Sharat Industries Share Price

Sharat Industries Limited, formerly known as Sharat Seafoods Private Limited was incorporated on 7 May 1990 and became public limited company in 1992 and changed to Sharat Industries Limited, on June 13, 1996. In initial years, the Company cultured and processed Black Tiger shrimp before eventually producing Scampi shrimp. At a time when the aquaculture industry was at an all time low, owing to the failure of black tiger and scampi culture, the Company gave a new lease of life to the industry by introducing Vannamei breeding and culture in the country.The Company became as Indias oldest integrated aquaculture company. It pioneered Vannamei (white shrimp) breeding and culture in India which played a pivotal role in reviving the countrys aquaculture industry and today, it has operations across the entire value chain of the shrimp industry through its four business divisions: Hatchery, Shrimp Farming, Shrimp Feed and Shrimp Processing.Engaged in acquaculture, the companys products are processed prawn, quality hatched seed and feed. Processed shrimps are marketed as individually quick frozen shrimps, cooked individually quick frozen shrimps and contact frozen shrimps.The company has a collaboration and a buyback agreement with High Won Fishery Development Corporation, Singapore.The civil works for the Processing Plant are complete and the necessary machinery has been imported during the year. The commissioning of the Processing Plant was delayed due to adverse conditions of the Aqua industry. The equipment for the Feed Mill has been completed. Company has taken several steps to prevent the virus effecting to crop such as cholorinating the water before being pumped into the ponds, which giving good results and also expected a good yield in the future.Company has become a sick industrial company, therefore directors have referred to BIFR to determine the measures for rehabilitation of the Company but was rejected by the same and hence, for the current year 19992000 due to the accumulated losses the company is making a fresh reference to BIFR.IFCI has been appointed as the operating agency by the Board.