The year - 1976. The enterprise - Ruby Machinery and Consultants. The aim - to supply complete Paper Machinery and Consultancy for small paper mill projects. Sensing the tremendous potential in this core sector industry, Alibhai Nathani set up this company and supplied the first Paper project of 5 tons per day capacity. The success of this unit revolutionized the outlook of the Indian paper industry and blazed a new trail. Considered to be unviable projects at that time, today small paper mills produce about 40% of India's Paper. We are proud to be part of this revolution. From a modest beginning we have now carved our own niche in the Paper industry. It is not the technical innovation in itself which is regarded as a prestigious success for our company, but rather the customer's satisfaction with the product backed by our post - sales services - and this will always be the case.

Following his father's footsteps, Ashraf Nathani joined our Board of Directors. His enthusiasm and dynamic outlook have played a key role in the company's growth. Starting with an annual turnover of One million rupees we have grown to be a Six hundred million company today.

Despite fluctuating fortunes in the industry, we never looked back. From 1976 to 1986 as Ruby Machinery and Consultants and subsequently as Ruby Macons Limited, we have supplied machinery for 83 Complete Paper projects apart from many rebuilds. Approximately 5,75,000 tons of paper - including varieties like Kraft paper, Paper board, Duplex board, Light weight poster, Newsprint, Writing and Printing papers are produced annually on machines supplied by us. We record with pride that more than 45% are repeat orders and each of these deliver 100% capacity! No mean achievement; if you consider that the industry average in India is only 65%.