Milestones:

1990 : Divis Research Center (DRC) established. 1991-1993 : DRC successfully develops several commercial processes for intermediates and bulk actives and supplies to manufacturing majors. 1994 : Divis Research Center changes its name to Divis Laboratories Limited to reflect its growing area of operations and its plans to enter the manufacturing sector in the following year. 1995 : Manufacturing Facility (Unit-1) at Choutuppal near Hyderabad starts operations. 1997 : SGS-Yarsley of U.K certifies Divis Laboratories as ISO-9002 compliant. 1999 : European Directorate gives a “Certificate of Suitability” (CoS) for Naproxen produced at Divis Laboratories. 2000 : US-FDA inspects Divis Laboratories successfully SGS-Yarsley of U.K awards Divis the ISO 9001 Certification SGS International AG of Switzerland awards Divis the ISO-14001 Certification (for its efficient Environment Management Systems). 2001 : BVQI of London awards Divis the OHSAS-18001 Certification (for its Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems). 2002 : Divis commences the setting up of its 2nd Manufacturing Facility (Unit-2) at Chippada near Visakhapatnam. 2003 : Divis opens a new research center christened ‘DRC-Vizag’ for fundamental research in selected niche business core segments. 2003 : Went for IPO and listed on stock exchanges BSE, NSE and HSE. 2004 : US-FDA inspects the Choutuppal (Unit-1) for a second time. No 483. 2006 : US-FDA inspects the Visakhapatnam(Unit-2) for the first time. 2008 : Third US-FDA inspection for Choutuppal(Unit-1).

Awards:

Year Nature of Award Instituted by 2008 Appreciation certificate for “Best Cleaner Production Practices and Waste Minimization Techniques” on the Occasion of the World Environment A.P.Pollution Control Board, Hyderabad. 2008 FINALIST CERTIFICATE Golden Peacock Environment Management Award. 2008 SHRESHTHA SURAKSHA PURASKAR for the year 2006 National Safety Council NSCI Safety Awards. 2007 RUNNER-UP Under Scheme No 1 of the National Safety Awards 2006 Govt. of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment National Safety Awards (N.S.A). 2007 I.C.C Award for Excellence in Management of Health / Safety / Environment. Indian Chemical Council (I.C.C) Mumbai. 2005 National Award for Excellence Water Management 2005 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 2005 May Day Award for Best Management Department of Labour, Government of Andhra Pradesh 2004 Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) and National Safety Awards (NSA) - 2003 Government of India , Ministry of Labour 2004 Good Practice in Cleaner Production and Pollution Control A.P. Pollution Control Board, Hyderabad . 2004 Certificate of Appreciation for achieving OHSAS 18001 National Safety Council - A.P. Chapter 2003 Shreshtha Suraksha Puraskar National Safety Council of India for year 2002 2002 Silver award for Quality Excellence Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association 2002 May Day Award for Best Management Department of Labour, Government of Andhra Pradesh 2001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS-18001) Bureau Veritas Quality International 2001 Silver award for Quality Excellence Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association 2000 Silver award for Quality Excellence Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association 2000 ISO 14001:1996 Environment Management system SGS International Certification Services AG 2000 ISO-9002 Quality Systems SGS Yarsley International, UK 1999-2000 Best Exporter award Commissioner of Industries, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 1999-2000 Trishul award for large scale manufacturers Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL) 1999-2000 Samman Patra Commissionerate level Chief Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise, Dept. of Revenue, Hyderabad 1999-2000 Best Performance in Large & Medium Scale Sector All India Manufacturers’ Organisation 1998-99 First award for Large Scale Manufacturers Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics Export Promotion Council (CHEMEXCIL) 1998-1999 Samman Patra - Zonal level Chief Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise, Dept. of Revenue, Hyderabad Zone 1998-1999 Samman Patra - All India level Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance Government of India 1997-1998 Best export effort in AP Federation of AP Chambers of Commerce and Industry 1997 Trading House Ministry of Commerce, Government of India 1997 ISO 9001 Quality Management System SGS Yarsley International 1997 Quality Excellence Award Indian Drug Manufacturer's Association 1996-1997 Best Technologies Development in R & D Federation of AP Chambers of Commerce and Industry 1996 Best Export of Chemical Products Indian Chemical Manufacturers’ Association