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COMPANY PROFILE
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KELTECH ENERGIES LTD, (KEL), formerly known as Karnataka Explosive Ltd., a public limited company established in 1977
is a member of the renowned Chowgule
Group of Goa.
The group is in the fields of mining,
shipping, shipbuilding, chemicals, explosives, expanded perlite,
breweries
and many other industries.
Keltech Energies
Ltd.
Manufactures Watergel cartridge explosives, Bulk emulsion
explosives, Mono Methyl Amine Nitrate (MMAN) solution and a variety
of expanded perlite Products. Apart from the domestic market, KEL’s
Watergel explosives, MMAN and perlite products are also being
exported to other countries.
For more details on the group activities logon
to
www.chowgule.co.in
Expanded perlite is manufactured by Keltech Energies Ltd.,
Perlite Division at Vishwasnagar near Mangalore, Karnataka. This
plant setup in 1985 with technical assistance from M/s. Silibrico Corporation Inc., U S A produces a wide range of perlite products to meet
the requirement of the following industries:
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Construction
and insulation
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Cryogenic
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Horticulture
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Refractories
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Explosives
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Foundry
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Poultry
feed
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Garment
washing
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The
company added a second expander in 1997 to cater to the needs of
the markets in northern India. The company also has a portable expander
to carryout site expansion and filling of annular space of
cryogenic tanks.
KEL Perlite is a registered member of the Perlite
Institute Inc., U S A and has access to the latest technical
information in the application of expanded perlite. The ore for
expansion is imported from Greece, Turkey, New Zealand, U S A and
is selected based on the application.
KEL is a ISO certified company and has expertise to carryout
thermal insulation work of cryogenic tanks.
Marketing all perlite products and turnkey installation jobs is
undertaken by Chowgule Industries Ltd.,
a sister concern of KEL.
KEL also undertakes turnkey installation of in-situ light weight
perlite-concrete blocks for base insulation of cryogenic tanks and
annular insulation filling of double wall LNG tanks.
In
September 2000, Company obtained ISO 9002 accreditation through M/s
Det Norske Vertias. This was upgraded to ISO 9001-2000 version in
2002. Further this was upgraded to ISO 9001-2008 during
2009.
The Company is in the process of obtaining ISO 14001
& OHSAS 18001 and already has framed its EHS policy.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Cartridge Explosives
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KEL's main cartridge explosives plant
with 15,000 MT per annum capacity is located at Vishwasnagar near
Mangalore city on the west coast. Another cartridge explosives
Plant with 5,000 MT per annum capacity was commissioned near
Nagpur in Maharastra State in February 1999. Bulk explosives
Plants are located at KIOCL in
Karnataka State, Waidhan near Northern Coalfields Ltd. in M.P.
and at Chandrapur in Maharastra State. The total manufacturing
capacity per annum at present is 55,000 MT. KEL has branch
offices at New Delhi, Nagpur, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Salem,
Goa, Sambhalpur etc.
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Perlite Plant
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KEL's
perlite plant with 6,000 TPA capacity was commissioned at
Vishwasnagar in technical collaboration with M/s. Silbrico Corporation, USA in 1983.
This plant manufactures various expanded perlite products like
Litemix for use in concrete aggregates, loose fill insulation,
Soilritemix for horticultural applications, Fillite for
explosives etc. Perlite ore is imported by KEL and expanded at
the Vishwasnagar plant.
Perlite products are marketed by Chowgule
Industries Ltd.,(CIL) - another Member of the Chowgule Group. For Explosive/ Perlite
(plant description, infrastructure, production capacity, year of
operation physical location on map, with postal address and
contact numbers)
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TIE UPS
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KEL
obtained the technology for manufacturing Watergel explosives
from M/s
Dupont de Nemours Co. Inc., USA had another
technical collaboration with M/s Silbrico
Corporation, USA for
manufacturing expanded perlite products for use in construction,
low temperature insulation, refractory, fillers, foundry,
medicine carrier, thermoplastics, horticultural and other
applications. KEL is a member of the International Society
of Explosives Engineers as well as the Perlite Institute Inc.
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