The company, a joint venture with the Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.(TIDCO), is the first of its kind to undertake integrated salt works i.e. production of Salt (plus other by-products), and shrimp culture. Both these processes happen simultaneously. Only China and Vietnam have similar facilities.

The salt unit serves as a good backward integration conduit and uninterrupted supply of salt for the chIor-alkali plant of the conglomerate.

Bitterns, a by product is routed for value added production of Liquid Bromine, which has demand from Pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries. Research is on to recover more useful by-products from bitterns.

Aquaculture is another area of operations where Sree Maruthi Marine Industries Ltd. has recorded a consistently exceptional growth rate. The shrimp harvesting/turnover is very shortly expected to touch the 300 TPA mark, what with exports to Japan and USA giving the activity a fillip.