Atul Ltd (Atul) is one of the largest integrated chemical companies in India. Atul manufactures about 900 products and 400 formulations. The Company has its footprint in 75 countries, and has established subsidiary companies in Brazil, China, Ireland, the UAE, the UK and the USA. It operates in nine businesses while its products and applications are used in Agriculture, Adhesives, Animal Feed, Automobile, Composites, Construction, Cosmetic, Defence, Dyestuff, Electrical and Electronics, Footwear, Food, Fragrance and Flavour, Glass, Home Care, Horticulture, Paint and Coatings, Paper, Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Rubber, Soap, Sport and Leisure, Textile, Tyre and Wind Energy industries.
Epoxy resins, reactive diluents and curing agents are manufactured and marketed under the trade name Lapox® by the Polymers-Performance Materials (PO-PM) business of Atul. The manufacturing of epoxy systems began in 1960 in Cibatul Ltd, a joint venture between the erstwhile Ciba-Geigy, Switzerland and Atul. Following the split of Ciba-Geigy into two different companies, Cibatul was merged into Atul in 1999.
The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for these products is located at the first manufacturing site of the Company in Atul. The PO-PM business has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 certifications. It also has NABL accredited laboratory for epoxy testing and analysis.
Product range
Resins: Bisphenol-A and Bisphenol-F based resins, Cycloaliphatic resins, Epoxy phenol novolac resins, Multifunctional resins, Benzoxazine resins, Bismaleimide resins, Modified and formulated resins, Brominated resins, Dimer acid based resins, Alkyl phenolic resins
Curing agents: Aliphatic amines and adducts, Aromatic amines and adducts, Cycloaliphatic amines and adducts, Phenalkamines, Polyamides and Polyamidoamines.
Reactive diluents: Aliphatic and Aromatic (mono, di and trifunctional), Cycloaliphatic (difunctional)
Accelerators, catalysts and flexibilisers
Sulfones: Used as curing agents for epoxies in aerospace and electrical and electronics industry. Products offered:
• 3,3’-Diamino diphenyl sulfone (3,3’-DDS)
• 4,4’-Diamino diphenyl sulfone (4,4’-DDS)
• 4,4’-Dichloro diphenyl sulfone (4,4’-DCDPS)