125 Years of Serving Chemical Industry

Posted on 28 January, 2010 | Tags: Dinshaw Filtration Systems

Dinshaw Iron Works established in 1884 was engaged in the manufacturing machinery for the oil industry.  Ramesh Patel took over the reins from his father  B B Patel in 1965 and spearheaded the growth of the company. The company made a breakthrough by introducing hydraulically operated cylinders with mechanical locking devices under Patel's stewardship.In the 1970s Hansen GmbH of West Germany introduced Polypropylene plates. These offered many advantages and almost eliminated metallic and wooden filter plates in low and medium temperature ranges. The company was the sole representative of Hansen GmbH in India. Manufacturing FacilitiesCompany set up its first manufacturing facility in 1983 in Belgaum to manufacture cast iron filter plates and quality castings. Later the company expanded its product portfolio and started manufacturing PP filter plates in 1984, as there was a growing demand for application of these plates in every major industry.  Extensive capabilities in manufacturing management coupled with long standing strength has enabled the company to bring exceptional service and value to a broad spectrum of chemical industry. In 1985, modern machines such as horizontal boring, plano millers, lathes, shaping and radial drilling machine were installed to develop in house capability to manufacture all machine components required

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Technology Transfer at Affordable Cost

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M S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director, Thermax expresses his views on recently revised targets to reduce carbon footprint.

What will be the impact of 20-25 percent targeted emission reductions by 2020 on the Indian process industry?It is a big challenge.  While we are focusing on the improvement of infrastructure, with the urgent need to generate additional power, we also need to keep in mind the targets we have decided as a nation for reducing carbon emissions.   This will lead to the wide spread use of devices and methodologies for efficiency improvement, renewable energy installations and generation of power from solar and other renewable sources. More and more process industries will opt for improving their efficiencies and reducing energy intensities. While a mix of incentives and policy measures can give the desired push, companies that aim for economies of scale, will find the move profitable both from an operational perspective and for improving their reputations and brand value.   Which areas should the industries focus upon to curb emissions?Industrial plants have ample scope to slash internal energy use through a focused audit and the introduction of energy efficient systems. For their production processes, they can bring in energy efficient alternatives such as cogeneration and CHPC (Combined Heating, Cooling and Power).  Waste heat from processes or gensets has to

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'KBR Sees Significant Growth and Opportunity in India'

Posted on 28 January, 2010 | Tags: KBR, KBR in India, test

KBR ,a leading Engineering and Construction Company has a strong legacy of technology and offers cutting edge solutions across various industry verticals. To further strengthen their position in India, the company has recently inaugurated India office in Gurgaon. Jaspal Singh, India Head and Director Operations, KBR shares his outlook towards the growth of brand KBR through an email interview with CEW.

Though KBR has been present in the Indian arena, but the office has been established recently. May we have your comment?While we do recognize our relatively late entry into the Indian market, M W Kellogg, the predecessor company of KBR has been present in India since 1970 and was well known for its ammonia technology. Though, discussions to have a permanent office in India were on for a couple of years, however, the process was accelerated in 2007. The discussions materialized after KBR's separation from Halliburton and successful licensing of the entire clean fuel blocks comprising of six technology units in the Reliance Export Refinery at Jamnagar. Currently we are working on the business plan with an aim of long-term viability in the Indian market.Can you please tell us about the operations and services of KBR for Indian market?KBR is one of the largest technology based global engineering, construction and services companies of the world. We specialize in the areas of energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets. Our India operations will support our license and basic engineering offerings in the technology sector of our hydrocarbons business.  The strong legacy of technology with a strong

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CALS Creates Blueprint for Future

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CALS Refineries Limited (Cals), a BSE listed company, is setting up a 100,000 BPSD crude oil refinery at Haldia in West Bengal in its first phase with investment of about Rs 5500 crore. The company is a part of the Spice Energy Group, a group having diversified interests in power, shipping, mining, bio-fuels and upstream exploration and refining.Cals is a professionally managed company under the able leadership of seasoned professionals like M S Ramachandran, Chairman (who is ex-chairman of Indian Oil Corporation) and P N Devarajan, Key Advisor (formerly RIL cum Essar Group President). The refinery execution cum implementation team is headed by Manabendra. Guha Roy, Chief Executive Officer, having more than 40 years of rich experience in various core sector including Oil and Gas sector and Ramesh Bhosale, Chief Financial Officer, a veteran in M&A and project finance.In Phase-1, Cals is relocating 5 MMTPA (100,000 bpd) crude oil refinery units from Germany and Canada which were in operation until August / September 2008. The project is being financed by debt-equity ratio of 65:35 respectively. Company has planned further expansion to take its total refining capacity to 10 MMTPA (200,000 bpd) with additional investment of Rs 5000 Crores. The time

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Copenhagen Summit Creates New Avenues for Process Automation Suppliers

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 Copenhagen Consensus seeks to establish priorities for advancing global welfare using methodologies based on the theory of welfare economics. "From the perspective of process solution provider the Copenhagen Conference sets the platform for the world to manage global warming and for countries to commit themselves towards taking steps to control Green House Gases (GHG) emissions. The summit, which resulted in increased awareness within the industry on GHG emissions, would open up more opportunities for process solution providers to help customers manage the carbon footprint for their processes/businesses. It paves the way to establish a regulatory framework to manage GHG emissions further accelerating opportunities for process solution providers to develop or deploy enabling technologies towards achieving the objective set by the regulatory framework", states Ajay Bhargava, Country Manager, Honeywell Process Solutions India, a strong and vibrant business unit serving the process industries. The industry is adopting most modern techniques to enhance productivity and efficiencies. "Current market and technology trends in Automation emphasize on open systems with interoperability of multiple applications and solutions in manufacturing automation all the way through environment such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in a manufacturing Information Technology (IT) space," says Ajay Bhargava. The industry is moving

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