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Harrisons Malayalam Limited(HML), is a member of RPG Enterprises, which is one of the top five industrial groups, with technology hotline to 15 fortune 500 companies which gives it a firm footing on a global canvas. RPG is committed to Total Quality Management(TQM) in all their activities, ranging from Plantations to Tyres, Cables & Power Transmission, Pharmaceuticals, Hotel & Tourism, Telecommunication, Agri-Business, Retail, Speciality Chemicals, Consumer marketing and Entertainment. The group has a turnover of over Rs.65 bn($1.5 bn). Harrisons Malayalam Ltd is one of the oldest companies of RPG Group, and it's history can be traced back to the year 1844 Liverpool UK. The company's Indian operation began in 1907 when an office was opened in Quilon Kerala. The Indian operations were carried out by two companies Harrisons & Crossfield(India)Ltd and Malayalam Plantations(India)Ltd, which were subsequently merged into one company in 1984 to form Harrisons Malayalam Ltd. The company was part of Harrisons & Crossfield, UK till 1988, and with the abolition of Managing Agency System and introduction of Foreign Exchange Regulations Act(FERA), HML became a widely held public sector company and an RPG enterprise. Presently, HML is one of the largest plantation company based in south India with the turnover of over Rs.150 Crores. Its business activities are spread over a wide field of activities like, agriculture (principally Tea and Rubber), Biotechnology(Tissue culture), Travel and tourism, Shipping & cargo, Clearing & forwarding, Engineering and Consumer marketing.
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