BOC India is to set up two air separation units in order to penetrate the southern market.
The company says the decision to consolidate its presence in the south stems from the fact that a number of pharmaceutical and automobile companies have set up their manufacturing units there – all of which are potential customers for BOC’s products and services.
The units will be at Bellary in Karnataka and Medak in Andhra Pradesh.
Work on the Bellary unit, which will have a capacity of 855 tonnes per day has begun and the facility is due to go on stream by the middle of next year – BOC has already signed a long-term contract with JSW Steel to supply gas to its steel plant from the Bellary plant.
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