Atul Ltd 2012-13

17 The main focus of our Technology and Manufacturing Unit is to provide to the customers world class quality products manufactured with the rigour of continuous improvement in process efficiency and people productivity along with matching commitment to safety and environment. Each Business has dedicated Technology and Manufacturing Departments; these departments share the responsibility of meeting the agreed volume and efficiency budgets on the one hand and achieving improvements in Unit Operations and Unit Processes on the other. The combined number of employees in these two departments is 1,615. During the year, the Unit worked with 158 Key Initiatives. The output in volume terms was higher by 3%. It decreased gaseous, liquid and solid pollutants in 12 products, increased yields of 27 products, increased recovery of solvents in 36 products, decreased utilities in 30 products, increased people productivity through automation l mechanisation in 5 sections, decreased time cycle in 26 products, increased batch size in 15 products and debottlenecked capacity in 35 products. It implemented expansion projects with an investment outlay of ` 73 cr; 14 projects with an investment outlay of ` 18 cr are under execution. It undertook implementation of 25 projects with an investment outlay of ` 71 cr to enhance environment protection performance. Technology and Manufacturing