KwaliChem Private Limited, a leading manufacturer of premium organic lake pigments, set out to raise production from 20 to 140 tonnes per month. KIPL ran the entire Environmental Impact Assessment behind that expansion: the studies, the report and the appraisal that stand between an ambition on paper and a sanctioned plant.
The brief
KwaliChem manufactures premium organic lake pigments and holds a strong position in the colorants industry. Its expansion would take production capacity from 20 tonnes per month to 140 (a sevenfold jump), with an additional 110 TPM of ice for captive use.
An increase of that magnitude at a chemical works in a dense industrial estate falls squarely inside the EIA regime. It needed the full assessment sequence, carried out carefully and presented to the committee that grants clearance.
20 → 140 TPM
A sevenfold capacity expansion, assessed in full
What KIPL delivered
- CTE / CTO application
- Consent-to-Establish and Consent-to-Operate applications to the pollution-control authority.
- Technical scrutiny
- Scrutiny of the project's technical data, the basis on which the assessment stands or falls.
- Terms of Reference
- The ToR application that scopes the study before the committee.
- Baseline data
- Collection of the environmental baseline against which impact is measured.
- EIA report
- Preparation and submission of the full Environmental Impact Assessment report.
- Appraisal
- The presentation on the Parivesh portal and the case argued before the Expert Appraisal Committee.
The expansion, in numbers
The assessment turned on a step-change in capacity at a Category 5(f) chemical works.
- Product
- Premium organic lake pigments, a strong presence in the colorants industry.
- Existing capacity
- 20 tonnes per month (TPM).
- Proposed capacity
- 140 TPM, plus 110 TPM of ice for captive purposes only.
- MoEF&CC category
- 5(f): the accreditation sector KIPL carries at Category A.
- Location
- Plot W-333/W-334, TTC Industrial Area, Thane–Belapur Road, MIDC Rabale, Navi Mumbai.
