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February 28, 2020
Indian chemical industry is a key catalyst of growth: P. Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, GoI
Reducing Import dependency, attracting investments for production of quality products, use of cutting edge technologies, promoting clusters and sustainability are key objectives for the chemical industry to grow up the value chain. The chemical industry needs to attract investments both domestic as well as international and also encourage use & procurement of domestically produced goods said Mr. P. Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India during ICC annual conference 2020.
February 27, 2020
Robotics can play a big role in transforming chemical sector: Romit V. Kalra, Country Head - India Business Development, Janyu Technologies
Robotics & automated technologies have already been used globally by the chemical and petrochemical sectors and India also has started taking the lead in deploying robotic based tech to help automate their processes. We are an IIT Bombay alumni founded company having developed robotic based solutions for tank cleaning and inspection operations for Indian chemical and petrochemical companies says Mr. Romit V. Kalra, Country Head - India Business Development, Janyu Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
February 27, 2020
Safe transportation of chemicals to be a key priority: Shanker Kuppuswamy, CEO - NicerGlobe, ICC
Through NicerGlobe initiative, we are trying to bring the Indian chemical industry to adopt safe transportation standards and processes and provide emergency response services during disasters. We have got an encouraging response from the industry for supporting the initiative and we already have several key Indian chemical manufacturers acting as our ambassadors to promote the initiative says Mr. Shanker Kuppuswamy, CEO - NicerGlobe, Indian Chemical Council.
February 27, 2020
Specialty chemical segment has a huge potential to grow in India: Sunder Parthasarathy, Deputy Manager - Mktg. & Technical Services, Sud-Chemie India
Indian specialty chemical segment seems to be doing pretty well but still many of the intermediates are still coming from China, so manufacturing these intermediaries locally will help in boosting our exports. Our company Sud-Chemie has a joint venture with Clariant and we supply to catalysts to petrochemicals, refineries, pharma, fine chemicals etc says Mr. Sunder Parthasarathy, Deputy Manager - Mktg. & Technical Services, Sud-Chemie India Pvt. Ltd.
February 27, 2020
High valuations of Indian chemical companies is a great success story: Ashim Bhuwania, MD - Corporate Finance, Ambit
Indian chemical companies have been successfully raising capital and also looking at M&A as a viable means to grow forward. We have seen multiple success stories of Indian companies going public in the recent past and this trend shall continue as companies aggressively invests in R&D, facilities and sustainable practices says Mr. Ashim Bhuwania, Managing Director - Corporate Finance, Ambit Pvt. Ltd.
February 27, 2020
Reducing waste water pollution a key focus for Indian Chemical sector: Ambareesh Phadnavis, Greyeast Technologies
Currently one of the biggest challenge of chemical industry is the inability to control waste water pollution level within permissible limits using existing technologies. The industry needs solutions which are cost effective, fast and user friendly. We are an IIT alumni founded company working in the waste water treatment solutions segment. We are working with multiple companies in the chemical sector to help them minimize their waste water pollution levels by using cost effective solutions says Mr. Ambareesh Phadnavis, Director, Greyeast Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
February 27, 2020
M&A & partnerships will play a key role in chemical sector: Preet Mohan Singh, Lincoln International Advisors
Chemical industry world over is seeing a lot of consolidation and Indian companies need to explore opportunities of inorganic growth via M&A and partnerships to move up the value chain. We are working with organisations in Indian agrochemical and fine chemical sector on advising viable options of growth says Mr. Preet Mohan Singh, Lincoln International Advisors Pvt Ltd.
February 26, 2020
Chemical industry is poised to leverage technology & automation: Dilip Sawhney, MD - India, Rockwell Automation
The chemical industry is not only leading already but is poised to lead India's industry growth and the manufacturing sectors growth. We believe that the role technology has to play is quite significant and we are investing in developing cutting edge technologies to help transform the chemical sector says Mr. Dilip Sawhney, Managing Director - India, Rockwell Automation Ltd.
February 26, 2020
India is an attractive & cost effective destination for Agrochemical manufacturing: S. Ganesan, UPL
The usage of agrochemicals has been picking up rapidly in India as well as Asia. We have been working on developing cutting edge technologies for securing farm crops both during pre & post harvest period. We believe that there's a positive co-relation b/w adoption of agrochemicals and increase in agricultural output in India & outside India says M. S. Ganesan, Vice President - Agri Policies & Outreach, UPL Ltd.
February 25, 2020
Innovation & Sustainability are key success factors for growth says U. Shekhar, Galaxy Surfactants
Cutting edge innovation, scale & efficiency, supply chain speed and governance & sustainability are few key critical success factors for India's chemical industry to reach $300 bn revenues by 2025. We plan to invest about 150 crores this year in a pilot plant & mini plant R&D centre at Tarapur, Maharashtra and Jhagadia, Gujarat says Mr. U. Shekhar, Chairman, Galaxy Surfactants Limited.
