please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message eid parry india limited type public nse bse industry sugar co gen distillery value added products nutraceuticals & bio fertilizers founded 1788 headquarters chennai key people a. vellayan chairman number of employees parent murugappa group website www.eidparry.com the parry head office at parry s corner thomas parry eid parry limited is a public company headquartered in chennai south india that has been in business for more than 225 years . it has many firsts to its credit including the manufacturing of fertilizers 1906 for the first time in the indian subcontinent . the company is currently engaged in the manufacture and marketing of sugar and bio products . 1 parry s is the oldest surviving mercantile name in chennai . 2 contents 1 origin and history 2 businesses 2.1 sugar 2.1.1 sugar plants of eid parry group 2.2 bio products 3 subsidiaries 3.1 sadashiva sugars 3.2 parry sugar industries 3.3 coromandel international limited 3.4 other 3.5 former subsidiaries 3.5.1 coromandel bathware 3.5.2 parryware 3.5.3 parry confectionery 3.5.4 mel systems and services electronics limited 4 references 5 external links origin and history edit eid parry is one of the oldest business entities of the indian subcontinent and was originated by thomas parry a welshman who came to india in the late 1780s . on 17 july 1788 he started a business of banking and piece goods . 3 by 1819 a partnership firm named parry and dare company was founded by thomas parry and john william dare . parry s corner one of the most prominent central business districts of chennai derives its name from parry . over a period of time the business established by parry continued to grow and its flagship company eid parry emerged . in 1908 parry & company set up the pottery unit in ranipettai . over the years it was named as parryware parry & company limited and east india distileries & sugars limited were merged to form eid parry india limited . in its more than 200 year existence this house remained active and operated many businesses . the murugappa group took over eid parry in 1981 from financial & public institutions such as life insurance corporation of india united assurance co and unit trust of india . businesses edit sugar edit eid parry set up india s first sugar plant at nellikuppam in 1842 . it was india s first private sector company to perform research & development . the sugar division contributes to over 65 % of eid parry s turnover and around 20 % of the sugar production in tamil nadu is from eid . 4 the nellikuppam integrated sugar complex has a crushing capacity of 6500 metric tonnes per day its co generation facilities produce 24.5 mw of power and its distillery facilities produce 75 kilolitres per day . eid parry has 7 plants in the country situated at nellikuppam in cuddalore district pugalur in karur district pudukottai in pudukottai district pettavaithalai in trichy district pondicherry in puducherry haliyal in karnataka and sankili in andhra pradesh . the combined crushing capacity of all seven plants is 32 500 tcd metric tonnes of cane per day . the pudukottai unit of eid parry was built at a site that had been rejected as a factory site at the request of the indian government . it became one of the firm s largest revenue generators . the pugalur unit was acquired by eid parry in 1992 . the co generation facilities at pugalur can produce 22.5 mw of power and it has a cane crushing capacity of 4000 metric tonnes per day . the pettavaithalai factory was bought in 1998 and can co generate 19.6 mw of power . its cane crushing capacity is 3000 metric tonnes per day . recently eid parry acquired the sugar plants of gmr group in states like karnataka and andhra . the plants at haliyal and sankili were merged with eid parry on april 1 2012 and the plant at ramdurg in karnataka is operated on a lease basis . sugar plants of eid parry group edit nellikuppam in cuddalore district pugalur in karur district kurumbur aranthangi taluk in pudukottai district pettavaithalai in trichy district pondicherry in puducherry haliyal in karnataka sankili in andhra pradesh . bio products edit the bio products business makes eco friendly products from natural resources . currently the core of this business is the neemazal range of products made from neem seed kernel at the company s production facility at thyagavalli near cuddalore tamil nadu . the bangalore r & d group supports the business by developing new formulations and delivery mechanisms for the application of the neemazal range of products . 4 new products from this company include abda 5 spreadmax yieldsmor and beemax . the company is now expanding its range of products away from azadirachtin its core product extracted from neem seed kernel . subsidiaries edit sadashiva sugars edit it is now a 100 % subsidiary of eid parry . parry sugar industries edit acquired from gmr group eid parry holds a 65 % stake . it merged with eid parry on april 1 2012 . coromandel international limited edit eid parry holds 62.69 % of the company . other edit parry chemicals limited us nutraceuticals llc parry phytoremedies private limited parrys investments limited parry infrastructure co pvt ltd parrys sugar limited coromandel brasil limitada cfl mauritius limited sabero organics gujarat limited parry agrochem exports limited alagawadi bireshwar sugars private limited parry sugars refinery india private limited formerly known as silkroad sugar private limited former subsidiaries edit coromandel bathware edit operations have been suspended at this 100 % eid parry subsidiary since march 31 2000 . parryware edit parryware is now a 100 % subsidiary of roca sanitario s.a. and is known as roca bathroom products private limited . it was created as a subsidiary of eid parry called parryware private limited then became a joint venture between eid parry and roca called parryware roca india private limited after roca purchased 45 % of its shares . eid parry later divested its remaining holdings in parryware roca india private limited to roca . parry confectionery edit parry confectionery was sold to lotte confectionery co. ltd korea a confectionery major part of the 65 billion lotte group in 2004 . it is now known as lotte india corporation limited and manufactures lotte chocopie a popular snack across india along with coffy bite caramilk eclairs and lacto king . mel systems and services electronics limited edit 1983 murugappa group established murugappa electronics limited present day mel systems and services 1993 eid parry merged murugappa electronics limited with itself as murugappa industrial & technical services division 1995 january eid parry de merged murugappa industrial & technical services as mel systems and services electronics limited december murugappa group exited from electronics business after eid parry divested mel systems and services electronics limited references edit 2011 . the company about us . eid parry . retrieved 2012 06 15 . 1751 a.d. to 1800 a.d. . history of chennai . chennaibest.com . retrieved 20 jan 2013 . http www.thehindu.com thehindu mp 2002 12 11 stories 2002121100070300.htm a b analysis report murugappa group companies eid parry india limited bio products division . murugappa.com . 2007 06 26 . retrieved 2012 06 15 . chennai portal companies portal external links edit eid parry india ltd. the hindu the house that parry built v t e murugappa group group holding & administrative companies murugappa sons limited murugappa holdings limited new ambadi estates private limited ambadi enterprises private limited eid parry group operating companies tube investments of india limited coromandel international carborundum universal limited cumi cholamandalam investment and finance company limited cifcl eid parry cholamandalam ms general insurance parry agro net access india limited ambadi enterpriseses limited coromandel engineering company limited parry murray & company limited parry enterprises india limited polutech limited parry infrastructure company p limited murugappa morgan thermal ceramics limited mmtcl sterling abrasives limited retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eid parry & oldid 732065286 categories economy of chennaicompanies based in chennaisugar companies of indiacompanies established in 17881788 establishments in british indiahidden categories articles needing additional 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