| 1961 |
Foundation of United Agencies, Dubai by Mr. C.M. Nihalani |
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| 1961-1963 |
Building-up and learning about surrounding region in Persian Gulf and market potentials |
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| 1963 - 1970 |
Trading in various items including Textiles, Hardware, Sanitary ware |
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| 1974 |
Inauguration of Mr. Vijay C. Nihalani to United Agencies |
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| 1977 |
Beginning of Chilean Sawn Pine Timber business to Persian Gulf |
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| 1978 |
Opening of office in Santiago, Chile to handle export of timber and imports of other construction materials |
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| 1980 |
Largest shipment of Pine Sawn Timber (till date) into Middle East region |
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| 1982 |
Opening of office in Iquique, Chile for Import / Export Trade in same line |
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| 1985 |
Opening of office in Sau Paolo, Brazil for Export of Plywood |
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| 1986 |
Opening of office in Kandla, Gujarat, India to enter the Indian Timber market. Priority sales being logs from all over the world inclduing Malaysia, Chile and Nigeria. Only imports into India, no export assuch. Detachment of Brazil operations from United Agencies, thereby forming a separate entity altogether. |
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| 1991 |
Opening of PVS International Pvt Ltd, Singapore as export arm of all wooden products purchased from Far East. United Agencies is the exclusive buyer / agent of allsales. Simulataneously opening of GeeCee Intl Bintulu, Malaysia as a QC branch to check all shipments being made from Malaysia. |
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| 1995 |
Opening of PVS International Mumbai, India as an import office for logs being exported by PVS Intl Singapore from Malaysia and PVS Intl Nigeria (to be opened in 1997). Also began supplying other hardwoods during these years such as American, African, European and some Brazilian |
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| 1997 |
Opening of new office in Ibadan, Nigeria to export various species of logs to India and some volume of sawn timber toDubai. Simulataneously closed operations in Malaysia |
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| 1999 |
Beginning of imports into Middle East region from P.R. China. |
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| 2002 |
Closed Ibadan operations due to lack of raw material for export. Arrival of 3rd generation in the business. All three generations working together in the same office in Dubai. |
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| 2005 |
Opening of office in Lianyungang Port, China for Quality Control, Documentation and Research as export for panel products grow at a very fast rate. |
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