Salem, Tamil Nadu · since 1958
Our companies are the dots. The family is the line.
The Ponvel Group began as a sago unit on Omalur Road in 1958. Today the family holds companies in Salem, Dubai and Muscat, each registered on its own and run by its own people.
9 companies · 3 countries · the oldest begun in 1958, the newest in 2021
A kolam is drawn at the threshold each morning: dots first, then one line that goes round every dot without lifting. Here each large dot is one of our companies.
The companies
Nine companies, each on its own feet
Every company below is a separate legal entity. Its registration numbers are printed as text, with a link to the official page where you can check them.
All companiesSago and starch · since 1958
Ponvel Sago & Starch
Buys tapioca from farmers around Salem and Namakkal and makes sago (javvarisi) and starch for food and textile mills.
Omalur Road, Salem
- Legal name
- Ponvel Sago & Starch Private Limited
- Entity
- Private limited company · subsidiary of the holding company
- CIN
- U10620TN1974PTC999902Check it (CIN U10620TN1974PTC999902) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33AABCP9902K1ZBCheck it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33AABCP9902K1ZB) on the GST portal
- FSSAI central licence
- 10019042999902Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- Incorporated
- 12 Jun 1974
- Registered office
- No. 14, Omalur Main Road, Swarnapuri, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
Road transport · since 1971
Ponvel Roadways
Full-truck loads of sago, yarn, cement and steel between Salem, Coimbatore, Bengaluru and Chennai.
Seelanaickenpatti bypass, Salem
- Legal name
- Ponvel Roadways Private Limited
- Entity
- Private limited company · subsidiary of the holding company
- CIN
- U49231TN1971PTC999903Check it (CIN U49231TN1971PTC999903) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33AABCP9903L1Z8Check it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33AABCP9903L1Z8) on the GST portal
- GSTIN, Karnataka
- 29AABCP9903L1ZXCheck it (GSTIN, Karnataka 29AABCP9903L1ZX) on the GST portal
- Incorporated
- 8 Mar 1971
- Registered office
- No. 14, Omalur Main Road, Swarnapuri, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
Cotton yarn · since 1986
Ponvel Spinning Mills
Spins combed and carded cotton yarn for weavers and knitters in Tiruppur, Erode and Karur.
Attur, Salem district
- Legal name
- Ponvel Spinning Mills Limited
- Entity
- Public limited company (unlisted) · subsidiary of the holding company
- CIN
- U17111TN1986PLC999904Check it (CIN U17111TN1986PLC999904) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33AABCP9904M1Z5Check it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33AABCP9904M1Z5) on the GST portal
- Incorporated
- 19 Sep 1986
- Registered office
- No. 14, Omalur Main Road, Swarnapuri, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
School · since 1994
Ponvel Vidyalaya
A CBSE day school for 1,100 children from LKG to Class 12, run by the family's educational trust.
Fairlands, Salem
- Legal name
- Ponvel Educational Trust
- Entity
- Trust or society · run by the family's trust
- Registration
- Public charitable trust, registered at the Sub-Registrar's Office, Salem, Doc. No. 999/1994
- CBSE affiliation number
- 1999999Central Board of Secondary Education
- Incorporated
- 11 Apr 1994
- Registered office
- Ponvel Vidyalaya, Fairlands, Salem 636016, Tamil Nadu
Bags and boxes · since 1999
Ponvel Packaging
Woven polypropylene bags and corrugated boxes for sago, rice, yarn and food makers.
SIDCO Industrial Estate, Salem
- Legal name
- Ponvel Packaging LLP
- Entity
- Limited liability partnership (LLP) · owned by the same family
- LLPIN
- AAB-9905Check it (LLPIN AAB-9905) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33ABAFP9905N1ZVCheck it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33ABAFP9905N1ZV) on the GST portal
- Incorporated
- 20 Feb 2012
- Registered office
- Plot 9, SIDCO Industrial Estate, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
Rooftop solar · since 2014
Ponvel Solar
Designs, installs and maintains rooftop solar plants for mills, schools and homes in western Tamil Nadu.
