Shilpa Medicare Ltd., formerly known as Shilpa Antibiotics was incorporated as a private limited company in Nov.'87 and has been promoted by Vishnukant C Bhutada and his associates.The company produces trimethoprim, an anti-biotic bulk drug. It also manufactures the product for other reputed companies like Eskayef, Bombay Drugs & Pharmas, Bombay Drug House, US Vitamins, Sandoz India, etc, for their export commitments._x000D_ _x000D_ Circa 1992, the company installed production facilities to manufacture sodium methoxide. _x000D_ _x000D_ SAL is the recipient of the World Health Organisation - Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certificate. It exports its products to hard-currency areas. The company manufactures 1-methyl, amino-1-methyl, thio-2-nitro ethane, a drug intermediate used in the manufacture of ranitidine, an anti-ulcer drug._x000D_ _x000D_ The company proposes to embark upon an expansion project which involves the addition of one more bulk drug to its existing product range -- norfloxacin -- and expand the production capacity of the existing products of the company -- sodium methoxide and trimethoprim._x000D_