Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL), world’s second largest producer of Soda Ash, today announced the opening of a new hi-tech Sodium Bicarbonate plant adjacent to its Brunner Mond facility in Delfzijl. The highly automated plant uses surplus carbon dioxide from the soda ash plant as one of its raw materials – which will lead to an improvement in local air quality, as well as enhancing the efficiency of the whole manufacturing complex.

The €15m plant – the first of its kind in the Netherlands – takes the company’s global production of sodium bicarbonate to 200,000 tonnes per year. Full process stabilisation and optimisation is in progress, and chemical analysis results indicate that the product is of excellent quality. Designed to meet the most stringent Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements, the plant produces ultra coarse, medium granular and powder fine product grades as well as a general-purpose grade.

The new plant has already achieved ISO9001: 2000 Quality standard, the GMP+ with PVD (Dutch Animal Feed Board) that permits supply to the strictly regulated animal feed sector, and BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard – Food, which will enable supply into the food sector.

TCL in India produces a technical grade of Sodium Bicarbonate predominantly for the Indian domestic market, mainly for the food, tanning and textile sectors. Its European arm, Brunner Mond, on a global scale services about 500 customers in 60 countries mainly in the premium sectors- pharmaceutical, haemodialysis and food and the animal feed and FGT (Flue Gas Treatment) sectors on a regional basis.

Said Mr. R. Mukundan, EVP and Head – Global Chemicals Business, Tata Chemicals Limited, “While Brunner Mond has a strong technical understanding of the full range of applications and end-user requirements, TCL’s focus is on innovation. This presents an exciting opportunity to develop product applications for a wider range of sectors. The additional capacities will allow us to continue growing our product and meeting worldwide demand efficiently. Our endeavour is to reach a wide range of sectors and applications. This move is in line with our strategy of building a global scale Sodium Bicarbonate business.”

Sourced From: Vaishnavi Corporate Communications Pvt Ltd

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