About us
 
Tradition

The Travancore group of companies was started way back in 1917. It has since grown in to a multi million dollar business group with six fast growing autonomous business entities, a Super Specialty Hospital and a major Social welfare organization that patronises, among a host of other charitable institutions, a free Drug & De-addiction centre, a free Pain & Palliative centre, a free School for Mentally Challenged Children, a School and College for Nursing Students and an Engineering & Information Technology College; a fitting tribute to the founders social commitment.

 
Cocotuft is the one stop solution for all your floor covering needs. Cocotuft was started as a 100% export oriented unit in 2000, specializing in Vinyl (PVC) backed cut fast coir-matting rolls and flocked door mats. The company expanded its product range to include Rubber Mats, Coir Handloom Mats and Matting and Jute and Cotton rugs to provide the full range of floor coverings. 7000 m2 (75,000 F2) of manufacturing facility at Cherthala, in the South Indian State of Kerala, house dual imported French Tufting Machines with a combined capacity of 4800 m2 (50,000 f2) per day. A fully automatic computerized German flocking machine, which can flock 4,500 door mats a day, state of the art printing units, captive looms producing high quality jute and coir rugs and manufacturing facilities for Rubber mats are complemented by a comprehensive Quality Management System assuring timely shipment of optimal quality goods.
 


Cocotuft maintains a team of highly skilled designers to provide customized designs for our clients. Its design team has built up an enviable collection of rugs catering to different markets. Our design pallet includes more than 8000 hand picked designs to help develop market oriented and buyer centric design themes with complementing seasonal collections to give an edge.

When it comes to understanding customer needs and enhancing customer satisfaction, the mantra at Cocotuft has always been speed, focus, and accountability. Perhaps that' s why Cocotuft serves customers in more than 24 countries around the world with the major share of its revenue coming from the US and European markets. Cocotuft has not only established itself as a reliable supplier of a diversified range of coir products but acquired a position as a trend setting company.

 
The company has implemented a comprehensive Quality Management System as part of implementing ISO 9001: 2000 standards. Cocotuft has implemented an efficient sourcing mechanism with a strict rating system for maintaining an approved vendor list making sure that raw materials conform to certified standards. Random samples taken from each lot are inspected at its testing laboratories to ensure that raw materials meet approved standards before production cycles are undertaken.

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for each aspect of production are meticulously adhered to. Records are strictly maintained for identification and traceability for each and every product that leaves the factory.

 

Cocotuft believes that being innovative in business also means being responsible. Cocotuft is one of the promoters of the Common Facility Center a storage and treatment facility of Hazardous waste launched by SIDCO in the Cochin Special Economic Zone. It is committed to providing products that are environmentally sound, and is moving towards environmental sustainability in its business practices.

Behind Cocotuft' s products is something just as important - Cocotuft people, people focused to meet customer demands for quality, consistency and cost efficiency. The company guarantees a work environment and remuneration that meets or exceeds local as well as international legal requirements. In this regard , the company has been c certified as an SA 8000:2001 company by SAI, a U.S.- based, nonprofit organization dedicated to implementing voluntary verifiable social accountability standards.