y 1925 Raymond Woollen Mill, a producer of woolen blankets, is incorporated to take over a wool mill in Thane, Maharashtra, India.

y 1944 J.K. Singhania Company and the Singhania family acquire Raymond and it begins expanding production into higher-grade wools and textiles. y 1958 Raymond opens its first retail store, King's Corner (later Raymond Shops) in Bombay; a new wool blend, Terool, is introduced. y 1968 The company introduces a new lightweight wool, Trovine. y 1969 A clothing subsidiary, Raymond Apparel, is established. y 1980 Vijayapat Singhania becomes head of the company and begins industrial diversification. y 1985 The company launches the Park Avenue clothing brand. y 1990 The first foreign Raymond shop opens in Oman. y 1991 The company launches production of condoms through a subsidiary. y 1995 Steel production begins. y 1996 Condom production is merged into a joint venture with Ansell International. y 1999 The company launches the Parx casualwear brand. y 2000 Gautam Hari Singhania becomes head of the company and leads a restructuring to focus on textile and clothing sales. y 2002 Raymond sells its steel operations as part of the divestment of much of the company's noncore businesses; the Be ready-to-wear designer retail format is launched. y 2003 The ColorPlus casual brand is acquired. y 2005 The company opens its first Manzoni and Park Avenue retail stores; production of denim is expanded to 30 million tons. y 2006 Denim production is expected to top 40 million tons.
The Engineering Files & Tools division, J K Files & Tools, is the world s largest producer of steel files with 90% market share in India and about 30% market share in the world.

Milestones

First factory started at Thane India. First Consignment exported. Indonesian factory started. First factory for drills Manufacturing started. Started Hot Rolling mill supply of file steel. Name changed from JK Engineers Files to JK Files & Tools to reflect diversity of products.

JKFT is the World's largest producer of Files and India's largest producer of HSS ground flute twist drills with 5 plants, 4 in India and 1 in Indonesia. More than 50% of its production is exported to over 60 countries across the globe. Brands

ISO Certification At JK Files & Tools our achievements have brought us closer to the beginning than the end. JK Files & Tools, is a name synonymous with quality all around the world. We export 50% of our products to over 60 countries including the technologically sophisticated markets of U.S., Canada and Europe. Now with ISO 9001:2000 certification (awarded by Bureau of Indian Standards) we're setting fresh goals in which we explore new concepts, new technologies and newer ways for achieving customer satisfactions. We can manufacture according to any specifications of customers including BS, FS, ISI, DIN. Goodwill across globe

Supplies for last few decades to all across the globe to countries like UK, USA, Australia, Germany etc.

Wide Network Strategically placed Agents across the globe and good presence through field staff, agents and dealers (350 nos.) in India.

Quality Policy

1. We are an Organisation Committed to Excellence and the quality of our products is important for our continued success. To sustain this objective, we are committed to comply with and continually improve the effectiveness of our Quality Management System.

2. We are Committed to provide a consistently good quality product to our customers and Enhance Customer Satisfaction by ensuring, good manufacturing practices, good customer practices and good marketing practices. 3. We shall Encourage our employees to participate more actively in achieving our objectives and develop good Work Attitudes, such as - quality consciousness, timeliness & commitment to work. 4. We are Committed to our belief that the continual improvement in the quality of our products and services shall make us more competitive and provide our customers the Best Value For Money.

R & D Culture

Development of files as per customer's requirement after studying it's requirement in detail. So, far we have produced about 16,000 varieties of files since 1949.