- CEO
- Pendyala Chowdary
- Full Time Employees
- 2,242
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Address
- Venkatarayapuram Tanuku AP India 534215
- IPO Date
- Dec 26, 1994
- Business
- The Andhra Sugars Limited, founded in 1947 and headquartered in Tanuku, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India, manufactures sugar, chlor-alkali products, aspirin, sulfuric acid, industrial alcohol, and liquid and solid propellants; it generates captive power through coal-based thermal and wind farms and operates integrated facilities across Tanuku, Taduvai, Bhimadole, Kovvur, Saggonda, and Guntur. Core products encompass refined and raw sugar from three crushing plants with a combined 16,000 TCD capacity using diffusion technology; chlor-alkali derivatives including caustic soda, caustic potash, liquid chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, hydrochloric acid, and aluminum chloride for water treatment, paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and insecticides; pharmaceuticals such as aspirin produced via indigenous technology at a USFDA-, EDQM-, and WHO-certified plant; heavy chemicals like sulfuric acid from a new 500 TPD plant commissioned at Saggonda in April 2024; industrial alcohol and propellants supplied to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), contributing Rs. 68.13 crore in revenue in FY2025; and co-products like bagasse, molasses, and power for internal use. The company serves domestic and export markets primarily in southern India, with subsidiaries including JOCIL Ltd (vegetable oils), The Andhra Farm Chemicals Corporation Limited, Hindustan Allied Chemicals Limited, an equity stake in The Andhra Petrochemicals Limited (oxo-alcohols), and Sree Akkamamba Textiles Limited (yarns). Recent developments include the suspension of sugar operations in FY2025 due to low realizations and cane shortages, with permanent shutdown of the Tanuku plant and halt at Taduvai and Bhimadole for FY2026, alongside improved chlor-alkali profitability in Q1 FY2026 at 16.9% PBIT from better caustic soda realizations, healthy ISRO offtake growth, and a debt-free status as of June 2025 supported by Rs. 196 crore in consolidated liquid investments.