Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is going to inaugurate Chlorotoluene plant by Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd (GACL) at Dahej today afternoon. The Chief Minister is likely to visit the ETP plant and infrasturctural facilities at Dahej. He is likely to review the Bhabhut barrage project. The Chlorotoluene plant at Dahej is one of the key downstream projects undertaken by GACL to diversify its product portfolio beyond its core chlor-alkali products like caustic soda and chlori...Read More

Ahmedabad: Godrej Chemicals is expanding its Valia-based plant in Bharuch district of Central Gujarat at a cost of Rs. 500 crore. The expansion will be completed by 2027 and it will increase the capacity from 2 lakh tonnes at present to 2.75 lakh tonnes in the future. A 200-acre-sized Valia plant (since 1996) is presently giving direct and indirect employment to 1400 persons. The plant has a 30 percent export component. Gujarat contributes to 65 percent of the total production of Godrej Chemica...Read More

Bharuch: Best Value Chem (BVC)'s Rs 550 crore chemical plant in Gujarat is now operational. Premji Invest-owned company is into fragrance, flavour and personal care manufacturing. A 30 acres plant employs 300 people with initial capacity of 10,000 metric tonne per annum. BVC manufactures over 50 products for flavours, fragrances and personal care industries and has over 300 clients globally across 30 countries. "We expect the new facility to be a significant catalyst for growth, enabling u...Read More

Surat: Surat: Dead bodies of 7 missing laborers were found after an incident of blast followed by fire in Sachin GIDC area based Aether industry's chemical manufacturing unit. As many as 22 laborers suffered burn injury in this incident, among whom at least 3 are suffering from severe burn and taking treatment as indoor patients in hospital. Skeletons of 7 laborers found after the incident of fire are taken for a postmortem in civil hospital. The company has decided to give compensation of...Read More

Bharuch: Lubrizol and Grasim Industries Limited, a company of the Aditya Birla Group, today broke ground on the first phase of a 100,000 metric-ton CPVC resin plant in Vilayat, Gujarat, India. The facility located at the Grasim Industries’ site will be the largest single-site capacity for CPVC resin production globally, designed to meet rising CPVC demand for piping applications in India, as well as neighboring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The company stated: this resin ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ahead of the Vibrant Summit 2024, four MoUs with a total investment of 1401 crores in the Chemicals sector were signed today in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel here. The industrial units under these MoUs will be established at Saikha and Dahej GIDCs in the Bharuch district, generating approximately 2285 potential employment opportunities. These MoUs include projects for a battery chemicals unit for electric vehicles by Gujarat Fluoro Chemicals (Rs 50 cro...Read More