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Precot Limited was initially incorporated as Premier Cotton Spinning Mills Limited in June, 1962 at Palakad, Kerala, to produce cotton yarn with an initial capacity of 12,096 spindles. The name of the Company was changed Precot Mills Limited in March 1984 and again to Precot Meridian Limited in 2006. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Precot Limited on December 14, 2020. The Company made its maiden issue in 1962. The first production of cotton yarn commenced during 1964 with an initial capacity of 12,096 spindles at Kanjikode, Kerala. At present, Company operate units in the four southern states of India viz., Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with a total spinning capacity of 2,25,000 spindles and 960 rotors.PML set up its second mill in Kodigenahalli, Andhra Pradesh, with an installed capacity of 28,800 spindles which was expanded to 51,840 spindles in 1991. In the next year, PML set up a 100% EOU at Walayar, Kerala (inst. cap. 10,080 spindles and 384 rotors).The open end spinning unit of the company was commissioned in Sep.95 which reached its full capacity of 1152 rotors. It has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Malaysia to exploit the AsiaPacific region. During 199697, PML has increased the installed capacity of Spindles by 6336 Nos. CGF Investments which was a Subsidiary of the company and now has been merged with Coimbatore General Finance which is another subsidiary of the company with effect from 1st Feb.97.A new yarn dyeing unit with a capacity of 2 tonnes per day was commissioned in Gauribindur, Karnataka which enabled the company to enhance its sale of value added dyed yarn in the domestic market. The company has taken over its subsidiary company Suprem Textiles Processing Ltd for convenience of administrative purpose.A forward integration plan for manufacture of yarn dyed shirting fabrics has been set up a Weaving Unit at Vettaikaranpurdur near Pollachi.This unit commenced its commercial production at a cost of Rs.1140 lacs in 2001. Under the TUF scheme the company made a capital investment to its Weaving unit and also set up an captive dyeing unit. The project was financed by term loans from Andhra Bank.The company made a buy back of 5.5 lac equity shares starting from April 2002 to July 2002. After the post buy back the equity capital stands reduced to Rs.545 lacs. To reduce energy cost the company installed 4 wind turbines in September 2002 at a cost of RS.1165 lacs. The company made a capital expenditure to the tune of Rs.3505 lacs during 200203 and the same was financed by term loan from ICICI bank.In 2013, the Company set up a Technical Textile Plant at Hassan, in Karnataka, which commercial production from June, 2013.During the year 201718, the subsidiary companies, namely Precot Meridian Energy Limited, Suprem Textiles Processing Limited and Multiflora Processing Coimbatore Limited, were merged with the Company effective on 01 April, 2016. During year 202223, the own captive solar plants was installed in the Kanjikode and Hindupur units.8400 spindles were added to the Kanjikode unit during FY26.