CHICAGO: An Indian owned privately held company set up three decades ago in Plymouth, MI. USA, Dhake Industries Private Ltd., has not only earned name and fame for itself but has now won recognition from the US government also for its outstanding performance on the export front and admirable domestic record.
Manufacturing specialty coating for engineered plastics and automotive paints , the company headed by BG Dhake, a chemist and chemical engineer by academic performance and professional upbringing, has its presence not only in USA but also in Brazil, China and of course, in India too. Its products go across the globe – Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Mexico and other parts of the world-.
According to BG Dhake, CEO and chairman, 45 percent production of the company goes abroad and this is one of the biggest factors besides the domestic performance that led the US Commerce Department to select the company for the prestigious President’s E Award this month for “its significant contribution to increase the US Exports.”
BG Dhake who has been in the industry for over three decades, however, gives full credit for export lift to his equally qualified son Arjun Dhake, Vice President, who has trekked the globe for marketing company products. He has been to China with the Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and to Brazil with the Deputy Governor Brian Calley in recent years. He has been to India many time and has now also set up a small facility in Pune.
Arjun has a degree in Chemicals Engineering from Michigan University and Masters in Business Administration from prestigious the Ross Business school. “It is because of the broad vision, foresight and efforts of Arjun that the company has developed its footing in China, Brazil and India too,” says BG Dhake.
Dhake Industries is probably the only Indian owned business in the automotive paint and coating business that has been recognized and selected for the President’s E Award. The award ceremony is slated to take place in Washington DC on May 27 this year and it is expected that the US President would grace the occasion with his presence and encourage the US business to do one better in the export field.
In a communication to BG Dhake, Penny Pritzker, US Commerce Secretary said that “Dhake Industries has demonstrated a sustained commitment to export expansion. The E Award Committee was very impressed with the company’s work to develop its markets and export its product to China.
Dhake Industries achievements have undoubtedly contributed to national export expansion efforts that support the US Economy and create American jobs.”
Ramesh Soparawala
India Post News Service
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