Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company and its subsidiaries, under KSL. The company has 5 sugar factories in the group, located in three different regions, as follows: • Northeastern Region: Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited; Nampong branch in Khon Kaen province and Wansapungbranch in Loei province. • Western Region: New Krung Thai Sugar Factory Co.,Ltd and Tamaka Sugar Industry Co.,Ltd in Kanchanaburi province • Eastern Region: New Kwang Soon Lee Sugar Factory Co.,Ltd in Cholburi province
The core products which the company produces are sugar which can be categorized to be 4 types: (a) raw sugar (b) high pol sugar(c) white sugar and (d) refined sugar. The company also has other products related to sugar production process, such asmolasses, bagasses and filter cake. According to these kinds of products, the company has a plan to invest in value added projects,as followings: • Ethanol plant: Ethanol is mixed with gasoline,and the mixture is used as fuel for vehicles. Raw materials used in the Group’s ethanol production include molasses and sugarcane juice • The biogas plant uses waste water from ethanol production process as a raw material. Biogas produced through fermentation of the raw material is used as a supplementary fuel for the corporate power plant. • The organic fertilizer plant uses waste from the sugar production process (filter cake) and wastewater from biogas and ethanol production as raw materials. • The power plant uses waste from the sugar production process (bagasse) and biogas from the biogas plant as fuel sources for producing electricity and steam sold to plants in the Group and the EGAT.