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Integrated Annual Report 2021-22 REPORT REPORTS STATEMENTS
Specialty Products

Business Segment Review Well-Positioned with Right Competencies
Specialty Products Robust portfolio Customer value proposition

Customised HDS products Materials expertise for technical and
We are building a portfolio of products and solutions focussed on Green Chemistry that for PCR / TBR and other radial application support
tyre application
serve diverse set of customers. We have initially directed our efforts in gaining expertise Quick and assured supply, being the only Silica
in fermentation platform-based products and Silica products. New product developments plant in a major automotive hub of South India
for silicone rubber and
import substitute Customised packing to address customer
Specialty Silica demand and better logistics advantages

Chemistry of High-Performance
World-class quality standards Sustainability focussed
Our Specialty Silica portfolio includes a range of high-performance silica products developed at our Innovation Centre in Pune. These Reliable and consistent product quality Products facilitating high-performance and
superior materials are finding great demand in making high-performance and fuel-efficient green tyres amidst tightening automotive ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 certifications fuel-efficient green tyre manufacture
emission standards, labelling requirements of tyres and growth of the EV (electric vehicle) industry. There is also a growing demand in
other application segments like silicone rubbers, battery separators, technical rubber goods, and oral care segments. FSSAI, Halal, Kosher certifications for food application
REACH compliance certification
Product Portfolio and End Users
Our Specialty Silica products are essential inputs for various industries. Key products and their end-use applications are as follows:

Product Category End-user segments and applications Brands/Products
Operational and Strategic product approvals from key customers.
Highly Dispersible Silica Passenger Car Radial (PCR) and Truck & Bus Radial (TBR) TREADSIL™ Developments The year saw us expand market reach Co-creating high-
segments for high-performance and energy-efficient tyres Stabilising Specialty Silica by strengthening channel partner and purity Silica for battery
with better safety and mileage operations distributor networks across the globe, applications
enabling us to commence supplies to
We successfully stabilised and improved The battery separators industry
Precipitated Silica Technical rubber goods for high performance TAFOSIL™ Specialty Silica operations at our Cuddalore overseas customers (both rubber and non-
application TYSIL™ plant in Tamil Nadu, reaching 85% rubber segments). needs high-purity Silica. Our
innovation centre, business
Reinforcement fillers for tyre and rubber goods TAVERSIL™ operating rates. Improvements in the Way Forward development and plant teams
infrastructure and processes/systems were
Performance additives for food, feed, detergents, oral TAVERSIL™ 120F also made, leading to greater efficiency Co-creating customised solutions for formed a cross-functional team
care, polymers, paints & coatings, agrochemicals & others TAVERSIL™ 150 and more consistent product quality. high-performance applications by in collaboration with a leading
Silicone rubbers and battery separator applications leveraging proprietary HDS platform polyethylene battery separator
company that has a global presence.
Widening Application, technology and customer intimacy With sustained efforts, a new grade
Extending Market Reach Undertaking innovation to launch of Silica – TAVERSIL 150 with custom
Value Chain
In FY 2021-22, during the pandemic, we new grades to address a larger base of properties was introduced. Having
successfully enhanced customer reach by customers and application segments medium BET (i.e. surface area),
Raw Material Processing Products Packaging Logistics Distribution End Use supplying Silica for personal protective Expanding global footprint by ramping uniform particle size distribution,
equipment (PPE) applications. We have lower oil absorption and low
Sodium Synthetic Precipitated Bags: 15, 20 Transport Direct Tyres & up supply to overseas markets elemental impurity profile, especially
Silicate route – Silica having & 25 Kgs via road engagement Rubbers also made progress in terms of receiving
(Manufactured Sodium varied Jumbo (domestic), with Key Application iron and chloride contents (through
from Soda Ash Silicate from chemical Bags: 350, sea (exports) Global like Oral new recipe and process conditions),
& Sand) Sand & Soda and physical 850 Kgs accounts Care
Ash followed parameters across TCL was awarded best supplier of HDS during this new product meets the specific
Sulfuric Acid
by Silica based on segments industry requirements. We are
Alternative Precipitation application Network 2021 by a leading tyre manufacturer under the further customising it by working
Green Raw HDS distributors
Material: Rice and ‘Innovation’ category with other product manufacturers
Husk Ash Functional warehouses for horizontal business growth.
(RHA) Silica
Specialty
Silica

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