- Business
- Godfrey Phillips India Limited, flagship company of Modi Enterprises – KK Modi Group and one of India's largest fast-moving consumer goods companies, manufactures and markets cigarettes, tobacco products, confectionery, and pan masala; its core cigarette brands include Four Square, Red & White, Cavanders, Stellar, Focus, Originals International, Tipper, and North Pole, while it also produces and distributes Marlboro under license from Philip Morris International; tobacco offerings encompass smoking tobacco, cigars, cut tobacco, RYO, zarda, and tobacco shisha, with confectionery led by Funda Goli and pan masala by Pan Vilas; the company provides contract manufacturing, technical services, and end-to-end "seed-to-smoke" solutions for international clients, including customized tobacco blends and bulk supply to partners such as Philip Morris, ITG, JTI, Eastern Company, European Tobacco, Libyan Tobacco Company, and RNTA. Founded in 1936 and headquartered in New Delhi, the company operates manufacturing facilities in Navi Mumbai, Ghaziabad, and other sites across northern and western India, with a tobacco-buying unit in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, R&D centers in Mumbai and Ghaziabad, and exports to over 30 countries in the Middle East, South America, Far East, and beyond. In recent developments, Godfrey Phillips India approved a 2:1 bonus share issue with a record date of September 16, 2025, reported a 56% jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 356.28 crore for the first quarter ended June 2025 driven by higher sales, appointed Siddharth Chawla as chief operating officer effective January 7, 2025, advanced the sale of its 24Seven retail chain to New Shop per a term sheet signed in 2024 following a board decision to exit retail and focus on core tobacco operations, strengthened its strategic partnership with Philip Morris International to bolster the Marlboro brand, and scheduled its 88th annual general meeting for September 4, 2025.