• The Nellikuppam factory is the first sugar factory in India
  
  
• EID Parry is the first private sector company to start an in-house R&D
  
  
• EID Parry is the first company in India to breed an indigenous cane hybrid varietiy.
  
  
• Only sugar company to network with the rural community through services provided by indiaagriline.com.
  
  
• The Nellikuppam plant is the first Integrated Sugar Complex in this part of the country. 
  
  
• The Pudukottai plant has the rare distinction of employing women on the shop floor, which is a unique feature in the industry.
  
  
• The first company to set up a full-fledged Tissue Culture lab in order to produce 3.5 million plantlets. 
  
  
• The first company to set up a 23.4 MW state-of-the-art co-generation plant.
  
  
• The first to be involved in the manufacture of pelletised organic manure.
  
  
• The fully automated plant at Pudukottai, a Greenfield venture, was completed in a record time of 270 days.
  
  
• ISO 9001:2000 accreditation obtained for corporate office at Chennai as well as two units at Nellikuppam and Pettavaithallai.
  
  
• Nellikuppam plant has the distinction of being the first integrated sugar complex in India to have received ISO 9001:2000 accreditation. 
  
  
• EID Parry won the top exporter award during 2002-2003. 
  
  
• The company is the first to venture into the arena of branded sugar.

The Oonaiyur ponds are the first in the world to develop a unique production model for producing Astaxanthin from Haematococcus, a potent fat soluble nutrient, rich in anti-oxidants, used to protect the immune system against various types of cancers.