Mr. Purushottam R. Patel, Mr. M.S. Chawla and Mr. Pravin C. Shah, partners of M/s Alpa Laboratories, which was formed in the year 1967, incorporated a private limited company in the name of Alpa Laboratories Private Limited on March 18, 1988 for manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations. In the year 1998, Alpa Laboratories Private Limited was converted into a public limited company with effect from September 3, 1998 with the name of "Alpa Laboratories Limited". In the year 1997, we initiated setting of a new manufacturing unit at 33/2, Pigdamber, A.B. Road, Rau, District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The unit commenced commercial production in the year 1999 of all types of formulations viz. Injectables (Vials/Ampoules both liquid and Dry), tablets, capsules, eye/ear drops, ointment and creams. We manufacture a range of products such as ethical drugs, generic drugs, over the counter drugs (OTC) and veterinary products in various dosage forms and market them under the trade mark "Alpa" which is a registered trademark in the name of Alpa Labs (India) Limited, a promoter group company. We also manufacture formulations for a number of other pharmaceutical companies of national and international repute such as Cipla, Zydus Cadila, Lupin, Glenmark, Genom Biotech, Jenburkt, etc. (under their own brands) located both in India and abroad in countries such as Philippines, Iran, Iraq, Sierra Leon, Madagascar, Kenya, Liberia, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, Srilanka etc. Further, we also undertake contract manufacturing of a large variety of pharmaceuticals. We manufacture various dosage forms which include injectables (vials / ampoules both liquid and dry), tablets, capsules, eye / ear drops, ointment and creams and dry syrups. We have an established product-marketing network covering both metro and mini metro cities, which enable us to reach our existing and potential customers through our network of distributors and dealers spread across the country. For the purpose of marketing the various products, our Company's business has been categorized as Branded Generic Division, Veterinary Division, Exports Division and Contract Manufacturing Division. HISTORY AND MAJOR EVENTS 1988 Incorporation of Alpa Laboratories Private Limited 1997 Commenced setting up of manufacturing facility at Pigdamber, Indore 1998 Conversion to Alpa Laboratories Limited, a public limited company 1999 Start of commercial production 2001 WHO GMP Certification for its manufacturing facilities Entered into an agreement for Contract manufacturing at its newly constructed facility, with Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a Pharmaceutical company, for manufacturing its various range of products. The manufacturing facilities at Pigdamber were certified as WHO GMP compliant by SGS-ICS Belgium for the period 2001-02. 2003 Certified ISO 9001: 2000* The manufacturing facility at Pigdamber was approved by the Director General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), India thereby opening its doors for participating in Tenders for supplies to defence institutions** Started export of its Veterinary products and registered its 7 veterinary products in Sudan 2006 Started participation in international tenders for export in addition to domestic marketing abroad and won a major tender from CMS, Sudan. Launched Veterinary Division with a new face and ethical promotion of its Veterinary products launched in 5 states in the year 2006. Launched Ethical division for its human products * Expired on May 14, 2006 ** Expired on January 22, 2006. This certificate is not required now as our revenue have crossed Rs 2000.00 lakhs as per DGQA norms. 2007 -Alpa Laboratories ties up with Vhermann Pharmaceutical Inc, Philippines for distribution of its products. 2010 - The Company has recommended dividend of 10%. 2014 - Ms. Monali Patel, Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has been appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. - Alpa Laboratories has sold its Unit-II ("Undertaking) situated at Sector III, Pithampur, Dhar (M.P.) as a going concern on a slump sale basis to Ipca Laboratories Limited. 2015 -Alpa Laboratories Ltd has formed a wholly owned subsidiary under the name and style of Norfolk Mercantile Private Ltd.