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Asim Food Colours to set up pharma intermediates unit at Ankleshwar

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Asim Food Colours to set up pharma intermediates unit at Ankleshwar in Bharuch district in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 10 million. The company is manufacturing 35MTPM of assorted food colours at present. It is proposed to add 21 more products with production capacity of 100MTPM. The new unit will manufacture the following products

Sr. No.	Product	Present capacity (Mt/Month)	Proposed capacity (Mt/Month)	Total capacity (Mt/Month)
	Assorted food colour (Tartrazine)	35	------	35
	Amlodipine Byselate	------	20	100
	Gabapentin HCI	------	30
	Glimipiride HCI	------	25
	Lamotrigine	------	30
	Lidocaine HCI	------	15
	Carbamezapine	------	30
	Phenyl propyl amine HCI	------	25
	Phenyl Epherine HCI	------	5
	Quinine Sulphate	------	3
	Sertaline HCI	------	10
	Terbutaline Sulphate	------	20
	Venlafexine HCI	------	15
	Vitamine C	------	10
	Letrozole	------	20
	Tramadol HCI	------	10
	Salbutamol sulphate	------	5
	Meto prolol tartarate	------	10
	Meta phenoxy benzyl alcohol	------	30
	Para anisyl alcohol	------	50
	Phenanthrene	------	20
	Oxcarbazepine	------	20

Shimmer Chemicals to set up chemical unit at Padra in Vadodara

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Shimmer Chemicals to set up chemical unit at Padra in Vadodara in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 8.0 million. The new unit will manufacture the following products

Sr. No.	Product Name	Existing Quantity in MT/Month	Proposed Quantity in MT/Month	Remarks
1.	Benzyl Chloride	50	50	Existing Prod. (No increase)
2.	Benzaldehyde	65	65	Existing Prod. (No increase)
3.	Benzylidine Acetone	--	20	New product.
4.	n - Chloro Pentane	--	20	New product.
5.	n ? Butyl Chloride	--	20	New product.
6.	Benzyl Alcohol	--	50	New product.
7.	I P A. HCl ( Iso propyl Alcohol HCL)	--	20	New product.
By-Product
1.	Low purity of Benzaldehyde	--	0.325	--
2.	Low purity of Benzylidene acetone	--	2.0	--
3.	Low purity of n-Chloro pentane	--	1.06	--
4.	Low purity of n-Butyl chloride	--	0.9	--
5.	Low purity of Benzyl alcohol	--	5.0	--

Swati Chemical Industries to set up chemical unit at Nandesari

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Swati Chemical Industries to set up chemical unit at Nandesari in Vadodara in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 25 million. . Details of the products to be manufactured and their production capacities include the following:

Sr.No.	Name of the product	Existing consented quantity (MTPM)	Proposed scenario (MTPM)	Type of product	Category as per Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006
1.	Mono chloro acetic acid	50	300	Chemical intermediate	5(f)
2.	Chloro Actyl chloride	50	150	Chemical intermediate	5(f)
3.	2,4D acid	50	150	Herbicide	5(b)
4.	2,4D(Na)	50	100	Herbicide	5(b)
5.	Hydrochloric acid(30-32%)	400	1000	By product	-
6.	Ammonium chloride	100	-	By product	-
7.	Mother Liquor of MCA	20	70	By product	-
8.	Sodium sulphide	10	50	By product	-
9.	2,4 D Amine	-	100	Herbicide	5(b)
10.	Sodium Mono chloro acetate	-	100	Chemical intermediate	5(f)
11.	Sulphur mono chloride	-	100	Chemical intermediate	5(f)
12.	2,4D Ethyl Easter	-	100	Herbicide	5(b)

Shivam Chemicals to expand its dyes intermediates unit at Vapi

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Shivam Chemicals to expand its dyes intermediates unit at Vapi in Valsad district in Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 29.7 million. The new unit will manufacture the following products

S No.	Product	Existing (MTPM)	Proposed (MTPM)	Total (MTPM)
01	4 NAPSA	16	19	35
02	2,5 DCPNA	7	3	10
03	NDMT	6	19	25
04	Methoxy Amino Azo Benzene Meta Sulfonic Acid	3	0	3
05	Para Nitro Chloro Benzene-3 Sulfonic Acid	3	0	3
06	6-Nitro 1-Diazo-2-Naphthol-4- Sulfonic Acid OR 1-Diazo-2-Naphthol-4- Sulfonic Acid	0	25	25 (either of the product will be manufactured)
07	3,5 ? Di Nitro Salicylic acid	0	10	10
	Total	35	76	111
By Product
	Acetic acid	2.9	1.3	4.2