- CEO
- Jagdish Kumar Arora
- Full Time Employees
- 1,190
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Beverages: alcoholic
- Address
- SOM House Bhopal MP India 462011
- IPO Date
- Sep 6, 1994
- Business
- Som Distilleries & Breweries Limited manufactures and sells beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in India; it brews, ferments, bottles, cans, and blends alcoholic beverages including beer under the Hunter, Woodpecker, Black Fort, Legend, Power 10000, and Power Cool brands; whisky under the Pentagon Gold, Milestone Blue, Super Power, Genius, Milestone 100, Bhimbetka, Legend Premium, and Mahavat brands; rum under the Pentagon XO and Black Fort brands; and vodka under the Milestone brand; the company also provides bottling, packaging, and contract manufacturing services for alcoholic beverages. Incorporated in 1993 and headquartered in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, with a registered office in New Delhi, Som Distilleries operates production facilities in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Karnataka, achieving a consolidated beer capacity of 35.2 million cases per annum and IMFL capacity of 3.9 million cases per annum; it maintains strong market positions in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Odisha, while expanding into high-growth markets such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu. The company, flagship of the SOM Group, targets mass and mid-premium consumer segments through a robust distribution network and exports to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In recent developments, Som Distilleries advances a Rs 600 crore greenfield project via subsidiary Woodpecker Greenagri Nutrients Private Limited at Khimsepur, Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, encompassing a brewery, distillery, and manufacturing facilities to bolster pan-India presence; it plans Odisha plant capacity expansion starting December 2025 with Rs 30-40 crore investment, alongside premium beer product launches priced around Kingfisher Ultra levels and potential acquisitions or greenfield ventures; additionally, the board approved a preferential issue of up to 20 lakh equity shares at Rs 112 each to promoter group entities for operational and expansion funding.