Aeonx Digital Technology Limited, formerly known as 'Ashok Alco-Chem Limited' is promoted by Mr. Manan Shah and Aura Alkalies and Chemicals Private Limited. Incorporated in November, 1992, the Company forms a part of the Ashok Organics Group. The Company later on changed the name to 'Aeonx Digital Technology Limited' effective from December 29, 2023.
Company is a holding company of Aeonx Digital Solutions Private Limited. The Company was engaged in the business of chemicals and trading of minerals and related activities. As part of its diversification strategy, the Company had already invested in an IT company called 'Aeonx Digital Solutions Private Limited', which is its wholly owned subsidiary. In a strategic move to realign and re-segment, the Company into a fully software technology and cloud company, its object clause has been changed to include business activities related to Information Technology.
The Company acquired a distillery to manufacture industrial alcohol, and an acetic acid plant, set up by Ashok Organic Industries, the flagship of the group, for the specific purpose of handing it over to company on 1 Apr.'93.
Its entire production of industrial alcohol is used captively to manufacture alcohol-based chemicals, including acetic acid. Acetic acid, known as a universal solvent, finds application in a variety of industries such as textiles, food processing, dyes, plastics, paper, bulk drugs and pharmaceuticals. Ashok Alo-Chem's reputed customers include Colour-Chem (India), Indian Dyestuff, Reliance Industries, E Merck and Vinyl Chemicals.
In 1994-95, the company commissioned a bio-gas effluent treatment plant to produce methane gas in technical collaboration with Aqua Technos, Bangkok, and modernised its distillery. The modernisation involved a change from the batch-processing to the continuous fermentation process which enhanced the yield per tonne of molasses by 20%. The projects were financed partly by a public issue in May '94.
The capacities of both units were increased by 50%; the distillery to 1 cr ltr and acetic acid to 9000 TPA.
The Company's expansion Acetic Acid Unit & Ester Unit got commissioned in March, 1999.
The Company acquired 10,000 Equity Shares with beneficial interest held with the Company of Ashwa Minerals Private Limited, on March 31, 2016 and accordingly, it became wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.