Mubashir Hasan

Unicol Limited

Unicol Limited, a public unquoted company, is a joint venture distillery project with shares equally held among Faran Sugar Mills, Mehran Sugar Mills and Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills. All three companies are listed on the different Stock Exchanges of Pakistan. Unicol's plant is located at Mirpurkhas which is around 230 KM from Karachi. Unicol commenced its operations in August 2007 and is producing ethanol from Sugarcane Molasses. The plant is located at Mirpurkhas, Sind on a 225 acres of land and has designed capacity of 200,000 liters or 160 metric tons (MT) per day. The plants are designed by Maguin Interis, France (www.maguin.com) and the Bio Gas plant is designed by Proserpol, France (www.proserpol.com); both these companies are well recognized in their respective fields. Unicol can produce different grades of ethanol, including ENA Anhydrous (99.95%), ENA (>96%) and B grade (>92%) . Unicol also produces liquefied CO2 gas which is being locally sold to leading beverage companies.