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Location: Gisors Haute-Normandie France

The company establishes its first factory in …

Years: 1600 - 1611
The company establishes its first factory in south India in the town of Machilipatnam on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.

The high profits reported by the company after landing in India initially prompt King James I to grant subsidiary licenses to other trading companies in England, but in 1609 he renews the charter given to the company for an indefinite period, including a clause that specifies that the charter will cease to be in force if the trade turns unprofitable for three consecutive years.