Industry

By… K. Hemanth Kumar,

ML Group of Companies Post Box No : 18, Chilakaluripeta - 522 616 Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh, India. Phones : + 91(8647) 254 945 to 50 Fax : + 91(8647) 254 147 Guntur Off.Phones : + 91(863) 222 3135 / 232 2916 Fax: + 91(863) 235 6741 E-mail : [email protected]

ML Group Of Companys Ganapavaram, Guntur (dt.) INDIA

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ML Group Of Companys Sri MADDI LAKSHMAIAH Chairman & Managing Director ML Group Of Companys

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Sri MADDI VENKATESWARA RAO Director-ML Group Of Companys

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Sri MADDI RAMESH Director-ML Group Of Companys

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Who behind ML Group….? The Group is founded by Sri Maddi Lakshmaiah a Mechanical Engineer, after 15 years experience in tobacco Industry in 1970 at Chilakaluripet, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He decided to cater to the needs of the global cigarette manufacturers, by processing and exporting Indian tobaccos. From these humble beginnings in tobacco processing, ML Group has established a preeminent position in tobacco processing & exports,cigarettes exports and vegetable oils business.

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Sensing that the future holds excellent prospects in the infrastructure industry, ML Group has diversified into the field of real estate and construction, and has successfully completed many high rise projects in the metro cities of Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. ML Group has taken its credo of total Quality to the furthest. Whether in the Quality of process, products or working conditions for the vast workforce, the farsighted innovations of Mr. Maddi Lakshmaiah have given the group a Strong edge. The personal involvement of the directors in all aspects of the Business has resulted in high Quality operational parameters.

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The company can proudly claim some of the most skilled work force and a highly efficient management, people who have contributed significantly to the pre-eminent position the company holds today. The company has earned recognition from apex institutions and is a recognized leader in tobacco markets the world over. The Quantum growth of MLCO., spurred investment in infrastructure and diversification into other businesses. Under the umbrella of ‘ML Group’ the various companies have an annual turnover of Rs. 1700 Million and an asset base of Rs. 12 Billion.

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HR Department Marketing Department Finance Department Logistics&Shipping department Customer Service department Sales Department Exports department Legal department Operation Department

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Divisions Under ML Group…

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The highly competitive tobacco market represented tremendous growth potential to Mr. Maddi Lakshmaiah. Foreseeing the demand for Quality Indian tobacco, a long term strategy was formulated. Right from it’s inception, the company adhered to international standards and made rapid inroads into global tobacco markets. A sophisticated threshing plant of international standards was commissioned in 1976. Being the first in India, it created a revolution in tobacco processing and led to a huge upsurge in demand. This led to the commissioning of second modern plant with threshers, redryers and other sophisticated equipment for the processing of Quality tobaccos.

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Maddi Lakshmaiah & Co. Ltd., the first Threshing and Redrying Plant in the industry was set up by Mr.Maddi Lakshmaiah, at Ganapavaram industrial area, Chilakaluripet, 32 KM away from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh in 4.4 hectares of land in 1976. The company threshes quality tobaccos with an installed capacity of 120 tons per day with modern machinery consisting of counter-flow classifiers, conditioning cylinders, threshers, vibrators etc and Automated re-drying facility. Stem Dryer with a capacity of 40 tons/day. 2 world class Automated double ram pressing systems with 20 ton capacity, connected to Auto Strapping machines.

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The supporting infrastructure includes 11 ton FBC boiler and country’s best Thermax 10 m³/ hr. Reverse Osmosis water treatment plant. The rest of the machinery is from most reputed manufacturers. Supported by a team of experts, engineers, technicians and highly skilled workforce, the company has forged ahead, setting standards that have become benchmarks in the industry. The Company had an human power capacity of consisting 804 employees.

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The entire plant is catered with a power of 1100 KVA with 3000 HP connected load through 33 KV dedicated feeder from Electricity Board grid and complete line of control panels & switchgears from L & T, Crompton with a back-up of self generation by 4.5 MW SKODA, Czech D.G.Sets. The mammoth warehouses are built with natural wind power ventilating system in 5,000 m² storage area for Raw material storage, and 10,000 m² storage area for Finished goods storage. The company has annual production of 25 million Kgs. Used mainly for Exports and balance for domestic sales. It ranks among the largest threshing units in the country.

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ML AGRO PRODUCTS LTD. is one of the largest Threshing & Redrying plants in Indian Tobacco Industry built in 1984 at Martur, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, set up by Sri MADDI LAKSHMAIAH. Martur is centrally located between ONGOLE and GUNTUR. The Company owns 30 acres of land with 60:40 ratio of afforestation and buildings occupied. The plant has got an installed threshing capacity of 140 Tons per day, with 3 blending lines comprising of Tipping machines attached to a Flow balancing Auto Feeder, Cardwell conditioning Cylinders, Threshing devices connected to suitable counter flow Classifiers in optimum proportion.

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The technical support by the best experienced Engineering personnel is an asset to the plant and they are available round the clock in shifts as in house accommodation of 75 residential quarters are provided by the Company management which enables them to pay immediate attention as and when required.

The Company is a SRTP Compliance Factory in the Industry and striving towards SA8000 Certification and also for ISO 9000-2001 Certifications.

