Engelhard's expanded facility on stream

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, OCT. 19. The expanded catalytic converter making facility of Engelhard Environmental Systems (India) Limited (EESIL) at Maraimalai Nagar has gone on stream.

Disclosing this, Mr. K. Krishnamurthy, Managing Director of EESIL, told presspersons here yesterday that the fully integrated plant, which started production in 1998, was now capable of producing 3.5 lakh automotive catalytic units per annum, as well as an additional one million catalytic converters for two-wheeler application.

He said the company invested Rs. 20 crores in the first phase and another Rs. 4 crores in the second phase. This helped to expand the facility to more than 20,000 sq ft, including manufacturing space, a state-of-the-art laboratory and offices. Mr. Krishnamurthy said by importing raw materials the company was in a position to customise the catalytic converter. The company produced one lakh catalytic converters and it would achieve 90 per cent of the total installed capacity by end of 2002.

He said the catalytic converter market was at five lakh units annually and was expected to double by 2005. Engelhard Environment Systems was a 70:30 joint venture company of Engelhard Corporation and UCAL Fuel Systems.

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