KS Oils - Press Release

KS Oils Ltd has announced that the Company on April 01, 2008 hailed the Government's move in further reducing import duties of crude and refined edible oils to near zero levels. The Company feels that it is a right direction for curbing inflation and making edible oil consumption affordable to Indian consumers.

Giving a green signal to the Central government's move, Ramesh Chand Garg, Chairman, K S Oils said, The government's decision of reducing import duty on edible oils to zero levels will help the country fight inflation on a sustained basis. At K S Oils we feel that the Indian consumers and working class will tremendously benefit from this move as rising prices in the past few months was making edible oil consumption unaffordable and out of reach for many Indian consumers.

On a macro-economic perspective, rising inflation resulting in dearer food items is not a good sign for any economy. With India poised to register unprecented GDP growth, inflation, if not contained, will spoil the party. The government's move will help bring down prices in the next 6-12 months.

A significant point for the duty cut this time has been that it is in sync with global fall in prices in commodity and edible oil sector, thus, benefiting the Indian industry and consumers in the true way. With the recent USDA announcement that soyabean planting will be up by 18% amongst US farmers, soyabean futures fell significantly at CBOT. With commodity futures prices fell significantly for soyabean yesterday, it is an indication of further fall in prices internationally for soyabean which will have a similar effect in India.

The duty reduction will result in price reduction of Rs 3-5/- per kilo. Soyabean oil will see the maximum reduction of Rs 5/- followed by mustard of Rs 3/- which will be passed on to the consumers with immediate effect. The Company's procurement cost for raw material will come down similarly and the Company will see increased demand and consumption.


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India ’s leading integrated edible oil company serving millions of customers with its trusted brands and health friendly products!
K S Oils is a leading integrated edible oil company and is the trusted name behind renowned brands like Kalash, Double Sher, K S Gold, among others. Our consumer brands and products in mustard oil, soybean oil and palm oil are a household name with Indian consumers who use our oils regularly as a healthy cooking medium. A leader in mustard oil in India, K S Oils today enjoys 7% market share in the overall mustard oil segment with a dominant 25% market leadership in branded mustard oil.
K S Oils is an Indian company with international footprint and global ambitions; a leader in the edible oil market in India, it has generated a Turnover of over Rs. 2,000 crores (USD 500 mn.) during the financial year 2007-08. The company has in the recent past successfully undertaken the growth strategy of capacity expansion, green field projects and acquisitions, thus creating an unchallenged competitive advantage. With secured raw material supply source, ‘near to customer’ sales points and a robust distribution and dealer network, K S Oils is creating market and brand leadership.
The company believes in its vision of " Delivering Health & Prosperity" with its deep understanding of the mustard oil sector, the company today reaches out to millions of Indian consumers. It is delivering healthy cooking medium to Indian homes - ensuring good health and mental & physical prosperity for the whole family. K S Oils’ relentless focus on quality and hygiene has ensured that "purity" and "freshness" of mustard and other oils are preserved till it reaches the home of the consumers in every nook and corner of the country.
K S Oils is a strong family of near to 3,000 employees spread over its 5 manufacturing plants, marketing offices and plantations in India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. With the company registering explosive growth, opportunity for fresh and experienced talent is immense with Indian and overseas opportunities. A strong leadership team comprising of the promoters and senior industry professionals have laid a robust strategy and execution deliverables for the company, thus "Delivering Health & Prosperity" not only to consumers but every other stakeholder - employees, shareholders & investors, vendors & partners and society as a whole.
As one of India’s leading companies in the edible oil sector, K S Oils has deep understanding of agri-commodity and farmer community issues. From international issues like global food shortages to Indian farmer issues of low per hectare yield of crop produce, it is closely working with communities in developing solutions both at an international and local level. The company has invested heavily in Research & Development to ensure that farmers and the village community is part of the economic growth story of K S Oils and India through increased yield, implementing farming best-practices and transparency of information.
Today, K S Oils is part of the Indian growth story - using the country’s inherent strength in agricultural resources and best managerial talent to serve millions of consumers in India and abroad. Creating an India MNC with international footprint of knowledge, leadership and value for its stakeholders across the globe!
State of the Art Plant - Setting new standards in Manufacturing Excellence
A large, fully integrated manufacturing facility, strategically located in the mustard growing belt of India is K S Oil's greatest strength. The principal factory complex at Morena, Madhya Pradesh is set up over an area of 4 lakh sq. ft. and centrally houses all the facilities. The complex land has large storage areas to facilitate the bulk delivery that goes to servicing big customers like Defence department and other big customers in North-East India. The complex also houses a new state of the art Packaging unit for small packs.
The versatile facility is equipped to process a range of oil seeds that comprise not only mustard, but also soya, sunflower, groundnut, rice bran, etc. The refinery is also equipped to process any crude edible oil. KS Oils is thus well protected from uncertainties arising from non-availability of particular oil seeds.
A new unit was acquired by the company in Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 2007. The unit has facilities for crushing and refining. The company also operates a leased unit at Alwar in Rajasthan which has crushing, extraction and refining facilities.
The company's processing capacity stands as under:
• Oil mill 1,475 tpd
• Refinery 500 tpd
• Solvent extraction plant 900 tpd
• Vanaspati 150 tpd
• Packaging containers 25,000 pcs/day &
• HDPE containers 12,000 pcs/day.

Production Flowchart
Fully Integrated process - Processing to achieve quality and perfection
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Over the years, K S Oils Ltd. has perfected the production process for mustard oil by infusing lot of value addition and subjecting the raw material to more complex processes. The expeller plant crushes the oil seed cake and produces crude edible oil, which is sold in the market. The by-product of Oil cake, is subjected to further processing in the solvent extraction plant to draw oil which is either sold directly to industrial consumers as Solvent oil or processed further in the refinery to get refined oil. The Solvent oil is partly used as a raw material in the Vanaspati plant where it is subjected to hydrogenation process for getting vegetable ghee. De-oiled cake which is a by-product from the solvent extraction plant has its own market abroad where it is used as a raw material for making cattle feed. The plant also has a captive facility for producing packing material viz. tins and HDPE jars. The process integration - from seed to jar enables the company to cater to a variety of consumers and gives it wide reach and pricing options.

Mustard Oil Arm
• Mustard Oil sold in pack sizes of 100 ml. to 15 ltr/15 kg. The small packs are sold in units of litres, while the bulk packs are sold as both kg and ltrs.
• The company offers consumer friendly packs of 100 ml, 200 ml, 500 ml & 1 ltr.
• The share of consumer / retail packs is rising and is expected to go up to 50% due to the enhanced focus of the company on retail packs sales.

Refinery Arm
• Mustard oil as well as other domestic oils are refined as per market demands.
• Crude soybean oil and palm oil imported from other countries is refined by the division.
• KSO’s refined oils are marketed under the brand name - K S Refined Oil and K S Gold Refined Oil.

Solvent Extraction Arm
• This is an intrinsic division, extracting oil from the remnants of the pressed mustard seeds.
• The plant extracts oil from soy seeds, 4-5 months in a year and exports the Soy Meal (de oiled soy cake) after extraction.
• At 600 TPD, the plant manufactures mustard cakes for 7-8 months in a year and soy cakes for the remaining 4-5 months.

Vanaspati Arm
• The Vanaspati made by KS Oils is made out of 100% vegetarian sources.
• The plant uses the process of hydrogenation process, where diverse ingredients like refined and other oils are mixed and hydrogenated to get Vanaspati or Bakery Shortening as per the requirement.