Shilp Gravures began operations in 1989 as an Engraving house, when gravure industry in India was at its infancy. It had an inherent cutting edge, having been founded and run by a team of experienced technocrats, led by the visionary Ambar Patel.

In 1990, the company set up its own Chemical Etching facility and in 1993, it opened the first and only Electronic Engraving House in India - Shilp Gravures Limited. From Chemical Etching to Electronic Engraving, it was a huge leap. But, thanks to its technocreativity, Shilp Gravures developed a special expertise in Electronic Engraving within a very short while.

In 1995, the company graduated to commercial production of electronically engraved cylinders, pioneering the technology in India.

In the years that followed, Shilp Gravures brought the world's best in technology and software to India, as they emerged in global technology capitals. And today, it has had a long stint as India's market leader in quality quantity, and by popular opinion, is the country's most creative presence in the field.

On the face of it, Shilp Gravures is India's pioneer and undisputed leader in Electro-Mechanical Engraving, with a substantial market share of the flexible packaging industry.

But that is NOT the most special aspect of Shilp Gravures.

While Electro-Mechanical Engraving is a precision technology, and Shilp Gravures has assimilated the world's best equipment and infrastructure available in the field at its plants, the company approaches it from the other end - the creative end.

And that is what distinguishes it from all other Engravers in the field. The company has focused all its activities and quality pursuits around that core knowledge that at the end of it all, it is part of a marketing / branding exercise. That at the end of the usage chain, the quality of its products is manifest in the quality of the design / print on the packaging material. So, Shilp Gravures plans every job from the creative stand point.

And that is the core mantra that has empowered Shilp's rapid growth, and given it the confidence to visualize a global activity charter for the immediate future.