History & Milestones

History 1997 Commissioning of the sugar factory – installed capacity of 2500 TCD 1997 Launching of the intensive Cane Development Programme – resulting in increased availability of sugarcane from 70,000 Metric Tonnes to 600,000 Metric Tonnes by 2004 1999 Additional co-generation plant added to the existing facility 2001 Full-fledged 16 MW co-generation facility installed 2002 Enhanced crushing capacity to 3125 TCD 2005 Installed distillery plant to produce Ethanol and Rectified Spirit – attained status of full-fledged integrated sugar complex 2006 Increased total crushing capacity to 5000 TCD, highest by Sugar industry standards

Milestones

First in Sugar industry of Andhra Pradesh to receive the ISO 9001:2000 certification Sankili plant is the first full-fledged co-generation plant in Andhra Pradesh First sugar complex in Andhra Pradesh to undertake full-fledged cane trash procurement and utilisation as fuel in boilers First ever in Sugar Industry of Andhra Pradesh to encourage voluntary participation of employees in Total Quality Management and introduced Quality Circle concept Adopted Innovative Energy Conservation measures to bring down energy consumption levels, 100% DCS controls generating power for both in-house consumption and export to the grid Most modern distillery of 45 KLPD capacity with Molecular Sieve Dehydration System to produce best quality Ethanol and Rectified Spirit Incorporated Reverse Osmosis Technology for the first time in Andhra Pradesh, achieved 'zero discharge' of effluents Recognised by the Pollution Control Authorities as being a model Effluent Treatment Factory and rated as a benchmark plant for other distilleries to emulate