Hyderabad-based IICT bags TDB national award

Hyderabad: City-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has bagged the Technology Development Board (TDB) national award for development of lab to commercial scale technologies for p-tert-Butyl Toluene (PTBT) and p-tert-Butyl Benzoic Acid (PTBBA). The Hyderabad-based premier chemical research institute has developed the technologies for the manufacture of PTBT and PTBBA and subsequently transferred to […]

Hyderabad: City-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has bagged the Technology Development Board (TDB) national award for development of lab to commercial scale technologies for p-tert-Butyl Toluene (PTBT) and p-tert-Butyl Benzoic Acid (PTBBA).

The Hyderabad-based premier chemical research institute has developed the technologies for the manufacture of PTBT and PTBBA and subsequently transferred to Vinati Organics Limited (VOL), Mumbai, for commercial plants of 4,000 TPA of PTBT in continuous mode and 3,000 TPA of PTBBA, a press release said.

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The researchers from IICT said that PTBT is a primary raw material for commercial production of PTBBA, which is a white crystalline flake mostly used as a process regulator in the polymer industry for producing alkyl and polyester resins. It is also used as an intermediate in pharmaceuticals and organic synthesis.

At present, there are no manufacturing units for the two products in India. The CSIR-IICT has developed the process knowhow for PTBT and PTBBA at bench scale, scaled up the processes at pilot level and the basic design report for both technologies was submitted to VOL. The Indian demand for PTBBA is 2,000 metric tonnes per year MT/year for the personal care segment, and the estimated Indian market size is USD three million. The IICT granted licenses for both technologies to VOL on an exclusive basis for a limited period of five years.

The TDB is statutory body of Department of Science and Technology (DST) and every year, to mark the occasion of National Technology Day, presents TDB National Awards to institutions that have successfully commercialised indigenous technology.

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