
S H Kelkar & Company Ltd
S H Kelkar & Company Ltd Company History
S H Kelkar & Company is engaged in the manufacture, supply and exports of fragrances and aroma ingredients.
1955
Incorporation of the Company and taking over, as a going concern, the business of the sole
properitorship S.H Kelkar & Co and Saraswati Chemical Works, together with their assets and
liabilities.
1955
1979
Establishment of the manufacturing unit at Vapi
1979
1984
Establishment of the export oriented unit as Keva Fragrances Private Limited, the wholly-owned Subsidiary.
1984
2007
Commissioning of the manufacturing unit at Vashivali
2007
2010
Investment by Wayzata II Indian Ocean Limited, a private equity firm.
2010
2011
Acquisition of PFW Aroma Ingredients B.V., the Subsidiary in Netherlands, which added one
manufacturing facility with two production plants and a research centre to the operations.
Approval of the merger of Tridhaatu Estates Private Limited and Amerigo Holdings and
Investment Private Limited with the Company
2011
2012
Investment by Blackstone Capital Partners (Singapore) VI FDI Two Pte. Ltd. and Blackstone
Family Investment Partnership (Singapore) VI-ESC FDI Two Pte. Ltd.
2012
2013
Investment in setting up a Multi-Purpose Plant (MPP) at Vapi to manufacture fragrance ingredients
2013
2014
Incorporation of PT SHKKeva Indonesia, as a step down subsidiary. PT SHKKeva Indonesia is engaged in the business of trading and distribution of cosmetic goods (perfumes, soaps, powders etc.).
Received the Best Performance in Quality award at Marico Samyut, 2014 and the Learning
and Development - Diversity Award at the National Learning and Development League
Conference in 2014
2014
2015
Received the award for Best HR Strategy In Line with business at the Global HR Excellence
Awards
Received the award for Dream Companies to Work For (Manufacturing)Â at the Dream
Companies to Work For Awards.
Received the certification of registration of quality management system by NQA against the
provisions of BS EN ISO 9001:2008.
2015
2016
S H Kelkar acquires 100 per cent stake in Rasiklal Hemani Agencies Pvt Ltd (RHAPL) in a deal worth Rs 28.17 crore.
2016
2017
Acquisition of Fragrance Encapsulation Technology from Tanishka Fragrance Encapsulation Technologies LLP.
2017
2018
S H Kelkar and Company Limited Acquisition of 51% of Creative Flavours and Fragrances S.p.A.
2018
2023
S H kelkar acquired 100% stake in PFW Aroma Ingredients B.V from Keva UK.
2023