There are Seven Units of ABG in India manufacturing Chlor-Alkali products: Grasim Chemical Division Nagda (M.P.), Grasim Chemicals Vilayat (Gujarat) Grasim Chemicals Veraval (Gujarat) Grasim Chemicals Gharwa Road (Jharkhand), Grasim Chemicals Renukoot (UP), Grasim Chemicals Karwar (Karnataka) & Grasim Chemicals Ganjam (Orissa). ABG Chlor-Alkali Business (India) is headed by SBU Head.
The Unit Grasim Industries Limited Chemical Division Karwar Facility operates Phosphoric Acid manufacturing plant of 24000TPA & 59400TPA Chlor Alkali Chemicals Plant with Mercury Cell Technology in the name of Solaris Chemtech since 1975. For implementing CREP Recommendations for Chlor - Alkali Sector operation of Mercury Technology plant was stopped in Dec 2012.Thereafter, this plant was taken over by Aditya Birla Chemicals ( India )
Limited in September 2013 & replaced old Mercury Cell process of 59400 TPA of Caustic Soda plant by latest state of Art Membrane Cell technology from M/s Uhde Germany .The other By-products are Hydrochloric Acid which is consumed for the manufacturing of Phosphoric Acid ,Liquid Chlorine & Sodium Hypo Chlorite. Caustic Soda manufacturing is power based Industry and unit requires 22MW power (Approximately 65% manufacturing cost is power cost) The business workplace is multifaceted involving different technologies, various qualities of products for fragmented markets.
The Unit is also responsible for procurement of various raw materials and marketing and sales of its products. Initially, after meeting the requirements of Phosphoric Acid Plant, the excess material sold in the market at premium prices because there was a protected market and less supply of material in the market. With the changing time, the demand and supply position has completely been changed. There are as many as 38 players and total market suffers from excess supply of caustic soda.
The Indian Chlor-Alkali industry is facing a competition from
📌 SH CL/HCL/Hypo/Air compressor (India)
🏢 Aditya Birla Chemicals
📍 India
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