Everest Kanto Cylinder (EKC) is a developer and producer of industrial and CNG cylinders. The company was incorporated as a private limited company on June 24, 1978 and got converted into a public limited company on June 7, 2005. EKC manufactures high pressure gas cylinders with higher water capacity (280 liters) which can withstand extreme working pressures of 400 Bar. Its cylinders are used for industrial gases, medical gases, fire fighting equipments, beverage industry, accumulator shells, aerospace, scientific research, and CNG-NGV cylinders for vehicles. Allied products include cylinder valves, valve protection guards, valve protection caps, trolleys, medical equipment, industrial equipment, and purge bottles/double necked cylinders. The company has three manufacturing plants in Aurangabad, Tarapur and Gandhidam and one in Dubai (through EKC International FZE, a wholly owned subsidiary). The Aurangabad, Tarapur and Dubai plants (expanding capacity) will have after expansion an aggregate installed capacity of 466,000 cylinders. The plant in Gandhidham manufactures 340,000 cylinders per annum. The company`s wholly-owned subsidiary, EKC Industries (Tianjin), China is setting up a cylinder manufacturing plant. The company is expanding with an outlay of USD 50 million. The company has ISO 9001:2000 certification; follows BIS, ISI standards in India; and world standards like BS, DOT, ISO, EN with CE, ..etc. Its cylinders are approved in 15 countries.. EKC has about 85% the market share of CNG cylinders in India. The company currently exports to Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and CIS countries. Recent orders include an order worth Rs 400 million from defense authorities for supply of specialized gas cylinders and export orders worth Rs 2.2 billion for the supply of specialized cylinders. The registered office is at 501, Raheja Centre, 214, Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021.