Piramal enters the Self Care Business with Saridon entering in licensing agreement with Roche International & acquired Lacto Calamine from Duphar Ltd
Joint venture set up with United Kingdom's leading Self Care player Boots Plc. The Boots-Piramal Joint Venture hopes to bring new Self Care products to Indian market.
Under a Settlement with Boots, the entire shareholding of Boots in the JV was acquired by NPIL.
Piramal Healthcare Ltd decides to start up independently a venture to market Self Care products in India. Piramal Consumer Products set up with a small team of 5 people in Head office and a small sales team of 70 executives across India.
The Piramal Consumer Products business is ranked 40th amongst all Self Care companies in India with an offtake of 35 Cr. Brand Tetmosol from Piramal Healthcare is moved to the Consumer Products business
Saridon recognized as a Superbrand; Saridon features in the Economic times - Top 100 Most Trusted brands ; A moisturizing version of Lacto Calamine containing Aloe Vera launched.
Sales force expanded to cover all 10 lakh+ population towns in India; sales team now 400+ strong. A training team set up to train the new field force. Marketing expertise acquired- Specialists in Market research, Media, R&D join the team. Piramal Consumer Products launches Itchmosol - an antibacterial and antifungal skin cream.
Piramal Consumer Products crosses 150 cr of offtakes ; Business acquires i-pill from Cipla . Fourth brand in its portfolio which is now a market leader in its segment; Piramal Consumer Products moves up to 24th rank amongst all Self Care companies in India; Itchmosol wins India Star Packaging Innovation awards from Indian Institute of Packaging.
Sales team expanded to cover all chemists in 1 lac + population towns in India - Field strength of 1000 + : One of the largest sales teams in India.
Piramal Consumer Products makes aggressive media investments - associates with the Indian Premier League and launches four new communications - First ever such association for an Self Care company.
Lacto Calamine is recognized as Superbrand; India's first Children's perfume launched under 'Jungle Magic'.
Piramal Consumer Products ties up with Ms. Mary Kom for its antacid brand - Polycrol Plus. Polycrol Becomes Market Leader in its geographies. Lacto -Reneu :India's only U.S patented anti ageing cream launched; Piramal Consumer Products crosses 240 cr offtake value and Jumps to 7th Rank amongst all Self Care companies in India
Jungle Magic Mosquito Banditz: India's first Mosquito Repellent Band launched. The brand takes the market by storm and creates a new category. Team to cater to Modern Trade channel is set up.
Media Industry recognizes Saridon movie reviews as an extraordinary media innovation:The idea wins Gold at Emvies and Kaan Media awards. Saridon Movie review also wins the Asian consumer engagement award. Another Innovation - The 'ICanhelp queries' wins the bronze at INK Newspaper awards; Partnership with Top media agencies started -M/S Mccann for Communication and Madison Media for Media Planning. Piramal Consumer Products acquires Caladryl from iNova (a Valeant Pharmaceuticals company) and is a distribution partner of choice for Merisant Inc to distribute 'Equal' artificial sweetener in India.
Piramal Consumer Products Crosses offtakes of more than 300 Cr ; Business launches India's fastest acting mouth ulcer gel , Quik Kool, and becomes no.2 in the Mouth Ulcer Market in 6 months. Export business started in Middle East;
Piramal Consumer Products starts to expand distribution reach to 50K population towns ; Juhi Chawla comes on board to endorse the Jungle Magic range
Business made an entry into baby care & GI space. Acquired littles, an established baby care brand expanding its offering to the entire spectrum in Kids segment. Naturolax and Lactobacil plus strengthened PEL's positioning in gastro intestinal space.
Saridon Movie review wins the first International Award in Srilanka conducted by the Asian Customer Engagement forum & award
Business invested in expansion for reaching out to larger pool of consumer, PEL products are now available in all the towns with 20K and above population.
Entered into agreement to acquire set 4 OTC brands (Ferradol, Neko, Sloan's and Waterbury's compound) from Pfizer India. Piramal Consumer product division has further strengthened its presence in modern trade; business separately focusses on four different channels - cash & carry, Hyper & super, Medical chains and ecommerce
And the growth story continues further... read more in years to come.
Launch of Garden Sciencz ,a botany kit , made with 20 exciting experiments for kids. The kit was developed keeping in mind Indian geography, soil, climate and vegetation diversity, fostering children's inquisitiveness and interests by providing them with tools and open-ended learning experiences.
Launch of Doodle Artz, a reusable pillow colouring kit, which can be doodled by kids before sleeping. Doodle Artz helps kids' get longer and peaceful sleep, improving cognitive activity, enhance creativity and problem-solving skills of the kids.
The business intends to grow at the same rate going forward and has ambitious plans to be one among the Top 3 players by 2018. The Business focuses upon routine Self-care needs of Indian Consumers who are aspiring to maximize their productive years. The distribution footprint has been expanded to cover all the 481+ one lakh plus population towns across the country to ensure that products are available at the nearest Chemist/Cosmetic Outlet on time - in full. The business advantage exists in its ability to integrate Science with Consumer understanding, flexible manufacturing and due to a strong and enabled striving Field Force.
