyester and Epoxy Pigments, ME-50 MEKP Catalyst, and C-20
Cobalt based Accelerators. |
| Kerox today is
evolving itself into a global company under the leadership
of the current Managing Director, Dr.Prakash R. Kota, and a
professional Management and
Technical Team. |
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Infrastructure |
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Kerox is located in a two acre
facility on Bannerghatta Road, which is a major technology
and IT corridor in Bangalore, India. We have a
technology rich environment. |
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Kerox has over 30,000 square
feet in built up area. The Production Department in
the main plant houses a specialized Pigment Grade Resin
manufacturing unit and modern Pigment manufacturing unit
operations. We have a variety of triple roll mills,
planetary mixers, sigma mixers, and pebble mills.
Separate building units cater to the manufacture of our
ME-50 MEKP catalyst and C-20 Cobalt based accelerator.
We have a Stores Department which is housed in a separate
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Our QC Department consists of a
highly specialized Instrumentation Lab and a Chemical
Analysis Lab, which caters to wet chemistry experimentation
and R&D initiatives. |
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The Instrumentaion Lab has a
variety of instrumentation such as Spectrophotometers,
Computer controlled Auto Titrators, Brookfield Viscometers,
Gloss Measuring Instruments, Precision Digital Scales, pH
Meters, and other analytical devices. |
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We have a Captive Power
Generation unit consisting of 64KVA, 32 KVA, and 18 KVA
generators. |
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Certified
Quality |
| Kerox is the
first and only Indian company to be awarded the the ISO 9001:2000 certification by UKAS (UK) and
ANSI-RAB (USA) for the manufacture of: |
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Global Reach |
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Kerox is rapidly growing and
serving the global market. Besides India, our products
are routinely sold overseas in the USA, Middle East, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Europe, Mexico, Canada, Australia,
and Hong Kong (China). |
| Serving a
global market imposes challenges in logistics and
communication. To meet this requirement we have
introduced all the latest in communication technologies. |
| We have a RF
broadband connectivity and this enables us to communicate
with any customer world wide via email and chat tools.
We have a long term association with cutting edge IT
companies to maintain our web site and servers. Our
entire office is computerized with all the latest in
technical equipment. |
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Contact us at
keroxoffice@kerox.org
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