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- The Ugar Sugar Works Limited manufactures and sells sugar, industrial alcohol, potable alcohol, and co-generated power in India, operating through segments including sugar, industrial alcohol, potable alcohol, co-generation, and petroleum products sales; core products comprise white crystal sugar in M-30 and S-30 grades, rectified spirit, extra neutral alcohol, ethanol for oil blending, Indian made liquors such as Old Castle Premium Whisky and Sandpiper, and bagasse-based electricity exported via power trading entities. Founded in 1939 and headquartered at Ugarkhurd in Belagavi district, Karnataka with registered office in Sangli, Maharashtra, the company maintains sugar plants, distilleries, and co-generation facilities at Ugarkhurd and Jewargi in Karnataka, alongside offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Belagavi, Sangli, and Kolhapur, serving institutional buyers like food and beverage manufacturers, dairy processors, bakeries, supermarkets, oil companies, and Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited with nationwide presence and indirect sugar exports through merchant exporters. Recent developments include commencement of maize procurement for ethanol production, environmental clearances for distillery expansion to 845 KLPD and sugar unit growth, a planned new product line launch in March 2025, operational enhancements such as SAP implementation and zero-pollution distillery processes, alongside Jewargi greenfield project crushing in the 2024-2025 season amid elongated working capital cycles and rating revisions to CARE BB+ with negative outlook in May 2025 due to profitability pressures from lower sugarcane crushing and higher raw material costs.