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Camlin Fine Sciences
NSE-listed Indian specialty chemicals company; became the world's third-largest vanillin producer in 2017 through a 51% acquisition of Ningbo Wanglong Flavors & Fragrances (China). Commissioned a new 6,000 MT/year vanillin/ethyl vanillin plant at Dahej, Gujarat (commercial production from early 2023) — vertically integrated with its catechol plant at the same site (catechol → guaiacol → vanillin). Positioned as India-based alternative to Chinese supply concentration for US/EU buyers. Also produces food antioxidants (TBHQ, BHA, BHT), blueberry extracts, and catechol. The Dahej vanillin plant is a strategic hedge for Western buyers seeking non-China supply.
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Camlin Fine Sciences Dahej Vanillin Plant →
INDahej, Bharuch District, Gujarat · chemical_plant
6,000 MT/year vanillin/ethyl vanillin plant; commercial production from early 2023. Vertically integrated with Camlin's catechol plant at same Dahej site (catechol → guaiacol → vanillin). Positioned as India-based non-China alternative for US/EU buyers. Dahej is a major Gujarat petrochemical and chemicals SEZ. This is the first major vanillin greenfield outside China in decades.
Ningbo Wanglong Flavors & Fragrances (51% Camlin) →
CNNingbo, Zhejiang Province · chemical_plant
~5,000 MT/year installed capacity; actual production estimated at ~2,000 MT/year per trade secret litigation records. Camlin Fine Sciences acquired 51% in 2017, making it the world's third-largest vanillin producer at that time. Now complemented by the Dahej, India facility. Zhejiang Province is the heart of China's vanillin production cluster.
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Food Antioxidants
40%Vanillin & Ethyl Vanillin
32%Catechol & Intermediates
18%Specialty Ingredients
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Did you know2024
Camlin Fine Sciences' TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone) is used primarily as a food antioxidant in edible oils, preventing rancidity in cooking oils, crackers, and fast food fryers. The same TBHQ molecule is used as an antioxidant in rubber (preventing degradation in tire production) and as a stabilizer in cosmetics and pharmaceutical formulations. The world's TBHQ supply chain — which sits primarily with Camlin, Eastman Chemical, and Chinese producers — connects the food oils stability supply chain, the automotive tire manufacturing supply chain, and the cosmetics industry through a single specialty chemical class that few analysts recognize as common to all three.
Camlin Fine Sciences ↗Origin2023
Camlin Fine Sciences traces its origin to Camlin Limited, an Indian company founded in 1931 that grew into the dominant Indian stationery and art supplies brand ("Camel" pens, inks, and colors). Camlin Limited demerged its specialty chemicals division in 2010 as Camlin Fine Sciences to pursue the global fine chemicals market separately from consumer stationery. This made the fine chemicals company unusual: its institutional heritage is in making ink and art supplies, not in the chemical industry, giving it a different organizational culture than conventional chemical companies.
Camlin Fine Sciences ↗