By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : April 01, 2025 1:20 pm
The newly inaugurated India's largest plant, built for Rs 350 crore, has an annual production capacity of 30,000 tonnes
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel virtually inaugurated India’s largest Chlorotoluene plant, established by Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) at Dahej on its foundation day.
The newly inaugurated plant, built for Rs 350 crore, boasts an annual production capacity of 30,000 tonnes and is expected to create around 1,000 direct and indirect job opportunities. Additionally, GACL's new Chlorotoluene plant is set to generate approximately Rs 130 crore in foreign exchange through chemical exports to Europe, America, and South Asia.
The new plant will utilize chlorine to manufacture value-added chlorine-based products like Benzyl Chloride, Benzyl Alcohol, and Benzaldehyde.
“The company has started production process of Chlorotoluene plant at Dahej Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel has virtually inaugurated Chlorotoluene plant from Dahej. The expected annual revenue from the plant at current market rates at full capacity is about Rs. 400 crores.
Providing further details, GACL’s Managing Director and Secretary to the Chief Minister, Avantika Singh, IAS stated that GACL, a Gujarat Government initiative established in 1973, currently operates three production units—two in Dahej and one in Vadodara—manufacturing over 35 products, including caustic soda.
Over the past five decades, GACL has expanded its production capacity and introduced new products. GACL boasts an annual production capacity of over 8 lakh metric tonnes of caustic soda and holds the distinction of being the only manufacturer in India of Sodium Chlorate and Hydrazine Hydrate.
Patel virtually inaugurated GACL's new plant at Dahej, in the presence of Pankaj Joshi, Chief Secretary; S S Rathore, Chief Minister's Advisor; Manoj Kumar Das, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister; Praveena DK, Managing Director of GIDC; along with senior officials of GACL and the district administration.