In addition to representing M/s G. MAZZONI S. p. A., Italy - the inventors of the continuous soap manufacturing process - Mr. Krishnan also developed designs for modern soap-making machines and set up an engineering workshop in 1977 in the name of K. S. Krishnan Associates (P) Ltd. to manufacture and supply these plants.

M/s. K. S. Krishnan Associates (P) Ltd. & G. MAZZONI S. p. A. formed MAZZINDIA (P) LTD. as a joint venture company in 1986 to provide plants and equipment for the soap, detergent, fatty acid & glycerine industries, while meeting stringent international standards.

This joint venture was terminated in 1991 when G. Mazzoni S.p.A. was liquidated and the "new Mazzoni" named Mazzoni LB S.p.A. was incorporated.

From that time on Mazzindia, renamed as MILINDIA, operates in the area of Soap Plants & Machinery based on its own proven know-how, and in the areas of Detergents (including Sulphonation), Fatty Acids and Glycerine Plants based on Desmet Ballestra Group know-how respecting the terms of the Technology Cooperation Agreement which came into force in 1993 and which was recently renewed.