Sugar EID Parry set up India's first sugar plant at
Nellikuppam in 1842. It was India's first private sector company to perform
research and development (R&D). The
sugar division contributes to over 65% of EID Parry's turnover, and around 20% of the sugar production in
Tamil Nadu is from EID. The
Nellikuppam Integrated Sugar Complex has a crushing capacity of 6500 metric tonnes per day, its co-generation facilities produce 24.5 MW of power, and its distillery facilities produce 75 kilolitres per day. The Travancore Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. (TSCL) at Valanjavattom Thiruvalla the Sugar division, Distillery division and Blending & Bottling division was originally owned by M/s Parry & Co. Government of Kerala (GOK) took over the company in 1974. EID Parry has 7 plants in the country situated at
Nellikuppam in
Cuddalore district,
Pugalur in
Karur district,
Kurumbur in
Pudukottai district,
Pettavaithalai in
Trichy district,
Pondicherry in
Puducherry,
Haliyal in
Karnataka and
Sankili in
Andhra Pradesh. The combined crushing capacity of all seven plants is 32,500 (TCD) Metric Tonnes of cane per day. The
Pudukottai unit of EID Parry was built at a site that had been rejected as a factory site at the request of the Indian government. It became one of the firm's largest revenue generators. The
Pugalur unit was acquired by EID Parry in 1992. The co-generation facilities at Pugalur can produce 22.5 MW of power, and it has a cane crushing capacity of 4000 metric tonnes per day. The
Pettavaithalai factory was bought in 1998 and can co-generate 19.6 MW of power. Its cane crushing capacity is 3000 metric tonnes per day. Recently, EID Parry acquired the sugar plants of GMR Group in states like Karnataka and Andhra. The plants at
Haliyal and
Sankili were merged with EID Parry on 1 April 2012, and the plant at
Ramdurg in Karnataka is operated on a lease basis.
Sugar Plants of EID Parry Group •
Nellikuppam in
Cuddalore District, •
Pugalur in
Karur District, • Kurumbur, Aranthangi Taluk in
Pudukottai District, •
Pettavaithalai in
Trichy district, •
Pondicherry, in
Puducherry •
Bagalkot, in
Karnataka. •
Haliyal, in
Karnataka •
Sankili, in
Andhra Pradesh.
Bio-products The bio-products business makes eco-friendly products from
natural resources. Currently, the core of this business is the Neemazal range of products made from neem seed kernel at the company's production facility at Thyagavalli near
Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The
Bangalore (R&D) group supports the
business by developing new formulations and delivery mechanisms for the application of the Neemazal range of products. SpreadMax, Yieldsmor, and Beemax. The company is now expanding its range of products away from
azadirachtin, its core product extracted from neem seed kernel. ==Subsidiaries==