16th October 2014, marked the celebrations of VVTi Factory day, organized by VV Minerals. The celebrations started about a month ago, with various sports events and fun talent competitions for the employees of VVTi.
School children from nearby areas and other spectators were also included in the merriment including games such as cricket, volleyball and kabbadi matches.
On Factory Day, the awards, trophies and prizes to winners across all categories were distributed by the chief guest Mr. R. Chandrasekaran. To add to the significance of this day, a blood donation camp was also organized for employees of VV Mineral, Mining.
In addition, several interesting activities such as drawing competition, poetry competition, essay writing and singing competition were conducted during the month-long calendar of activities planned for the employees
Mr. V. Subramanian, the managing director of VV Minerals, India, said in a speech, “As part and parcel of this sustenance exercise we ensure that employees relax, rejuvenate, compete, aspire, develop and also feel a sense of pride in contributing towards society as they do to the company in their respective humble ways.”
VV Minerals, Vaikundarajan is a heavy mineral mining company based in Tamil Nadu. They are a CSR driven organization and care deeply about environment and their employees.
Vaikundarajan hails from a jaggery maker’s family, but 25 years ago, he decided to break away from the family business and started something of his own which was unconventional. He set up VV Minerals in the year 1989. With just a humble turnover of 64 lakh per anum, VV Minerals, India, started off as a small scale company. Today, it is one of the biggest exporters of heavy minerals in India with a turnover of over 900 crore.
Mr. Subiah Vaikundarajan owes his success to his father, as he walked the journey of life on principles laid down by him. He feels that India is not utilizing the resources gifted to us by nature. He describes the scenario as a criminal waste of minerals, as these minerals will not stay on the shores for too long. The constant action of waves and wind will transport them back to the sea. They will settle on the shores of some other country and they will reap the benefits of our riches.
Despite being awarded as the largest Garnet manufacturer by the government Vaikundarajan believes that the amount they have manufactured is very insignificant compared to what exists on the beaches.
VV Mineral, Vaikundarajan is 2 decades old heavy mineral mining company based in Tamil Nadu. They are the nation’s leading miners and exporters of heavy minerals. They have a humongous output of about 700000 metric tones of heavy minerals gathered over 40 km of beach stretch in Tisayanvilai.
VV Minerals mines and manufactures mostly 4 products. The main mineral is Garnet which is found in abundance on these beaches. They also extract ilmenite and rutile which are used in making Titanium dioxide pigments. Lastly, they also deal with mining and processing minerals like Zircon, Sillimanite and Leucoxene.
About 7000 acres of mineral rich sand is present in the mining areas, which makes VV Minerals leaders in the industry. They are the first private company in India holding granted license for Mining and Exporting of Ilmenite from the Government of India.
Garnet Abrasive is mainly used for Water Filtration, Sand Blasting, Water Jet Cutting, Surface Preparation and other applications. Ilmenite is mainly used for manufacturing Titanium dioxide pigment, Titanium slag and other products; Rutile is mainly used for Welding Electrode , Titanium metal and pigment industries and Zircon for the production of opacifiers, glazes and frits, floor and decorative tiles, sanitary ware, glass and steel refractory, metal castings and specialised glass. Also, Sillimanite is used in refractories
VV Minerals, India is part of a larger company known as VV Group of Companies, all owned by S. Vaikundarajan. VV Minerals also has other directors, namely, V. Subramanian, S Jegatheesan and J Muthurajan.
