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Our highly efficient manufacturing plants geared towards
bringing out quality products for our customers.
We have:
• one unit in Silvassa, manufacturing herbicides;
and
• one unit each in Bellary and Eluru
 SILVASSA
PLANT
Operational since 1996, the Silvassa plant is our
star site. Built across six acres, the plant manufactures
formulations and packing of Roundup, Machete, Fastmix,
Lasso and Leader. The plant employs 24 permanent staff
and 48 contract workers. The site is accredited with
ISO 9001: 2000, ISO 14001: 2004 and OHSAS 18001: 1999.
BELLARY PLANT
The Bellary plant, spread over 40 acres, was set up
in 1996 and has a corn drier unit, three units of
hybrid seed conditioning, a parent seed conditioning
unit; and Quality Assurance and Isozyme testing labs.
It is a matter of great pride for us that the Bellary
Seed Testing Laboratory has been awarded a certificate
of accreditation by the International Seed Testing
Association (ISTA). This certification is an important
step towards our commitment in providing our customers
with the best quality seeds. The accreditation has
been given with effect from February 2006 and is valid
for a period of three years. The scope of accreditation
will be
valid for sampling, physical purity, germination
and moisture, enabling it to achieve higher standards
in purity. The Bellary Seed Testing Laboratory will
also be authorised to issue ISTA Internat ional Seed
Analysis Certificates to seeds that are exported.
Our Bellary site has been rated 5th amongst all the
industries in South India for the CII- ESH Leadership
and Excellence award. We were awarded, after short
listing 25 companies from an original application
of more than 150 industries from South India.
 ELURU
PLANT
Our Eluru plant, spread over 22.5 acres of land,
concentrates on corn drying. Our dedicated and committed
team was involved in implementing the Environmental
Management Systems (EMS) at the site, which led to
the Eluru site being recommended for ISO 14001: 2004
certification. While this certification is definitely
a 'Jewel in the Crown', our commitment is to sustain
this further and keep improving on it continuously.
With this latest certification, the Bellary and Eluru
plants have now embraced all the three systems: QMS
(Quality Management Systems), OHSAS (Occupational
Health and Safety Assessment Systems) and EMS.
To furter strengthen our commitment towards farmers,
we have made investments to increase our drying capacity.
We are in the process of setting up a corn drying
plant in Hyderabad incorporating the latest drying
technology, with an inves tment of approx imatel y
Rs. 48 crores.
All our plants are ideally located in terms of climatic
conditions and closeness to production facilities.
This further adds to our strength.
This year we focused on effective contract labour
management. We have taken positive steps to ensure
that our farmers do not employ child labour. We are
also ensuring that the contract workers are well educated
about the safe practices and adequately supplied with
all the safety equipments. Our constant interaction
with farmers ensures their faith in us.
We strongly believe that children are the future
of the country. We have undertaken various social
activities, such as school infrastructure development
and building playgrounds, to enable all round development
of the children in our areas of operation.
VIDHYARTHI
The Vidhyarthi Program supports education for poor
children in our production village schools. Earlier,
we used to distribute note books and bags across Bellary,
Haveri and Eluru locations. This year, after getting
feedback from the village panchayat, farmers and village
elders, we decided to provide student desks, tables
and chairs, to compensate for the lack of infrastructure
in the village schools.
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