ABD expands Rangapur distillery capacity to 65mn litre

Hyderabad: Allied Blenders and Distillers Limited (ABD) on Monday announced the expansion of the annual capacity of its distillery located in Rangapur, Telangana, from 55 million litre to 65 million litre. This unit makes Extra-Neutral Alcohol (ENA), the key raw material used in the manufacture of alcohol beverage products. The Company said the expansion has been carried out through internal accruals.

The ABD Rangapur distillery is spread over 74.95 acre with a built-up area of over 25,000 sqm. It provides direct employment to around 400 people and indirect employment to farmers.

Alok Gupta, Managing Director, ABD said, “The capacity expansion of our Rangapur distillery is a matter of pride on account of the access to additional ENA but also because it has been done in a sustainable and environment-friendly manner.” Gupta further informed that ABD is the largest Indian-owned Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) company and the third largest IMFL company in India, in terms of annual sales volume between Fiscal 2014 and 2021. The Company in a press release said that through water recycling and installation of water treatment plant, the ABD Rangapur distillery has been able to reduce water consumption by 20 per cent over last year. The Company has also invested in alternate bio mass fuel handling system to increase the use of renewable energy source fuel at the distillery, it said.