ALFA LAVAL INDIA SECURES A 40KLPD DISTILLERY ORDER FROM  Octaga Green Power & Sugar Company Ltd. (OGPSCL)

Alfa Laval India secures an important distillery order

Alfa Laval India Limited signed a contract for supply of a 40 KLPD Distillery Project with Octaga Green Power & Sugar Company Ltd. (OGPSCL) to be located at village Karnoor, Taluka kagal district Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The contract was signed today by Satish Tandon, Managing Director, on behalf of Alfa Laval India while Basab Paul, Managing Director signed the contract on behalf of OGPSCL.

This plant will produce Anhydrous Alcohol and Rectified Spirit. The Plant will be located at Village Karnoor, Taluka Kagal, Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The 40 KLPD plant is expandable to 60 KLPD capacity. Alfa Laval scope of supply includes engineering of complete plant, with equipment supply for Fermentation and automation of complete plant. The Plant is designed to process various substrates as raw material viz., Cane Molasses, Corn, Sorghum & Rice.

Plant is expected to be in stream by May/June 2006

The Managing Director of OGPSCL, Basab Paul intends to install the first of its kind Zero Pollution plant incorporating the state of art technology. Basab Paul is son of Dr. BB Paul renowned technocrat having 17 patents in the Sugar and Alcohol Industry. He is also in advisory board of several national and international bodies like the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, UNDP, London & IMF, Washington.

For Alfa Laval India, it is certainly a prestigious order and being associated in this project is a matter of pride. The company has been working in close association with the customer and his changing needs for over two years before finalization of this order.

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. The company’s equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce foods and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol.

Alfa Laval’s products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for heating, cooling and refrigeration applications.

Alfa Laval’s worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena.

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For further information please contact:

Alfa Laval (India) Limited

Dapodi, Pune

India.alil@alfalaval.com