User:Jagdisha/Praj Industries

Introduction
Praj Industries Ltd. is a global bioprocessing and engineering company headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India, with international offices in USA, South Africa, Thailand, Philippines and UAE   .It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India . Praj Matrix is the R & D Center of Praj Industries.

History
Praj was formed in 1984 with the intent of providing solutions for the Agro based process industry. It went public in 1994, and is listed on the Stock Exchanges of India.

Praj provides technology and plants for the biofuels industry. These include Ethanol fuel technology and plants  as well as water & wastewater treatment  solutions.

Praj also caters to the Brewery industry for engineering and supply of equipment for beer production and, to the wider Process industry for critical process equipment & systems. It also supplies Biotechnology products for the distillery and brewery industry. With the acquisition of Neela Systems, Praj now provides integrated solutions to the Pharmaceutical_industry.

Business Divisions

 * Alcohol/Fuel Ethanol Plants Praj manufactures and supplies fuel ethanol, beverage alcohol and industrial-grade alcohol plants, worldwide. It has launched a commercial demo plant   for second generation ethanol technology for Ethanol manufacture from non-food sources.
 * Brewery Plants - Praj supplies process engineering and equipment manufacturing services to Brewery Plants.
 * Water/Wastewater treatment plants – Praj supplies industrial Raw water and Wastewater treatment solutions to the Textiles, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Power, Paper & Pulp, Chemical & Process Industries. It also manufactures zero liquid discharge systems.
 * Critical Process Equipment – Praj manufactures critical process equipment & systems for a range of applications across industries: Distillation Columns, Pressure Vessels, Fermenters, Reactors, Tanks, Heat Exchangers, Evaporators, Separators, Process Skids, Customized Fabrication / Fabricated Equipment for specific industries comprise the major offerings in this segment.
 * Bionutrients – Praj offers a range of Fermentation performance enhancers under the “Effytone” series which improve the yield and lowers the bacterial contamination
 * Livestock health & nutrition range (LHN) – Praj offers a set of bio-based products which are derived from agro materials and produced by complex fermentation/enzyme based processes. LHN products provide solutions to a variety of health and productivity improvement opportunities in the dairy, poultry and aqua segments in a natural way, as specialty feed supplements

Offices

 * India – Pune (Registered & Head Office), Noida, Bangalore and Chennai.
 * International – Houston, USA ; Johannesburg, South Africa ; Bangkok, Thailand ; Manila, Philippines ; Sharjah, UAE
 * Praj Matrix – The Innovation Center – Urawade (Pune)
 * Manufacturing Units: Pune & Jejuri (Maharashtra) & Kandla (Gujarat)

Subsidiaries & Acquisitions

 * Praj HiPurity Systems (erstwhile Neela Systems Ltd)
 * Pacecon Engineering Projects Ltd (PEPL)
 * BioCnergy Europa BV, Netherlands
 * Praj Far East Company Ltd, Thailand
 * Praj Industries (Africa) Pty Ltd
 * Praj Industries (Tanzania) Ltd
 * Praj Industries (Sierra Leone) Ltd

Milestones

 * In 2012, Praj received the CRISIL AA/Stable/CRISIL A1+ rating.
 * Praj featured in the Forbes Top 200 Under One Billion Company in Asia in 2008.
 * Received 2007 NDTV Outlook Money Award

Corporate Social Responsibility
Praj carries out socially relevant projects in partnership with Praj Foundation. Praj Foundation, established in 2004, has identified Environment, Health-care, Education, Art and Welfare of Underprivileged sections of society as its focus areas. It primarily participates in social activities in and around Pune district.