ANA Oils and Fats India Pvt. Ltd., is the newest entrant in the edible oil space in India. The company is a subsidiary of ANA International Pte. Ltd., a joint venture (JV) between Apical group and Acalpo Pte. Ltd. This JV brings together their combined expertise in sourcing, refining, and marketing of edible oils globally. Acalpo was founded in 1999 by Mr. Gautam Rampuria, an Indian origin entrepreneur based out of Singapore. Acalpo has business interests in India, South East Asia, and West Africa. The Apical group specializes in farming, refining, merchandising, distribution, and the trading of crude palm oil and its many derivatives. Apical is one of Indonesia's largest processors and exporters of palm oil with a refining capacity of 10.4 million metric tonnes of crude palm oil and 8 processing facilities across the globe. In India, ANA has a large trading operation with toll operated plants in Kakinada, Mumbai and Chennai. Further, the company operates in the branded edible oil segment with two brands Hello Life and CookPal. Hello Life is the brand for soft oils and recently launched its first variant in the sunflower oil segment. CookPal is the brand for Palmolein based oils. ANA has its headquarters in Hyderabad and its branded products are sold in the twin states of Andhra and Telangana. ANA has a lot of exciting initiatives in the works. The company plans further expansion in the eastern and southern regions of India. The company also plans to foray into the bakery fat segment under a master brand Bakemate. Also underway are plans to launch more variants under Hello Life and Cookpal master brands. Yet another initiative is the setup of a state-of-the-art greenfield manufacturing project in Krishnapatnam. A lot of other exciting initiatives are in our plans so stay tuned and say hello to a new life in edible oils.