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We have been associated with
leather for over a century and six generations. Witness to the evolution, we have learned
to respect the relevance of leather in our civilization. Every pore on a raw hide bears
testament to the leather industry’s involvement in the history of mankind; every
wrinkle has a story to tell.
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| 1862 | ||||||||
During the last century, the first two generations of our
family traded in Raw Hides from Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal. In 1912, we migrated to
Kanpur, the epicenter of the Freedom Movement for India’s Independence from the
British. In the midst of this mayhem, boats ferried Raw Hides over the Ganges into
Cawnpore, (the British version of Kanpur) which was gaining recognition as the
geographical center of British India. Cawnpore Ordinance factories manufactured saddles,
cartridge boxes, ropes and most importantly army boots. Demand lead to growth, the British
India Corporation established the once famous Cooper Allen factory for army equipment
which helped consolidate the industry. Thus, it was that Cawnpore, leather and ourselves
cemented our association for the decades ahead.
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| 1930 | ||||||||
The business grew by supplying Raw Hides to the famous
Mysore Chrome Tannery owned by the then Maharaja of Mysore, Calcutta’s National
Tannery and Cooper Allen. We slowly became the largest suppliers in the region and
controlled large volumes of product quotas. By this time, we were purchasing Raw Hides
from Lahore in the West, to Calcutta in the East, and from Kashmir in the North to Bombay
in the South. Our business flourished through India’s Independence in 1947 and while
our principal business remained defense supplies, the birth of a new nation heralded the
advent of our exports to England.
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The new avenue of exports gave fresh impetuous to the
business and with the demand and quality requirements, the need to manufacture ourselves
was imminent. It was the right time. Our experience quotient was high, the market was
ready, the location ideal. But it was not easy and our first forays into manufacturing
were ill-fated coupled with losses of merchandise in the disputed Suez Canal during the
1951 Egypt-Israel conflict and our desire to support the 1962 Indo-China war effort with
no profit supplies we stalled our plans, till finally, with orders in hand, we renewed our
efforts in 1962.
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| 1960 | ||||||||
1964 witnessed the birth of our flagship company, Zaz
Tannery. Since then, we have continued to grow and decades later we know that the
technical advancement is but a process of evolution, our quality a function of that
evolution. Many factories, losses and victories later, we are proud to have been involved
and to have made our little contribution to so relevant an ingredient to our civilization.
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| 1990 | ||||||||
Today we have expanded the Zaz Group to include
Zaz Tannery,
Zazsons and
Zaz Impex
for specialized leather tanning, Zazman
and Zaz Fashions
for footwear. All leaders in their own right
all independent and equipped, to face the new challenges of the millennium. The size and
volume increases, but the fundamental remains.
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The Group Synergy is achieved by depending on each other
for timely, quality deliveries. Margins in a vertically integrated system such as ours are
applied at one point, on the sum total, rather than at every stage. Purchases are coupled
together for better terms. Markets are provided a total solutions opportunity to service
one and all.
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And above all, healthy competition amongst us ensures that
each group, division, subsidiary, branch, team, head, manager, and worker, in the Zaz
Group is never left unchallenged, within and beyond the organization.
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"
For it is in the quest to conquer challenge, that our foundations were laid.
In the same spirit the challenge of the millennium, is
our inspiration today."
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