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Laboratory Support/Services: |
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- Product characterization, chemical analysis & literature information
- Physical properties analysis
- Report generation
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INFRASTRUCTURE: |
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Manufacturing: |
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- 1-5000 kg. batch size capability
- Indian FDA (Pune) approved facility
- GMP operation (Pune)
- Plants located in Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad in India
- Total land approximately 14 acres (three locations)
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Equipment: |
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| Glass lined reactors |
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SS reactors |
| 3000 Ltr. |
1 Nos. |
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7000 Ltr. |
1 No. |
| 2000 Ltr. |
3 Nos. |
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3000 Ltr. |
1 No. |
| 800 Ltr. |
2 No. |
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2500 Ltr. |
1 No. |
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1500 Ltr. |
1 No. |
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1000 Ltr. |
1 No. |
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500 Ltr. |
1 No. |
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350 Ltr. |
1 No. |
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- Adequate blending, formulation & storage facilities are provided in the plants
- Adequate utilities available such as boilers, cooling towers, chilling plant, brine cooling plant, compressed air, nitrogen, vacuum, etc.
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Laboratory Capacity: |
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- Well equipped laboratory for process and quality control of all relevant materials
- Fully equipped laboratory with 50 Ltr. glass reactor for pilot reactions.
- Highly qualified professionals experienced in R&D, QC/QA and project management.
- UV, GC, HPLC, Karl Fisher, Brookfield viscometer, and other instruments.
- Wet analytical chemistry laboratory.
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Technology/Processes: |
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- Amination
- Anionic/cationic polymerization
- Antifoam/defoamer compounding
- Compounding of silicones
- Continuous polymerization
- Emulsification
- Emulsion polymerization
- Equilibration
- Esterification/trans-esterification
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- General organic laboratory synthesis
- Hydrolysis
- Hydrosilation
- Nitration
- Oxidation/reduction
- Quaternization
- Silicone surfactants
- Synthesis of amino/epoxy /carboxy silicones
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS: |
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- Developed and commercialized over 60 specialty chemical products over the past 8 years
- DMPS/functional silicones polymerization technology and its commercialization
- Silicone-carbon bond creation through hydrosilation technology for the first time in India
- Equilibrated methyl hydrogen fluid manufacturing via continuous polymerization
- Silicone block-copolymers for textile industry
- Tailor-made silicone polymers for prophylactics, tire, textile, construction & rubber industries
- Development of acrylate ester-based pour point depressant for off-shore crude oil transport
- Toll manufacturing of functional silicones for a multi-national company
- Custom manufacturing of silicones for various outside companies
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CURRENT PROJECTS: |
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- Bulk drug intermediates
- Custom formulations for textile fabric/garment finishing operation
- Development of mono-dispurse high viscosity silicone fluid anionic emulsions
- Personal care products
- Polyelectrolytes
- Polyurethane-based formulation for textile industry
- Sealants for construction and engineering industries
- Silicone antifoam for petrochemical industry
- Silicone surfactant for petrochemical industry
- Silicone surfactant for polyurethane industry
- Water treatment chemicals
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AFFILIATIONS |
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- Pune University, Pune, India
- UDCT (University Department of Chemical Technology), Mumbai, India
- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
- Engineering Research Consortium, Univ. of Florida, Florida USA
- Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
- "Textile Finishing Fundamentals" and "Surface Chemistry of Fabric Care" Supported by Columbia University, Prof. P. Somasundaran
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