Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited's former allied business comprising of Ranbaxy Fine Chemicals Limited, Ranbaxy Animal Healthcare and Ranbaxy Diagnostics, has restructured itself under a new identity, RFCL Limited following its acquisition by ICICI Venture Fund in 2005-06.
With a workforce of 400 people, RFCL has gained a name of stature in discovery, manufacturing and customising solutions.
"Our vision is to transform RFCL into a globally respected company in the field of Life Sciences and Laboratory Solutions by providing quality products and services and by creating winning relationships", says Sushil Mehta, managing director, RFCL Limited.
"We aim to inculcate a value system which places the customer interest as the foremost, fosters integrity and mutual beneficial relations with all our business partners, provides a challenging environment which encourages learning and innovation, and empowers our people to deliver exceptional customer value", elaborated Sushil Mehta on the values being established at the new enterprise.
New Structure
Armed with additional resources and greater focus, RFCL is poised for a quantum jump in growth through its four strategic business units (SBUs), namely.
Ø Rankem for total scientific laboratory
solutions
Ø NeoSynth for custom synthesis
Ø Diagnova for in vitro diagnostics
Ø Vetnex for next generation veterinary solutions
The four business segments cover the expanse of life sciences and industrial solutions including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, R&D laboratories, food processing, veterinarians, as well as in vitro diagnostic facilities in clinical labs, hospitals, and nursing homes.
RANKEM - a strategic business unit of RFCL Limited, with this new identity, is set to unlock the great potentials that lie ahead by passionately nurturing the spirit of research and innovation.
Guided by its mission to become an efficient and reliable laboratory solutions provider for quality assurance, research & development and manufacturing processes, Rankem offers an exhaustive and expanding range of trusted and reliable laboratory solutions and products by structuring its business into 4 SBUs:
ØRankem range of laboratory reagents
ØImported chemicals including certified reference
materials
ØSeparations products
ØLabware products
The Rankem indigenous range of reagents including HPLC solvents and ion pairing reagents, AR, LR and IP range of reagents and time tested brands like Five + (Karl Fischer Reagent), Rankleen and Triple (disinfectant and cleaning reagents) and Aquacheck water testing kits have generated a strong brand value in the industry and found favour with the scientific community.
This has been fortified by strong, time-tested strategic alliances with global leaders. The imported chemicals range includes over 30,000 rare chemicals for organic chemistry from Acros Organics, a Fisher Scientific worldwide company from Belgium, over 55,000 screening compounds and 4,000 highly reactive building blocks and innovative organic molecules from Maybridge and a range of analytical, high purity solvents and biopharmaceuticals from Mallinckrodt Baker Inc, USA. This has enabled Rankem to address the hi-tech needs of researchers in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, environmental analysis, electronics and other industries.
Rankem also has a wide range of tests and assays covering organic, inorganic, petroleum, pesticides and environmental applications with over 30,000 NIST traceable Certified Reference Materials from Accustandard Inc, USA.
A unique gamut of separations capabilities include a comprehensive range of Filter papers for multiple applications from Sartorius India along with Rankem's indigenous range of GMF, membrane, and syringe filters as well as HPLC and SFC columns from Princeton Chromatography Inc, USA, chromatography products from JT Baker and Rankem's Samprep range of SPE (solid phase extraction) columns.
Rankem's foray in labware products showcases a range of liquid handling products from Witeg Labortechnik GmbH, Germany, a range of tips and plasticware from the alliance partner, Kartell of Italy and a range of fixed and variable volume pipettes from Rankem.
Rankem products also have five, ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 compliant, manufacturing units based at Mumbai and Vadodara. These facilities adhere to the GMPs and GLPs with due concern for safety and environment.
Stringent quality assurance systems at the Central Quality Assurance Laboratory in Mumbai and at the manufacturing locations govern all stages of production.
Armed with, a sales and marketing force of 80 dedicated personnel, Rankem is committed to become the most trusted Scientific Laboratory Solutions provider to an over 5000 strong customer base across more than 500 towns and cities in India.
To ensure a balance between product quality and time commitments, all the business processes of Rankem including production, procurement, quality assurance, marketing, its 30 sales headquarters, the expanded frontline team of 18 CFAs across India and the Central Warehousing Facility in Bhiwandi are interconnected on a customised SAP network with appropriate inventory management tools to offer complete service - 24 hours a day, 7 days in a week.
RFCL's thrust on emerging technologies and innovations are also supported by a team of scientists forming the core of Neosynth, the new SBU for Custom Synthesis at RFCL. This team with a cumulative experience of 4 decades encompasses versatile custom synthesis capabilities. Strengths in synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, cost-effective process development, molecular biology/bio-technology, cGMP and chiral green chemistry result in great synergy between Rankem and Neosynth.
The continued enhancement in the quality of products has also given an impetus to Rankem's Exports business. As R Govindan, vice president, RFCL and head, Rankem highlighted, "We are exploring all opportunities to expand into new markets, recent participation in international exhibitions like Arab Lab in UAE has helped us successfully showcase our capabilities to tap global business opportunities and initiate dialogue for new alliances."
Motivated by a desire to excel and with a great passion for research, Rankem aims to build an international brand that is synonymous with quality.