Essel Propack

EPL
Company typePublic
NSEEPL
BSE500135
IndustryTube Packaging
Founded1982 in Mumbai
FounderSubhash Chandra
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Anand Kripalu (MD & CEO)
RevenueIncrease 2,773 crore (US$330 million) (2019)
OwnerThe Blackstone Group (52%)[1]
Number of employees
2700+ (2014)
Websitewww.eplglobal.com

EPL Limited (formerly Essel Propack Limited) is a global tube-packaging company owned by The Blackstone Group headquartered in Mumbai.[2] It is a specialty packaging manufacturer of laminated plastic tubes for the FMCG and Pharma space.[3][4]

In 2013, Essel Propack employed more than 2,600 people, and operated 24 facilities in 11 countries,[5] selling more than six billion tubes each year and claims to be the world's largest plastic tubes manufacturer.[6] As of 2009, the company had a global market share of 33% in the toothpaste tube packaging industry.[7]

  1. ^ Dhanjal, Swaraj Singh (18 September 2020). "Blackstone sells 23% stake in Essel Propack in block deal worth $252 mn". mint. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Sudhanshu Vats Appointed CEO And MD at Essel Propack". BW Businessworld. 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ "A Tale of the Tubes". Chief Executive.net. Chief Executive Group LLC. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. ^ James Buckley Jr. (2005). The Bathroom Companion: A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the House. Quirk Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-59474-028-2.
  5. ^ "The Big Squeeze". Business Today. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Essel Propack Boosts Manufacturing Capacity in Egypt, China". NDTV. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ^ Simon, Hermann (2009). Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century. Bonn, Germany: Springer. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.