Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd

Lords Chloro Alkali Limited (Formerly known Modi Alkalies Chemicals Limited) was incorporated in March, 1979. The Company obtained its Certificate for Commencement of Business in Mar.81. After the split among the Promoter Companies, at present, it is controlled by MPL, MIL and the K N Modi Group. The Promoters have interests in Modipon, MIL, MCL and Modi Cement. The Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of Caustic Soda and its related products viz. Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Calcium Hypo Chloride, Sodium Hypo Chloride, and Hydrogen Gas. The Company also commenced the production in year 1983 and started manufacturing Caustic Soda (lye flakes), Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid and value added products like Stable Bleaching Powder (SBP), Tri Chloro Ethylene (TCE).MACL came out with a rights issue of 44.78 lac equity shares at a premium of Rs 20, aggregating 13.43 cr. The object of the issue was to augment longterm working capital needs, expand its caustic soda plant and install an aluminium chloride plant. The products of the company include caustic soda, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, bleach liquor, bleaching powder, TCE and sodium hypo. The company sells its products to bulk consumers. The company has a technical collaboration with Asahi Chemicals Japan, for knowhow of the membrane cell technology to manufacture caustic soda. The company exports to Nepal, Bangladesh, South Africa, UK, Australia, etc. Company has modernised the existing Mercury Cell Plant of 200 TPD into Membrane Cell Plant. The company is producing another DG set which is expected to be commenced very soon which will take the production upto 70 MT.The Company started its Stable Bleaching Power (SBP) plant during year 2006. Tri Chloro Ethylene (TCE) plant also was restarted in 2007. The Company had taken up a brown field project for expansion capacity of caustic soda by 230 TPD purchased from Standard Alkali Industries Ltd. (Mafat Lai Group), Mumbai, of which the 100 TPD part expansion got commissioned in May, 2008. The production of TriChloro Ethylene (TCE) was restarted in Jun 10. During the year 201415, 107 TPD Asahi Plant was fully revamped and recommissioned in Feb 15. The Company commissioned New Sodium Hypochlorite plant of 80 TPD capacity in FY 202122.