Ion Exchange Enviro Farms Ltd.: Company History

Ion Exchange Enviro Farms Ltd. (IEEFL) is an agri-business subsidiary of
Ion Exchange (India) Limited, which holds a seventy-eight percent equity stake. Formed initially as a subsidiary of the Permutit Company, UK, Ion Exchange India became a wholly Indian company in 1985, when Permutit divested their holdings. Today, Ion Exchange India is asia’s largest water and environment solutions provider with a strong international presence. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has a countrywide infrastructure of sales offices and production facilities, service companies, dealers, agents and stockists. Globally too, it is well represented with operations in USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Africa, the Middle East and Bangladesh, complemented by an extensive network of overseas offices and agents.

Total Environment Solutions
Specialists in water and waste water treatment for more than four decades, Ion Exchange (India) Limited is a pioneer in the field and among few companies worldwide with an entire range of technologies, products and processes, enabling it to offer holistic water management solutions to industries, homes and communities, urban and rural. It has over 50,000 installations worldwide, with more than 500 in the core sector. Its plants, ion exchange resins and water treatment chemicals are exported worldwide. The company is also well known for its ability to manage diverse international technologies, with fourteen technical collaborations globally. Augmenting technical expertise is Ion Exchange India's sound financial management, which continues to reward its shareholders with years of uninterrupted dividends and several bonus/rights issues. The company is listed on the Mumbai stock exchange.

We have now entered the entire gamut of environment management through our joint venture Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd. We offer a complete portfolio of advanced environmental solutions encompassing water treatment, liquid waste treatment & recycle, solid and hazardous waste treatment, air pollution control, renewable energy for industrial, infrastructure, municipal and household applications.

International Associations
In addition to sustained focus on technological advancement through continuous in-house R&D, Ion Exchange India has collaborations with the best specialist water treatment and environment management companies internationally, enabling it to offer leading edge technologies.

Licensing Agreements

	Butler Manufacturing Services, Ireland	Packaged Sewage Treatment Plants
	Elf Antar SA, France	Oil Separators/Coalescers and Drum Skimmers
	Eutech Instruments, Singapore	Water Quality Monitoring Instruments
	Nordic Water Products, Sweden	Continuous Sand Filters
	SFC Umwelttechnik GmbH, Austria	Waste Water Treatment Systems
	US Filter/Elga Limited, UK	Automatic Two-Bed Demineralisers
	Veolia (Vivendi) Water Systems, UK	High Purity Water Systems
	US Filter /Permutit, USA	Clarifiers, Filters, Condensate Polishing Systems, Deaerators and Hot Process Systems
	US Filter/ Polymetrics, USA	Standard Reverse Osmosis Systems

Representative Agreements
Parker Hannifin Corporation, USA	Process Filters
Hanovia Ltd., UK	Ultraviolet Sterilisers
Miox Corporation, USA	Water Disinfection Systems
Norit N.V., The Netherlands	Activated Carbon, Solvent Recovery Systems
Trailigaz, France	Ozonators

Strategic Diversification
Land Management Through Corporatised Agriculture

India is blessed with a tropical climate, abundant rainfall, vast tracts of cultivable land, rich and fertile soil conducive to cultivation of different types of produce across different parts of the country, and abundant labour. Yet millions of acres of land lie barren and unproductive.
Professional and scientific management is needed to bring this land under tree cover and cultivation, to improve its productivity and grow healthy, nutritious food. It was therefore but natural for Ion Exchange India to extend its activities to land management, leveraging its competencies in technology & project management, and its experience in water and environment management, motivated by its concern for people and the environment.
Thus, in 1995, Ion Exchange India extended its commercial activities into bio-intensive organic horticulture through Ion Exchange Enviro Farms Ltd. The organic produce market is growing globally at a healthy 20 - 25% annually, with the demand extending beyond commodities to branded and packaged organic products. Besides, water, a potent resource for horticulture, is the business we are specialists in for four decades now.
This strategic diversification into corporate management of agricultural land integrates business objective with corporate responsibility offering:
Potential for rapid growth, profitability and multiple point value addition
Management synergy from its core business of total water management by harnessing its four decades' experience in water management - a critical input for agri-horticulture
Good land use, environmental protection, community development & employment generation