Resonance Specialities Ltd

Resonance Specialities Limited (Formerly known Armour Polymers Limited) was incorporated in June, 1989 as a Private Limited Company in Maharashtra. The Company thereafter got converted into a Public Limited Company in March, 1990. The Company is manufacturing and marketing of Pyridine and Pyridine derivatives, Picoline, Cynopyridine and some bulk drugs. The Companys plant is located in the Tarapur Industrial Zone near Mumbai , India. It has plants to manufacture Pyridines, Picolines, Lutidines, Collidines, Cyanopyridines and for various value added products. In Feb.92, it came out with a public issue to partfinance a project to manufacture 324 tpa of picoline (alpha, beta and gamma) and 346 tpa of pyridine.Pyridines and picolines are widely used in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, dyestuffs and agro chemicals. Pyridine is the raw material used to manufacture chloramphenicol and chlropheniramine maleate. It is used as a solvent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals such as norfloxacin and sulphamethoxazole. It is also used as a solvent in the dyestuff industry, as a raw material in agrochemicals and as a denaturant in the alcohol industry. Beta picoline is used in the manufacture of niacin and niacinamide, which have wide applications in vitamin prepartions and are also used extensively as animal feed additives.Gamma picoline is used in the manufacture of isonicotinic hydrazide and as an antiTB drug. Alpha picoline is used in the manufacture of a wide variety of agro chemicals and 2vinyl pyridine (used extensively in the rubber and tyre industries. The company also manufactures pyridine derivatives like cyanopyridines.The Company tripled its production capacities of Cyanopyridines. The upgradation of the Tarapur plant from 500 TPA to 1500 TPA is being done in close cooperation with Reilly Chemicals S.A. (Reilly) Belgium, a major shareholder in the Company.During the year 201819, the Pilot Plant capacities was enhanced and a new fixed bedfluidized and reactor was installed with latest automatic technology to monitor and record the reaction.During 202021, projects including Scrubber addition to improve efficiencies DG Capacity enhancement Finished Goods Godown Extension Power savings by Motor optimization and Ammonia Recovery Project were undertaken for enhancing the capacity.