Indian Card Clothing Company (ICCCL) was incorporated in Jul.'55 as a private limited company. It was converted into a public limited company in Jan.'76. The company was promoted as a joint venture between two British companies -- The English Card Clothing Company and the Carclo Engineering group. _x000D_ _x000D_ ICCCL manufactures card clothing suitable for all types of fibres requiring carding, ie, all the natural fibres and manmade fibres in staple form. It also has a 100% EOU at Ahmedabad. The company came out with a rights issue (premium : Rs 70) aggregating Rs 10.4 cr in Dec.'93, to provide for normal capital expenditure and participated in a joint venture with Spindelfabrik Suessen Schurr, Stahlecker & Grill, Germany, which it had undertook to manufacture of textile machinery equipment. _x000D_ _x000D_ Due to recession in textile industries in the Domestic and Overseas market, the company diversified its project and participate in a Joint Venture with Texmaticc India Ltd, and invested Rs 25 Lac. The Residential housing Project of Nirvan Builders and Developers Ltd. in which company particiapted & received advance for sale of major part of its investment in project. Garnett Wire Ltd, a U.K. Company, in which ICCCL has 60% of issued share capital, this is second year of investment by the ICCCL._x000D_ _x000D_ The company has maintained ISO 9002 recognition by Bureau Veritas Quality International for Metallic and flexible card clothing & R & D Centre begun to make a contribution to development of newer and improved products and processes._x000D_ _x000D_ The company is planning to develop new products for carding applications and also improvement in the processes._x000D_