Camlin Fine Sciences receives environmental clearance for Dahej plant

Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd, which offers shelf-life solutions (antioxidants and intermediates), performance chemicals and aroma chemicals, has received environmental clearance from the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority of Gujarat for setting up a manufacturing facility for hydroquinone (HQ) & catechol and their down-stream products at Dahej SEZ.

The Dahej plant will expand capacities and provide CFS with a base to manufacture hydroquinone and catechol in India. The plant will also help Camlin Fine Sciences to add capacity for manufacturing of vanillin, for which catechol is a key raw material.

The company expects to commission the Dahej plant in FY18. The plant will have capacity to produce 9,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) and 6,000 MTPA of HQ and catechol, respectively.  

Currently, food grade antioxidants account for approximately 56 percent of CFS revenues in FY16, performance chemicals (PC) contribute about 22 percent, diphenols (HQ & catechol) constituting 18 percent while aroma chemicals (vanillin) accounting for 3 percent.