About us |
Sector: Production of ceramic wall and floor tiles, granite tiles and ceramic sanitary ware |
Production Capacity: 5.5 million sqm. of glazed ceramic and granite tiles and over 600,000 pieces of sanitary ware. |
No. of employees: Around 2,000. |
Export: USA, Australia, Singapore, Middle and Far East Countries, Africa |
Subsidiaries: Spartek Ceramics India, Neycer India, Stiles India, Spartek Fine China limited, and Sparta Software Pvt. Limited |
History: Spartek is the pioneer company for ceramic products in India. Spartek Ceramics has two manufacturing facilities viz. 1.8 Million sqm. of glazed ceramic tiles at Tirupathi and 1.2 Million sqm. of vitrified granite tiles at Gudapakkam. In 1989, Spartek took over Neycer, which has two plants vitreous sanitary ware (8,500 tpa at Vadalur) and Ceramic tiles (1.5Million sqm. at Pondicherry). Recently, Spartek took over Stiles India (tiles 1.4 million sqm./year). Spartek also established a private equity fund with leading overseas financial institutions participating. Currently, Spartek is setting up a USD 25 Million Bone China tableware plant in India. Sparta software was established in 1998 with a view of modernizing IT infrastructure within the group companies. In total, the Spartek Group is working with over 480 distributors and 5 regional offices in India. A strong marketing organization is part of the company. |
Strategic direction: Spartek will double the production capacity for ceramic tiles in the next three years and increase the production capacity of sanitary ware by 50% in the next year and up to 2 Million pieces/ year within five years. Spartek is also planning to set up a production facility for taps and other related sanitary ware products. It is planned to set up a joint venture with leading manufacturers in the world to import the latest technology. Sparta Software, which was involved in the implementation of various software packages, will expand its business outside Spartek. The target area chosen for Sparta are marketing/ installation of Accounting packages, installation of Communication packages like Lotus Notes, Network Integration, development of web site and e-commerce solutions. |
Spartek Emerging Opportunity India Fund: This is an investment fund promoted by the group. This is the first foreign invested private equity fund in India, in which the Government of Singapore is a shareholder. A fund of USD 30 Million is under management. Through the fund, the group has investments in diverse sectors like cements, plastics, software, food products etc. |