Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd

Summary

Kothari Sugars and Chemicals (KSCL) was incorporated on 7 Nov.60 with a unit in Tamilnadu. KSCL is into the fields of Sugar, Distillery, petrochemicals, drugs, etc. The Company is having its works in Kattur & Manali in Tamil Nadu, Karaikal in Pondicherry and Sanga Reddy in Andhra Pradesh.The Company is having two Subsidiaries. i.e Kothari Biotech Ltd and Kothari International Trading Ltd.The companys products include polybutenes, para nitro chlorobenzene (PNCB) and ortho nitro chlorobenzene (ONCB), etc. KSCL has collaborated with Krebskosmo, Germany, and Biazzi, Switzerland, for its PNCB/ONCB project. KSCL set up a plant for co-generation of power to produce 12 MW of power. The company has also tied-up with Cosden, US, for manufacture of polybutanes. It has tied-up with the Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), to set up a Rs 100-cr hydrogen peroxide unit in Tamilnadu. KSCL also diversified into bio-technology with a joint venture with AVI, Israel. To handle large quantity of cane, the sugar unit at Kattur was expanded to 4000 tcd capacity. The company 2nd plant of 5.5 MW cogeneration turbines was commissioned after delay of 14 months. The companys Cane Separation System (CSS), being the first of its kind in India witnessed a teething problems right from cane feeding section till the extraction point due to the mismatch between the equipment supplied by M/s Amcane, USA and allied equipment supplied locally.It is also in the process of enhancing the capacities... Read More