RPG ENTERPRISES

Introduction
Ramdutt Goenka
1830s broker to British
trading firms
RP Goenka
1979 cable, carbon black
and radio companies
Sanjiv Goenka
Harsh Goenka
Jagdish Prasasd
1979 textile and jute
business
Gouri Prasad
1979 tea and tobacco
Keshav Prasad
1963 Duncan
Timeline: Pre-Liberalization
1981 acquired
CEAT tyres
1983
Searle and KEC
International
1984
Dunlop
1988
ICIM and
Harrisons
Malayalam
1989
CESC, Raychem
Technologies,
and Spencer
&co.
1990
Remington
Rand
Post-liberalization
1993
Core six sectors on basis of two
criteria- sufficient size and
market capital 15 billion
1994
JV with Rolls Royce
JV with Airtouch
JV with Sprint
JV with Itochu and NTT
JV with BICC
1995
Disposition of Nylon tyre cord
to SRF
Sold off liquor and pharma
divisions
Divested Wiltech
1996
Budge-Budge power plant
Local JV with Goodyear