MEDCHAL, HYDERABAD - PROCESSING AND DRYING PLANT (SEEDS DIVISION)

Established in

  • 1984

Address

  • Survey No. 25/1, Gundlapochampally Village, Medchal Mandal, Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. - 500 100, Telangana
  • Survey No. 318, 321/2, 322, 322/2, Kokkonda Village, Mulugu Mandal, Medak Dist. - 502 336, Telangana

Plant area

  • 2 lakh square feet warehouse space for seed storage
  • 12 lakh square feet captive cold storage facility

Locational advantage

  • Located at a short distance from connectivity hubs — 25 km and 75 Km from Hyderabad city and Hyderabad airport, respectively.
  • Easy access to state and national highways
  • Medchal is being developed as India's largest seed processing industrial cluster
  • Medchal and its adjoining areas house ~75% of India's seed industry entities

Products manufactured

7 field crops with more than 190 variants:

Crop No. of crops No. of hybrids No. of SKU's No. of variants
Field crops including cotton 7 65 7 90
Vegetables 16 68 7 108

Facilities available

  • Safety committee to steer safety initiatives
  • Emergency Rescue Team (ERT) to assist employees in medical and other related exigencies
  • Tie-up with Leelavati Hospital, Medchal to cater to medical emergencies at the plant

Process capabilities

  • Seed separation on the basis of size and weight
  • Cleaning and grading of seeds
  • Insecticides/Fungicides slurry treatment of seeds
  • Removal of surface moisture on the seeds
  • Packing and cold storage
  • Allied cob drying unit at Kokkonda, 20 km from Medchal with drying capacity of 1050 Metric Tonnes of wet cobs within one drying cycle

Certifications and compliance

  • NABL-accredited laboratory for seed testing
  • Statutory clearances, including:
  • Factory License
  • Shops & Establishments certificate
  • Pollution license
  • Labour Dept. clearance
  • Legal Metrology certificate
  • Electricity norms compliance
  • Seed License and incorporation warehouse license

Equipment

  • 1 seed conditioning line of 20 Metric Tonnes imported from Germany (Cimbria Brand)
  • Pre cleaner/fine cleaner
  • Specific gravity separator
  • Destoner
  • Chemical seed treator
  • Seed dryer
  • Nichrome packing machines
  • Check weighers
  • Secondary bags filling automation
  • Captive cold storage

Capacity

  • 5 seed conditioning lines with 36 Metric Tonnes of capacity for wheat basis
  • 1 processing line with capacity of 10 Metric Tonnes at Raipur, Chhattisgarh