SKIPPER LIMITED, INC.
GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA

Company Profile Established in 1981, Skipper Ltd. has today evolved into one of the world's leading manufacturers for Transmission & Distribution Structures (Towers & Poles) in it's Engineering Products segment, a leading and respected brand in the Plastic Water Pipes sector as well as trusted partner for executing critical Infrastructure EPC projects. Skipper's market reach spans across 20 countries around the globe from South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and Australia. Within India, we are a preferred manufacturer of choice for our customers pan India, from J&K to Tamil Nadu and from North East India to Gujarat. Holistic Products that Add Value Skipper Limited is one of the world's largest Integrated Transmission Tower manufacturing companies with Angle Rolling, Tower, Accessories & Fastener manufacturing and EPC line construction. Our manufacturing capacity is the largest in India and among the top 10 in the world. Skipper Limited is a national powerhouse in the Polymer Pipe business. Under the brand name of ‘Skipper’, the company manufactures huge range of premium quality pipes and fittings, which are used in different areas such as Plumbing, Sewage, Agriculture and Borewell sectors. Additionally, it is IT enabled and a number of operations are carried out on various ERP platforms. We are fast evolving from an Eastern region to a National Brand. Our Integrated manufacturing units, Focussed Management and Committed Production & Quality teams make us the no. 1 choice for all our customers across Products and Sectors. Skipper Limited creates value for its customers by continuously improving the quality of its products through innovation and sustained growth. Skipper has more than 30 years of domain knowledge across Various Engineering Products such as Transmission Towers, Poles, Steel Pipes, Scaffoldings, Hot Rolled Sections, Plastic Pipes and Fittings. Vision - Mission - Values To produce world - class quality products ensuring robust National Infrastructure development and making India the preferred sourcing hub for Global Infrastructure needs. To continue to add value-added products and services to its portfolio To ensure the greater scale and technology, the greater longevity of product, and introduce more efficient technologies for a longer duration of existence Our Company was incorporated as 'Skipper Investments Limited'; we began our journey by manufacturing Hamilton Poles Company name changed to 'Skipper Steels Ltd.' and diversified into manufacturing telecom towers and masts Entered into a manufacturing tie-up with Ramboll, Denmark - the world's largest tower designing company Conversion of tower production process from manual to automatic CNC Got India's first order for 800KV transmission towers from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) Commissioned Uluberia unit with first PVC unit and India's first double side Tube GI plant Company name changed to Skipper Limited Entered into backward integration of the two major product verticals tubes and towers, by way of Strip mill and Angle mill, respectively Focus on broader and diversified product verticals Late Shri Sadhu Ram Bansal, the Chairman Emeritus of Skipper Limited passed away on 27th September, 2014. He founded the S K Bansal Group in 1961, and over the decades, he helped shape the transformation of the Group from a small trading business to a large Market conglomerate. An efficient administrator with deep business insight, he successfully pursued his diverse business interests. With over 50 years of industry experience, Mr. Bansal had always been the guiding force behind Skipper's growth. He played an instrumental role in helping the Company become a multi-product manufacturer of globally appreciated goods. His business acumen fostered the Company to produce customized products to meet customer aspirations. Though the vacuum created by his demise is hard to fill, his words of wisdom will remain with us forever. His vision and accomplishments will continue to inspire the young brigade to dream big and take their businesses to newer heights. We have successfully and profitably grown our business by focusing on the two most critical ingredients for human survival and progress. Power and water. These two resources touch almost all spheres of human life; and in a developing society like India with a billion-plus population the ability to provide adequate power and water to a large proportion of the population will determine the nation's socio-economic wellbeing for the long term. There are, however, challenges in the country's power sector and more reforms are needed to bring transparency and dynamism in the sector. Besides, there is need for accelerated capacity additions to achieve the Government of India's agenda for 'Power for All'. This scenario will create a strong demand for the country's transmission infrastructure, which is poised to grow at 8-9% (decadal growth 6-7%). For several years during 2000-2015, the investment in T&D has been lagging the investment in Generation and finally now right efforts are being taken by the government to correct the same. Moreover, dedicated green energy transmission corridors are being developed to cater to renewable energy projects. Further, growth in the power sector will be catalyzed by the government's decision to create 100 smart cities, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) and North East India transmission investment. In fact during 2015-16 Government has set itself an ambitious target for bidding out new Transmission projects worth 1 lakh crore. The government has announced huge investment plans in the water transmission and distribution space for the next few years. It has announced large projects such as the National Rural Drinking Water programme, Swachh Bharat and river interlinking. The Government's thrust on water supply, irrigation, river management, along with improving sanitation, sewerage and urbanization is expected to drive the PVC pipes and fittings markets.