India Chem 2000
October 6-8,2000
India : A Sourcing Point for Speciality
Chemicals
Mr. Ashwin C. Shroff,
Managing Director,
Excel Industries Ltd.
Definitions
- Meant for Specific Functions and Specified Performance
- Typically, Small/Medium Volume
- Relatively High-priced Chemicals
Made by
Need For
- Knowledge Personnel
- Not Very High Conversion Efficiency
- Resulting in Some Wastes/Effluents
- Need Capability and Facilities for Responsible Management
of Wastes and Effluents
India's Strengths
- Knowledge Persons Available
- A Variety of Raw Materials, and Ability to Handle
Them Rich Bio-Diversity an Alternative Resource
Base
- A Number of Small & Medium Enterprises, Which
Can Handle Various Unit Operations at Appropriate
Scale
- Quality Systems of Required Order Are In Place
- EHS Understanding Good
- As Also Regulatory Standards & Mechanisms In
Place to :
- Ensure Compliance
- Support with Knowledge and Facilities
- Good Track Record of Process Development and Improvement
To Meet Cost and Quality Requirements
- Packaging and Delivery Systems O.K.
- Quick Learning and Adopting ability
- Rich Bio-diversity Offers Scope to Explore Growing
Market Potential Arising from Changing Tastes and
Preferences for Natural Products/Ingredients/Additives
Such as in
-- Pharmaceuticals
-- Agri-Chemicals
-- Dyes
-- Aroma Chemicals
- When Needed, A Consortium of Larger Companies/Export
Houses, Supplemented by Supporting Manufacturers in
SSI/Medium Sectors Can Be Employed
Competitiveness
- Alliances and Collaborative Efforts Between Indian
Producers/Suppliers and Overseas Customers Can Now
Work to Mutual Advantages
- Customer-Supplier Networking All Through the Development
- Raw Material - Production - Delivery Chain Can Enhance
Customer Satisfaction
- From Competition to Co-opetition -- This Can Generate
Sustainable Win-Win Situation
Raw Material Strength Available
with Excel and Associates
- Phosphorus based Basic Chemicals (PCI3,
POCI3, P2,O5, P2,S5,
DETCs, DTAs)
- In-house Acetylene, Ethylene and Hydrogen Generators
- Thionyl Chloride, Sulfur Monochloride
- Bromine
- Esters and Salts of Oxalic Acid
- H2S (As Co-product)
- Triphosgene
- Oxalyl Chloride
In-house Capabilities of Excel
and Associates in Chemistry
- Halogenation
- Reductions (Partial and Total) and Oxidations
- Esterification and transesterification
- Acetylene Chemistry
- Hetrocyclic Chemistry
- Carbon - Carbon Coupling Reactions
- Amino Acid Derivatives and Peptide Chemistry
- Phosphorus and Sulfur Chemistry
Handling Capability from Grams to Tonnage Levels
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