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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