Kcp Sugar Industries Corporation Ltd.

Our place is down in Lakshmipuram. If you’ve been to this part of Andhra Pradesh, you know how the sugar business goes. The factory has been standing here for a long time, and you can usually tell we’re working by the smell in the air during the crushing season. It’s a lot of coordination with the local farmers who bring their cane in by the truckload. The gates stay busy day and night when things are in full swing. Inside, it’s mostly just the sound of the machinery and people keeping an eye on the gauges. We produce sugar, but there’s also the molasses and other bits that come out of the process. It’s not a quiet job. The office is right on the site, so we see everything happening from the window. We’ve got a lot of workers from the nearby villages who have been with us for decades. Sometimes the weather makes things hard, like when the rains delay the harvest, but we just manage it as it comes. We aren't trying to be anything other than a solid sugar mill. The machinery is old in some spots and newer in others, but it gets the job done. It’s just daily life here in Lakshmipuram, making sure the bags are filled and the trucks are moved out on schedule. There is always a layer of dust on the vehicles outside, but that is just part of the industry.