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| The R&D has a highly motivated team of more than 50 qualified and dedicated scientists working in various disciplines. |
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| The Department has been accorded the recognition by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, a nodal agency of the Government of India, overseeing the standard of R&D Establishments in India. |
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| R&D is also included in the scope of ISO 9001 QMS certification as well as ISO 14001 EMS. |
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| The Analytical Development Department, a part of the R&D, has completed documentation for NABL as well as GLP Certification. |
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| THRUST AREAS : |
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| 1. ORGANIC SYNTHESIS : |
| Indofil's R&D Team has a strong tradition of Organic Synthesis Expertise as applied to Process Development of crop protection and specialty chemicals. Specializations include: |
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 Dithiocarbamate Chemistry: |
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| Indofil has expertise in all facets of this rather difficult chemistry from process development to manufacture that requires a stringent safety regime and an ability to handle hazardous chemicals such as carbon disulphuide. |
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| Triazole Chemistry: |
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| Indofil has successfully developed and commercialized manufacturing process for triazole fungicides and is in the process of extending this technology. |
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| Process R&D: |
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 Indofil's Synthesis team has developed process for targets using a bouquet of Organic Reaction Processes such as condensations, cyclization, nitrosation, esterification, etc. |
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| 2. FORMULATION SCIENCES : |
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| Development of novel formulation for the crop-protection agents is an important core competency for our R&D. Apart from the traditional formulation technologies such as wettable powder (WP), suspension concentrate (SC) and emulsifiable concentrate (EC) technologies, Indofil has successfully developed newer formulations involving the following technologies: |
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| Water Dispersible Granules |
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| Extrusion granules |
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| Microemulsions |
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| Some of the formulation suspensions under observation |
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| 3. SURFACE SCIENCES : |
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 | Development of new additives and adjuvant is another important activity. These are used to increase the application efficiencies of our formulations. Indofil's capability in this area, encompasses the complete development of novel emulsifiers, surfactants and such products from concept to commercialization. |
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| 4. POLYMER SCIENCES : |
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| Indofil's R&D team has a strong group of polymer scientists. The group has contributed immensely to the growth of the industrial businesses. Our polymer scientists are able to carry the process of developing the products right from concept to bench scale synthesis and further to full-scale production. The specialization area includes : |
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| Chemistry of Acrylates |
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| Styrene-Acrylate Copolymers |
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| Polyurethane chemistry |
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| Products developed are segmented into the following applications: |
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| Coatings and Adhesives |
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| Plastic Additives |
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| Products for Leather Applications |
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| Products for Textile Applications |
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| Products for Construction Applications
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| Polymer Chemistry Laboratory |
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| 5. PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS : |
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| Development of personal care products is carried out for our sister concern, Modicare. The group engaged in this activity has developed several successful formulations for use in personal care and hygiene using its high degree of expertise in formulation and fragrance creation. |
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| 6. FIELD R&D ACTIVITY : |
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| Indofil's strong presence in crop protection business necessitates a strong field R&D team. The field R&D has a highly competent and young team of doctorates and post graduates in agricultural sciences. The team has a high level of competence in the following areas: |
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| Design and execution of bio-efficacy evaluation in the field |
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| Disease patterns in the various regions |
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| Statistical Validation of observed effects |
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| Liaison with institutions for carrying out independent evaluations |
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| 7. ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENT : |
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| The R&D facility is equipped with an excellent analytical development lab. The analytical development group has a high degree of competence in: |
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| Classical and instrumental methods of analysis |
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| Method development and validation |
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| Impurity profiling |
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Particle size analyser |
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| 8. IPR CELL : |
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| We have a comprehensive IPR policy which is essential for today's knowledge based economy. Our IPR cell is vigilant for our IP protection and IP infringement. Indofil has 25 Indian and international patents. |
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| R&D INFRASTRUCTURE : |
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| The infrastructure comprises of : |
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| 1. Synthesis : |
| Well equipped synthesis laboratory capable of developing technology from gram scale to kilogram scale and further transferring to manufacturing on tonne scale. |
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| 2. Formulation : |
The formulation laboratory has the following sophisticated equipments for developing newer formulations:
Wet grinding mill
High speed homogeniser
Fluid energy mill double cone blender, spray drier, fluidised bed drier and extruder |
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| 3. Analytical Facility : |
| Equipped with state-of-the art laboratory with instruments like GLC, Pyrolysis-GLC, HPLC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, Particle Size Analyzer, Brookfield Viscometer, autotitrators etc. Besides, Indofil has access to practically all sophisticated methods of analysis through outsourcing. |
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| 4. Pilot Plant : |
| The pilot plant is equipped with: |
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| 50/100 ltr glass reactors with distillation capability |
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| 100 ltr SS reactor |
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| 2000 ltr SS reactor |
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| Unit Process capabilities |
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| 5. Application Laboratory : |
| A full-fledged application lab facilitates testing of our performance products. Equipments include: |
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| Universal testing machine |
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| Izod/Charpy Impact tester |
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| Glossmeter |
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| Flock Machine |
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| Leather testing drum |
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| Abrasion Tester |
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| Crockometer |
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| R&D ACHIEVEMENTS : |
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| Indofil R&D has contributed its mite to the growth of the company. Here are some recent highlights. |
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| ORGANIC SYNTHESIS : |
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| Improved manufacturing process for Dithiocarbamates |
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| We have successfully developed and commercialized the following products: |
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Fungicides
Tricyclazole, Dodine, Cymoxanil, Myclobutanil, Metalaxyl, Difenoconazole, Tebuconazole, Propiconazole and Hexaconazole |
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Herbicides
Metsulfuron methyl, Sulfosulfuron and Pretilachlor |
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Insecticides/Acaricides
Quinalphos and Propargite |
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| FORMULATION SCIENCES : |
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| Flowable formulation for Mancozeb , Sulphur |
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| Mixtures of Mancozeb with Hexaconazole, Cymoxanil, Carbendazim, COC, Tricyclazole, Metalaxyl etc. |
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| Coloured Mancozeb for seed treatment |
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| WG formulations for Sulfosulfuron, Mancozeb, Tricyclazole |
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| Micronutrients |
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| IGR |
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| SURFACE SCIENCES : |
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| Indtron AE, an adjuvant to facilitate efficient application of crop protection products |
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| Surfactants for Herbicides and other applications |
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| POLYMER SCIENCES : |
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| Impact Modifier for PVC |
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| Acrylic coating for paint applications |
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| Performance enhancers for textile and leather applications |
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| Formaldehyde - free binder for textile and leather applications |
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| ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENT : |
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| Newer methods for analysis of the above products have been developed and validated as per the latest GLP/NABL norms. Chemistry and Analytical support to facilitate registration of the new molecules, in India and across the globe, to increase Indofil's repertoire of crop care products. |
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| Contact Person |
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| Dr. Girish Khandekar |
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| Sr. Vice President, R&D |
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| gkhandekar-icc@modi.com |
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