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Integrated Annual Report 2020-21 Focussing on Operational 60-146 147-300
Excellence and Quality
Leadership
operational excellence initiatives in FY 2020-21

Basic Chemistry Products

Focussed cost and Cost improvement ideas Carbon capture and usage Improvement of train ongoing Capex projects
productivity programmes arising out of a programme plant at combined heat safety and operations by Basic Chemistry Products specialty Products
resulted in substantial facilitated by external and power (CHP) plant commissioning the Trains India Agri sciences
savings in both Capex and consultant yielding which will reduce carbon Management System New CoGen Plant India
Opex continuous savings emissions by 10% or (Magadi) New formulation unit at Dahej (CZ)
Supply chain efficiency 40,000 tonnes (expected New Vacuum Evaporated Salt Plant and associated supply
and increased customer completion Q1 FY 2021-22) chain investments Multi Purpose Plant at Dahej
service levels by stepping (UK) Expansion of Sodium Bicarbonate capacity
up usage of container rake New boiler plant at British UsA
movement Salt Limited with lower Projects underway to reduce environmental load, increase
Continuing lean six sigma energy consumption and safety and increase automation and digitisation
and other continuous carbon emissions (UK)
improvement programmes UK
Modernised Caustic plant Carbon Capture and Usage project in final stages
to yield increased volumes New high efficiency boiler at Salt Plant
and efficiencies (Mithapur)
Power plant and Soda
Ash (Carbonating Towers)
Industrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) projects implemented Way forward
(Mithapur)

specialty Products

Basic Chemistry Products specialty Products nutrition sciences
Increase salt and brine production for increased feedstock to Performance Materials Complete ongoing
support growth (India) Enhance operational projects around operation
Performance Materials nutrition sciences Agri sciences Undertake digitisation and automation projects for efficiency, efficiency and excellence, process
Ongoing plant upgrades to Successfully commercialised Nellore plant alongside Deployed technologies across manufacturing, quality and cost benefits (India) environmental performance automation and energy
reduction
increase plant efficiencies undertaking optimisation projects focussed on: R&D, human resources, supply chain and sales & Increase the use of IIoT, AI, data analytics and technology to with further upgradation of
and reliability at Silica plant, Automation: Leading to better safety, efficient distribution functions to drive automation and improve manufacturing practices and business processes (India) plant and technology Undertake initiatives
Cuddalore operations and enhanced hygiene efficiency Further increase plant reliability and OEE at TCNA to further agenda of
Diversified vendor base and explored efficient and responsible
Operation excellence: Projects undertaken Expand recovery of Soda Ash from waste streams (TCNA) manufacturing
enabled increase in plant throughput, while opportunities for backward integration to Invest further in new technologies to move towards lowering
secure raw material supplies
improving quality and hygiene requirements environmental footprint and increasing circularity (TCE)
Exploring new Seeds production locations,
Energy optimisation: Increased solar power automation possibilities and engaging with Reconfigure supply chain network at TCML, Kenya
generation capacity by 65% and reduced growers for information / solutions to maximise
maximum grid power demand by 20% Seed yields
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