Fem Care Pharma Limited, Nashik

Incepted in the year 1982, Fem Care Pharma Limited is a well-reckoned player in the skin and hair care products segment. Our array of skin care products enables the user to maintain a radiant and youthful skin by managing the free radical that act as a continual source of damage. In addition to this, our wide spectrum of chemicals is demanded extensively by pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries due to their excellent properties. Our professionals formulate bulk drugs as well as precision intermediaries that are exported across the globe.

MR. SUNIL H. POPHALE

The chairman and managing director of our organization Mr. Sunil H. Pophale, has pursued Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai. His futuristic vision to succeed in the field of cosmetics led him to launch Fem Enterprises. His endeavors to reach the horizons of success enforced him to conceptualize and implement innovative products and related projects. Owing to his membership with Nature Conservation Society, Nashik, Mr. Pophale Shares close association with conservation of natural resources and is also the director of Mirasu Marketing Ltd.

MRS. SUNITA A. RAMNATHKAR

The joint managing director of Fem Care Pharma Ltd and Director of Mirasu Marketing Ltd, Mrs. Sunita A. Ramnathkar pursued her graduation (B.Sc) and Diploma in Mass Communication from University of Bombay. She is indulged in conceptualization, designing, development, research and finding new marketing themes to expand company’s prospects in foreign markets. With her intensive expertise in marketing and gaining customer delight, our success is the consequence of her creative brand awareness program.

Not only this, she has been associated with Indian Merchants Chamber (Ladies wing). She has been participating in numerous programs of women, aid for cancer patients, for prevention of cruelty to animals and for protection of environment. With her professional acumen, she commenced with the concept of “Fem Women Achievers’ Award” to recognize women achievers in varied spheres.

We produce an array of FMCG products, specialty industrial chemicals and pharmaceutical products that are widely demanded by our clients across the globe. Our spectrum of beauty products including crème bleach, blue crème bleach, and hair removing cream and oxy bleach gives a wonderful aromatic experience to the user. These are prepared top notch quality and are demanded widely for the following salient features:

• Bio-active ingredients at optimal quality and full potency
• Prepared from organic herbs and powerful ingredients
• No chemical colors, foam-boosters, emulsifiers, or harsh preservatives
• Accurate formulations
• Environmental friendly

We produce crème and lotions for reputed organizations such as Wipro, Ranbaxy, Wockhardt and Glaxo. Additionally we also undertake projects in microbiology especially for anti dandruff and anti fungal agents for minimum inhibition count (MIC).

Backing our manufacturing division and quality control division is our quality control department, which is equipped with all the modern analytical instruments such as

• Gas Chromatography
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Thin Layer Chromatography
• UV Visible Spectrophotometer
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FT/IR)

Our analytical laboratory along with full-fledged microbiology laboratory facilitates testing and checking the packing inputs required for production. It is equipped with checking instruments such as melt index meter and bursting strength testing equipment for checking the strength of corrugated boxes. This department is assisted by the qualified and experienced technical staff that is approved by Food & Drug Administration, Maharashtra.

Our in house R&D division is reckoned for its govt. of India, ministry of scientific and industrial research as a unit for conducting independent research. Further, we are backed by qualified professionals who have extended experience in MNCs and have adequate knowledge of support systems. In order to carry out skin diagnosis, we have imported superior performance skin diagnostic equipment manufactured by C.K. Electronics, Germany, such as:

• Skin Diagnostics SD 27
• Mexameter MX 16
• Cutometer SEM 575
• Skin pH Meter PH 900
• Corneometer CM 825
• Sebumeter SM 810
• Tewameter TM 210
• Skin Visiometer SV 500
• Skin Camera VC 98

All these machines enable us to measure:

• Melanin content of the skin
• Length and depth of a wrinkle on skin
• Sebum content of the skin
• Elasticity of the skin
• Transepidermal water loss of the skin

On the basis of all these tests and studies, we develop products that have set a benchmark in the market.

Wadivarhe - Chemical Plant

Chemical division is started in the year 1997 with the manufacturing of “ORTHO-ESTERS “ first time in India as an import substitute to meet the demand of steroid manufacturers, and started exporting the same since 1998.

In the year 2007 separate manufacturing unit for chemicals is constructed with the investment of $3.0 million USD located at Nashik which is about 150 kilometers from Mumbai.

This is an “STATE OF ART “ facility spread over 13152 square meters of land and owns modern technological plants .

• Four-floor production plant for critical synthesis stages
• Two-floor professionally equipped research and analytical laboratories
• Separate Utility Buildings for Boiler, Chilling plant, DM water plant
• Separate solvent storage facility
• Separate Raw material and finished goods store.

Fem Care Parma Limited staff represents over 80 qualified employees in following departments: research & development, analytical, production, technical and financial.

Above all the expert production team is supported by outstanding R & D setup and excellent Q C team having HPLC , GC, FTIR , UV Spectrophotometer, etc.

To begin with we will have 4- Glass Lined reactors and 6- SS reactors,
5- glass assemblies of 100 liters and 2- glass assemblies of 50 liters, FBD,
Tray Drier, Vacuum systems, Fractionation assemblies. Etc.

