INOX Air Products announces Rs 2,000 cr investment in industrial gases
India’s largest manufacturer of industrial and medical gases, INOX
Air Products (INOXAP) plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore to build 8 new air
separation units across the country. This will be India’s largest greenfield investment plan in
the industrial gases sector. This follows a manifold increase in demand for
medical oxygen because of the Covid-19 pandemic though the company says it is
looking ahead at the government's push for the manufacturing and infrastructure
sector.
With a combined capacity to make more than 1500 tonne a day (TPD)
of liquid gases, the expansion will take INOXAP’s total liquid gases production
to 4800 TPD by 2024. The investment would be
funded by a mix of debt and internal cash accruals. "The debt portion is
yet to be worked out but it could be 40 per cent of the investment,"
Siddharth Jain, director - INOX Air Products, told Business Standard.
INOXAP’s new plants will be strategically located in proximity of
high demand growth areas in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. The plants will produce liquid
oxygen, liquid nitrogen and liquid argon and will be commissioned during the
course of FY22-24. The bulk availability of industrial and medical gases will
ensure constant supplies for the electronic manufacturing, pharmaceutical
sector, besides helping iron, steel and automobile industries to ramp up their
production capacities. The projects will generate more than 1000 direct and
indirect employment opportunities in their respective regions.
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