Praxair to build air separation plant in west India
Praxair plans to build a new state-of-the-art air separation plant in the rapidly growing Pune-Mumbai industrial corridor of western India, the industrial gases firm said on Tuesday.
The plant, with a capacity of 300 tpd, is to be located 60 kilometers (37.28 miles) from Mumbai, at an industrial estate near Kalyan.
It will supply liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to customers in the Maharashtra and Gujarat regions, the largest and fastest growing merchant market in India.
The plant is scheduled to begin operations in late 2012.
Maharashtra and Gujarat are a major hub of automotive, pharmaceutical and general manufacturing industries which use a number of industrial gas applications. Other industries in the region include chemical, food processing, textile, glass and aluminum.
“This plant will help Praxair India move closer to its customers and expand its geographic reach,” said Asit Gangopadhyay, managing director for Praxair India. “Praxair’s unmatched application technology capabilities offer value-added solutions to our customers and will further improve our competitive position in this market.
Praxair India has built large air separation units to supply industrial gases to companies such as Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Saint-Gobain Glass, Haldia Petrochemicals, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Hospet Steel, Usha Martin and others.
Praxair India is currently building a large facility to supply gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen to Indian Oil Corporation at Paradip, Orissa, and two major air separation plants for SAIL at Bhilai.
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