Infrastructure
R&D Lab
- Strong team of 350+ research scientists including more than 130 Doctorates specialized in process research and complex chemistry
- More than 50 work-stations with complete online utilities to support a wide range of chemical reactions.
- Facilities to perform high and low temperature (-70°〜300°C) and high pressure air oxidation reactions.
- Usage of PET tools like FBRM.
- Parallel synthesizers with various capacities and wide range of temperature screening.
- Fluorination facility, Flow Chemistry and Vapour phase Chemistry.
- WFE and ATFD (Agitated thin film dryer) for lab scale studies and process development.
- Analytical Instrumental facilities like FT-NMR-400 MHz, LC-MS-MS/LC-MS, GC-MS, ICP-MS, ICP-OES, HPLC /UPLC, GC/GC-HS, FT- IR, PSD etc.
- Fully documented Quality Systems and Analytical Procedures ISO 17025 certified.
- In house library with over 20,000 periodicals, books and search facilities like Sci-finder, Reaxys etc.
- Utilities for Lab.- N2, Air, Vacuum, Cl2 & H2 handling facilities.
- Process Safety Equipment’s like DSC, TGA and TSU.
- Real Time Data Capturing with Automated Jacketed Reactors.
- Quality Assurance Department of the laboratory is ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Certified from NABL for the products under scope in the field of testing. More Details
- Regulatory: GLP Certification of our Test Facility is in compliance with OECD Principles of GLP. More Details
| Location of the Test Facility | PI Industries, R&D Centre
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| Area of Expertise | Our Test facility offers OECD-GLP compliant for:
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| Test Item (s) | Agrochemicals and Industrial Chemicals |
| Issuing Authority | National Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA),
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Kilo Lab
- Dedicated team of highly qualified engineers to manage kilo lab round the clock.
- Flexible reactor set up to facilitate quick change over.
- Distillation facilities to establish recycling of solvents etc.
- Capability of handling low temperature, high temperature, low pressure and high pressure reactions.
- Solid handling facility like centrifuge, vacuum dryer, etc.
The infrastructure includes:
| Reactors: | 5 Ltr to 100 Ltr MOC - Glass, Glass lined and SS-316 |
| No. of Reaction Assemblies: | 12 |
| Low Temperature Reaction: | Upto - 70°C |
| High Temperature Reaction: | Upto + 300°C |
| Distillation Column: | 30 Theoretical Plates |
| Hydrogenation Autoclaves | 50 Ltr (MOC:SS 316) up to 25 Bar |
| High Pressure Reaction Set Up | Upto 5 Ltr, Modular Facility designed for 100 bar pressure, Fully Automated on Scada Software |
Pilot Plant
- Facilities to carry out various reactions including high pressure, cyro etc.
- Unit processes like crystallization, filtration, vacuum distillation, continuous distillation, evaporation etc.
- Dedicated team of highly qualified engineers to manage the facilities round the clock.
- Machinery and equipments includes:
| Equipment | Capacity |
|---|---|
| Reactors | |
| SS-316 | 450 Ltrs to 1500 Ltrs |
| MSGL | 450 Ltrs to 2000 Ltrs |
| Hydrogenation Autoclaves | Upto 250 Ltrs designed for 20 bar pressure |
| High Pressure Reaction Set Up | Upto 100 Ltr, Modular Facility designed for 100 bar pressure, Fully Automated on Scada Software |
| Fractionation Assemblies (MOC SS-316) | Up to 30 plates |
| Centrifuges | 50 Kg (MOC:SS 316 & Halar lined) |
| Agitated Nustch Filter | 0.25 sq.mtr & 1 sq.mtr |
| Rotary Vacuum Dryer | 50 kg & 500 kg |
| Thin Film Evaporator (MOC SS 316) | 0.25 sq.mtr |
Commercial Production
- PI has fully integrated state of art manufacturing facilities spread over in Gujarat state at 3 different locations namely GIDC, Panoli-1 (90000 sq mts plot area ), Panoli-II ( 160000 sq mts plot area) and SEZ – Jambusar(JMB) (200000 sq mts plot area).
- All plants at JMB are fully DCS automated plant latest technology of Foundation Fieldbus (FF) and Remote Input/Output (RIO). The installation of RIO which is a combination of Yokogawa, Japan and Turck, Germany at PI is the biggest in Asia at present.
