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The
manufacturing activities of the chemicals business of the Aditya
Birla Group span nine units, five at Thailand and four in India.
In Thailand, there are two legal entities — Aditya Birla Chemicals
(Thailand) Ltd and Thai Peroxide Company Ltd. In India, there
are four companies that manufacture chemicals — Aditya Birla
Nuvo Ltd, Grasim Industries Ltd, Bihar Caustic and Chemicals
Ltd and Tanfac Industries Ltd.
Chlor-alkali
The chlor-alkali plant of Aditya Birla Chemicals
(Thailand) Ltd is located in the Eastern Industrial Estate at
Map Tha Phut in Rayong province of Thailand. The division commenced
production of chlor-alkali products in June 1998. The products
include caustic soda 50per cent (capacity 108,000 mt per annum),
chlorine 99.9 per cent (45,000), hydrochloric acid 35 per cent
(50,000) and sodium hypochlorite 11per cent (25,000).
The chlor-alkali plant of Aditya Birla Nuvo is located at Veraval,
in Gujarat state, India. It has a capacity of 58,400 tpa of
caustic soda which is being expanded by another 14,600 tpa.
The plant has been rated by UHDE, Germany, as a benchmark unit
amongst Indian chlor-alkali units and comparable with the best
in the world.
Grasim Industries' chlor-alkali plant is located at Nagda, in
Madhya Pradesh state, India. Its capacity is 190,800 tpa, including
an 18,250 tpa flake plant, making it the country's second largest
caustic soda unit.
Bihar
Caustic and Chemicals Ltd is one of the leading chlor alkali
companies in India. The plant has been commissioned in 1984
and located at Garhwa Road, Palamau district, Jharkhand, India.
The company has been the first in the chlor alkali sector in
India to be certified with four international certifications
— ISO 9001: 2000, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:1999 and SA 8000:2001.
Its product range includes caustic soda lye with a capacity
of 92,750 tpa, liquid chlorine (6,500 tpa), hydrochloric acid
(43,750 tpa), sodium hypochlorite (1,800 tpa), compressed hydrogen
gas (17,42,400 Nm3/A), aluminium chloride (12,000 tpa) and stable
bleaching powder (17,500 tpa)
The plant uses the most-modern, energy-efficient
and environment friendly membrane cell technology. With the
implementation of membrane cell technology, caustic soda capacity
has increased from 160 to 265 tpd. The company also has a state-of-the-art
30 mw captive power plant for uninterrupted power supply.
Epichlorohydrin
Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd started
manufacturing epichlorohydrin in October 1998. The epichlorohydrin
unit is located at the Eastern Industrial Estate at Maptaphut
in Rayong Province, Thailand. Apart from 10,000 mt of epichlorohydrin
99.9 per cent every year, the unit produces 3,000 mt of allyl
chloride 99 per cent and 2,400 mt of dichloropropane.
Epoxy Resins
The epoxy unit of Aditya Birla Chemicals is
located at the Map Tha Phut Industrial Estate at Rayong province,
Thailand. The unit, started in 1992, offers a wide range of
epoxies and modifiers with different chemical structure, molecular
weight, viscosity and functionality. The unit has a capacity
of 35,000 tpa. It markets its products under the brand name
Epotec.
Fluorine Chemicals
Tanfac Industries Ltd, is one of India's
largest suppliers of fluorine chemicals. Incorporated in 1972,
it is a joint sector company promoted by several Aditya Birla
Group Companies and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation
(TIDCO). Its plant and facilities are spread over 60 acres in
the chemical complex of SIPCOT at Cuddalore near Pondicherry,
about 200 kms from Chennai, Tamil Nadu state.
Tanfac is engaged in the manufacture of inorganic
fluorine based chemicals such as aluminium fluoride, anhydrous
hydrofluoric acid, sodium silico fluoride, ammonium bifluoride,
potassium fluoride, cryolite and various other organic fluorine
based chemicals. The company has an annual production capacity
of 16,500 tons of aluminium fluoride, 66,000 tons of sulphuric
acid, 14,000 tons of hydrofluoric acid and 3,500 tons of speciality
fluorines.
Peroxides
Thai Peroxide & Company Ltd has its 11,000
tpa plant in Saraburi province of Thailand. The unit manufactures
35 and 50 per cent concentration of hydrogen peroxide. Products
for environment and aquaculture applications are sold under
brand names like ECARE and ENCARE. The plant, which began
operations in 1989, also offers special product grades to
suit the customer's application needs.
Phosphates
The phosphates plant, with a 85,000 TPA capacity,
is located in Samutprakarn about 20 km from Bangkok, the capital
of Thailand. It was commissioned in 1984. Its main products
are sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium
acid phosphate, monosodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, trisodium
phosphate and speciality blended phosphates used in customised
food applications.
The brands, under which the products are marketed, are Polyphos,
Seaphos, Noodlephos and Saus Plus.
Sulphites
The state-of-the-art manufacturing plant of
the sulphites unit of Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd
is located about 110 kilometres from Bangkok in Saraburi province.
This division, started in 1995, has an annual capacity of
47,000 mt. It produces sodium sulphite, sodium metabisulphite
and sodium bisulphite sold under the brand names BIRLASULF
SS, BIRLASULF SM and BIRLASOL 35, respectively.
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