Bannari Amman Group

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Bannari Amman Group
Type Private
Industry Conglomerate
FounderS. 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.com

Bannari Amman Group is an industrial conglomerate based in Tamil Nadu, with presence in manufacturing, trading and service. Manufacturing and trading activities include sugar, alcohol, liquor, granite etc. The service sector has wind power energy, education etc. It was founded by S. V. Balasubramaniam who is the Chairman of the group.

History

In the beginning - 1980s - BAG mainly was a sugar manufacturer. [1] The by-product of the sugar production - Molasses - was used for their distilleries.

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References

  1. "Bannari Sugar".