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CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS

CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS
  • Contributes to more than 62 % of national petrochemicals and 51% of national Chemical sector output
  • Leads all states in India in terms of the investments committed in the chemical and petrochemical sector
  • 30% of fixed capital investment is in the manufacturing of Chemical and Chemical Products
  • Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products contribute to around one fifth of the total employment in state
  • The production capacity of major suppliers of polymers, PE/PP/PVC in Gujarat is nearly 70% of the whole country’s production
  • Large quantity of production of basic chemicals caustic soda, caustic potash and chloromethane
  • Largest supplier of bio fertilizers, seeds, Urea and other fertilizers

Government Initiatives

  • Awarded best state in e-governance initiatives and employment category in 2008
  • Urban development initiatives for high quality living
  • Simplification of processes and single window approach for investors
  • International campaigns for investment promotion across sectors
  • Wide array of choices for tourists right from heritage monuments, archeological sites , wildlife and beaches
  • Ahmedabad competing for world heritage city status
  • Favourable policy and regulatory environment
  • Industrial Policy 2009– for high quality socio economic development
  • Sectoral policies for promotion of investment and growth
  • Incentives under SEZ and Industrial Area Development

Investment Opportunities

  • High performance chemicals
  • Pigments and coating products
  • Geo Textiles
  • Engineering Polymers
  • Feedstock linkages
  • Bio refineries
  • Speciality chemicals
  • Agro chemicals
  • Refinery down stream projects
  • New varieties of polyester fibres & yarn
  • PP filament yarn
  • Acrylic fibres

Technical education infrastructure

  • Chemical Engineering -There are 39 Engineering colleges in Gujarat offering the course
  • 49 Polytechnics offer courses in Chemical sector in Gujarat. Some of them located at Rajkot Bharuch and Valsad near the existing chemical clusters
  • 46 private and Government Management institutes in Gujarat

Some of the major academic institutions offering chemical engineering course includes:

  • L.D. College of Engg., Ahmedabad
  • M S University, Baroda
  • Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad
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