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chlor
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Aditya
Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd. forms part of
the Aditya Birla Group's chemicals business, which
spans over nine units — five in Thailand
and four in India. The company is engaged in the
production of five major chemical groups, namely,
chlor-alkali products, epichlorohydrin, epoxy
resins, phosphates
and sulphites.
Aditya
Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Ltd has built a strong
business in Thailand and also exports its products
to 58 countries across the globe. It serves customers
in a large number of industries such as food,
food processing, personal consumer products, paints,
textiles, pulp and paper, detergents, water treatment,
metal treatment and more.
Chlor
Alkali division
The division commenced production of chlor-alkali
products and epichlorohydrin in 1998. The technology
of the chlor- alkali plant is from Asahi Glass of
Japan and that of epichlorohydrin from Stork Comprimo
of Belgium. The plant
has a capacity to manufacture 15,000 mt of epichlorohydrin
and 80,000 dmt of caustic soda. The division recently
commissioned its new caustic soda plant of capacity
21,000 dmt based on the latest membrane technology
from UHDE.
Excellent
product quality has enabled the unit to capture
a sizeable share of the market in Thailand in
chlor-alkali products, with all the country's
leading multinational consumers as its customers.
The unit has extended its reach to
South East Asia and has been exporting chlorine
regularly.
Epichlorohydrin,
manufactured by the unit, is largely supplied
to its Epoxy division for the manufacture of epoxy
resins. The unit has also developed an international
market for the sale of allylchloride in India
and epichlorohydrin to the U.S., Europe, Indonesia,
Australia and New Zealand.
The
unit has ISO 9001:2000, ISO14001, OSHAS 18001, BS
8800 and TIS 18001 certifications.
Epoxy
division
The
Epoxy division is a pioneer in the manufacture of
epoxy resins in South East Asia. It started commercial
production in 1992 at Rayong, Thailand. The modern
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified plant uses state-of-the-art
technology from Tohto Kasei, the largest epoxy producer
in Japan. Sophisticated machinery, Distributed Control
Systems (DCS) and a fully equipped quality assurance
laboratory enable the unit to produce consistently
high quality epoxy resins. The unit was awarded
the TPM Excellence (first category) by Japan
Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), Japan in
2004.
The
Epoxy division has grown from 10,000 tpa to 37,500
tpa over a period of 13 years. In 2004, it installed
dedicated production facilities for specialty
epoxies, reactive diluents and hardeners with
capacity of 5000 tpa. During 2007, the Epoxy division
implemented de-bottlenecking of its existing production
lines and set up dedicated facilities to produce
water borne epoxies, radiation cure epoxies, diluents,
hardeners and bis-f and novolac pre-cursers and
epoxies. These plans have taken the total capacity
of the division to over 60,000 tpa.
The
new products will further strengthen our position
as provider of a wide range of speciality products.
The division has also set up a 9000 sq.ft R&D
and Application Centre for accelerating product
development and providing more
technical services to customers.
With
its vision "to become the preferred source
of performance epoxy products and solution provider
for global composites and coating industry",
the Epoxy division with its modern R&D and
Application Centre facilities has moved from being
a 'Product Supplier' to a 'Solutions Provider',
working closely with customers to provide superior
value through customised products, speciality
formulations and systems.
The
division produces a wide range of epoxies, hardeners
and modifiers that vary in the chemical structure,
molecular weight, viscosity and functionality.
Marketed under the brand name EPOTEC, its product
range has liquid, solid,
solutions, blends and other multifunctional epoxy
resins. These products are used across a wide
array of applications like automotive, construction
and heavy engineering, transport, electrical and
electronics, food and beverage
packing, coatings, composites, adhesives, aviation
and aerospace, wind-energy, etc.
Exporting
over 75 per cent of its output, its products reach
out to over 40 countries worldwide, with a major
share going the quality conscious markets in the
USA and Europe.
Phosphates
division
The
Phosphate division is currently the world's leading
manufacturer of high quality food grade sodium
and potassium phosphates. Commissioned in 1984
to produce POLYPHOS (Sodium Tripolyphosphate),
it has over the years, enhanced capacity to 85,000
tpa through de-bottlenecking by more than 100
per cent and earned a reputation as one of the
most efficient and reliable suppliers of high
quality speciality phosphates.
The
phosphates are mainly being used as meat and seafood
preservatives, leavening in bakery products, emulsifiers
and stabilsers in dairy products and builders
in detergents. Phosphates are also used in the
manufacture of animal
feeds, toothpaste, textile dyes, starches and
ceramic tiles, as well as in water and metal treatment,
and as stabilisers in chemical processes. Speciality
phosphates such as MPSeaphos and non-phosphate
such as NP-Seapure provide superior yield, texture
and colour during the processing of raw and cooked
shrimps, fish and squids.
Current
exports account for 26 per cent of production
to 38 countries including Japan, Australia, New
Zealand, Indonesia, Spain and USA, and other countries
in the South East Asian region.
The
Phosphates division was the first manufacturer
of sodium phosphates in the Asia Pacific to be
ISO 9000 certified for its quality management
systems, and the first sodium phosphate manufacturer
in the world to be accredited with ISO 14001.
Constant upgrading of technology has also enabled
the company to receive the prestigious Prime Minister's
Industry Award for outstanding performance in
environmental conservation. Additional achievements
include the award for TPM Excellence for (1st
category and Consistent Award); TIS
18001; SAP software implementation; Thailand Quality
Prize, and GMP, HACCP, Halal & Kosher accreditation.
The
division’s enviable record of manufacturing
excellence and quality management remains unmatched
in the South East Asian region.
Future
plans include additional investments and capacity
expansions for food grade blends and R&D facility.
A backward integration project for manufacturing
phosphoric acid in China at an advanced stage.
Sulphites
division
Set
up in 1995, the state-of-the-art manufacturing plant
is located in the Saraburi province. The Sulphites
division manufactures sodium sulphite, sodium metabisulphite,
sodium bisulphites solution and catalysed sodium
sulphite. With an annual capacity of 75,000 mt,
it is among the world's top three high quality producers
of these chemicals. The capacity is slated to increase
to 80,000 mt in 2007.
The
company's products are marketed under the brand
names BIRLASULF-SS' and "BIRLASULF-SM"
and are used primarily in photographic, food,
water treatment, pulp & paper, leather, textiles,
acrylic fibre, mining, chemical and pharmaceutical
industries.
The
Sulphites division has also developed value-added
liquid sodium bisulphite that is marketed under
the brand name BIRLASOL - 35" in the domestic
starch, pulp & paper and mining industries.
The
Sulphites divison is also launching pottasium
metabisulphites to serve the wine market in Europe
and Australia.
It
has earned the reputation of being the "Preferred
Supplier" for many global customers with
its products being exported across 44 countries.
Certifed
for ISO 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001, THAI-FDA and
HALAL, the company was conferred with the Thailand
Prime Minister's award for "Outstanding Industry
for year 2000" and has been awarded for TPM
Excellence (First category) by the Japan Institute
of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), Japan in 2002.
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