Shree Warana Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Prakriya Sangh Limited (SWS), established in 1968, is a cooperative society. It is engaged in milk processing and production of dairy products. SWS has 7 lac litres per day of milk processing capacity with multi product capabilities. It offers wide range of products like pasteurized milk, tonned milk, flavoured milk, double toned milk, sweetened condensed milk, UHT milk, yoghurt, ghee, cheese, paneer, skimmed milk powder, butter milk, cream, shrikhand etc. The products are distributed under the brand name of ‘Warana’. SWS mainly has its presence in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa. It has 2 processing units in Kolhapur and 1 in Vashi (Navi Mumbai). SWS also undertakes job work for Mondelez India Foods Limited (formerly known as Cadbury India Ltd) for the production of cocoa powder and bournvita. Further, it also takes ice cream processing contracts from Mother Dairy. The society has a distribution centre in Dubai named as Warana House to distribute milk, skimmed milk powder and ghee to Gulf countries.

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