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AMINES & PLASTICIZERS LTD

RESEARCHANDDEVELOPMENTPROGRAMMES :
I) TheResearch&Developmenteffortsarefocusedon :
a) develop ingEthoxylateandPropoxylateofcommercia value ,
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b) develop ingimportsubstitutesforlocalcustomers ,
c) develop ingexportpotentialproducts,SynthesizedNon–Ionicsurfactants ,
d) initiat ingnewlydevelopedtechnologiesforenergyfuelandsurfacewatersavings.
e) Continual efforts to add new molecules as mould releasing agents for rubber, auxiliaries for automobile
industries.
II) Benefitsderived :
a) Enhancementinproductrangeforlocalandexports.
b) NewlydevelopedEthoxylateandPropoxylatehaveexportpotential.
c) Customerbaseinlocalandinternationalmarketsincreasedforvariousproducts.
d) Specialty product formulations for refineries and gas plants to cater to local and international
customers.
III) Futureplanofaction :
a) Toaddrangeofsurfactantsbasedonethyleneoxideandpropyleneoxide.
b) ToaddnewlydevelopedR&Dimportssubstitutesforlocalcustomers.
c) Toexplorenewrangeofspecialtyproductstodevelopanewcustomerbase.
d) Todeveloptechnologysoastoenhanceyieldqualityforexistingproductformulations.
e) Todesignanddevelopnewproduct/formulationsforrefineries/gasplants.

Three of our products,one product of Aryl Alkanolamine and two Alkyl Morpholines products, are REACH Registered
as“Intermediate”(‘TII’- Transported Isolated Intermediate) and the Company has already started exporting the same
toEuropeancountries.

Your Company has made conscious efforts to adopt‘Green Chemistry’practices,which is t pical now,with one of oury
product,which we export to Europe,USA,China,Thailand and Korea fetching good response.The contribution of this
product to Textile industry is enormous, as Viscous fibre manufacturing causes high pollution. With this product,
whichisrenewable,thefibresofbetterqualityaremadewithleast,almostnilpollution.

Efforts towards reduction in Greenhouse gases, responsible for‘global warming’ continues with our contribution to
acidicgasesabsorptioninvariousGasStreams,utilizingourAlkylAlkanolamineandFormulatedsolvents.Thedemand
has increased tremendously all over the world for these products to the extent that we are enhancing our capacity
goingforexpansionofplant.Inaddition,thisproductfindsapplicationinElectronicchemicalformulations.

Our‘Heat Stable Salts (HSS)’removal,mobile skid-mounted units,for the purification of MDEA too,finding customers
fromvariousGasplants,Refineries,owingtoitsgoodperformance.

Someofourproductscontribute toautomobile,cement,cosmetics,paintsandcoatingsindustriestolargeextent.
In oil field chemicals,products suitable as,Hydrogen Sulfide Scavenger and Drilling Packer Fluid Corrosion Inhibitor,
continue to get repeated orders. Surfactants in all fields, based on our Ethylene oxide/ Propylene Oxide-based
productsaresteadilyfindingnewmarketandwillcontributetothegrowthoftheCompanyinthe nearfuture.

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