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INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS








                                                                                                                               touching billions of lives,
                                                                                                                               everyday


                                                                                                                                The Industry Essentials portfolio   Products, now Tata Chemicals
                                                                                                                                comprises of products that serve as   North America Inc., joined the
                                                                                                                                key ingredients in detergents,   Tata family. In early 2011, British
                                                                                                                                glass, and chemical processing –   Salt, producing approximately
                                                                                                                                products that touch billions of    half of the UK’s pure salt, used
                                                                                                                                lives, everyday.             in applications ranging from
                                                                                                                                  Starting as a synthetic soda   food processing to chemicals
                                                                                                                                ash manufacturer in India, Tata   production, became  part of Tata
                                                                                                                                Chemicals has grown into a global   Chemicals Europe Limited.
                                                                                                                                producer with 60 per cent of its   These acquisitions have made
                                                                                                                                soda ash now natural. Its capacity   Tata Chemicals the world’s second
                                                                                                                                and scale have been boosted by   largest producer of soda ash with
                                                                                                                                international acquisitions.  an annual capacity of around
                                                                                                                                  Brunner Mond, now Tata     5.5million tonnes.
                                                                                                                                Chemicals Europe Limited, with   Tata Chemicals developed
                                                                                                                                two production facilities at   its cement business from an
                                                                                                                                Northwich, UK, and one at Lake   environment and sustainability
                                                                                                                                Magadi, Kenya, now Tata Chemicals   initiative. The cement plant at
                                                                                                                                Magadi Limited, became a part   Mithapur, on the western coast
                                                                                                                                of Tata Chemicals in 2006.  Tata   of India, consumes the solid
                                                                                                                                Chemicals South Africa Pty Limited    waste generated during the
                                                                                                                                and operations at Mombasa have    manufacture of synthetic soda ash.
                                                                                                                                significantly enhanced supply-  Thousands of tonnes of soda ash
                                                                                                                                chain capabilities.          effluent have been converted into
                                                                                                                                  Two years later USA-based   cement. This is then used for high
                                                                                                                                General Chemical Industrial   quality construction projects.






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