Finolex Industries to
double PVC capacity to 260,000mt/yr
Finolex Industries belonging to
the P. P. Chhabria of Finolex Group has a production capacity of 130,000 tonnes of PVC, 32,850 tonnes for PVC pipes and 735 tonnes
of PVC fittings. The company
is the largest producer of PVC pipes and third largest producer
of PVC in the country. PVC is the main revenue earner and
contributes nearly 75% of the revenues of the company. PVC pipes
and fittings is the second largest contributor with 20%
contribution followed by miscellaneous items contributing about
5%. The company’s PVC plant
has obtained ISO 9002 certification. The company’s PVC plant at Ratnagiri has an open sea
cryogenic jetty, which is used for unloading cryogenic cargoes
such as LPG and ethylene.
The company manufactures a wide range of PVC pipes and fittings
suitable for diverse applications. The range includes agriculture
pipes and fittings, plumbing pipes, casing pipes for borewells,
SWR pipes and fittings and telephone ducting. The company has
introduced new product like "Ringfit" pipes wherein a
unique elastomeric sealing ring is used for joining pipes for
replacing traditional piping material. Finolex has implemented
various energy saving measures and has won the "Safety
Award" from National Safety Accident for lowest accident
frequency rate in 1999.
Future plans and outlook
Finolex Industries is planning to increase its pipe manufacturing
capacity to 56,000 metric tonnes by augmenting the capacity of
new PVC plant at Ratnagiri by 16,000 metric tonnes. The company
is also planning to introduce new categories of PVC pipes
catering to industrial and home applications like sewer Pipes
that are used for low pressure sewage application from its
Ratnagiri plant.
Finolex Industries has recently commissioned an additional EDC
cracker, which is expected to add about 10% of its PVC production
capacity. The company is planning to set up VCM conversion
facility to bring down its raw material costs. Finolex is
currently reviewing its plan to set up all weather jetty and
captive power plant.
Higher economies of scale, better capacity utilization and strict
focus on cost control will enable the company to report improved
performance in FY7/01.
New Dehli (RPRASAD -
Platts)--2002/10/14
India's Finolex to double PVC capacity to 260,000mt/yr
India's Finolex Industries Ltd is to double its polyvinyl
chloride production capacity at its Ratnagiri plant, near Mumbai,
to 260,000 mt/yr. The Pune-based company Finolex said in a
statement that its Board of Directors had approved expansion of
installed capacity of the PVC plant at Ratnagiri by an additional
130,000 mt/yr. The company did not disclose the details of the
expansion plan. The initial 130,000 mt/yr PVC capacity was set up
in technical collaboration with Uhde GmbH of Germany under a
technology licence from Hoechst AG. The company is also one of
the country's largest PVC pipe manufacturers, having a combined
production capacity of 40,000 mt/yr spread over its two plants at
Pune and Ratnagiri. The PVC pipe division and associated concerns
consumes captively about 45,000 mt/yr.
2003/1/27 Financial Times
Finolex plans VCM/PVC start in 1Q/2Q 2003.
In 1Q or 2Q 2003, Finolex Industries Ltd plans to start construction of a $100 M 130,000 tonnes/y PVC plant at Ratnagiri, India. The company currently produces 130,000 tonnes/y vinyl chloride and 130,000 tonnes/y PVC on that site. Ethylene dichloride feedstock will be imported. There is a detailed discussion of the company's production, markets, and product mix. Indian demand for PVC is forecast at 900,000 tonnes/y for the fiscal year to 31 Mar 2004 (forecast 800,000 tonnes/y in previous fiscal year).
化学工業日報 2004/2/16
印フィノレックス、塩ビの生産能力を倍増
それぞれ年26万トンヘ
インドの塩化ビニル樹脂（ＰＶＣ）大手のフィノレックス・インダストリーズは、ＰＶＣと塩ビモノマー（ＶＣＭ）の生産能力を倍増する。マハラシュートラ州ラトナーギリのプラントを増強するもので、いずれも年産２６万トンに引き上げる。アカー・クバーナーに基本設計を依頼した。
計画ではＶCMの新製造ラインを追加し、既存のPVCプラントの稼働を最大化する。
フィノレックス・インダストリーズは１９８１年にフィノレックス・グループの１社として発足した。フィノレックス・インダストリーズは塩ビパイプの生産をコア事業にしてきたが、原料からの生産体制を確立するため、９４年にPVCの生産を開始している。
今回の増強計画でPVCの生産体制を大幅に増強し、塩ビパイプまでの生産体制を強化していく。計画ではオキシビニルズの技術を使ってVCMの新生産ラインを設ける予定だ。同社ではこれによって、既存のPVCプラントを最大に活用する体制を整えることになる。
フィノレックス・インダストリーズは二塩化エチレン(EDC)などを輸入に依存している。インドでもEDCの確保がPVCメーカーにとって重要な課題になっており、ケムプラスト・サンマーも輸入に依存する体質を転換するため、EDCの自社生産を検討している。フィノレックス・インダストリーズも安定したEDCの確保が課題になろう。
インドのPVCの需要は８０万トン程度とみられ、近く１００万トンを突破する見通しで、ケムプラスト・サンマーやリライアンス・インダストリーズなどが設備の新設計画を進めている。
India's Finolex to double
PVC capacity by March
India's Finolex Industries Ltd is to double its poly vinyl
chloride resin production capacity to 260,000 mt/yr at Ratnagiri,
near Mumbai, by March, the company said Saturday.
"The demand for PVC resin in India is growing, and the
increase in PVC capacity by 130,000 mt/yr is expected to be
commissioned during the current quarter [ending on March 30,
2006]," the company added while announcing the December
quarter results.
The new production facilities are being set up with OxyVinyls
licensed technology. Using imported ethylene dichloride and
ethylene, Finolex manufactures suspension PVC as well as emulsion
paste PVC, some of which is used in its own downstream
facilities. It is an integrated company with facilities to
manufacture products such as pipes and fittings, and consumes
about 25% of the PVC it produces.
Finolex is to increase its PVC pipe production capacity from its
current level of 85,000 mt/yr to 100,000 mt/yr by consuming the
PVC to be produced from the new facility.