Separate ETP facility is provided for waste water treatment.

We have set up a separate EOU in our premises with the facility for export oriented unit, where we carry out the production procedure of crèmes, lotions, perfumes, both alcoholic and non alcoholic exclusively for direct and merchant export. Our production capacity to manufacture perfumes is around 50 lakhs units in a year on one shift basis.

We are a team of highly dedicated and qualified professionals, who are committed to offer superior quality herbal hair products to our customers. Backed by the experts from the sphere of chemicals, pharmacy and skin care, we are offering an array of diversified products that are effective and reliable. Our team comprises of:

• Cosmetologist
• Dermatologists
• Chemical experts
• Herbal experts
• Skin specialists
• Pharmaceutical personnel

Conforming to the wide experience & in-depth knowledge of our professionals, we ensure that each product manufactured by us fulfills the quality standards as desired by our clients. These professionals ensure flawless supply to our clients all across the world and maintain the quality of the products we supply, emphasizing on their hygienic value.

Our manufacturing facility at Nashik is well equipped to meet the bulk order demands of pharmaceutical products as well as cosmetic creams and lotions. This division is empowered with latest and high performance machines including:

• Packaging machine
• Batching machine
• Mixers
• Glass lined reactor
• Spray dryer
• Filtration equipment
• Boilers
• Cooling towers
• Storage tanks

With the help of all the above machinery, batches of 300 kg to 600 kg can be obtained with three batching stations at a time. Additionally, our manufacturing facility also comprises of aluminum tube, lami tubes and jar filling equipment that facilitates production process. We have also installed latest automatic labeling and online packing of the products along with pouch filling and pillow packing facilities for tubes that are prudently utilized.

Located at the strategic location of Solan, our manufacturing facility is built in a tax free zone under Central Government Scheme. All the manufacturing facility is carried out as per the international GMP standards, area specifications, documentation, water supply, ventilation and all other prescribed parameters and is set up to manufacture pharmaceutical products and cosmetic creams and lotions.

There are four manufacturing set-ups with the capacity of 3600 kg per shift. The quality analysts keep a close watch on the processing and have exposure to modern analytical techniques handling such as GLC, HPLC, TLC and FTIR. Additionally, our analytical lab is backed by independent full-fledged microbiology laboratory. We boast of our manufacturing and QC departments as these are approved by the Food and Drug administration in the respective areas.

Since the inception of our company, we have expanded our business horizons to offer wide range of services and products to our clients. Our organization comprises of following divisions:

FMCG Division

This division is entirely responsible for marketing and distribution of our diversified range of OTC products. It covers the entire domestic market and carries out its activities through its branch offices set up in different cities of the country. Following are our five branched located at:

• Delhi – North Zone
• Mumbai - West Zone
• Chennai - South Zone
• Kolkatta - East Zone
• Bhopal – Central Zone

All these branches are headed by the branch manager who is responsible for the overall entire functioning of the branch.

Additionally, there are 24 depot/C&F points across the country. Our CNF agents act as the stockiest for us who distribute our products further to the retailers and distributors. Further, our team of sales promoters service beauty parlors and saloons directly.

Pharmaceutical Division

Launched in the year 1998, our Pharmaceutical division is the strategically located in Nashik along with its manufacturing plant. Our business activities cover whole country comprising a workforce of 370 personnel as well as 50,000 Doctors. Moreover, our wide gamut of pharmaceutical products is distributed by our 27 depots, 550 stockiest and 30,000 retailers across the country.

Specialty Chemicals

Our specialty chemical division is responsible for production of bulk drugs and high value intermediates. Our products are being exported all across the globe since 1997. Further our objective is to offer superior quality and highly effective products to our client at industry leading prices.

Fem Care Parma Limited is a globally active, Indian chemical producer, focused on, organic chemicals and custom synthesis. We operate as a competitor of existing cooperators or as a chief qualified supplier.

Over many years of activity, we have mastered numerous unit operations and complete technological processes.

Operating as a "quality gate" we source and supply materials of different suppliers taking full responsibility for quality and specifications.

• GMP rules are strictly followed on every stage of manufacturing process.
• Documentation is available for all our products.

Development of Processes and Technologies - We develop a complete manufacturing method for the compound needed.

Close collaboration between R&D and pilot plant chemists guarantees the entire process to be designed and tested under one roof in the shortest time possible.

In case customer prefers his own technology or procedures different from ours, we follow the orders keeping technology details in the strictest confidence.

Standardization - Since we dispose of optimized and well-developed techniques for crystallization, distillation and refinery of many substances, our customers can rely on the uniformity of processed materials. We will assume responsibility for ordering, analyzing and purifying the substance to meet given specifications.

That it will save time and help customers to focus on primary activities.

Exports Division

Over the time, we at FEM Care Pharma, have established ourselves as the front runners as an export house of cosmetic products. Comprehending the varied requirements of our end user, we have developed the expertise to tailor make the products as per the unique needs of our clients. This makes us popular amongst our client base spread over

• Bangladesh
• Bahrain
• Italy
• Kuwait
• Maldives
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Nepal
• Oman
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Trinidad
• UAE