Kurlon is into the business of pure comfort.A head start in the business in 1962 by Late.Shri.T.Ramesh U.Pai, it is now looking into an extensive brand extension and a complete makeover from sleep comfort, to home comfort. Kurlon Limited, a manipal Group Company came into existence in 1962.The Company was then called ‘Karnataka Consumer Products Ltd’ and on the 8th of December, 1995 the company wa
s renamed as Kurlon Limited. The group has its activities spread over financial services, Manufacturing, Education, Electronic commerce, software services, share booking, etc. The group is headed by Mr.Sudhakar pai who is the chairman of the group. Mr.Pai is on the boards of several well-known industrial, commercial and educational enterprises. Kurlon was conceived when Mr.Pai was in Germany in 1999. He found that car seat cushions were manufactured of rubberized coir. The manufacturer was improving curled coir from Sri Lanka. In India, the coir industry has developed very well, mostly in Kerala where they produce ‘Retted Fiber’. Green husks of coconut are immersed in the salty backwards for 10 to 12 months and the retted husk is supplied to various homes to make Mats and Matting rolls after producing the yam from this fibre.This has created employment to many women in the state. Austrian technology was available to extract fiber from the dried coconut husk and curl it into ropes and keep it in that state for minimum 3 months. When uncurled, curled coir becomes tiny springs. The cars manufactured in India in 60s were very few in numbers. It was uneconomical to start the molded product out of the rubberized coir to manufacture car seat cushions.Afer a lot of experiments and quality control steps, Mr.Ramesh Pai thought of entering into Rubberized coir mattress manufacturing. Thus Kurlon was born, become one of the popular mattresses providing restful sleep to Indian consumers. Today Kurlon has created direct employment over 1000 people and indirect employment to lakhs of coir workers across the sub-continent .Kurlon’s success is built on a solid infrastructure and its powerful marketing strength. The Company has 44 sales offices, which are profit centers, strategically located all over the country. All the centers are working on and trade terms. The Company products are exported to west Asia viz; U.A.E., Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, UK, Europe, South and East ,South and East of Africa, Indian Ocean rim, SAARC, South East and Far East Countries. Kurlon Ltd. is the brand leader in the industry and has acquired major market share in the branded mattresses segment. Taking advantage of the market potential, Kurlon strongly believes in giving the customers quality products of a wide range at competitive prices, which will result in customer satisfaction.
