The Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd. (GSML) promoted by Late Shri. Karamshibhai Jethabhai Somaiya (Padmabhushan) and his son, Dr. Shantilal Karamshibhai Somaiya, was incorporated in 1939 & has been contributing to the industrial development of India for more than six decades. Under the dynamic leadership of the Executive Director, Shri Samir Somaiya & his professional team, the Company with three Sugar mills is fully integrated and is among the top ten Sugar complexes out of around 500 sugar manufacturers in India. The Company is one of the largest producers of Alcohol & a pioneer in manufacture of Alcohol based Chemicals in India.

It has plants located in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra in India & has diverse interests in Sugar, Power, Industrial Alcohol, Heavy Organic Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Bio-fertilizers & Agricultural Research. It manufacturers more than twenty products from renewable resources, thereby forming an entire Value Chain right from Sugar Cane to Sugar to other value added products like Power, Ethanol, Bio-fertilizers etc.

The Company is one of the few sugar companies entirely using ERP (SAP). It has employed modern technology in its operations, processes & systems. The company has been internationally recognized in the past for its sugarcane yields, which were the highest in the world. The quality of its sugar is also comparable to the best and therefore fetches premium in the market. The Company has an approved Agricultural Research Institute K. J. Somaiya Institute of Applied Agricultural Research  (KIAAR) at Sameerwadi, which works closely with other sugarcane research institutes & the farming community in developing better and newer varieties of cane. The company has two Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) recognized Research centers working on areas of Process technology, Product improvement, New product development, Recovery improvement & Cost reduction.