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Textile dyes, Textile chemicals, Pigments, Paper dyes, Inks, Others
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performance pigments. The products are used by customers
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Business comprises about 500 products. M. Dohmen S. A.,
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as speciality Disperse. The products made by M. Dohmen
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Chemicals Ltd, a JV company formed in 2011-12, provides a
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made a beginning and has a minuscule presence in Indian
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330 cr. Sales in
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143 cr and formed 43% of the total. Decline on
account of volume was 11%. Sales from new products were
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36 cr. Most of the plants operated partially during the second
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neutralised the improvement in performance achieved during
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4% to
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388 cr and Rudolf Atul Chemicals increased sales by
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21 cr, mainly because of volume growth.
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is estimated at US$ 800 mn and is growing at about 3%.
China is the largest manufacturer of dyes followed by India.
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US$ 3.5 bn and is growing at about 4%.
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recovery in India and abroad. Automobile industry is growing
well. The Company along with M. Dohmen and Atul Rudolf
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