Overview

Factory at a Glance Key performance indicators 2005-06 Season: Total cane crushed -186.16 LQ Total losses % cane -1.95% Bagasse saving % cane -4.71 %

Triveni's sugar factory at Khatauli began operations in 1933 with a crushing capacity of 500 TCD. The crushing capacity of Khatauli was gradually increased in phases from initial 500 TCD to its present 16,000 TCD capacity in various phases.

Some of the recent additions in plant & machinery include

• Continuous vacuum pan for B -massecuite boiling
• Syrup clarification system
• High capacity DC motor driven centrifugals
• Plate heat exchangers
• Cooling tower cell
• Automation of mills based on Distributed Control System and steam flow meters

The performance of the factory has been very consistent & full advantage of modern equipment designed in collaboration of Sugar Research International of Australia like Continuous Vacuum Pan for energy (steam & power) efficiency & syrup clarification system for sugar quality is taken to achieve better operational parameters. The technical efficiencies achieved by the plant are amongst the best in the state.

The branded sugar of Triveni Shagun is packaged in a state-of-the-art sugar packaging section located in the sugar factory premises. The sugar packaging section is considered to be the best designed sugar packaging sections amongst all the players in branded sugar business in India.

Factory has about 59000 hectare cane area and deals with over 60,000 farmers to meet its requirement of sugar cane. Apart from the cane purchase at the factory gate which constitutes only about 30% of the daily cane purchase, balance cane is procured from over 150 cane purchase out centres. The cane department of the plant has excelled in the management and operation of these cane out centres. The management of the cane transport through trucks is one of the various unique features of this plant where a fleet of over 550 trucks is used efficiently to fetch this clean & fresh cane to the factory on a daily basis. For the loading of the cane on trucks, mechanical cane loaders are also used.

Khatauli plant has been a pioneer in the usage of IT for the cane procurement as well as for the cane development. The details about the land holdings, area under cane, last few years supply to the factory etc are used to for the cane procurement and cane development. Farmers are advised on sowing of the cane varieties based on details collected by the factory on land type, soil details etc.

Major cane varieties in the factory are :

Early (High Sugared) Varieties	General Cane Varieties
CoJ -64	CoS -767
CoS -88230	CoS -84212
CoS -8436	CoS -8432