India’s Grasim Industries Commissions Caustic Soda Units at Rehla, Balabhadrapuram

Grasim Industries has commissioned caustic soda projects at Rehla, Jharkhand and Balabhadrapuram, Andhra Pradesh.

The ongoing expansion project at Rehla has been completed and the company has successfully commissioned Phase-II of the expansion project — 80 tons per day (tpd) caustic soda lye at Rehla, taking overall caustic soda lye capacity of Rehla unit to 550 tpd.

The company had acquired the stalled Chlor Alkali Project of 200 TPD in the year 2019 from KPR Industries (India) Ltd situated at Balabhadrapuram, Andhra Pradesh.

With systematic investments, the company is in the process of increasing the capacity at Balabhadrapuram unit to 400 tpd of caustic soda and three value added chlorine derivatives.

The company has now successfully commissioned Phase-I of the project — 70 tpd caustic soda lye at Balabhadrapuram and it is in ramp up phase.