UNITOP CORNER Introducing UNITOP

Covid-19 has been a great learning factor for the personal care and home care industry. During the pandemic, the status of hygiene and personal care products changed from need-based to essentials category and this is going to make a major change in the future. Also, the Indian cosmetic market is going to see a paradigm shift from manufacturer driven to a consumer-driven market.

INTRODUCING UNITOP

Rossari Biotech has been proactively monitoring the market trends very closely. This has provided the company an upper hand in being prepared for any disruptions in the market. The chemical industry saw unprecedented times during the pandemic with raw material price rise, increase in freight rates and the shortage of raw material. However, Rossari was able to turn that around to its favour by pursuing backward integration into its chemicals and raw materials by synergistic acquisitions. Unitop Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. was acquired by Rossari Biotech in July 2021. The acquisition also presented Rossari the opportunity to expand operations into untapped and promising categories within the specialty chemicals space.

Unitop Chemicals was founded on August 11, 1980, with the intention of producing surfactants and specialty chemicals. The company was founded by Mr. B. D. Shetty. We are a leading supplier with over 40 years of experience in surfactants, emulsifiers, and specialty chemicals to a diverse customer base that includes large domestic and international companies. We are excited to accelerate Rossari's growth momentum. Unitop Chemicals is a natural fit for our operations, bringing immense synergies and complementary growth dimensions." Unitop has a strong presence in surfactants, emulsifiers, and specialty chemicals for agrochemicals, oil exploration, oilfield & refinery chemicals, textiles, fiber, pharmaceuticals, specialties for rubber and plastic industries, and many other industries. It is an agrochemicals specialist. Besides catering to MNC and National companies, Unitop has been successfully serving Oilfield and Refinery companies like ONGC, IOCL, CPCL, KOCHI REFINERY, etc. As ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, and BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Certified Company we enjoy a high reputation for quality products, technical services, and after-sales services. The Company is also awarded a CRISIL Rating Certificate, viz: SME-1, for high performance and credit rating. Unitop has set up a new manufacturing facility at Dahej, expanding manufacturing and storing facility with a capacity of 100,000 MT/annum. The plant has ethoxylation, propoxylation, EO-PO polymers, anionic manufacturing, blending facility. The Plant employs approx 300 personnel. The Company is having 3 major manufacturing sites in India located at Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jammu, besides a joint venture company in Malaysia, viz. Hextar Unitop Sdn Bhd.,

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catering to Specialty Chemicals / Surfactants, for various industrial applications, in India and Overseas. Our R&D wing is fully dedicated to quality standardization, product improvement, and process standardization. We also have R&D collaboration with many multinational and national companies like Dow Agrosciences India, Arysta life Sciences, Adama ( Makhteshim Agan), Cheminova India, FMC India, Godrej Agrovet, Mahindra, etc. Unitop is a market leader in non-ionic and specialty blended surfactants, and it has a reputable clientele in India and abroad who deal in non-ionic and anionic products, as well as blended specialty chemicals. We have a strong team of technically and commercially qualified professionals. We have our own marketing network in all major cities in India, including Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Ahmadabad, Baroda, and Jaipur, as well as overseas marketing arrangements in Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Germany, and Latin American countries.

While Rossari and Unitop work in the same arena, there is little overlap in end-users. This means Unitop Chemicals' customers will be an entirely new set of clients for Rossari to monetize with cross-selling and will help expand the company's market reach.