Ms Jagdamba Lac Factory

Ranchi, Jharkhand

Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick (broodlac) that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infested.[1] Thousands of lac insects colonize the branches of the host trees and secrete the resinous pigment. The coated branches of the host trees are cut and harvested as sticklac.

Details :

• The harvested sticklac is crushed and sieved to remove impurities. The sieved material is then repeatedly washed to remove insect parts and other soluble material.
• The resulting product is known as seedlac. The prefix seed refers to its pellet shape.
• Seedlac which still contains 3–5% impurities is processed into shellac by heat treatment or solvent extraction.
• We are leading producer of lac in Jharkhand.

Lac in its natural state that encrusts small twigs and the bodies of lac insects and is scraped off and dried in the shade to become the source of seed lac, lac dye, and shellac wax.