Residence Edapally, Kochi Occupation Businessperson Spouse(s) Jolly Thomas | Nationality Indian Years active 1980–present Known for Business | |
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Full Name Pulinat Ettan Thomas Title Managing Director of Merchem Limited & Grove Limited Alma maters University of Mumbai, Savitribai Phule Pune University | ||
P. E. Thomas (Pulinat Ettan Thomas) is an entrepreneur, investor and founder of Merchem Limited and Grove Limited. Thomas was born in Mannoor, Perumbavoor, Kochi, India to Varkey Ettan Pulinat and Annamma Ettan.
In 1980, P. E. Thomas founded Merchem, a specialty chemical manufacturing unit as a start-up near Perumbavoor, Kochi India. Merchem has developed specialty chemicals over the years especially for rubber-processing industry. Merchem has three state-of-art plants in India and is predominantly serving the rubber processing industry including Tyre,Non- Tyre,pharma, agro and water treatment industries across the globe. The manufacturing plants are situated in Eloor, Edayar (both in Kerala) and Panoli in Gujarat.
Thomas diversified his business in to snack foods and information technology. He obtained the patent for crinkled cut Cassava chips and Banana chips and introduced the first crinkled cut banana and cassava chips. He was instrumental for conceiving the idea for a software product called Ultima developed by Grove Limited. Thomas is an alumnus of trained entrepreneurs from Japan.
P.E Thomas was awarded for the excellence in export from Ministry of external affairs. He was also awarded for excellence in Manufacturing (Excellence in Business-Yuva 2010) by Times group in 2010.