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- Silkflex Polymers (India) Ltd is an India-based company engaged in the trading of textile printing inks and water-based wood coating polymers from the Malaysian brand Silkflex, produced by Silkflex Polymers SDN BHD. The company offers approximately 108 textile printing ink products, including screen coatings, glues, machine-grade non-PVC inks, table-grade non-PVC inks, inks for polyester/taffeta, special effects inks, additives, ready fluorescent inks and colors, as well as specific items such as Acrylic Polymers Royalite White EX, Royalite Clear EX and Elastisol White S Matt; and 51 wood coating polymer products, including eco-friendly water-based formulations with low VOC for quick hard finishes. These products, certified to ZDHC Confidence Level 3, Eco-Passport by Oeko-Tex and GOTS version 7.0 standards, serve the textile printing, garment and furniture industries, with Silkflex Malaysia supplying major global brands such as PUMA, C&A and H&M. Incorporated in 2016 and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, the company operates branch offices in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Punjab. In recent developments, Silkflex Polymers transitioned from Silkflex Polymers (India) Private Limited to a public limited company on December 21, 2023, ahead of its successful initial public offering on NSE SME in May 2024, raising Rs 18.10 crore through 3,482,000 fresh equity shares; it entered a Technology Transfer Agreement with Silkflex Malaysia on July 25, 2023, granting rights to manufacture select products such as Silkbond 35 and binder for table glue in India, with IPO proceeds allocated to acquire land in Vadodara for a new manufacturing facility (Rs 5.53 crore), purchase plant and machinery (Rs 2.07 crore) and fund working capital (Rs 4.68 crore), although production has not yet commenced as of mid-2025. The company maintains exclusive distribution rights in India under agreements dated October 1, 2016 for textile inks and October 1, 2019 for wood coatings, alongside brand usage rights.