Esvin Tech’s THRUST TOWARDS ECO-FRIENDLY PROJECTS
Esvin Tech had acquired exclusive license for gasification
of Black Liquor from paper mills and Effluents from
distilleries, for Indian territory, from M/s Manufacturing
and Technology Conversion International, Inc., (MTCI)
Maryland, USA. Esvin Tech, with the funding assistance
of USD 0.5 million from US-AID (routed through ICICI
Bank in India) had set up a demo plant at
the mill premises of SPB, Erode in 1993. Esvin Tech
has promoted this technology for recovery of chemicals
from silica laden black liquor discharged by small
agro based Paper Mills and for treatment of effluents
from Distilleries to achieve near “Zero Discharge”. Recognizing
the importance of this technology and to facilitate
commercialization of this technology, Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India
extended an additional Grant Assistance of Rs.
4.5 million.
Esvin Tech has been
involved in promoting bio-bleaching of Pulp by using
Xylanase Enzyme for reduction of Chlorine usage (leading
to reduction in AoX in the effluent) in Paper mills. By
setting up a Joint Venture Company in Chennai with
an Australian Company, Esvin Tech had pioneered the
commercial manufacture of Xylanase Enzyme and carried
out Enzymatic pre-bleaching trials successfully
both in India and China.
Encouraged
by the Government of India's thrust in introducing
biotechnology in the agricultural sector, Esvin Tech
had recently forayed into Bio-Agri products and secured
a Grant Assistance of Rs 2.00 million from the Department
of Agriculture, Government of India for setting up
a Biofertilizer Production Unit at Erode, Tamil Nadu.
The Company has also developed a range of Biopesticides,
which are to be used along with Biofertilizers towards
Organic Farming.
MANAGEMENT
T S Venkataraman, holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Madras and PG Diploma in Pulp and Paper from University of Norway. He is one of the Promoter Directors and also has been the Managing Director of the Company since its incorporation in 1988. He has more than three decades of experience in the pulp and paper industry, since starting his career in Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited in 1969. He has contributed in several ways to the technological growth of Indian Paper Industry including the joint development of technology (with erstwhile Beloit of USA) for manufacture of bagasse-based Newsprint at Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL), Tamil Nadu, India. He is also a Member of the Research Advisory Committee of Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute (CPPRI), constituted by the Department of Industry, Government of India, for Pulp and Paper Industry.
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