ALKE INDUSTRIES LIMITED with registration number RC 484194 was established in 2003 with the main objective of processing and extraction of crude oil and cake from oilseeds.  FIL started business with a mechanical press (extruder) of 12 tons per day (TPD) crushing all oilseeds (groundnuts, cottonseed and soybean). By 2009, the promoters felt the compelling need to enhance oil extraction efficiency and therefore acquired a solvent extraction plant (SEP) which was assembled under the leadership of Indian technical experts who were understudied by local engineers, technicians and artisans.