Godrej & Boyce collaborates with Tecnimont for the IOC project

By OEM Update Editorial February 9, 2023 4:59 pm IST

Supports the Indian government’s Make-in-India vision by increasing domestic manufacturing capacity and lowering reliance on imports.

India’s annual petrochemical consumption is expected to triple to 80 million tonnes by 2040, raising investment into building new facilities. This will reduce dependency on imports of the same. Further, advancements in the petrochemical industry have opened the door to several upcoming and ongoing large-scale projects. With its capabilities, projects with stringent processes require critical equipment, and Godrej Process Equipment can manufacture and deliver such equipment.

Godrej Process Equipment, a business of Godrej & Boyce, is a leader in manufacturing custom-built process equipment. It has delivered its heaviest equipment – Xylene Column, from its state-of-the-art facility in Dahej, Gujarat. The equipment weighing 1000 MT is made for Tecnimont for Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) ‘s integrated paraxylene-purified terephthalic acid (PX-PTA) Project at Paradip refinery in Odisha. The Xylene Column will help in processing the feedstock, thus producing liquids and vapours. This column will be a crucial element in the process, and this plant would be a ready source of feedstock for a 300-KTA textile yarn manufacturing project. The new PXPTA Project specifically complements IOC’s current petrochemical-related initiatives at Paradip, assisting the government of Odisha in its ambition to establish Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR). This would propel the level of the petrochemical industry in India to global standards. This would further help attract sizable investments and create employment opportunities in Odisha.

This oversized consignment weighing 1000 MT was manufactured by Godrej Process Equipment with a shell diameter of more than 8 m and 75 m long. The equipment has been successfully developed, built, and tested at its state-of-the-art coastal manufacturing facility located in Dahej, Gujarat, and is being dispatched through its self-owned Sea-going jetty, which is capable in of handling large, oversized consignments.

Hussain Shariyarr, Senior Vice President & Business Head, Godrej Process Equipment, remarked, it demonstrates our enhanced ability to successfully manufacture and ship an oversized consignment from our advanced facility in Dahej. We look to grow our business and double our revenue by FY25.