- Business
- Sadhana Nitro Chem Limited manufactures and sells chemical intermediates, heavy organic chemicals, and performance chemicals in India and internationally. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, the company produces downstream derivatives of nitrobenzene, including nitrobenzene, a pale yellow liquid used in intermediates for aerospace, pharma-agro, cosmetics, dyes, and specialty chemicals; meta amino phenol, a building block for pharmaceuticals, dyes, and agrochemicals; aniline 2,5 disulphonic acid for dyes, pigments, and colorants; para amino phenol with commercial production at its first plant of 3,000 TPA capacity, planned for expansion to 36,000 TPA; along with metanilic acid, ortho aminophenol, butane tetra carboxylic acid, anilino-6-dibutylamino-3-methylfluoran, dinitro diphenyl sulphone, diamino diphenyl ether, ammonium sulphate, and dibutyl keto acid. Sadhana Nitro Chem operates manufacturing facilities in Roha, Maharashtra, and serves industries such as aerospace, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, optical brightening agents, plastic additives, special fibers, epoxy resin hardeners, and dyes through its ISO 9001:2015-certified operations. The company maintains a wholly owned subsidiary, Anuchem b.v.b.a., in Antwerp, Belgium, to serve European clients and holds government recognition as a 2-Star Golden Export House. In recent developments, Sadhana Nitro Chem received National Company Law Tribunal approval in November 2024 for the acquisition of Calchem Industries (India) Ltd. at Rs 9.50 crore, including a 14.5-acre facility near its Roha plant, set for completion by January 2025 to support upstream integration, logistics synergies, and expansion plans; announced a rights issue of 8.23 crore equity shares at Rs 6.06 each to raise Rs 49.91 crore in November 2025; and continues capacity expansions including para amino phenol production and plans for a 15-20 MW green hydrogen plant for self-consumption.