- CEO
- Narender Prasad Gupta
- Full Time Employees
- 840
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- 204, Raheja Centre Mumbai MA India 400021
- IPO Date
- Dec 19, 2005
- Business
- Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited (EKC.NS), established in 1978 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, manufactures seamless high-pressure steel gas cylinders, CNG cylinders, jumbo cylinders and skids, type 4 composite cylinders, breathing air cylinders, fire extinguisher bodies, and hydrogen storage solutions; it also produces cascades, multiple element gas containers, and plate-rolled cylinders for industrial gases, medical oxygen, and specialty applications including defense and aerospace. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Tarapur and Kandla SEZ in India, Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, UAE, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, with subsidiaries including EKC International FZE in Dubai, a wholly owned entity handling international marketing, and CP Industries Holdings Inc. in the USA; its products serve city gas distributors, auto OEMs, healthcare providers, industrial gas companies, fire safety equipment makers, and government entities across India, the Middle East, Europe, USA, South America, Southeast Asia, North Africa, and over 25 countries globally, adhering to standards such as ISO 9809, IS 7285, DOT, ASME, and EN. Recent developments include EKC International FZE's acquisition of an additional 17.01% stake in EKC Egypt SAE in 2024, raising ownership to 97% and advancing trial production at the Egypt greenfield plant; a joint venture in Hungary for a new production unit; announcement of a 400,000-cylinder brownfield expansion and 200,000-cylinder greenfield expansion in India; receipt of RMB 93.50 million from the 2022 sale of its China subsidiary; supply of a buffer vessel for ADNOC's H2GO green hydrogen refueling station in UAE; reappointment of Managing Director Puneet Khurana for five years from November 2024 and addition of Ramakrishnan Ramanathan as independent director in June 2024; and progression of new facilities in Mundra, India, and Egypt to enhance capacity amid Q2 FY26 revenues of Rs 360.40 crore.