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- Praj Industries Limited (PRAJIND.BO), founded in 1983 and headquartered in Pune, India, provides process and project engineering solutions focused on bioenergy, high-purity water systems, critical process equipment and skids, wastewater treatment, and brewery and beverage plants. The company offers turnkey bioenergy solutions including first-generation and second-generation ethanol plants from feedstocks such as molasses, grain, and sugar syrup; compressed biogas (CBG) production technologies; biodiesel systems; and advanced biofuels like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), bio-bitumen, and renewable chemicals under its BioMobility and Bio-Prism platforms. Additional core offerings encompass high-purity water and hygienic systems for biopharma, sterile formulations, personal care, and nutraceuticals via subsidiary Praj HiPurity Systems; critical process equipment such as pressure vessels, reactors, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, and columns for oil & gas, petrochemicals, fertilizers, chemicals, food, pharma, and biotech sectors; zero-liquid discharge wastewater treatment systems emphasizing reduce-recycle-reuse principles; and complete brewery plants with low water and energy usage for premium beer production. Praj operates four manufacturing facilities in India at Sanaswadi near Pune, Kandla Special Economic Zone in Gujarat, and Wada in Thane District, with a total fabrication capacity exceeding 16,500 tons annually; all sites hold ASME U, U2, R, H, S stamps and ISO 9001:2015 certification. The company maintains a global footprint with over 1,000 references across 100 countries on six continents, including offices in South Africa, North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Thailand, and Philippines, and supports operations through its R&D center Matrix, which drives innovations in industrial biotechnology, 2G biofuels, biochemicals, and health products. Recent developments include commissioning 41 biofuel projects across India in FY2024-25; securing a major grain-based ethanol plant order for Enersur S.A. in Paraguay in June 2025 with $150 million investment potential producing ethanol, corn oil, biogas, DDGS, biobitumen, and SAF; partnering with Thyssenkrupp Uhde for end-to-end polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic production; signing a term sheet with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for 10 CBG projects under a 50:50 joint venture; awarding a 36 TPD CBG project to a South India leader, marking one of India's largest single-location facilities; executing long-term framework agreements with three global Praj GenX customers following commissioning of the advanced Mangalore facility; and expanding international inquiry pipelines in the Americas, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay while strengthening Americas presence with local resources.