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Pennwhite acquires defoamer business of Sicagen

India

PennWhite India Pvt. Ltd. (PWI), a
wholly owned subsidiary of PennWhite
Ltd., UK has announced the successful
acquisition of the Defoamer Business
of the Speciality Chemicals Division of
Sicagen India Ltd., effective February
14. 2025.

PWI is the Indian subsidiary of
Middlewich (UK)-based PennWhite
Ltd., a leading manufacturer of anti-
foam chemistry under the FoamDoctor
brand. The UK entity was acquired in
November 2022 by Manali Petrochemi-
cals Ltd. (MPL), India’s only integra-
ted manufacturer of polyols and a part
of AM International, Singapore. In
February 2024, an Indian subsidiary of
the UK fi rm was incorporated to enhance L to R: Mr. Venkatesh V, Senior Manager (Operations), Sicagen India; Mr. Senthilkumar
and accelerate the business development Neelakandan, Head Operations – India, PennWhite India; Mr. Tobias Tasche, CEO,
in the Indian market. PennWhite, UK and Additional Director, PennWhite India.
“This acquisition of defoamer busi- products made to the most demanding
Sicagen has expertise in the deve- ness by our Indian subsidiary is the fi rst international standards, and are com-
lopment, manufacture and sale of step of our longer-term plan to invest mitted to bring this value proposition
defoamer solutions to the fertiliser in the potential of the Indian market. to Indian customers, including those
segment. Intellectual property rights PennWhite Limited, UK have a 40-year customers of the newly acquired busi-
and the existing book-of-business are long history of bringing innovative ness,” said Mr. Tobias Tasche, CEO,
included in the sale. No assets or staff foam control solutions to the most PennWhite (UK) and Director, of
are included. demanding international customers, with PennWhite India.
TENDER ALLOTMENT

India Glycols secures ethanol order for gasoline blending

India Glycols Ltd. (IGL) has been such as Bharat Petroleum Corporation ration of India, from its plants in Kashipur
allocated quantities through tender parti- Ltd. (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation and Gorakhpur. While the OMCs have
cipation for the supply of 18.06- crore Ltd. (IOCL), and Hindustan Petroleum awarded contracts for 17.53-crore litres
litres of ethanol, with an estimated Corporation Ltd., along with private ethanol worth Rs. 1,227.10-crore, private
value totalling Rs. 1,264.20-crore sector refi neries like Reliance Indus- sector refi ning companies have placed
under the Ethanol Blended Petrol Pro- tries Ltd. and Nayara Energy Ltd., orders for 0.53-crore litres ethanol valued
gramme (EBPP) for the Ethanol Supply have awarded contracts. at Rs. 37.10-crore.
Year (ESY) from November 1, 2024,
to October 31, 2025, according to the The company has been allocated According to the company, addi-
company. quantities for the supply of ethanol pro- tional tender allocation shall be relea-
duced from damaged food grains (DFG) sed separately by OMCs for ESY
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and surplus rice from the Food Corpo- 2024-25.

142 Chemical Weekly March 4, 2025

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