DEVANI LTD) delivers a complete range of products covering substantial consumer lines of both the domestic and industrial needs. The Company was founded in 1935 but was registered and in incorporated in 1965 under Kenya Company Laws Act by the Ramji Haribhai Devani family and has since been involved in the production of high quality – low cost products for the East African Industrial and domestic
market. The Company has registered a first in a number of product lines within the country since its inception:
It was the first Company in Kenya to start the manufacture of Wax Candles. This was started in 1956 and it was not till the year 1968 when other companies moved into the manufacture of this product. It was the first Company to start the manufacturing of Floor Polish way back in 1959 and the “Lordex” water proofing compound in 1960. Before moving into this production, all local based consumption of these products was through importation especially from the United Kingdom (U.K.). It was the first Company to start the production of neon and Perspex advertising products through a sister company that was then fully owned by RH Devani Limited – Pelican Signs Limited- the Company still continues to be owned by a family member of Ramji Haribhai Devani.. It was the first Company in Kenya to start the manufacture of wood preservative in 1966. And as recently as 1998 it was the first Company to start Commercial Recycling of plastic and polythene wastes as well as the first company to start commercial farming of mushrooms in go down environment in Kenya.