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Started in 1976, CAPOL extracts and refines cotton seed oil. Today it is a multiproduct company with equipment to process all kinds of oil seeds. The plant has a storage capacity of 2,100 tonnes for different types of oil. Extreme care is taken to ensure that at every stage in the process of production, right from selection of the raw material to packaging the products, only the best is passed. This is ensured by using some of the latest equipment, minimum human intervention and rigorous application of quality control processes to ensure that the final product conforms to all appropriate standards. The By-Products of the process in the form of Linters, Hulls and De-oiled cakes are in high demand in many parts of the world.

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These Cotton Linters are having good demand in European and East Asian Countries. CAPOL produces 4,000 MT per annum. Cottonseed Hulls are used as Roughage in Cattle Feed, in manufacture of Furfural alcohol as it contains 12.5% to 13% of Furfural and also used in Petroleum Drilling operations for drilled holes to avoid caving in. CAPOL produces 20,000 MT of Hulls per annum.

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ML ML Exports had operations of Exporting Tobacco processed in its Ganapavaram Threashing Plant to its customers in CIS Countrys-UK, EUROPE; African Countrys, CHINA, LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRS, Middle East Countrys-BANGLADESH, NEPAL. It was started its branch in RUSSIA & European Countrys in1968. It was exporting tobacco daily from Ganapavaram Plant through Containers to customers. Maddi Lakshmaiah Group of Companies (ML GROUP), a pioneer in Indian Un-manufactured Tobacco Industry, has been exporting tobacco to all over the World for the past 5 decades.

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Role Of Logistics in ML Exports Logistics is concerned with getting the products and services where they are needed and when they are desired. It is difficult to accomplish any marketing or manufacturing without logistical support. It involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging. The operating responsibility of logistics is the geographical repositioning of raw materials, work in process, and finished inventories where required at the lowest cost possible. The Company has been using only watereays for its Transportation.

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• The main advantage of the company is it has its own in-built Rawmaterial&Finished Good WAREHOUSES. • It has its own lorries to Get rawmaterial from Local Areas & it’s using Containers from NYK Logistics for Exporting from INDIA to Other Countries. • There is a dept. called Logistics & Shipping in the company for maintaining transportation transactions. • There is a viabilty to Foreigners for purchasing the Tobacco directly by visiting the company.

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The other major venture in ML Group is ML CIGARETTES. It’s Producing Cigarettes in American Countrys. It attracted wide range of customers in Cigarette market by maintaing different tobaccco flavours. At present it’s producing the following brands of Cigarettes….

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Other Concerns Of ML Group • • •

Warehousing IT Infrastructure Property Development

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Foreseeing the demand for warehousing for MNCs in view of rapid growth in retail business, IT & ITES in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. ML Group has forayed into the warehousing business in the past two decades. The group acquired warehouses measuring an area of 1.5 Million Sqft in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. All the warehouses are leased to major reputed MNC's.

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This Venture may comprises 3types of Infrastructural projects viz., * ML Towers * Vodafone * i2 Technologies

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State-of the art with high infrastructure and ready connectivity, ML Towers is located right in epicenter of global IT business activity in the Millennium Business Park, Mahape, Navi Mumbai. ML Towers creates a vibrant platform for Mumbai’s IT dreams, with over 186,000 Sft approx. of dream space. ML Group has designed and developed to match the hi-tech needs of IT Companies. This Building is available for long-term lease to any multinational company with high-reputation

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Another project developed by ML Group at Lower Parel, Mumbai, the Vodafone Building has about 90,300 sft of excellent work space and is occupied by telecom major Vodafone, India.

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The IT infrastructure developed in Bangalore, has been leased out to M/s. i2 Technologies (a well known US based Software Company). This structure has about 1,88,095 Sft and built to suit the requirements of client starting from elevation to interiors

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The Group has sound asset base having assets spread in most prime centers and ports of South India ► The Group has been improving its business in all of its activities such as Domestic Sales, Export Sales, Tobacco Processing, Cigarettes Exports and other Tobacco development Activities, Warehousing Facilities, Infrastructure for IT related Industries etc.

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► K.S. Subbiah Pillai & Co. (India) Ltd., is located at 12th Km, Hosur Road, Bangalore – 560 068 (Opposite to M/s Novell Software Solutions). The survey No. of this industrially converted land is 48/3. Hongasandra Village, Begur Taluk, Bangalore South, Bangalore 560 068. ► The total area of the land is about 10 acres and 27 guntas land. It is facing the main road & on elevated location. It is on National Highway No. 7 with well laid road, (4 lines) & with Fly Over.

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► Government is planning to further widening the existing roads & adding one more fly over to improve the movement of heavy traffic. Hosur, one of the Industrial Townships in Tamilnadu, is a border town to Bangalore. ► The KSSP Complex has no. of warehouses & Administrative buildings of various dimensions. (Admeasuring more than 2 lakh Sq. Ft. in total). All the warehouses are being occupied by well known National & Multinational Companies on rental basis.

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My Views on Visit • As a Logistics student this is my First big Export company having international transactions. • First of all we have to give a big aplod to Sri M. Lakshmaiah for his wonderful managerial ability. • ML Group has under wonderful manpower coordination. • We would thank Mr. BABU RAO (Personnel Manager-ML&CO Ltd.,) for giving opportunity to visit such a big group. • I Think this is only the Major company which was Exporting Tobacco & Cigarettes from Guntur District.

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• We observed the threshing Plant functions Very clearly & Directly • The Company using Imported machinery right from Establishment. • The company’s back bone is HUMAN SOURCE i.e.,804 employees. • The company can proudly claim some of the most skilled work force and a highly efficient management, people who have contributed significantly to the pre-eminent position the company holds today.