Company type | Private |
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Industry | Conglomerate |
Founder | S. V. Balasubramaniam |
Headquarters | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | S. V. Balasubramaniam (Chairman) B. Saravanan (Managing Director) |
Products | Sugars, Renewable energy, Granite, Alcohol, Liquor |
Website | www |
Bannari Amman Group is an industrial conglomerate based in Tamil Nadu, with presence in manufacturing, trading and service. [1] Manufacturing and trading activities include sugar, alcohol, liquor, granite etc. [2] The service sector has wind power energy, education etc. It was founded by S. V. Balasubramaniam who is the Chairman of the group. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
In the beginning - 1980s - BAG mainly was a sugar manufacturer. [8] The by-product of the sugar production - Molasses - was used for their distilleries. [9]
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