Salem and Namakkal
- Legal name
- Ponvel Solar Private Limited
- Entity
- Private limited company · subsidiary of the holding company
- CIN
- U35105TN2014PTC999906Check it (CIN U35105TN2014PTC999906) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33AABCP9906P1ZXCheck it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33AABCP9906P1ZX) on the GST portal
- Incorporated
- 1 Jul 2014
- Registered office
- No. 14, Omalur Main Road, Swarnapuri, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
Packaged foods · since 2021
Ponvel Foods
Ready-to-cook millet and sago mixes, sold in Tamil Nadu and to the group's company in Dubai.
Sankagiri Road, Salem
- Legal name
- Ponvel Foods Private Limited
- Entity
- Private limited company · subsidiary of the holding company
- CIN
- U10799TN2021PTC999907Check it (CIN U10799TN2021PTC999907) on MCA
- GSTIN, Tamil Nadu
- 33AABCP9907Q1ZUCheck it (GSTIN, Tamil Nadu 33AABCP9907Q1ZU) on the GST portal
- FSSAI central licence
- 10021042999907Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- Incorporated
- 25 Jan 2021
- Registered office
- No. 14, Omalur Main Road, Swarnapuri, Salem 636004, Tamil Nadu
Food import, UAE · since 2009
Ponvel Foodstuff Trading
Imports sago, millets and the group's ready-to-cook mixes into Dubai and supplies supermarkets and restaurants in the UAE.
Al Ras, Deira, Dubai; warehouse in Al Quoz
- Legal name
- Ponvel Foodstuff Trading L.L.C.
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Entity
- Company registered outside India (LLC, WLL, FZE, FZCO…) · subsidiary of the holding company
- Trade licence
- 999901Department of Economy and Tourism, Dubai (mainland)Dubai has no public lookup by licence number; a copy of the licence is sent on request.
- VAT TRN
- 100099999900003Federal Tax Authority, UAECheck it (VAT TRN 100099999900003) on tax.gov.ae
- Incorporated
- 2 Nov 2009
- Registered office
- Office 304, Al Ras Building, Al Ras, Deira, P.O. Box 00000, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Textile trade, Oman · since 2016
Ponvel Textiles
Sells the spinning mill's yarn and fabrics woven from it to tailors and retailers in Oman.
Ruwi, Muscat
- Legal name
- Ponvel Textiles L.L.C.
- Country
- Oman
- Entity
- Company registered outside India (LLC, WLL, FZE, FZCO…) · subsidiary of another group company
- Commercial registration (CR)
- 1999901Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, OmanCheck it (Commercial registration (CR) 1999901) on tms.taxoman.gov.om
- VAT number (VATIN)
- OM1100999901Tax Authority, OmanCheck it (VAT number (VATIN) OM1100999901) on tms.taxoman.gov.om
- Incorporated
- 15 May 2016
- Registered office
- Shop 12, Way 3108, Ruwi, P.O. Box 000, P.C. 112, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
The group
A letter from the chairman
My father, P. Ponnusamy, started a sago unit on Omalur Road in 1958 with two drying yards and a borrowed rasper. He bought tapioca from farmers he knew by name and paid them on the day of delivery. Most of what we have built since grew from that habit.
The lorries came because the sago had to reach the railway. The spinning mill came because the starch was going to mills anyway. Each company began next to the one before it, and each one is registered and run on its own, with its own accounts and its own managers.
Velmurugan PonnusamyChairman, Ponvel Holdings · second generation1 Jul 2026
Read the whole letterThe timeline
- 1958Ponvel Sago & Starch begins
- 1971Ponvel Roadways begins
- 1974The sago unit becomes a private limited company
- 1986Ponvel Spinning Mills begins
- 1994Ponvel Vidyalaya begins
- 1996Velmurugan Ponnusamy takes over from the founder
- 1999Ponvel Packaging begins
- 2004Ponvel Holdings is formed to hold the family's shares
- 2009Ponvel Foodstuff Trading begins
- 2014Ponvel Solar begins
- 2016Ponvel Textiles begins
- 2019The third generation joins the boards
- 2021Ponvel Foods begins
- 2026Arun Velmurugan becomes Managing Director
What we hold to
Four things we hold to, and what they cost us
Each one is a choice we make again every month, and each has a price.
