CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
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EVOLUTION

• The chemical industry is one of the oldest
  domestic industries in India
• The Indian agrochemical, petrochemical, and
  pharmaceutical industries are some of the fastest
  growing sectors in the economy estimated worth of
  28 billion
• The Department of Chemicals Petro-Chemicals,
  which has been part of the Ministry of Chemicals
  and Fertilizers since 1991,

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Key players

• RIL Industries Ltd., Mumbai (RIL)
• Indian Petrochemicals Ltd., Mumbai (IPCL)
• NOCIL, Mumbai
• Gas Authority of India Ltd., Delhi (GAIL)
• Haldia Petrochemicals, Calcutta

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Key Success Factors

• Focus on exports as supply will exceed demand
• Building world size plants using latest
  technology to achieve economies of scale
• Gap in demand supply of synthetic rubber and
  detergents which needs to be addressed .

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• Synthetic Fibre- Basic raw material for the
  textile industry
• Major Players - RIL, Indo Rama Synthetics,
  Raymond Synthetics
• Synthetic Rubber-used for manufacture of tyres,
  automotive tubes footwear
• Major Players IPCL, Synthetic and Chemicals
  Ltd.

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• Polymers - Essentially plastic raw materials
• Major players - RIL, IPCL and Oswal

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MAJOR TRENDS

• Global growth in 2005 was only 2.7 compared with
  4.7 in the previous year
• The ongoing wild fluctuations in the crude oil
  prices.
• Severe obstacles like absence of infrastructure,
  high power tariffs, scarcity of capital and low
  investment in RD.

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• A strong global opportunity in the export of
  dyes, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals
• Investment opportunity of over 75 billion in the
  next 10 years