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- Bannari Amman Sugars Limited manufactures sugar and related products in India. The company produces refined sugar, including ONE-UP brand in consumer packs; industrial alcohol, extra neutral spirits, rectified spirit, and medium grade alcohol from two distillery units with aggregate capacity of 217.50 KLPD; power through co-generation plants totaling 129.80 MW across sugar units and additional windmills of 8.75 MW; granite blocks and polished slabs; and bio-products such as bio-fertilizers, bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, bio-nematicides, biostimulants, micronutrient mixtures, pheromone lures and traps, decomposing cultures, and enriched organic manures. It operates five sugar factories with 23,700 TCD crushing capacity in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; distillery units in Bhavani, Tamil Nadu, and Nanjangud, Karnataka; granite processing; and bio-fertilizer division; with exports of select products. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, the company serves agricultural, industrial, and construction sectors primarily in southern India. Recent developments include expansion of the Nanjangud distillery to 150 KLPD capacity for ENA/ethanol in 2021 with upgraded spent wash concentration, incineration, and zero liquid discharge systems; commissioning of a 25 MT/day liquefied CO2 plant in 2018; installation of multi-pressure distillation columns in the Bhavani unit in 2022; addition of a 100 KW solar power plant in 2013; and new board appointments of independent directors C Devarajan, M Rathinasamy, and M Ponnuswami in August 2024, alongside reporting 81.27% year-over-year profit growth in Q2 FY24.