- Business
- The Cochin Malabar Estates and Industries Limited (COCHMAL.BO), incorporated in 1930 and headquartered in Kolkata, India, engages primarily in rubber plantations in Kerala, operating three rubber estates totaling 5,225 acres; produces premium centrifuged latex for condom manufacturing, along with stabilized concentrated latex, smoked sheets, crepes, and crumb/block rubber in various grades; and maintains operations focused on rubber processing and related activities following the demerger of its tea and certain rubber divisions. The company targets domestic and international markets for its high-quality rubber products, with plantations situated in Kerala and historical activities extending to Karnataka. Its registered office shifted to Kolkata from Kerala in 2010 pursuant to Company Law Board approval. Since 2001, the Bangur family manages the company, emphasizing core plantation expansion; a key restructuring occurred through a 2012 court-sanctioned scheme, under which the Cochin Plantation Division—including Chemoni, Pudukad, Eichipara rubber estates, and Pullikanam tea estate—demerged and merged into Joonktollee Tea & Industries Ltd effective April 1, 2011, with the company ceasing to be a subsidiary thereof in October 2013. In recent financial performance, the company reports net profit of Rs 128.10 lakhs for the year ended March 31, 2025, up from Rs 49.92 lakhs the prior year, alongside quarterly results including a 73% profit rise to Rs 1.73 crore in the March 2025 quarter and its 95th AGM convened in August 2025.