- This manufacturing site is accredited ISO 9001:2000 for quality management system, ISO 14001 for Environment Management System and OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety System. Manufacturing sites have got various prestigious awards like Green Chemistry award, Golden peacock award on quality and safety, Green Excellence awards, Energy conservation award and many more from various governmental and independent bodies.
- There is a commitment to provide highest priority to sustainable development. To fulfil this both sides ( JMB and PNL) have state of art environmental health and safety facilities and systems. The sites have no of installations like rotary kiln incinerators, Fume incinerator for off-gases incineration, MEE, ETP, STP, RO and scrubbers etc at relevant places to comply all environmental norms .
- A dedicated R&D centre located at Udaipur, Rajasthan having recognised by department of Science and Technology-Government of India with all modern equipment and facilities provided continuous back-up to manufacturing site to add no of new molecules in product portfolio in each year.
- Many multinational company across the globe (being a customer or potential customer ) regularly audited manufacturing facilities for QA and EHS systems.
- Analytical Labs at process development centre and commercial plant are certified ISO 17025 and GLP for analytical abilities.
Equipment Capacity
List of major process capabilities are as follows:
- Both PNL and JMB site has state of are hydrogenation facility with fully automated system having highest safety from its installation to operation. There are scope to run 8 nos hydrogenation reaction simultaneously which is one of the biggest installation in India.
- Critical reactions like Grignard using Mg metal, Darzen Condensation using Na Metal, Cyanation using Sodium Cyanaide, Chlorination using chlorine liquid or by usage of reagent like Thionyl Chloride, Sulfuryl chloride, Dry HCl etc, Bromination in large capacities etc are run on regular basis in various plant with state of art technology maintaining highest standard of safety.
- Alkylation using Isobutylene compressed gas from a dedicated storage facility runs both at JMB and PNL facility in complete automation mode.
- Amination using liquid ammonia from dedicated storage tank runs at JMB using highest level of automation.
- High pressure air oxidation and various catalytic reactions are carried out in many areas on a regular basis to produce newly patented molecule in manufacturing site.
List of major equipments/capacities are as follows:
| Equipment | Description | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| SS-316 Reactors | Jacketed / Limpeted / Dimpled | 2m3 to 32m3 |
| SS-316 Autoclaves | Limpeted | 1.7m3 to 6m3 |
| MSGL reactors | Jacketed | 2.5m3 to 32m3 |
| SS:904L Reactor | Limpeted | 10m3 |
| Hastealloy reactor | Limpeted | 6.3m3 to 25m3 |
| Distillation systems | Upto 50 theoretical plates | With fractionations column |
| Agitated Nutsche Filters | SS-316, HC lined | 2.5m2 to 8.0m2 |
| Centrifuges | SS, SS-Teflon lined | 48” to 60” |
| Rotary Vacuum dryers | SS-316 | 3.0m3 to 7.5m3 |
| Wiped Film Evaporator | SS-316, 904L lined | 1.5m2 to 5.0m2 |
| Agitated Thin Film Evaporator | SS-316 | 2.5m2 to 7.5m2 |
| Pan Dryer | SS-316 | 8.0m2 |
| ZMS | SS-316 | 100-800 LPH |
| Various Solvent storage facility | SS-316/MS | 25 Kl to 100 Kl |
| Bromine Storge facility | MSGL tank | 100 Mt storage capacity |
| Isobutylene Storage facility | SS-316 tank | 40 KL storage capacity |
| Liquid Ammonia storage | MS Tank | 20 Kl Storage capacity |
| Various gaseous storage Facility | Chlorine, MMA, Freon etc in Tonner | 10-12 tonner each can be stored |
List of major Utilities is as follows:
| Utilities | Capacity |
|---|---|
| Captive power | 5200 Kva |
| Cooling towers | 13300 TR |
| Chilled Brine plant | 1250 TR (-15 ͦ C) |
| 525 TR (-35 ͦ C) | |
| Chilled water plant | 1500 TR (7 ͦ C) |
| Cold storage | Upto 5 ͦ C |
| Steam | 40 MT/Hr |
| Hot oil system | 600 mCal/hr |
| Nitrogen | 1200 NM3/hr |
We have consistently demonstrated various attributes – technical competence, research effectiveness, marketing reach, in-licensing proficiency, manufacturing capability with respect for intellectual property, deep rooted relationships and governance.