Apollo International Limited
A Plan of Diversification
Raaja Kanwar is the founder of Apollo International Limited, a part of the Apollo Group. Though the family business ensured a natural progression into the tyre business but Raaja was keen to diversify and his vision ‘Nurturing Entrepreneurs through Partnership’ resulted in a leather startup in 1995. Today, we have a strong presence in over 45 countries and besides manufacturing leather garments, footwear, accessories and woven garments, we are also into international trading of tyres, EPC & Project Management in developing countries, digital cinema and the wellness industry. Always a keen investor in start-ups, disruptive technology and entrepreneurs with ideas he was eager to take his leather business to the next level.
In 2005, he met Shiraz Askari an entrepreneur, running his own business for more than a decade and gave him the responsibility to transform the business. Shiraz after completing his MBA started his career as a sales and business development professional but soon joined the leather export industry. He gained experience and held various senior executive positions before starting his own export company. He took to the helm of Apollo Fashion Company in 2005 and since then his focus on process, product and marketing has helped us grow rapidly. Shiraz has added new product categories, opened new markets and for him customer remains at the heart of everything we do. He is passionate about providing equal opportunities, doing business ethically and his vision is pushing the teams to adopt best practices and processes at all levels.
We started making bags, wallets and belts at the behest of our clients. Happy with our deliverables, they pushed, and we grabbed the opportunity to add new categories.
We started with making shoes for men and gradually started producing for women as well and are currently working with some remarkable international brands.
We have recently extended our expertise into textile garment manufacturing and are making outerwear, woven shirts, ladies tops and dresses in the current facilities and plan to further expand it in the near future.
