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- Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Limited manufactures sugar and allied products from sugarcane at its integrated facility in Bellad Bagewadi, Belgaum district, Karnataka, India, a government-designated high recovery zone; the company, founded in 1995 and headquartered in Belgaum, operates through five segments including Sugar, Co-Generation, Distillery, Indian Made Liquor (IML), and Vinegar, with a licensed sugarcane crushing capacity of 11,000 tonnes per day. Core products encompass sugar (242,000 tons/year capacity), bagasse (660,000 tons/year), molasses (88,000 tons/year), rectified spirit (30,000 KL/year), extra neutral alcohol (21,000 KL/year), industrial ethanol (90,000 KL/year), electricity (496,800 MWh/year from a 36 MW cogeneration plant with 22.4 MW surplus sold via power purchase agreements), brewed vinegar (34,500 liters/day), compost, press-mud, and carbon dioxide; IML offerings include blended whiskey brands such as Our Choice, Your Choice, District-1, and VSL Black. The company serves domestic markets in India, primarily Karnataka, with by-products like bagasse fueling power generation and molasses feeding distillery operations for rectified spirit, extra-neutral spirit, ethanol, and vinegar production. In recent developments, Vishwaraj Sugar Industries expands its distillery capacity from 100 KLPD to 250 KLPD, including a new 150 KLPD multi-feed distillery operational in Q3 FY2025 funded by Rs. 125 crore debt and Rs. 99 crore equity via qualified institutional placement (Rs. 50 crore infused in September 2024, balance in Q3 FY2025); it acquired additional 22 acres of land, participated in a tender to manage Shri Hiranyakeshi Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Niyamit operations in December 2024, and anticipates improved scale, ethanol diversion via syrup/B-heavy routes, and grain-based operations during off-seasons from FY2026.