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Balmer Lawrie entered into the Leather Chemicals business
segment in 1983 by taking up the manufacture of synthetic
fat liquors in Chennai. We have achieved many milestones
since then; the foremost amongst which is becoming the
market leader in the fatliquor segment. We have a
state-of-the-art Product Development Centre in Chennai,
which is fully equipped with all modern facilities to develop
and evaluate leather chemicals. It has Technical Service
Centres spread all over India in cities such as Kolkata,
Kanpur, Ranipet, Ambur and Chennai. BL businesses are
built on indigenous technology which is steadily upgraded
with modern advancements.

Our SBU-Chemicals is a member of the Leather Working
Group (LWG). The manufacturing plant is with a
state-of-the-art Zero Liquid Discharge facility (ZLD), certified
with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001: 2018.

Balmer Lawrie manufactures end-to-end leather
chemicals under the brand "Balmol", "Balsyn", "Balchem"
and "Balfin". Apart from the leather chemicals business,
the SBU is also entering into other synergy chemicals
such as textile chemicals and intermediates for the
agrochemicals business.

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