Pailan Group / Ascon Agro Products Ltd.

The Pailan Group markets the potato flakes produced by Ascon Agro Products Ltd..

Ascon Agro Products Ltd., jointly owned by the Pailan Group and Steel & Power company SPS, operates a potato flakes processing plant in Dhaniakhali in the Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. Potato flakes are exported and marketed locally, using the POTO brand.

The Pailan Group is a multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary organization with its core strengths in Education, Food Processing, Shipping, Aviation, Real estate/Township development and Media & Entertainment.

By venturing into a key agricultural development area, the Pailan Group is reiterating its commitment to the development of West Bengal. To this end, the Group has taken the lead in extending the reach of the humble potato into a major enterprise which will benefit farmers on the one hand and create a new brand of food product that will excite the new wave of consumers looking for fast and nourishing supplements.