Himadri Chemicals and Industries is planning to augment its coal-tar distillation capacity in India.
The company plans to increase the capacity to 10 lakh tonne by March 2016. The company will be taking up greenfield expansion in Orissa and brownfield expansion at its existing unit in Hooghly for coal-tar distillation at a combined investment of Rs 1,700 crore.
Currently, the company has an annual coal-tar distillation capacity of 2,50,000 tonne. The company intends expand its product bouquet by introducing downstream products of coal-tar pitch in the niche category like carbazol, phenolex and fluorine.