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Tata Chemicals has the third largest soda ash production capacity plant in India. This was the second soda ash plant built in India by Kapilram Vakil (grandson of late Indian justice Nanabhai Haridas) that started operating in the year 1944. [8] The township Mithapur, derives its name from "Mitha" which means salt in Gujarati language.
Tata Chemicals Europe (formerly Brunner Mond (UK) Limited) is a UK-based chemicals company that is a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, itself a part of the India-based Tata Group. Its principal products are soda ash , sodium bicarbonate , calcium chloride and associated alkaline chemicals.
The trona is converted by Magadi to soda ash, at a facility near the mining operations, and the soda ash is transported by rail to Mombasa for onward shipping. [citation needed] Magadi is a subsidiary of Brunner Mond, Imperial Chemical Industries, and of Tata Chemicals, and is headquartered in Magadi, Kenya. [citation needed]
The Tata Group is a multinational conglomerate based in India, with many subsidiaries and joint venture companies. Tata Sons is the holding company of the Tata Group, and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies.
Mithapur is on the extreme tip of the lower jaw of Gujarat. This town is essentially a colony that is supported by Tata Chemicals Ltd., one of the flagship companies of the Tata Group. In addition to that, Tata Business Support Services has established a call center in the town. The company produces soda ash and Tata Salt as its core products ...
In 2007, Tata Group joined forces with a Tanzanian company to build a soda ash extraction plant in Tanzania. [61] Environmental activists oppose the plant because it would be near Lake Natron, and it has a very high chance of affecting the lake's ecosystem and its neighbouring dwellers, [62] jeopardising endangered lesser flamingo birds.
American Natural Soda Ash Corporation (ANSAC) operates as the international distribution arm for three US manufacturers of natural soda ash produced from trona [1] deposits in Green River, Wyoming, the trade name for sodium carbonate Na 2 CO 3, is an essential raw material used in the manufacture of glass, detergents, and several sodium-based chemicals.
It was again sold in 2006, to Tata (an Indian-based company) and in 2011 was rebranded as Tata Chemicals Europe. The Winnington plant closed in February 2014, with the last shift on 2 February bringing to a close 140 years of soda ash production in this Northwich site. [citation needed]