Interview with Amit Mehta, Managing Director, S. Amit & Co
India has experienced tremendous growth in its chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Being active for many years in the industry now, how have you seen the market evolving? S. Amit has…
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S. Amit Speciality Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. is a leading full-service Chemistry Solutions provider in India delivering products and services in the areas of speciality chemicals, intermediates and performance chemicals for diverse applications including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, polymers & plastics, and paints and coating.
Over the last six decades, the Company has transitioned from representing international laboratory chemical suppliers to marketing 1 or 2 steps of chemistries to supplying advanced intermediates and performance chemicals such as reducing agents, resolving agents, encapsulated catalysts, etc. Focussed on its broad-based relationships with both customers and suppliers, the objective has always been to add value to the chemical supply chain for both parties.
Today, as an integrated solutions provider, the S. Amit Group of Companies focuses on offering a full range of supply chain services including – representation of manufacturers, global and local sourcing, distribution, virtual manufacturing, and identifying problems and recommending innovative chemical solutions. This allows our customers and suppliers to effectively extract value from the supply chain based on their needs and the market situation.
In January 2011, S. Amit acquired Reaxa U.K., a company actively involved in developing and supplying encapsulated metal catalysts for synthetic organic chemistry.
Through its various group companies, the S. Amit Group provides
Indenting
Local Sales and Distribution
Exports
Virtual Manufacturing Services
Products and services are branded through the following group companies – S. Amit, Finorga,
Chem Amit, Perfo Chem and Brom Chem
The S. Amit Group also has a joint venture company, Diamines & Chemicals Ltd. that manufactures piperazine at its plant in Baroda, Gujarat.
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