CSIR-IICT bags TDB National Award

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has bagged the TDB National Award for development of lab to commercial scale technologies for p-tert-Butyl Toluene (PTBT) and p-tert-Butyl Benzoic A

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has bagged the TDB National Award for development of lab to commercial scale technologies for p-tert-Butyl Toluene (PTBT) and p-tert-Butyl Benzoic Acid (PTBBA) — used in pharmaceuticals and polymer industry. Currently there are no manufacturing units for the two products in the country and CSIR-IICT has developed the process knowhow for PTBT and PTBBA at bench scale, scaled up the processes at pilot level and the basic design report for both technologies was submitted Vinati Organics Limited (VOL), Mumbai, for commercial plants of 4,000 TPA of PTBT in continuous mode and 3,000 TPA of PTBBA. The developed processes for PTBT and PTBBA are an improvement over the existing processes. Indian demand for PTBBA is 2,000 MT/year for the personal care segment, and the estimated Indian market size is US$ 3 million. CSIR-IICT granted licenses for both technologies to VOL on an exclusive basis for a limited period of five years.