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EXPANSION
MANUFACTURER & EXPORTER
Goyal Salt commissions Rs. 80-crore unit in Kutch A GMP, ISO ( 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018), FSSAI, HALAL & KOSHER CERTIFIED COMPANY

Salt manufacturer, Goyal Salt, has AVAILABLE IN GRADE : IP/BP/USP/EP/FCC
inaugurated a modern manufacturing
facility at an investment of Rs. 80-crore • COPPER SULPHATE ANHYDROUS
at Gandhidham, Kutch in Gujarat.
• SODIUM DIHYDROGEN ORTHOPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE
Spread across 12 acres, the new
plant has a production capacity of 4.5- • DI-SODIUM HYDROGEN ORTHO PHOSPHATE ANHYDROUS
lakh metric tonnes (mt), which has in-
creased the company’s overall capacity • DI-SODIUM HYDROGEN ORTHO PHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE
to 6.6-lakh mt. This expansion positions
Goyal Salt to strengthen its market share • TRI-SODIUM PHOSPHATE DODECAHYDRATE
and consolidate its leadership in the salt
manufacturing industry. • POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC
• POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC
The Gandhidham facility allows us to
get closer to western and eastern markets
by reducing logistics costs and accelerat- 15 acres, dedicated for salt refi ning, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya • SODIUM CARBONATE ANHYDROUS /MONO
ing delivery timelines,” said Mr. Pramesh raw salt storage and refi ned salt pack- Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar • MANGANESE SULPHATE
Goyal, Managing Director of Goyal Salt. aging with a capacity of 2.1-lakh mt per Pradesh, and West Bengal. It works
“Looking ahead, we also plan to expand annum. with over 60 distributors in North and • MANGANESE CHLORIDE
our presence into southern markets.” has appointed distributors in Maha-
Goyal Salt produces premium in- rashtra, Gujarat, Assam and Odisha.
Besides Gandhidham, the company dustrial and edible salts. The company Currently, the company has a reach of • MAGNESIUM SULPHATE ANHYDROUS
has one unit in Nawa City, spread over has built a robust presence in Bihar, 5,000 retail outlets. • POTASSIUM NITRATE

FUTURE PLANS • POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
IOC’s Gujarat refi nery eyes growth opportunities

in petrochemicals • POTASSIUM BROMIDE

Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC’s) a Hindu BusinessLine report. “Currently, Lube Integration (LuPech) project aims IN BULK LR / AR GRADE CHEMICALS
Gujarat Refi nery at Vadodara is invest- we are manufacturing Linear Alkyl to produce polypropylene and lube oil
ing Rs. 24,000-crore to help it diversify Benzene (LAB). This is the base material base stock. It is expected to be commis- POTASSIUM DICHROMATE STARCH (POTATO) SOLUBLE
into petrochemicals by commissioning used in soaps and detergents. We are also sioned by the end of 2025.
two petrochemical units during manufacturing sulphur bentonite in small POTASSIUM CHROMATE BARIUM BROMIDE
calendar year 2025. quantities. From this year onwards we The Rs. 5,894-crore acrylics/oxo- SODIUM NITRATE ZINC BROMIDE
will start manufacturing polypropylene alcohol project at Dumad, scheduled for BISMUTH NITRATE /SUBNITRATE STRONTIUM BROMIDE
“The energy landscape is changing and butyl acrylate, a base material for the completion in 2025, will produce butyl
very quickly in our country. In order to paint industry,” he informed. acrylate. The project includes setting CADMIUM NITRATE /SULPHATE CADMIUM BROMIDE /OXIDE
remain future-ready we are diversifying up the acrylic acid unit, normal butyl
into petrochemical projects. It is expected The polypropylene unit will have a alcohol unit, syn-gas unit, hydrogen, QUALIKEMS LIFESCIENCES PVT. LTD.
that fuel demand will go down in 10-15 capacity of about 500-kpta (kilotonnes and butyl acrylate unit. IOC has a total H.O & WORKS: Plot No.68-69, G.I.D.C Industrial Estate, Nandesari,
years, and to enable IOC to survive we per annum) and butyl acrylate, 150-kpta. refi ning capacity of 80.55-mtpa (million Vadodara - 391340 (GUJARAT).
need to diversify into petrochemicals and The upgraded LAB unit of the refi nery tpa) of which 13.7-mtpa is at Vadodara.
other sectors,” Mr. Biplob Biswas, Exe- now has a capacity of 162-kpta, which By 2030, petrochemicals will constitute Telefax : + 91-265-2841531,32,34,35 • Mobile: +91-92275 36999
cutive Director and Refi nery Head of has increased from 120-kpta last year. 15 percent of IOC’s product portfolio. Email: salesindia@qualikems.com & Info@qualikems.com
Gujarat Refi nery, was quoted as saying in The Rs. 17,825-crore Petrochemical and Currently, it is less than fi ve percent. Web : www.qualikems.com
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146 Chemical Weekly May 6, 2025

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