Nouryon and Atul Partner to Supply Fast-Growing Indian Markets
April 27, 2021 at 04:52 am EDT
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Nouryon and Atul successfully started production at Anaven, a new joint venture in Gujarat, India, that will help meet the rapidly growing demand in India's agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets. Nouryon applied its expertise to build a plant that uses eco-friendly hydrogenation technology and employs the latest sustainability innovations for low energy consumption. The Anaven plant is also the only zero-liquid discharge MCA production site in the world, meaning that zero wastewater exits the plant a critical factor in India where water is scarce. The plant is also highly focused on continuous safety and was constructed with zero injuries. Nouryon has MCA plants in the Netherlands, China and Japan, and operates an organic peroxide and metal alkyls production site in Mahad, India.
Atul Ltd is an India-based company, which is in the business of life science chemicals and performance, and other chemicals. It serves to various industries across the world, such as adhesives, agriculture, animal feed, automobile, composites, construction, cosmetic, defense, dyestuff, electrical and electronics, flavor, food, footwear, fragrance, glass, home care, horticulture, hospitality, paint and coatings, paper, personal care, pharmaceutical, plastic, polymer, rubber, soap and detergent, sport and leisure, textile, tire, and wind energy. It operates through three segments: Life Science Chemicals, Performance and Other Chemicals, and Others. Its Life Science Chemicals segment offers active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), API intermediates, fungicides and herbicides. Its Performance and Other Chemicals segment offers adhesion promoters, bulk chemicals, epoxy resins and hardeners, intermediates, and textile dyes. Its Others segment offers agribiotech, food products and services.