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In 1972, Grasim’s chemicals business was set up to manufacture caustic soda for the company’s VSF unit. Today, it is one of India’s largest caustic soda producers and is a market leader in the chlor-alkali segment. Over the years, Grasim’s chemicals business has created a strong foothold in the industry and offers a wide range of products from chlorine derivatives to epoxy.
Chlor-alkali
In 2016, Grasim’s merger with Aditya Birla Chemicals India Ltd. (ABCIL) helped catapult the company’s caustic soda capacity from 452 KTPA to 884 KTPA making it the largest producer of caustic soda in India back then. Today, Grasim’s total caustic soda capacity is 1,290 KTPA. Through brownfield expansion, we plan to expand the caustic soda capacity to 1,530 KTPA from 1,290 KTPA by 2024.
The business uses cost-effective membrane cell technology and is largely self-sufficient in power. For gainful utilisation of chlorine, the business has portfolio of chlorine derivatives like Stable Bleaching Powder (SBP), Polyaluminium Chloride (PAC), Chlorosulphonic Acid (CSA), Chlorinated Paraffin Wax (CPW), Calcium Chloride (CaCl), Aluminium Chloride (AlCl) and Chloromethane (CMS).
Epoxy
The business’ epoxy products range from basic products like liquid epoxy resins to value added products like formulated resins, reactive diluents and hardeners. The manufacturing complex at Vilayat houses a 123 KTPA capacity epoxy plant. Through expansion, we plan to double the epoxy capacity to 246 KTPA by FY2024.
- 8 caustic soda manufacturing units across India
- 1,290 KTPA Total Caustic Soda Capacity
- 123 KTPA capacity epoxy plant
- ~1 million tonnes of caustic sales
Plants
Research & development
Customers are at the heart of Grasim’s chemical business with research focused on developing various products for different customer segments. Dedicated teams of scientists across locations study various customer segments to develop customised products. With a strong emphasis on innovation, different variants of each product are made to cater to customers’ specific needs. In-house research centres work towards improving and optimising key operating processes and practices and enhancing equipment reliability and asset integrity. Health and safety is another segment the R&D units focus on. The goal is to ensure health, safety and environment processes and systems are improved and in-line with the latest needs.