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Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers was incorporated at Calcutta under the Companies Act, 1913 with the Registrar of Companies, Calcutta, as ‘Garden Reach Workshops Limited’ on February 26, 1934. The company changed its name to ‘Garden Reach Workshops Private Limited’ on November 5, 1957 after the promulgation of the Companies Act, 1956. Thereafter, the company changed its name to ‘Garden Reach Workshops Limited’ on November 30, 1961 pursuant to the acquisition of the company by the Government of India and the status of the company was changed from ‘private limited company’ to ‘deemed public limited company under the provision of Section 43(1A) of the Companies Act, 1956 with effect from January 8, 1976. The name of the company was again changed from ‘Garden Reach Workshop Limited’ to ‘Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited’ on December 31, 1976 by the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal. The company became a public company pursuant to a special resolution of the shareholders at an Annual General Meeting held on August 25, 2017.

Over the years, the company has established capabilities for in-house design and shipbuilding and has made considerable contributions to the indigenous warship construction program of the country. Its shipbuilding product line spans from technologically sophisticated Frigates and Corvettes to Fast Patrol Vessels. In last five decades, it has built and delivered ships ranging from small to large and advanced vessels including frigates, anti-submarine warfare corvettes, missile corvettes, landing ship tanks, landing craft utilities, survey vessels, fleet replenishment tankers, fast patrol vessels, offshore patrol vessels, inshore patrol vessels, WJ-FAC, hover crafts and fast interceptor boats to the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, MHA and Governments of other countries.

Business area of the company

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers is a ship-building company in India under the administrative control of the MoD and primarily adhere to the shipbuilding requirements of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard. In addition to its ship and warship building capabilities, it is engaged in engineering and engine production activities. As a part of its engineering division it manufactures deck machinery items, pre-fabricated portable steel bridges and marine pumps. The company’s shipbuilding division contributes a significant majority of its revenue from operations.

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