Granules India plans expansion of API at Vizag

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Project Location : Vizag, Andhra Pradesh

Project Capacity : 20000 tpa

Granules India is planning to set up a new manufacturing facility for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. It will be a greenfield project near its existing facility with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes. The investment programme is estimated at Rs. 800 million which will be raised from internal accruals and debts

Astra Zeneca plans expansion of its tablet plant in Bangalore

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Astra Zeneca’s board has approved its expansion of its tablet plant in Bangalore. The total project cost is estimated at Rs. 700 million. Its existing plant which is in operation since 1981 is WHO GMP certified and tablets are currently exported to South East Asian nations.

Eisai Pharma to commence commercial operations at Visakhapatnam unit in Sept 2010

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Eisai Pharmatechnology and Manufacturing India Private Ltd, a Japanese group company is planning to commence commercial operations of its Visakhapatnam unit by Sept 2010. The company had invested around Rs. 2500 million which had come up in Pharma Special City SEZ. The facility comprises of pilot plant, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) unit, formulations manufacturing unit and a research lab. The unit will have a capacity of 2 billion tablet per year and 30 tonne of formulations. Its capacity may be doubled later.

Suncare Formulations to set up formulations unit at Selaqui

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Suncare Formulations to set up formulations unit at Selaqui in Dehradun in Uttarkhand with an investment of Rs. 50 million. The project involves setting up of the plant with the following capacity

i.                     Tablets-25 lac/day (existing 5.0 lakhs/day)

ii.                   Capsule-5 lac/day (existing same)

iii.                  Liquid-0.4 lac/day(existing 0.20 lakhs)

iv.                 Ointments-0.20 lac/day(existing same)

v.                   Powder-0.50 lac/day(existing nil)