Make in India Series: The Perstorp story

In the second Make in India series of the year, we present the Perstorp story.

Building on 140 years of experience​, Perstorp is privileged to provide essential properties for products in pockets, homes, offices and communities all over our planet. You'll find us everywhere from your mobile phone to the local dairy farm, representing a complete chain of solutions in organic chemistry, process technology and application development leading high-growth niches such as powder and UV-cured coatings, plasticizers, synthetic lubricants, grain preservation and animal gut health.

As one of the world's leading specialty chemicals innovators, Perstorp know little things make a powerful difference. Using nature's tiniest building blocks, the company can help advance everyday life – making it safer, more convenient and more environmentally sound for billions of people all over the world.

On November 6 2019 Perstorp commenced its plans to set up a new Gujarat Penta plant. Theis plant "will secure a long-term presence in the growth region of Asia. Our state-of-the-art plant for production of Penta, including the renewable grade, Voxtar™, will provide up to 60% reduced carbon footprint. The construction commenced in October this year, with commercial production planned to start in Q1 2022." Stated the pressrelease.

Jan Secher, President & CEO, said "Perstorp is the global market leader in Penta and the market demand for these products is steadily growing. The new Penta plant in India marks a major milestone in our growth strategy and we are confident that this will not only increase the security of supply for current, as well as new, customers but aslo further strengthen our position long term as a sustainable and reliable partner in this region."

Join us to understand:

• the decision behind setting up a plant
• why was India chosen
• what were the hurdles and how were they overcome
• what support from federal and local government dig Perstorp get
• how to managing communication between head office and India during the process

The Make in India series is a collaboration between Sweden-India Business Council, Embassy of India in Stockholm, Swedish Chamber of Commerce India and Invest India. If you have any inquiries regarding setting up manufacturing in India, don't hesitate to contact info@sibc.se.