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Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
India's dominant sodium nitrite and nitrate manufacturer; ~80% market share in India for sodium nitrite. Plants at Nandesari and Dahej (Gujarat), Taloja and Roha (Maharashtra), and Hyderabad (Telangana). Sodium nitrite is Deepak's core product alongside nitrotoluenes, fuel additives, and phenolics. India's largest sodium nitrite producer for pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals, and food processing. Capex plan: ₹2,000 crore earmarked for FY2024-25. Growing beneficiary of 'China+1' supply chain diversification trends as global buyers seek non-Chinese sodium nitrite sources.
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5 inputs Deepak Nitrite Ltd. supplies
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chemical
Sole supplierFood-Grade Sodium Nitrite / Nitrate (Curing Agent) →
chemical
Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) →
chemical
Bisphenol A-Based Liquid Epoxy Resin (BPA-LER) →
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Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid (NaNO2/NaNO3 for CSP Solar) →
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Phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin →
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Phenolics & Cumene Derivatives (Deepak Phenolics)
45%Sodium Nitrite & Nitrate (Inorganic)
25%Nitrotoluenes
15%Fine & Specialty Chemicals
10%Fuel Additives
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Did you know2024
Deepak Nitrite holds ~80% of India's sodium nitrite market — making it a de facto monopoly supplier for India's food-grade curing agent and simultaneously for pharmaceutical sodium nitrite (cyanide antidote) and agricultural chemical intermediates (sodium nitrite is used in azo dye synthesis, which feeds India's large textile industry). A single Gujarat-based Indian chemical company controls the majority of supply for a substance that prevents botulism in India's processed meat industry, treats cyanide poisoning in India's hospitals, and intermediates the colors in India's textile sector — across food, pharma, and industrial applications from one Nandesari facility.
StockEdge ↗Capacity2023
Deepak Nitrite's nitrotoluene production supplies pharmaceutical-grade intermediates for paracetamol (acetaminophen) synthesis via the para-nitrotoluene → para-aminophenol (PAP) → acetaminophen route. India is the world's largest manufacturer of paracetamol API — nearly all global paracetamol traces to India's chemical industry, which depends on domestic nitrotoluene producers including Deepak. A sodium nitrite and specialty chemicals company is thus embedded in the supply chain for one of the world's most widely consumed pharmaceuticals (paracetamol/Tylenol/Panadol), connecting it to both global food supply chains (via sodium nitrite) and global pharmaceutical supply chains (via nitrotoluenes).
Deepak Nitrite Limited ↗Origin2023
Deepak Nitrite was founded in 1970 by the Mehta family in Vadodara, Gujarat — India's chemical heartland — as a sodium nitrite manufacturer. Over 50 years, it expanded into nitrotoluenes, specialty chemicals, and then made a transformative entry into phenol manufacturing with Deepak Phenolics (Dahej, Gujarat plant commissioned 2019) — India's first and largest phenol producer. The Dahej plant is integrated with a cumene supply chain and includes acetone hydrogenation to IPA, making Deepak a fully integrated phenol-acetone-IPA value chain company. A sodium nitrite company became India's top phenol and IPA producer in a single diversification move.
Deepak Nitrite Limited ↗