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- Panama Petrochem Limited Panama Petrochem Limited manufactures and exports specialty petroleum products for industries including printing, textiles, rubber, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, power, cables, and other industrial applications; its core offerings encompass white oils and liquid paraffin oils, petroleum jellies such as Pangel SWJ, Pangel WJ, and Pangel YJ, transformer oils, ink and coating oils under the PANOL brand for heatset, coldset, offset, and web-based inks, rubber process oils, industrial oils and greases, automotive oils, drilling fluids, fully refined and semi-refined paraffin waxes, slack wax, micro wax, agricultural spray oils, and dewatering fluids. The company, founded in 1982 and headquartered in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India, with its corporate office in Mumbai and manufacturing facilities at Ankleshwar, Dahej, Daman, and Taloja, operates four state-of-the-art plants in India featuring advanced DCS/PLC systems and a DSIR-approved R&D center at Ankleshwar; it maintains a wholly owned subsidiary, Panol Industries RMC FZE, in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, to serve GCC and MENA markets with direct port pipeline logistics, and exports to the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Australia, African sub-continent, South East Asia, Latin America, and Central America. Recent developments include substantial capacity expansions across facilities to meet rising demand and enhance manufacturing efficiency as outlined in its 2024-25 annual report, ongoing investments in sustainable initiatives such as renewable energy, biofuels, and cleaner petroleum alternatives, robust Q2 FY2025-26 financial performance with consolidated revenue up 10.6% to INR 773.22 crore and net profit rising 20.2% to INR 53 crore, a leadership transition with Chairman Amirali Rayani stepping down on July 31, 2025, to be succeeded by Arif Rayani while remaining as Executive Director, and re-appointment of Hussein V. Rayani as Joint Managing Director for five years effective October 31, 2025.