Brief History of the Company


Orient Ceramics And Industries Limited (OCIL), an ISO 14001 Company, was incorporated as a Public Limited Company on 18th May, 1977 for the manufacture of ceramic tiles with an installed capacity of 5,000 TPA at Sikandrabad, Distt. Bulandshahr (U.P.). It is located at a distance of approx.40 kms from Delhi.

In 1981, OCIL became a subsidiary of Somany-Pilkington's Ltd. (SPL), and as a result of phased expansions, the manufacturing capacity was doubled from 5,000 Tons Per Annum (TPA) to 10,000 TPA.

By the end of 1993, OCIL was disassociated from SPL and Mr. Mahendra K. Daga became Chairman & Managing Director. In 1994-95, OCIL's capacity was further increased to 24,000 TPA. In 1996-97, another aggressive expansion resulted in more than doubling of the plant capacity to 55,000 TPA.

OCIL's most recent expansion has increased its manufacturing capacity to 9 million square meters per annum.

The company today possesses the most state of the art technology, which enables a finished tile to be packed untouched by hands within 2 hours from ceramic powder. Orient Tiles are now sold in over 1200 outlets all over India, and exported to Europe, South East Asia, Middle East and the SAARC countries.