Epigral Ltd. launched its first research and development centre at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This is a significant step for the company in enhancing its research capabilities and accelerating its journey towards building Specialty products. Located at Changodar in Ahmedabad, the R&D centre is built over 14,374 sq.mt and has the latest, technologies installed that will enable Epigral to catalyse identification of specialty chemical molecules for later introduction in India.

The company has consciously strived towards creating a key differentiator for itself by graduating from being a chemical manufacturer to developing research-driven products, in-house. The centre has been developed with an initial investment of INR 300 million and the company will further invest to enhance its capability as its proceeds further. Through research and development, the company intends to introduce new molecules indigenous to India and address domestic and global custom manufacturing requirements.

This centre will help discovering new molecules within the Chlorotoluene ecosystem and further establish advanced specialty intermediates.