Description

Progressive Exim Limited was established in ***8 by the group popularly known as Shrishrimal Group in our Chhattisgarh State. Our group was led by late Shri Nemicand Ji Shrishrimal, a man with pragmatic vision and high mettle.

The group started its activities with cultivation of Rice in the central part of India in the state of “Chhattisgarh”. This region is also popularly known as Rice Bowl of our country as there is lot of rice cultivation being done in the state.

In his leadership the group grew strongly & steadily into a conglomerate of strong and diversified individual units. The group had put its first plant, a Rice Mill way back in ***0 and since then there was no looking back. The group spread its branches into multifarious activities which are as under:

1.Solvent Extraction Plants with Vegetable Oil Refineries in state of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan.
 
2.Speciality fats units.

3.Plywood Unit & Particle board unit.

4.Jute twine mill.

5.Tissue culture.

6.Soy flour unit & Soy Nugget unit.

7.Toilet Soap & Washing Soap manufacturing unit.

8.Real estate development.
 
9.Commodity trading viz. a viz. Pulses, Rice, Oil and sugar.

Achievements:

We are proud to say that we were the first ones to refine Rice bran oil so as to enable its use for human consumption as any other vegetable oil. It thus provided a great value addition to the Rice bran and the Rice bran Oil which was earlier used for Soap manufacturing only.

In the year ***7 after re-structuring of our group took place the following Industrial units came under our control:-

1. Progressive Exim Ltd.

2. Indian Speciality Fats Ltd.

3. Rishab Organics Pvt. Ltd.

4. MB Rice Mill.

5. Arihant Farms.

6. Samata Developers.

7. Gallant Exports Pvt Ltd.

Specialty Fats:

We always had our core competence in the field of Specialty Fats. Ours Mr  M L Jain who has more than *0 years of experience in the procurement and sales of Sal seed, Kokam & Mango is a huge asset to the company. With a strong inclination towards research & development and a long experience of more than *0 years, ours Mr P C Jain has been instrumental in technological advancement in every field of manufacturing and processing.

Vision Statement: To achieve excellence in quality production of Exotic Fats through continuous updating of technology.

Achievement: We have developed in-house technology for producing Shea & Sal Stearin through Acetone Fractionation.

Ongoing research: Developing technology for producing Refined Ricebran Wax as a substitute of Carnauba Wax.

Activities of the companies under us are as below.

A) Progressive Exim Ltd :

Facilities:-

1. Solvent Extraction Plant having capacity of **0 MT per day and batteries of Expellers having capacity *5 MT per day at Bhanpuri Industrial Area, Raipur.

2. Vegetable Oil Refinery having capacity of *0 MT per day at Urla Industrial Area, Raipur.

3. Acetone Fractionation Plant of an annualized capacity of ***0 MT at Urla Industrial Area, Raipur.

The Main activity of the company is processing of specialty fats Viz. Sal Fat, Sal Stearin, Mango Fat, Mango Stearin, Shea Stearin & Kokam Fat. All these products are forest produce.

Shea Nut: It grows in West African countries mainly Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Nigeria etc. The total crop size of Shea Nut is
2,*0,**0 Mt out of which 2,*0,**0 Mt is consumed in confectionery industry and the rest is consumed by the locals for cooking & other purposes.

Sal Seed : Chhattisgarh state contributes more than *0% of the total crop size of Salseed. Second largest collection is from the state of Orrisa which produces around ****0% and the remaining *0% is being produced by states of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. In good crop year the above states in total produces around 1,*0,**0 MT of Sal seed.

Mango seed : It comes from the forest of Orrisa, Chhattisgarh and Vidharba. In a good crop year the size of its crop varies between *8,**0 to *0,**0 MT and is collected mainly by the tribals of the corresponding states. The seed collected is then sundried by them and is manually de-shelled to obtain Mango kernels which are sold to small and medium level traders.

Kokam seed : This seed is produced in Konkan Coast of India. The Local people collect the seed which is sun dried by them after which they de-shell it. The kernel thus received is sold to the local traders. The average collection of Kokam seed is about ***0 MT per annum.

Apart from processing above specialty fats, we also process Rice bran, Sunflower & Soybean in our plant in the remaining months.

Expellers : The main raw material for our expellers is Mowrah Seed and Cotton Seed that is available mainly in the neighboring state of Orrisa. Cotton Cake produced is sold locally in cattle feed and Mowrah Cake is sold mainly in West Bengal for fish pond clearing.