From being the first company in India to make amines to adding research and development (R&D) facilities and widening its product portfolio in the wake of liberalisation — all these factors have helped Alkyl Amines Chemicals (AAC) to get where it is.
The company, led by Chairman and Managing Director Yogesh M Kothari, is now a global supplier of amines and amine-based chemicals to the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, rubber chemicals and water treatment industries.
A lot has changed since AAC commissioned its first plant in 1982 at Patalganga to make ethylamines with technology from Leonard Process Company, USA. Later, capacity was