Asian Paints Limited has one Chemical manufacturing facility at Cuddalore in the state of Tamilnadu which manufactures Pentaerythritol and Sodium Formate. This unit was set up as backward integration in. The plant is located in Cuddalore SIPCOT Industrial Complex, 180 Km away from Chennai, it is a coastal town on the shore of Bay of Bengal & well connected with Chennai by Rail & Road. The facility is accredited with ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certification and is a "Zero Liquid Effluent Discharge Unit".
Our facility has won many awards at the state level & national level for implementation of energy saving, yield improvement schemes, outstanding export performances and is the first in the state of Tamil Nadu to have successfully implemented a "Zero Liquid Effluent Discharge" facility.
Our Products are Registered under REACH Law compliances for exports to European Nations.
The Journey
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1985
Plant construction began (Pentasia Chemicals Limited, Joint venture between TIDCO & Asian Paints Limited)
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1987
First commercial production started.
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1994
Pentasia becomes Asian Paints Limited.
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1997
Implemented ISO 14001 and Captive power plant.
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2004
Capacity enhancement & OHSAS 18001 Certification.
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2007
Automation of Reaction processes.
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2009
Capacity Enhancement.
New Captive power plant & 16 TPH Boiler and Implementation of Zero Discharge System (first time in the state of Tamil Nadu)
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2015
Capacity Enhancement.
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2018
Capacity enhancement 730 Mt/month
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2022
Environment clearance to expand capacity to 1500 Mt/month
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2024
Capacity enhancement 930 Mt/month
Awards
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We have been exporting our products significantly to Europe & American markets for more than 2 decades.
Outstanding Export Performance
Our unit won awards for the "Outstanding Export Performance"under Chemical Industries category instituted by the CHEMEXCIL council.
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Energy conservation is a continuous ongoing activity in our Division.
Excellent Energy Efficient Unit
Our Unit has won multiple National award as the 'Excellent Energy Efficient' Unit' in the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and has been also recognized as "Energy Efficient Unit" in the CII.
