Atul Ltd 2010-11

Research Having manufacturing, research and technology working together as opposed to being an independent part of each product group has the advantage of transfer of knowledge which may otherwise remain confined to a smaller group. Research Unit is one of the main pillars of the Company structure. In addition to helping to resolve problems in manufacturing operations, the Unit focuses on improving the existing processes and developing new products. Bettering the yields, enhancing the quality, reducing the pollutants, identifying products from liquid effluents and synthesizing new products competitively are some of the initiatives it takes to improve the performance. Each product group has dedicated R&D and QA departments, and these along with the Corporate R&D form the Unit, with 256 employees. The Company is committed to invest and spend further to strengthen this vital function. The photographs will provide some idea about the infrastructure that supports the aforementioned initiatives. During the year, the Unit helped to overcome 9 manufacturing related problems and improve 2 processes. It developed 58 products and formulations and supported 15 scale-ups. It undertook 9 initiatives to cut down gaseous, liquid and solid pollutants. 22000 square feet of area was completely redone to house the new Pharma & Inters R&D which will significantly help in entering new APIs and value added API intermediates, all belonging to Life Science Chemicals segment. Atul Ltd I Annual Report 2010-11