In 1991 a group of technocrats combined their professional skills and produced products which were accepted as good import substitute and the Indian, ophthalmic industry had its domestic revolution with indigenous manufacturing. The plantech brand over the years has created its niche is the Indian Ophthalmic community of manufacturers.

Engineering comes easy to some who are in the me-too category. However at Plantech there is a quest for innovating products or features in their products line, bringing a larger product range under its brand name.