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History
The brief history of the Company is enumerated as below :
| January, 1984 | Commenced operations with an installed capacity of 37,059 TPA of Caustic Soda and 16,500 TPA of Liquid Chlorine |
| September, 1987 | Caustic Soda Flaking Unit Commissioned |
| December, 1988 | Changeover from Graphite Anodes to Dimensionally Stable Metal Anodes and installed an Anode Control and Protection Device |
| October, 1991 | Installed capacity of Caustic Soda Lye and Liquid Chlorine increased to 41,152 TPA and 29,700 TPA respectively |
| 1992 | Installed capacity of Caustic Soda Lye increased to 50,820 TPA |
| August, 1995 | 100 TPD grassroot plant based on the HOECHST - UHDE Membrane Cell Technology was commissioned (now Unit-II) Installed capacity of Caustic Soda Lye increased to 83,820 TPA and Chlorine to 52,800 TPA respectively |
| 1998 | Conversion of existing 170 TPD Mercury Cell Plant to 200 TPD Membrane Cell Plant (now Unit-II) |
| 2019 | Conversion of Existing 200 TPD Membrane Cell Plant (Unit-II) from generation 3 to new 6th generation Membrane Cell Plant is under progress. |
| 2020 | Appointment of New Management. |
| 2022 | Manufacturing capacity expanded from 300 TPD to 500 TPD, change of name to ‘Primo Chemicals Limited’ w.e.f. 19.12.2022 and recorded nine - fold increase in net profits. |
| 2023 | Commissioned SBP plant, capacity of 33,000 MTPA. |