The first alcohol distillery of SSL was established on 8 th Feb, 1943 by Late Raja Raghbir Singh Sandanwalia with a capacity of 24 KLD, as a diversification to the existing sugar activities. After functioning as an independent Company in the name of M/s Simbhaoli Industries Pvt. Ltd. for many years, it was merged with SSL in 1992. This became the foundation of the new line of business for the Company.
Present Activities
Simbhaoli Distillery is a modern distillery with high levels of productivities and enjoys prestigious position with respect to the quality of its products. It is having capacity of 90 KLPD out of which 45 KL is for Potable Alcohol. It has a 20 KLD ENA plant, which can produce superior quality extra neutral alcohol (ENA) for use in potable liquor products. The distillery gets sulphur free molasses for manufacture of alcohol and houses the ethanol manufacturing facility of 60 KLD.
Raw material used in distillation process is molasses from the sugar mill and balance requirement is procured from the nearby sugar mills. Quality of the Rectified Spirit (RS) is excellent as it is distilled from four columns distillation process. The Simbhaoli distillery is supplying RS to most of the market leaders of IMFL products in India i.e. Mc Dowell & Co., Shaw Wallace & Co., etc.
Simbhaoli distillery has a maturation capacity of 6 lakh liters of RS for manufacturing of excellent bottled liquor. It has been a major supplier of quality rum to armed forces up till 1995. Presently, it is selling the potable liquor in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal and Punjab. Also, we are catering to the requirement of Paramilitary forces.
Simbhaoli’s Premium Whisky, Utopia is prepared from a blend of imported scotch, premium malt and finest Indian grain spirits and supported by the finest world class expertise.
The market acceptability of the new brands is encouraging. Now planning to re- enter the market with a premium brand and also propose to introduce White Rum, Dark Rum in semi premium segments.
In the year 2002, Simbhaoli Sugars has successfully replaced the conventional double sulphitation manufacturing process to produce sugar with the revolutionary Defeco Remelt Phosphatation and Ion Exchange (DRPIE) technology. DRPIE is an internationally accepted refinery process that eliminates the use of sulphur and other harmful chemicals.
The market acceptability of the new brands is encouraging. Now planning to reenter market with a premium brand and also propose to introduce White Rum, Dark Rum in semi premium segments.
