Nitin Shah: values that make the Founder of Shimnit India
Nitin Shah
From a very young age, Nitin Shah, a Gujarati boy aspired to start his own business and strived to be successful in life. During his childhood, he was raised with traditional morals. He enjoyed watching cricket and football with his family and like his father he wanted a very simple life. He wanted to have a successful career and a sweet family.
Taking his first steps towards his dreams, at the age of 17, in 1977 Nitin shah started his journey of work-life as he joined his father in business. He developed a passion for business because of his family. His father had a business of foundry products which included crucibles, graphite, and silicon which were then manufactured by a British company called Morganite Crucibles Limited. and a Scottish company called Vesuvius Crucibles Scotland. This was his beginning.
His love for travel changed his life. His passion for building his business took him all over the globe. His visits to the United States of America (USA), Europe, and Alaska made him fall in love with the scenic beauty there. As years went by their business grew global and Japan was a great global partner to them. As exclusive distributors in India for their various products, their business grew well and expanded. His first major contribution and growth factor was how he expanded and diversified the business of Stainless Steel, Seamless pipes from Japan and supplied to all the petrochemical refineries all over India.
The Japanese have always been his favorite global business partners and the way they work is commendable. Meeting intelligent people helped him pick up the business pace. This understanding of business and understanding how one has to supply to big companies via tenders and bidding processes impacted his growth tremendously. In 1987, Nitin Shah’s decision to leave his father’s business and become independent was supported by his family and friends. He started Shimnit enterprise which was then a proprietor firm. The companies whom he associated with over the years decided to join him in his new venture; to name a few: Toyo Tanso, Nitto Hoki Manufactures, etc.
In 1995 he went on a trip to Amsterdam for the intertraffic exhibition for his Japanese work partner Kiwa chemicals stall. He saw a new product there on a stall passing by and then he conceived the ideology of bringing Retro Reflective sheets in the Indian Market. Nitin Shah was the first person to collaborate with the ministry of road transport in India in 1996 and then High-security Number plates were presented in collaboration with Kiwa. In 200, the country changed the rule and made high-security registration plates compulsory, building in a whole change, which immensely contributed to Shimnit’s success.
Shimnit today is a group of companies which has an exceptional history of delivering unparalleled work in improving the Transport Sector of our country through diverse projects in the past three decades. It has been working relentlessly for projects as wide-ranging as manufacturing and marketing of High-Security License Plates, Retro Reflective Sheeting, Road pavement markers, etc. This was all started with Nitin Shah
As a Gujarati, he got married young and has lovely children whom he adores. To him, all with Shimnit’s success, being a good husband and an attentive father was very important. Now his son, Rushang Shah has joined him with his venture.
