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Developing new hybrids and seeking protection for them under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act

Maize Cotton Rice Pearl millet Vegetables Granted
New 13 2 0 11 2 0
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Extant variety of common
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Total 13 2 1 15 4 3 Integrated Report
Tata Chemicals believes in nurturing a operational excellence. These focus on constantly work towards process innovation,
culture of innovation within the organisation innovation at individual and team level. and also explore synergies with several
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and has initiated several platforms such as Several innovative ideas stem from these group companies, and other multinational
All Ideas Matter, Tata Innoverse, Metahelix platforms and are initiated as projects during businesses, to provide innovative solutions
Innomall and Simpli5 that leverage the year. The Company's innovation centres for products and technology.
along with the R&D facility in Mithapur

Presently, the innovation centres have a total of 81 active patents out of which 19 have been granted.
In FY2018 we led 11 new patent applications in food and nutrition and advanced materials science.

Making sustainable silica-based tyres, the Tata Chemicals way!
India is one of the largest producers of contains both organic and inorganic produce sodium silicates (Na2SiO3). Statutory Reports
rice in the world. Rice husk, its agricultural matter. The composition is 75% of Sodium silicate is then reacted with
residue, is therefore available abundantly cellulose, hemi cellulose, lignin, and sulfuric acid to generate silica.
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in the country. The rice husk generated 25% of silica with small portions of alkalis.
Rice husks are generally used to fuel the The silica obtained, has varied applications
rice mill boilers and provide a source of ranging from tyres, toothpastes, food,
heat energy during the rice milling. Post plastics, and pesticides to electronic
burning, rice husk generates ash known industries. Utilising the RHA serves
as rice husk ash (RHA). two purposes, production of silica and
addressing the issue of its appropriate
RHA disposal poses an environmental disposal.
challenge in India. Currently, its disposal
includes land lls and to a very small extent Tata Chemicals’ Innovation Centre is
in brick making. developing process technology to
produce silica from RHA. In order to secure Financial Statements
But the RHA generated, contains 80 to sustainability of their raw materials, the
95% of silica and hence, it is economically tyre industry needs silica prepared from
feasible to extract it. To prepare silica, agricultural or industrial waste. Currently,
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silicate is obtained from RHA by reacting a feasible process at the IC lab has been
with any alkali preferably sodium developed and the process is being
hydroxide and sodium carbonate to scaled up.

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