A 19-year-old company manufacturing and exporting top quality finished leather, shoe uppers and shoes with a phenomenal track record of growth in turnover and profits.

Exporting 97% of production to toughest, most demanding, premium segment of Asian and European markets comprising of the who’s who of importers/manufactures like Manz, Fortuna, Meisi and Mercedes in Germany, Farrutx and Comyor in Spain, Piedro and House of Labels in Holland, Manas in Italy, Parpia in Singapore and Join Push and Leeds in Hong Kong.

World class integrated manufacturing facilities for all manufacturing operations from raw skin to finished product involving latest imported machines from Europe housed in 230,000 sq. ft. of built up space. Own state of the art tannery having production of 10 million sq. ft. per annum. The total capacity in uppers is 1 million pairs p.a. The capacity of shoe plant is 400,000 pairs p.a. and of sole plant 20,0000 pairs p.a. Our sole making unit is capable of making TPR, PVC, PVC + Leather, and leather unit soles.

Turnover in 2006-2007 was US$ 25 millions.

Per unit realization is among the highest in the country in all the three products that the company makes i.e. Finished Leather, Leather shoe uppers and Leather Footwear. Company has received for past 11 consecutive years export awards from the Government nodal agency, Council of Leather Exports. Also received awards from National Productivity Council and Institute of Marketing and Management.

Professional promoters with solid industrial experience. Mr. I. S. Paul, Managing Director, is a merit scholar in M. Sc., having done M. B. A. from IMD, LAUSANNE, Switzerland. He served for seven years as Manager Foreign Business at Bank of India’s establishment in India and Europe and joined M/s. Bawa Shoes Ltd. as Chief Executive before setting up this company. Appointed on board of SIDBI for two consecutive terms, as well as on board of State Bank of Patiala.

Very strongly focused on innovation, R & D and Quality Control having devised a unique system of on-line quality control in which the entire workforce from the Worker to Senior Managers participate in100% quality checks. R & D efforts have helped develop soft leathers in Cow Calf and Buff Calf that are matched by few in the industry.

Manufacturers of top quality Children’s shoes from age 9 months onwards, Gents’ dress shoes & very fine quality ladies uppers and ladies comfort shoes. Manufacturers of, possibly, the best buffalo calf in the world. Article Buffalo Calf Chandi is best selling leather brand out of India.

Drish Shoes Limited was established in 1988 and has today grown to have a total sales turnover of Rs. 100 crores with reserve of Rs. 23 crores, net worth of Rs. 36 crores and assets of Rs. 80 crores.The company's most important asset is its work force of 1300 skilled workers and trained leather and footwear technologists. Drish employs MBAs, C.As, qualified engineers, 15 leather technologists and 12 graduates in Footwear Technology from FDDI, India's premier footwear education institute. It also constantly sends its personnel for technical training in India and abroad.

Drish has a state of the art tannery at Nalagarh manufacturing more than 10,00,000 sq.ft. of leather per month. The tannery is equipped with tanning & dyeing drums of various sizes giving it complete flexibility in dyeing lots from 5 sq.ft. to 5,000 sq.ft. in as many as 20 colours per day and can handle full chrome, semi chrome and vegetable tanning.

All upper manufacturing is done in two dedicated ancillaries, each making 500 to 800 pairs a day and specializing in different constructions and customers. Hence one ancillary makes only California uppers, another makes only children uppers for Jela and another makes only high quality gents uppers for Manz. This ancillarisation helps in each unit developing expertise as per a particular customer’s needs and ensures very high standards of quality.

All shoe making for exports is done in a central unit at Panchkula, which is equipped with BUSM machines. The total constructed area of the production units exceeds 230,000 sq. ft.

Drish started its exports in 1988 by selling to one of the most discerning customers, Manz AG of Germany. At that time the company took the crucial decision of making only high quality products and based its entire strategy on the belief that it would be better to work for a few demanding customers rather than be lured by the attraction of doing low end large volume business. This helped in developing a system of very stringent quality controls and gave a very firm grounding of quality consciousness in every employee. With this focus on quality the capacities kept growing and today the production team can handle very high production rates and volumes without loosening the hold on quality.

Drish specializes in making fine grain Cow Calf, Cow Upper Leathers in grains, suedes and nubuks. A big strength of the company is its ability to procure the best raw material available in the country. Being located in Northern India, which is the source of Buff Calf and Cow-Calf skins, has contributed to the company's ability to make international class leathers. This ability was further enhanced by the fact that all raw purchase is done under the personal attention of one of the directors of the company. For heavier leathers the company imports the raw hides from Europe. In Shoes, the company started its production with Manz, a 120 years old Gents' shoe brand in Germany. Learning the hard way, Drish now exports some of the most expensive footwear out of the country. Along-with its excellence in cement lasted shoes the company has gained expertise in other constructions like California, Strobel, Cosy and Waterproof shoes. Drish has acquired special skill in handling children shoes in various constructions and is producing these for the best European brands like Piedro. Fur lined and textile lined house shoes in Cosy construction is another specialty. Drish has also mastered a unique technique of making waterproof Shoes based on Sympatex and Water-Tex materials. All new developments are assisted by a CAD-CAM system.

Drish is now bringing its export strength to Indian Market. A separate unit for domestic market has been set up in Himachal Pradesh. Since Drish does most designs for export at its studio on CAD/CAM by team of inhouse designers assisted by foreign designers, contemporary European shoes will be available to domestic market at the same time or may be earlier, as to European markets. Drish Shoes are available at better storesin various parts of India.