Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd informed that it obtained acknowledgement from the government of India after doubling its Ethanol distillery capacity.
The company, engaged in production of sugar, Ethanol and power generation, said it has doubled its existing ethanol capacity is 22,500 Kilo Liters (KL).
Under India’s industrial rules, large enterprises are required to inform the central government of any change in their production capacity.
The company has sugar plants in northern India which are located at Libberheri Uttarakhand), Barkatpur, Khaikheri and Shermau (Uttar Pradesh).
These plants have sugarcane crushing capacity of 23,750 TCD , power generation capacity of 103 MW — out of which approximately 55.5 megawatts surplus power is exported to the National Grid.
The Ethanol production is based at Barkatpur plant having capacity of 75 KLPD.
Its sugar is double refined, sulpherless sugar. It markets its product under Uttam brand.