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WATER-BASED POLYMERS
BASF’s plants in Dahej and Mangalore certifi ed

to supply certifi ed low-carbon-footprint, biomass-

balanced dispersions

BASF India Ltd. has announced the country and support their
that its dispersions plants in Dahej sustainability plans,” said
and Mangalore, are the fi rst in India Mr. Milind Joshi, Business Direc-
to achieve the REDcert2 standard, an tor, Dispersions (South Asia),
independent third-party audit process, BASF. “By adopting our
marking a signifi cant milestone in the low-carbon-footprint solutions,
company’s commitment to sustainability customers are not only differen-
and environmental stewardship. The tiating themselves from com-
certifi cation enables BASF to supply petitors, but also contributing to
certifi ed low-carbon-footprint disper- the larger goal of combating cli-
sions through the biomass balance mate change.”The two certifi ed
(BMB) approach that perform identi- dispersion plants in India bring
cally to fossil-based ones. the number of BASF dispersion
plants in the Asia-Pacifi c region
“Achieving REDcert2 certifi cations that have received REDcert2
for our dispersion plants in India under- certifi cation to fi ve.
scores our commitment to driving sus-
tainability and innovation as an indus- benefi ts to achieve their sustainability In BASF’s biomass balance
try leader. We have successful customer objectives,” said Mr. Andreas Fechten- approach, renewable raw materials are
cases for our REDcert2-certifi ed pro- koetter, Senior Vice President, Disper- used as feedstock in the very fi rst steps
ducts in the Asia Pacifi c region. Custo- sions Asia-Pacifi c, BASF. With India’s of chemical production. The propor-
mers in countries such as China, Japan, continued prioritisation of CO reduc- tion of renewable raw materials uti-
2
and other ASEAN markets have tion and aim to achieve net zero emis- lised is then allocated to specifi c sales
embraced our biomass balanced solution sions by 2070, BASF is seeing growing products using a mass balance method
to reduce their carbon footprint along demand for sustainable products in the certifi ed by REDcert2. The REDcert2
the value chain. Paint manufacturers country. “With our REDcert2-certifi ed certifi cation system confi rms that for
and consumer goods producers have dispersions plants in operation, we are the BMB product, BASF has replaced
adopted our biomass balanced pro- well-positioned to supply biomass-bala- relevant quantities of fossil-based
duct portfolios and are leveraging its nced dispersions to our customers in resources with renewable feedstock.

PROJECT MILESTONE
DCM Shriram subsidiary begins commercial production

of sulphate of potash

DCM Shriram Bio Enchem, a wholly- 4,600-tpa, and started commercial in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The SoP and
owned subsidiary of DCM Shriram production on January 29, 2024. It muriate of potash (MoP) is extrac-
Ltd., has started commercial produc- has been set up at an investment of ted from the spent-wash ash from the
tion at its sulphate of potash (SoP) plant Rs. 57.10-crore, based on techno- molasses-based distillery at the site.
at its Hariawan (Uttar Pradesh) sugar logy developed by the Council of When implemented at scale the tech-
facility. Scientifi c and Industrial Research, nology has the potential to reduce
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals India’s sizeable imports of potassic
The SoP plant has a capacity of Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI) fertilisers.

138 Chemical Weekly February 20, 2024

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