VANKOS AND COMPANY

STARTING IN 1960 AS A TINY SMALL SCALE UNIT EMPLOYING 5 WORKERS AND WITH 3 MACHINES THE COMPANY HAS AT PRESENT AN EMPLOYEE STRENGTH OF 250 AND ABOUT 70 MACHINES. THE COMPANY IS, PERHAPS, AMONGST THE HANDFUL OF SMALL SCALE UNITS WHICH FROM ITS VERY HUMBLE INCEPTION IN 1960 TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF MANUFACTURING THE PRODUCTS REQUIRING HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND MADE A SUCCESS OF IT. THE COMPANY IS ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THE FEW SMALL SCALE UNITS WHICH HAS NOT ONLY SURVIVED FOR MORE THAN 46 YEARS BUT HAS GROWN BOTH IN TERMS OF TURNOVER AND SOPHISTICATION OF ITS PRODUCTS. IN 1968 THE COMPANY EMPLOYED A GERMAN ENGINEER WHO WORKED WITH THE COMPANY FOR 5 12 YEARS. HIS EMPLOYMENT WAS APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. NO FOREIGN COLLABORATION WAS INVOLVED. UNDER HIM THE COMPANY TRAINED A CADRE OF INDIAN ENGINEERS WHO HAVE OVER THE YEARS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED A RANGE OF IMPORT SUBSTITUTED PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE WON RECOGNITION FROM LARGE NUMBER OF USERS.IN 1977 THE COMPANY ENGAGED THE SERVI...