The SKM hospital started it’s service by offering consultations to the needy persons with Siddha Medicines .For the need of quality medicines, as a backward integration the SKM Charity Trust Siddha Pharmaceuticals was started and begin to cater the Siddha Physicians in Tamilnadu.  At the same time the Swami Vethathiri Maharishi’s World Community Service Centre had started 13 Siddha Out Patient Hospitals in Tamilnadu which were supplied with our SKM medicines.

            Since the demand and the need for quality medicines scaled up and also as per the Vision of our Managing Director Mr. SKM Shree Shivkumar the trust was restructured into a Limited Company “SKM Siddha and Ayurvedic Medicines India Private Limited” and the trust pharma infrastructures were improvised with a project cost of INR 120 Million. Manufacturing the Siddha Classical products such as Chooranam, Thailam, Legiyam, Nei, Ennai, Choorana Tablets, Parpam, Chendooram and the Ayurvedic Classical Products such as Choorana, Thaila, Legiya, Guggulu, Gutika, Arishtam and Aswavams.  The Siddha and Ayurveda Proprietary products includes Tablets, Capsules, Syrups, Ointments, Creams etc. are under in the pipeline of manufacturing.  The installed production capacity is 1200 tonns per annum.  The total staff strength is 230 Nos. presently (2009) working down line under our Executive Director Mrs. Kumutaavalli Shivkumar who is guiding and motivating the Staff to their excellence.

         The SKM factory is endorsed with Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940, for 216 products including Shastric and Proprietary Medicines., AGMARK licence for sale of honey, Factories Act 1948, SSI Certification under  State Government and National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) from Govt. of India, Air and Water Pollution Control Act with Effluent Treatment Plant of 50,000 litres Capacity.The Factory is also endorsed with Good Manufacturing Practices Certification (GMP) right from the year in 2002 and it is the first factory in Tamilnadu to get the certificate in Tamilnadu.  Adding a feather to the cap, it has been also certified with ISO 9001 : 2000 for successful implementation of Quality Management Systems.  

The Medicines are prepared in a clinically clean environment by adopting highest degree of Plant Hygiene, Personal Hygiene, which paves the way for Product Hygiene.  All GMP guidelines such as Standard Operating Procedures, Batch Manufacturing Records, In Process Controls, In House Standards are stringently followed which ensures the Efficacy and Safety of the medicines.  Quality raw materials make the quality process.   Hence all the Raw materials are tested by the Q.C. Laboratory consisting of Botanical, Microbiological and Chemistry Lab and the tests are carried out for the intermediate and also the finished goods.  The Quality Control and Quality Assurance Lab along with the Production Department will go in line with each other and the every step of the process is being assured to deliver a quality medicine.

The Siddha Medicines are used by around 2000 institutionally qualified practitioners throughout Tamilnadu. Apart from the above we have been supplying to 1000 Govt. Hospitals under State Ayush (Commissionerate of Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy of Tamilnadu) Govt. Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai, Tamilnadu and also the Siddha Hospitals under Govt. of Pondicherry. 

    Our factory consist of following production division furnished with the following divisions

1. Tablets - Mass mixer, Sifter, Ribbon blender, double cone blender, granulator, tray drier, tablet machine (16 stations rotary), Coating Pan for preparing.
   
   
2. Capsules - Capsule loading, Capsule filling and Tablet capsule counting for packing of tablets and capsules. 
   
   
3. Herbal Powders (Chooranams) - Standard pulverizers, Micro-fine impact pulverisors, Blenders, Sifters for preparing Chooranam and other Powders.
   
   
4. Syrups - Automatic Syrup manufacturing plant for manufacturing of Syrups and Automatic filling lines.
   
   
5. Ointments - Automatic Ointment Production and filling line for ointments.
   
   
6. Medicated Oils, Jams (Thailam, Legiyam, Rasayanam, Ghirutham and Manapagu) - Steam generating boilers, double jacketed SS Kettles and Pans and Steam, Electrical driers.
   
   
7. Aristams, Asavams, Kashayams – Drug boilers, fermentation tanks, Centrifuge.
   
   
8. Parpams, Chendoorams, Mezhugu, Karuppu - Mechanized stone Kalvams, Grinders, Ball mill, Huller Machines.
   
   
9. Packing - Automatic and Semi-Automatic Liquid filling machines for packing of Liquids, Blister packing for Tablet and Capsules, Shrink packing machine.

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