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With
a production capacity of 8,75,000
tonnes per year, Tata
Chemicals is India's largest manufacturer of soda
ash and has a market share of 38 per cent
Soda
ash, the trade name for sodium carbonate, is a
multifaceted chemical with several applications
in various industry segments. It is produced
through the Solvay process (also known as the
ammonia-soda process). This method is among the
most efficient for manufacturing soda ash. Soda
ash resembles white crystalline powder in appearance;
it is odourless and hygroscopic in nature.
Tata
Chemicals' soda ash product line consists of four
categories:
Applications
An important use of soda ash is in the manufacture
of glass, where it reduces the melting temperature
of the sand used in glass formation and helps
in the 'workability', or shaping, of glass articles.
This multipurpose chemical is also a major ingredient
for making soaps and detergents, where it is used
as a smoothening agent in formulations for soaps,
detergents and other cleaning compounds.
This
resourceful alkali, the least expensive of soluble
alkalis, is widely used in the production of other
chemicals. Soda ash is also used in mineral processing
in mining, pulp and paper manufacture, the making
of sodium compounds, water treatment, metal refining,
textile processing, cleaning preparations, petroleum
and metallurgical refining, iron and steel, aluminum,
and drugs.
Clients
Some
of the company's major clients include:
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HNG |
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Float
Glass |
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VDL
(HLL) |
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Albright
& Wilson |
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Universal
Glass |
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Proctor
& Gamble |
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Larsen
& Toubro |
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Insilco
Limited |
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Triveni
Glass |
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Shiv
Gram Udyog Sansthan |
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Gujarat
Borosil Ltd. |
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Jai
Mata Glass |
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Ghari
Group |
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Fena
Limited |
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IAG |
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Lucknow
Gram Udyog |
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Prabhu
Soaps |
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Samcor |
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Vishnu
Chemicals |
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Kishore
Group |
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Deepak
Nitrate |
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Gujarat
Glass |
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Ramnagar
Khadi Gram Udyog |
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Mohan
Crystal |
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Haldyn |
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Golden |
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Haryana
Sheet Glass |
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B
G T L |
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Deccan
Chromates |
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Surya
Roshni |
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Madhu
Silica |
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Jyothy
Labs |
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Advatech |
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Videocon
Narmada |
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Ashok |
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Bhavani |
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Gujarat
Guardian |
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Sreenath
/ Mahipal / Yash |
Exports
Tata Chemicals exports soda ash to several markets
in Asia
and Africa, including Bangladesh, Middle East,
China, Kuwait, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Mauritius,
Bahrain, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan.
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