- Business
- Aspinwall and Company Limited engages in diversified operations spanning logistics services, coffee processing and trading, rubber plantations, and the manufacture and trading of natural fiber products including coir-based mats, rugs, mattings, jute rugs, cotton rugs, combination mats, and rubber mats. The company provides freight forwarding, custom clearance, and shipping-related logistics services through its logistics division; processes and trades speciality coffee for connoisseurs via its coffee division; produces natural fiber products under the Aspinwall Natural Fibre Division; and manages rubber plantations through its plantation division, with operations primarily in India, the Americas, Europe, and other regions. Founded in 1867 by John H. Aspinwall on the Malabar Coast and headquartered in Mangalore, India, the company became a public limited entity in 1956 with controlling interest held by the erstwhile Royal Family of Travancore since the 1970s. In 2024, Aspinwall completed the merger of its Registrar and Transfer Agent (RTA) business, streamlining operations amid ongoing diversification in its core segments.