Building Businesses IndiaAfrica Crossing Borders

Four decades Two continents One family

A modern production estate seen from the air in bright daylight, solar panels on its roofs, trucks in the loading yard, green hills and a lake beyond

The Group

A family-built business ecosystem, grown across generations, sectors and borders.

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The group began in the ceramic and camphor trades of southern India, and grew through the granite machinery the founding generation engineered themselves — including the water-polishing machinery they pioneered for granite processing in India. In 2006 it crossed into Uganda, and has been building on two continents since.

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  • 2M+ Packs a month
  • 7 Countries
  • 5 Sectors
  • 9 Businesses
  • 750+ Acre land bank
  • 300k Eggs a day
  • 500+ Families served

Operational figures are Group-reported.

Business Portfolio

Five sectors

One family, five sectors, and a structure built to take the businesses still to come.

All businesses
Filled green bottles with gold caps moving along a filling line Sector 01 Beverages & Consumer Products Beverage and consumer manufacturing across East and Southern Africa, spanning bottled water, spirits, flavoured drinks and fermented beverages. HEMA BeveragesUnited Bottling CompanyNutricom Foods & Beverages Explore the sector A worker in a white coat lifting a tray of fresh brown eggs Sector 02 Agribusiness & Food Commercial layer poultry and food production across Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with diversification into food products. HEMA Poultry Explore the sector A gang saw cutting a granite block under a spray of water Sector 03 Industrial Manufacturing & Engineering The founding trades — ceramic products, camphor manufacturing, granite processing and specialised machinery. The generation that pioneered water-polishing machinery for granite processing in India. Granite Machinery & Engineering Explore the sector A two-storey villa lit at dusk above a long reflecting pool Sector 04 Real Estate & Infrastructure Residential plotted development, large-scale land development and premium gated communities across Bengaluru, Anantapur and Penukonda, alongside industrial estate initiatives. Pearl Gate ComfortsShri Jyothiraadhitya InfraGolden Threshold Explore the sector Stripped car bodies standing in rows at a vehicle-recycling yard Sector 05 Sustainability & Circular Economy Vehicle scrapping and structured recycling — collection, dismantling, depollution and recovery of end-of-life vehicles. Amber Enterprises Explore the sector
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Our Story

From industrial roots to two continents

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The line

Four decades, in the order they happened

  1. 1980s

    A craftsman at a lathe in a small engineering workshop, tools laid out on the bench

    Industrial roots

    Family industrial roots — ceramic products and camphor manufacturing.

  2. 1991

    A gang saw cutting a granite block under a spray of water

    Granite machinery

    Uma Maheswar Reddy formally enters the family granite-machinery business.

  3. 2006

    A city spread across green hills at golden hour

    Into Africa

    Africa entry. A business platform is established in Uganda and mineral water manufacturing begins.

  4. 2007

    Rows of water bottles with pale-blue caps packed on a stainless table, seen from above

    HEMA Beverages

    HEMA Beverages is established; beverage and liquor manufacturing expands.

  5. 2013

    Tall stacks of egg trays in a sunlit store

    Poultry, Malawi

    Layer poultry operations launch in Malawi.

  6. 2014

    A planned residential community with tree-lined roads, seen from the air

    Pearl Gate Comforts

    Pearl Gate Comforts is established.

  7. 2017

    Red-earth land marked out with new roads at sunrise, seen from the air

    SJI · Zimbabwe

    Shri Jyothiraadhitya Infra is founded by both brothers. Zimbabwe diversifies into corn flour, wine and kombucha.

  8. 2022

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    Golden Threshold

    Golden Threshold is launched in Bengaluru.

  9. 2024

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    Fresh juice

    Diversification into fresh juice manufacturing.

Today

A multi-sector family business group operating across India and Africa.

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The Group of Companies

Nine businesses

Every business in the group, each with its own page. Individual company sites follow in a later phase.

Rows of water bottles with pale-blue caps packed on a stainless table, seen from above HEMA Beverages logo 01 Beverages HEMA Beverages Beverage manufacturing platform established in Uganda, manufacturing and distributing more than 2 million packs monthly across Sub-Saharan Africa. Portfolio includes bottled water, spirits and flavoured drinks, produced from a Kampala industrial estate. Hema Packaged Drinking WaterHaveon VodkaGoal VodkaRider VodkaEl Salvador Vodka View company Amber glass bottles moving through a rinsing station in warm backlight United Bottling Company logo 02 Beverages United Bottling Company A group bottling business, and home of the Bushera brand. Bushera View company Fresh ginger root in a steel tray beside filled green bottles Nutricom Foods & Beverages logo 03 Beverages Nutricom Foods & Beverages Food and beverage business established in Uganda, with products including kombucha and opaque beers. Jajja KombuchaLeo Opaque Beer View company Tall stacks of egg trays in a sunlit store 04 Agribusiness HEMA Poultry Commercial layer poultry operations launched in Malawi and extended across Zambia and Zimbabwe, with diversification into food products. View company The head of a granite-polishing machine resting on a slab of polished black granite 05 Industrial Granite Machinery & Engineering The founding industrial business — stone and granite cutting machinery and granite-polishing equipment, developed at Tadipatri. View company A planned residential community with tree-lined roads, seen from the air Pearl Gate Comforts logo 06 Real Estate Pearl Gate Comforts Residential plotted development platform with projects in Bengaluru and Anantapur. Five completed projects in Bengaluru, serving more than 500 families. Bhagini ThresholdPGC Landmark View company Red-earth land marked out with new roads at sunrise, seen from the air Shri Jyothiraadhitya Infra logo 07 Real Estate Shri Jyothiraadhitya Infra Large-scale land development business with a significant land bank at Penukonda, Andhra Pradesh, alongside holdings near Bengaluru. SJI Vijayanagaram View company A farmhouse retreat lit at dusk beside a courtyard pool Golden Threshold logo 08 Real Estate Golden Threshold Premium real estate platform focused on gated communities, villas, apartments and farmhouses in Bengaluru. GT LandmarkGT Project 2 View company Site live A stripped car body raised on a lift inside a vehicle-recycling bay 09 Sustainability Amber Enterprises Vehicle scrapping and recycling operation in Telangana, focused on collection, dismantling, depollution and structured recovery of end-of-life vehicles. View company

Our Brands

Eight brands

From packaged drinking water to spirits, kombucha and opaque beer — made by the group's beverage businesses.

  • Hema Packaged Drinking Water HEMA Beverages
  • Haveon Vodka HEMA Beverages
  • Goal Vodka HEMA Beverages
  • Rider Vodka HEMA Beverages
  • El Salvador Vodka HEMA Beverages
  • Bushera United Bottling Company
  • Jajja Kombucha Nutricom Foods & Beverages
  • Leo Opaque Beer Nutricom Foods & Beverages

Global Presence

India & Africa

India to East Africa to Southern Africa, and into wider African markets.

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Leadership

Two brothers, four directors

A family-led group, directed by the generation that built it and continuing into the next.

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Sustainability

The circular economy

Through Amber Enterprises in Telangana, the group operates in vehicle scrapping and structured recycling — collection, dismantling, depollution and the recovery of materials from end-of-life vehicles.

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Community

Where we come from

Education assistance, community infrastructure, healthcare initiatives and support to charitable institutions — in the places the group's businesses grew out of.

Community work
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The Next Chapter

Impact for Generations

Built to last beyond us

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