BHUBANESWAR: Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals (GSFC) Ltd is set to enter Odisha market with its range of industrial products like nylon and melamine, which it assumes would give a new dimension to entrepreneurship development in the State.
There is great potential for driving the entrepreneurship programme initiated by Odisha Government by including projects that use these industrial polymers and polyamides. Nylon-6 has a vast range of use from social infrastructure like housing plasters to road laying to industries like automobile, textiles, medical surgical equipment and hygiene products. Melamine also has use in laminates-based industrial activity, textiles, crockery and paint.
The products will be available in Odisha market very soon. The GSFC is going to open an office here not only to market the products but also assist in developing entrepreneurship in the sector, chairman and managing director SK Nanda said.
“Once the raw materials are made available, there will be increased interest in taking up entrepreneurship activities in the sector. Central Institute for Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) has devised several projects which can be availed through its centre here,” Nanda said.
Nanda said the Gujarat PSU was undergoing a massive expansion across all its production wings. The melamine plant at Baroda is being upgraded to 55,000 tonne per year capacity unit and would be commissioned by 2016-17 fiscal. GSFC is investing `1,000 crore in the expansion project which will enable it to have 97 per cent control over Indian market in terms of demand and supply.
The Nylon-6 plant is also being raised by 15,000 tonne to 30,000 tonne with an investment of `125 crore and will be commissioned by March, the CMD told media persons here.
GSFC is also keen on propagating its hugely successful Sardar package in Odisha too. The initiative involves solar pump, drip irrigation and water soluble fertiliser technologies to not only increase agriculture output, conserve soil but also vastly reduce water and fertiliser use.
“In seven years, more than 2.5 lakh farmers have adopted this package over 20 lakh hectares and reaping benefits. It is also making way in states like Maharashtra,” Nanda said.