Hindustan Foods Limited has been granted a Consent to Establish for the expansion of its existing pharmaceutical formulation manufacturing unit located at Village Sandholi, Baddi, Tehsil Nalagarh, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, by the State Pollution Control Board under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The facility, classified as a medium-scale Orange category industry engaged in pharmaceuticals (formulation), currently produces a wide range of health and personal care products including sachets/gels, powders, cosmetic powders, liquids, ointments, allopathic tablets, ayurvedic creams and gel/creams. Raw materials handled include in-active ingredients, paraffins, sugar and active pharmaceutical materials. The plant is supported by utility infrastructure comprising four existing 725 KVA diesel generator sets and two 2-ton fire tube boilers, along with pollution control equipment such as acoustic enclosures for DG sets and a wet scrubber system for the boilers. Effluent management is handled through a 100 KLD ETP-cum-STP treating industrial process, domestic and boiler cooling wastewater, which is subsequently disposed of via the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). The expansion, being undertaken with a capital outlay of approximately ₹4.02 crore, is likely to involve augmentation of formulation processing lines, packaging equipment and ancillary utility capacity to support increased production of tablets, liquids, creams and ointments, in line with the company's growing personal care and pharmaceutical formulation business.