founded 1987 as peninsula polymers limited penpol headquarters thiruvananthapuram india key people kimura yoshihiro chairman ; c. balagopal senior advisor ; c. padmakumar executive director products blood bags medical electronic products number of employees 822 1 parent terumo corporation japan website trumopenpol.com terumo penpol limited tpl is a subsidiary of terumo corp. japan and is india s largest blood bag manufacturer . it is also the largest producers of blood bags in asia outside japan . contents 1 origins 2 operations 3 references 4 external links origins edit the original company peninsula polymers limited penpol ltd. was established in 1987 1 by c. balagopal a former indian administrative service ias 1977 batch officer from the manipur cadre . 2 it was established as joint venture with sree chitra thirunal institute of medical sciences and technology and soon became the first company in india to produce blood bags using indigenous technology . in 1989 penpol started exporting and followed it up it by setting up an r & d centre . in 1999 tokyo based terumo corporation signed a contract to acquire a 74 % share of peninsula polymers limited and the new joint venture was renamed as terumo penpol limited tpl . the stake of financial institutions and other investors bought over by terumo leaving only the promoters and itself as shareholders . 3 operations edit terumo penpol has its headquarters in thiruvananthapuram kerala and employs 1200 people . 4 terumo penpol blood bags are sold in over 64 countries across the world and its medical equipment division has commissioned more than 25000 installations . tpl has entered its 25 year of operations in 2010 with an enhanced production capacity of 22 million blood bags per annum . 5 tpl has been winning the top exporter award or the second best exporter award for medical disposables every year from 1994 onwards . 5 references edit a b tpl company info 1 sathyendran nita 12 nov 2010 . the boss . the hindu . retrieved 24 jul 2011 . kurian vinson 31 oct 2010 . blood bags co terumo penpol turns 25 . the hindu . retrieved 24 jul 2011 . company information . tpl . retrieved 24 jul 2011 . a b kurian vinson 11 aug 2010 . new industries being crowded out of state capital . the hindu . retrieved 24 jul 2011 . external links edit terumo penpol ltd. terumo corporation japan https cb.hbsp.harvard.edu cbmp product na0294 pdf eng harvard case study on penpol retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title terumo penpol & oldid 729748924 categories companies established in 1987biomedical engineeringhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 july 2016 at 08 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view