Jubilant Ingrevia has commissioned a new 2,000 tonnes/year facility for diketene derivatives at Gajraula in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The company’s supplies these to the pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and other industries, including the US and the EU. This and early efforts to get customer product approvals, are expected to account for much of the capacity utilisation in the coming months.

Two Indian speciality chemicals companies have made important announcements in the field of agrochemical intermediates. Aarti Industries has signed a long-term supply contract, while Jubilant Ingrevia has opened a new facility.

Aarti’s new contract is with an unnamed major agrochemicals supplier and could be worth about €330,000 over nine years. It pertains to a niche intermediate for a herbicide that is used with corn, soybean, cotton, sugarcane, sunflowers and other crops. No capacity expansion is needed as the intermediate is already in the company’s portfolio.