Carew and Company Bangladesh Limited is an industrial establishment located at Darshana, a border town in Chuadanga district of Bangladesh. This large industrial complex consists of a sugar mill, a distillery, a commercial farm and an organic fertiliser factory. Its head offices are in Dhaka, Bangladesh and in Darshana, Chuadanga; its area is 3559.89 acres. It is owned by the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation.
This industrial complex is situated at Darshana in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district under Khulna Division in the south-western region of Bangladesh, close to the India-Bangladesh border.
The industrial establishment was set up in 1938 under private entrepreneurs. At that time a sugar mill, a distillery unit and a pharmaceutical factory started operation under it. After independence, in 1972 the Government of Bangladesh declared the establishment a state-owned enterprise.
This vast industrial complex consists of a sugar mill, a distillery, a commercial farm and an organic fertiliser factory.
At the time of its founding, the daily cane-crushing capacity of Carew and Co. (Bangladesh) Ltd was 1016 metric tons. After nationalisation, between 1978 and 1985, with Australian technical assistance its daily cane-crushing capacity rose to 1150 metric tons, and its sugar production capacity was raised to 1150 metric tons per financial year.
Products manufactured:
- Sugar
- Rectified spirit
- Denatured spirit
- Country liquor
- Foreign liquor
- Gin
- Whisky
- Rum
- Brandy
- Vodka and
- Vinegar
Besides these, molasses (chitagur), bagasse and press mud are among its major by-products.
How to go: You can go from Chuadanga by bus or auto; from Kushtia by bus and train.
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