Spearheading the Damani family to its zenith in the Textile & Yarn Industries was Shri Surajratan Damani who had started off on his visionary stride by taking over one of the oldest textile mills located at Byculla, Mumbai in 1954.

Subsequently the company also started a new unit of industrial fabrics and cotton yarn located at Akola, Maharashtra.

The company’s next foray was into the Paper Industries, which saw the setting up of a paper unit in Gondia, Maharashtra in the year 1983-84.

During the year 2004-05 the Damani conglomerate demerged into two separate entities namely Simplex Mills Company Limited and Simplex Papers Limited.

Subsequently “Simplex Mills Company Limited” was renamed to “Simplex Realty Limited” as the company has entered into the real-estate business in both residential and commercial segment.

Having being present in the business realm of India for a formidable amount of time the family saw fit to give back to their country which had given them so much. The family’s salutation was in the form of philanthropic purposes; to name a few:

• The Damani College/Girl’s School, Rajasthan
• The Damani Eye hospital in Akola