We pay farmers and suppliers within 15 days
Instead of stretching them to 90 days to fund ourselves
It costs us working capital. It has kept the same tapioca farmers with us for three generations.
We keep every company's books separate
Instead of moving money between companies when one is short
Each company borrows on its own record, and a bad year in one does not sink another.
We grow next to what we know
Instead of buying into businesses because they are in fashion
Sago led to lorries, lorries to yarn, yarn to cloth in Muscat. We have said no to real estate twice.
We print our registration numbers and ask you to check them
Instead of asking you to trust the family name
Every company on this site shows its CIN, GSTIN or foreign registration, with a link to the official register wherever the register is public.
Family
- Velmurugan PonnusamyChairman, Ponvel Holdings · since 1996Boards: Ponvel Holdings, Ponvel Sago & Starch, Ponvel Spinning MillsSon of the founder. Has led the group since 1996.
- Meenakshi VelmuruganDirector, Ponvel Holdings; Chairperson, Ponvel Educational Trust · since 1994Boards: Ponvel HoldingsSet up the school trust in 1994.
- Arun VelmuruganManaging Director, Ponvel Holdings · since 2026Boards: Ponvel Holdings, Ponvel Roadways, Ponvel Foodstuff TradingThird generation. Ran the Hosur branch of Ponvel Roadways.
- Kayal VelmuruganDirector, Ponvel Foods · since 2021Boards: Ponvel Foods, Ponvel SolarThird generation. Started Ponvel Foods.
Board of the holding company
- R. SundararajanIndependent director · independent director · since 2018Boards: Ponvel Holdings, Ponvel Spinning MillsRetired banker. Chairs the audit committee.
- Fathima RahmanIndependent director · independent director · since 2022Boards: Ponvel HoldingsChartered accountant in Coimbatore.
- Ponvel Solar hands over rooftop plants at 12 government schools in Salem districtThe plants were paid for by the group's companies and are maintained by Ponvel Solar for five years at no cost to the schools.
- Ponvel Foodstuff Trading moves its Dubai warehouse to Al QuozA larger, temperature-controlled warehouse for the group's food products in the UAE. The office stays in Al Ras, Deira.
- Arun Velmurugan becomes Managing Director of Ponvel HoldingsThe founder's grandson takes over the day-to-day running of the holding company. Velmurugan Ponnusamy stays on as Chairman.
Careers
Work with us
Open roles are listed under the company that is hiring, with the legal name of your employer.
- Ponvel Roadways1 role
- Ponvel Spinning Mills1 role
- Ponvel Vidyalaya1 role
- Ponvel Solar1 role
- Ponvel Foodstuff Trading1 role
- Ponvel Textiles1 role
We never charge a fee to apply or to join, in India or abroad.
See open rolesInvestors and contact
Whom to write to
Tell us who you are, and your message goes to the right desk.
IndiaInvestors and shareholders
Annual reports, share transfers, dividends
R. Kavitha, Company Secretary
Within 5 working days
IndiaJournalists
Interviews, facts and figures, photographs
Group communications
The same working day
IndiaBusinesses and suppliers
Supplying a group company, or buying from one
Group office
office@ponvel.example.com+91 98765 43210
Within 3 working days
GCCCustomers and partners in the Gulf
Ponvel Foodstuff Trading, Dubai, and Ponvel Textiles, Muscat
Mohammed Irfan, General Manager, Dubai
gcc@ponvel.example.com+971 4 000 0000
Monday to Friday, within 2 working days (Gulf time)
India and GCCPeople looking for work
IndiaComplaints and grievances
About this website, or about how a group company has treated you
R. Kavitha, Grievance Officer
Acknowledged within 2 working days