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Group History

1971
CICB (Chemical Industries Consulting Bureau) was formed to provide consultancy services to chemical industries.
1973
The group setup its first CO2 manufacturing plant in Visakhapatnam, South India.
1976
CICB was appointed Elliott Turbomachinery Inc.'s Sole Sales Representative in India.
1977
The group setup its second CO2 manufacturing plant in Mangalore, South India.
1979
Chemicon (short for Chemical Consultants) was formed to continue the consultancy business & help CICB concentrate on sale of Elliott equipment.
1983
Chemicon started marketing and sale of carbon dioxide produced by the CO2  plants of the group.
1985
The manufacturing facility, Kanara Engineering Company, located in  Mangalore was bought by the group.
1986
The group setup its third CO2  manufacturing plant in Kanpur, North India.
1997
The group set up its fourth  CO2 bottling plant at Kalol in  Gujarath State.
1998
The group sold its CO2  manufacturing & marketing business to Praxair Inc, USA.
1998
Obtained ISO:9001 certification from BVQI & in 2001, upgraded to ISO:9001:2000
2000
Entered into a Technical Collaboration with Henderson Engineering, USA,  for manufacture of their SAHARA range of air dryers in India.
2002
Turbocharger division of Elliott Turbomachinery sold to Cooper Energy Services Inc, who continue us as their representatives in India.
2002
Tied up with Kaltenbach-Turing, SA, France, who provide process technology and complete plants to fertiliser companies.
2003
Signed a MOU with EQTEC Iberia, SL,  Spain,  for manufacture and sale of fluidised bed gasifiers.
2003
Signed the sale and manufacturing license with T.K.Energi AS, Denmark, for their range of fixed bed gasifiers.
2003
PAP compressor division of Elliott Turbomachinery sold to Fu-Sheng Industrial Co. Ltd., Taiwan, who continue us as their representatives in India.
2004
Appointed as the Manufacturer Representative of Dresser Rand in India for their range of steam turbines.
2005
Obtained ASME "U" Stamp Certificate of Authorisation for manufacture of pressure vessels.
2005
The Company received an "in-principle" go ahead from its Principal, FS-Elliott Co., LLC, Taiwan, for the packaging of centrifugal compressors in India.
2005
With effect from 1st April, 2005, CICB-Chemicon Pvt Ltd. has taken over all the businesses of the group and henceforth will provide all the groups services and products.