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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Soap manufacturer}}<br />
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| name = Kerala Soaps and Oil. Kozhikode <br />
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| location_city = [[Nadakkavu]], [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]<br />
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| products = Kerala Sandal, Thrill, Vep, Kairali, Coaltar, Washwell.<br />
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| homepage = {{URL|keralasoaps.net}}<br />
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'''Kerala Soaps'''<ref name="ksie">[http://www.ksie.net/index.php/units/pro/6/Kerala-Soaps.html Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Official Website. Kerala Soaps.]</ref> is a state-owned soap-manufacturing company in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]], producing the erstwhile brands, manufactured by '''Kerala Soaps and Oils Limited'''. The company was founded in 1914,<ref name="hindu2009-12-29" /> and reconstituted as a state-owned company in 1963 in the [[Kozhikode]] district of Kerala.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121015181923/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=82690262 Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 'Kerala Soaps Limited, Company Overview'.]</ref> The company operates as a subsidiary of [[Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Limited]]. After four decades of operation, the company was locked down in 2002 owing to heavy losses, and in a general atmosphere of state [[divestment]]. [[File:Kerala Soap Institute Calicut Advertisement.png|thumb|An advertisement of Kerala Soap Institute, Calicut from 1937]]After remaining closed for eight years, aimed at tapping on the popularity of its legacy brands, operations restarted on 1 January 2010, under a new management.<ref name="hindu2009-12-29">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Kerala-Soaps-gets-a-new-lease-of-life-after-8-years/article16465602.ece | newspaper=The Hindu | date=29 December 2009 | title=Kerala Soaps gets a new lease of life after 8 years | accessdate=7 August 2019 }}</ref> The original company Kerala Soaps and Oils Limited was known for its legacy brands, including Kerala Sandal, a bathing bar made of sandalwood extract harvested from the forest of Kerala.<ref name="ksie" /><ref name="hindu2009-12-29" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19980517/13755254.html |title=ExpressIndia.com 'Kerala Soaps and Oils scouting for partners to meet capacity utilisation'. |access-date=9 September 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014230957/http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19980517/13755254.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Public Sector Undertakings in Kerala}}<br />
[[Category:Government-owned companies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kozhikode district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian soap brands]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1914]]<br />
[[Category:1963 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:2010 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1963]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies disestablished in 2002]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2010]]</div>SilasCorrie