Coromandel International Ltd, part of the diversified conglomerate Murugappa Group, has set a target to double the sulphur manufacturing capacity to 50,000 metric tonne and has opened the second manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh in this connection, a top official said.
The facility in Visakhapatnam is aimed at ensuring a steady supply of high-quality Bentonite Sulphur fertilisers to the farmers.
The production unit is the company's wholly backward integrated facility and produces approximately 12 LMT of complex fertilisers along with Phosphoric and Sulphuric acid. The site also hosts a Sulphur Fertiliser plant with 25,000 MT production capacity.
"With the inauguration of this new plant, the company's Sulphur fertiliser capacity is doubled," a company statement here said on Thursday.
Coromandel International Ltd Managing Director and CEO S Sankarasubramanian said, "At Coromandel we believe in delivering innovative and sustainable Agri-solutions to the farmers. By continuously ..