- Business
- Ganesh Benzoplast Limited (GANESHBE.NS), founded in 1986 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, operates as a leading independent provider of liquid storage tanks and manufacturer of specialty chemicals; it maintains bulk liquid storage terminals at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai, Cochin Port Trust, and Mormugao Port Trust in Goa, offering a total capacity of 352,000 kiloliters across 98 tanks for liquid chemicals, petroleum products, edible oils, petrochemicals, and biofuels, complemented by services including bunkering, barging, blending, and drum filling. The chemical division produces food preservatives such as sodium benzoate and benzoic acid (India's sole producer via toluene oxidation), petroleum sulfonates including barium, calcium, and magnesium variants, lubricant additives like engine oil, gear oil, hydraulic oil, and 2T oil additives, along with components such as dispersants, extreme pressure additives, viscosity index improvers, pour point depressants, and polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride, serving industries including food and beverage, paints, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, and lubricants with exports to markets like Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, the US, and China; manufacturing occurs at two facilities in MIDC Tarapur, Maharashtra. Through subsidiaries and associates such as Infrastructure Logistic Systems Limited (86.52% owned, formerly Stolt Rail Logistics, providing rail logistics), GBL Infra Engg. Services Private Ltd. for engineering, procurement, and construction services, and GBL Chemical Limited, the company delivers end-to-end liquid logistics solutions. Recent developments include the acquisition of an 86.5% stake in Stolt Rail Logistics Systems in November 2020 to enhance rail transportation synergies, a June 2022 joint venture with Golden Agri International for ethanol and extra neutral alcohol production in Nashik, allotment of additional land at JNPT for 25 years in June 2022, an EPC order win for 60 storage tanks at Krishnapatnam Port, the November 2023 formation of GBC LPG Private Limited joint venture with BW Confidence Enterprise for an LPG import terminal at JNPT (terminated in November 2025 with stake transfer to BW for Rs 46.6 million plus a Rs 99.5 million non-compete fee due to LPG offtake shifts, retaining land for expansion), and a Rs 169.24 crore EPC order from JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd.