| Godrej
Industries Limited is, through its
chemicals division, India's leading
manufacturer of oleochemicals and
makes more than a hundred chemicals
for use in over two dozen industries.
 The
chemicals division has built a
strong manufacturing base capable
of delivering international quality
products at competitive prices,
and has implemented integrated
systems which ensure quick delivery
of products at competitive costs.
The
division has a modern factory
in the Indian state of Gujarat,
where vegetable oils are converted
into fatty
acids, glycerine, fatty
alcohols, alpha olefins
and alpha olefin sulphonates.
The plant has an installed capacity
of 30,000 tonnes per annum for
making natural fatty alcohols
from feedstock such as palm stearine
and palm kernel oil, both renewable,
vegetable-based raw materials.
The company
operates a second plant at Vikhroli
in suburban Mumbai.
Products
from this division are exported
to developed and developing countries.
The chemical division's export
turnover in 2001-02 was more than
Rs 100 crore, and it received
export awards from Chemexcil in
1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.
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Godrej Industries, an
integral part of the US$1.875 billion
Godrej Group, is India's leading manufacturer
of oleochemicals. The company makes
more than hundred chemicals and exports
its products to more than 40 countries.
Products from the GIL portfolio are
used in a variety of applications: cosmetics,
tyres, detergents, pharmaceuticals,
cigarettes, toothpaste and more.
The company has modern, integrated chemical
factories at Valia in the Indian state
of Gujarat and at Vikhroli in suburban
Mumbai.
Godrej Industries leads the Indian market
in the production of fatty acids, fatty
alcohols and AOS. It is among the top three largest
producers of glycerine in the country.
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