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Godrej Industries Limited

(Formely Known as Godrej Soaps Ltd.)


The Godrej Group set up in 1897 has grown to a $1.1 billion conglomerate, powered by a work
force of 20,000. Strategic alliances with G.E. appliance, Pillsbury and Sara Lee have exposed the company to the opportunities and challenges of globelisation.

Godrej Soaps Ltd., Godrej Group Company besides manufacturing soaps is also a leading producer
of oleochemicals. At its modern integrated factory in glycerine, fatty alcohols,alpha olefins and alpha
olefins sulphonates.

The plant has a installed capacity of 30,000 TPA for making Natural Fatty Alcohols from feedstocks
such as palm stearing and kernel oil, which are renewable vegetable based raw materials. The plant is
controlled with Tata-Honeywell's TDC-3000 Distributed Control Systems.

The plant is designed by Lurgi, based on its fatty acid hydrogenation process and engineered by Davy
Powergas India Ltd. a subsidory of Jphn Brown of U.K. The Factory has a well equipped laboratory
for quality control and product application.

Products from the plant exposed to North and South America, Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa

SPECIAICATION OF GODREJ STEARIC ACIDS

GODREJ offer a range of Stearic Acids to meet the varied requirements of industry. Those products have been tailor-made in an automated plant-the latest of its kind. Strict production controls results in concistent and high quality. The feature of GODREJ Distilled Stearic Acid is their exceptionally high stability. Their availability in frea-flowing flakes are easier to melt and measure and also eliminate dust nuisance and contamination.

CHARACTERISTICS


DISTILLER STEARIC ACIDS

 
Hystric
Hytitre
Textric
Textric (spl)
Distric Calstic
Plastric
Lodine Number (max.)
3
3
3
5
9
3
3
Titre Dog.Cen.
54-56
65-66
61-65
58-61
58-64
61-62
53-55
Saponification no.
207-212
197-200
197-204
202-208
200-212
200-202
211-216
Acid Number
206-210
195-200
196-202
200-206
198-210
192-200
210-215
Ash (%) max.
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Colour in 6 1/4'
2.0Y
3.0Y
3.0Y
8.0Y
10.0Y
3R-15Y
1R-3Y
Lovibond Cell
0.5R
1.0R
1.0R
1.0R
3.0R
Standard Form
Snow
Snow
Snow
White
Creamish
 
Flakes
Flakes
Flakes
Flake
White
White
Conforms to ISI Grade
1@
2
3
Suggested Application
Cosmetic pharmaceutica Foods & Chemicals Stearatesl
Metal Polish
Cosmetics Chemical Speciality
Chemical Metalic
Speciality Stearates
Activated Calcium Carbon
Speciality Chemicals