VKC Footwear

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2003 the group missioned the rst Injected EVA manufacturing unit in South Central India. In 2006 the group
started backward integration to produce EVA compound
for Injection and initiated the rst EVA compounding
plant in the South Central India.
In 2007, the group initiated the Manufacturing of PU
DIP footwear at aordable price for common man. The
production capacity also shoot up to two lakhs of PU
footwear per day.

The company had achieved a prominent position in the

footwear market of India. The main markets, which is
been focused by the company are South & South-Central
part of India & Expanding to the rest part of India. Apart
VKC Group is an Indian company from Kozhikode dis- from India, the Group have its market in GCC Countries,
trict of Kerala which is engaged in the manufacture and Singapore & Malaysia.
marketing of footwear. It is considered to be one of the
biggest in the organized footwear sectors. It is also the
largest branded PU footwear manufacturers in India.

2 VKC Group of Companies

V.K.C Mammed Koya is the founder of VKC Group.[1]

The Group consists of 25 Strategic Business Units across

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gu1 History
jarat and West Bengal with 30 working Directors andmore than 100 shareholders. The Annual Group turnover
The Group was established on 17th August1984 with venrecently exceeded INR 1000 Crores (approx. 170 Million
turing into a Hawai Sheet manufacturing unit. Later on
USD).
Hawai straps were also inducted to the production line
and in 1986, VKC group launched the rst product with Today, More than 6000 employees which includes proits own brand name VKC Hawai in the market with an fessionals, graduates, and workforce directly & almost
initial production of 600 pairs per day. By 1989 the pro- same number of people are associated with the Group
duction increased to 5000 pairs a day and by 1996 it was indirectly.
increased to 17000 pairs.
The good quality and variety in models of VKC products
In 1987, the group initiated the oating of the rst RPVC
(Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride) footwear manufacturing unit
in the Kozhikode, Kerala. This product also got very good
acceptance in the market. This has paved the way for
a rapid change in the footwear industry itself. Within a
few years the number of Rubber and RPVC units grew to
more than 80 numbers in this region.

has helped the Group to face the market competition positively. The Group has been able to maintain the quality
of the products by adopting foreign technologies. The
group is now looking for further avenues in the eld of
footwear to stretch their hands.

In 1994 the group ventured the rst unit in Kerala to manufacture footwear from virgin PVC. This resulted in a
drastic change and the multinational brands confronted
competitions from the local brands. In 1998 the group
ventured into the rst Micro Cellular PVC footwear in
Kerala with the help of imported plant and machinery.
Quality at aordable price made the VKC groups products popular in the market day by day.

3 Brands From VKC Group

VKC Pride,
VKC Trendz,
VKC Stile,
VKC Lite,
VKC Junior,
VKC Slipons,
In 2001 the group introduced the rst Air Injected PVC VKC Smartak,
DIP footwear manufacturing unit in the South India. In WalkaroO
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6 External links
Ocial website

VKC Group Founder V.K.C Mammed Koya

Corporate social responsibility

VKC Group has constituted a Charitable organization

named VKC Charitable Foundation and this Trust undertakes various activities which is directly reaching the
needed. A considerable share of prot of the VKC Group
Companies is contributed to this Charitable Trust for
helping the economically backward people.

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VKC Charitable Foundation

The Foundation is rendering its services since 1995.

Some of the social activities initiated by the foundation
are
Running two charitable schools in Kozhikode.
Providing Infrastructure and amenities for schools
and primary health centres.
Provided Mobile Mortuary for Kozhikode Medical
College
In Jan 2014, The Group in association with Mathrubhumi
has initiated to organize a social event named Mathrubhumi Vidya - VKC Junior Nanma to motivate the junior
students to involve into the social activities and to inculcate civic consciousness among the little ones.
From the Business view, the group is actively participating in the various trade and business associations and also
conducting various events for the promotion of Footwear
Industry in Kerala.

References

[1] http://vkcgroup.com/

EXTERNAL LINKS

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