Govt. to reopen Paranthan chemical factory soon

19 October 2022 04:35 pm - 10 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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The government is to commence operations at the chemical factory in Paranthan immediately, Plantation Industries and Industries Minister Ramesh Pathirana said.

While paying an inspection visit to the factory area, he said the factory initiated its chemical manufacturing process in 1954 with the use of liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, zinc chloride, and ferric chloride as raw materials.

The manufacturing process of the factory was stopped in 1985 due to the civil war. However, the required chemicals for local manufacturing needs are imported through several other companies.

While addressing the media, he said the government's policy is to increase exports and reduce imports while expediting feasibility studies, planning business development and procurement functions.

As a first step, preliminary actions will be taken to manufacture caustic soda, chlorine hydrochloric acid, and Polyaluminium chloride. The feasibility studies over manufacturing liquid toilet cleaners, liquid hand wash, dishwashing detergent, and liquid carwash, as well as manufacturing urea fertiliser, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and sodium carbonate (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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Kapila Weliwitiya Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:01 PM

Dear Minister , if you can do what you planned and said, you will be a Super Star. Lots of Forex spent presently to import specially Chlorine and Acid. Please do it somehow. Thanks

Mohan Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:05 PM

Great. This should have been done long time ago. Soon after the end of the war.

Lank Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:07 PM

Very good idea .. To create jobs locally and stop paying our dollars to foreign companies.

Tissa Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:11 PM

What great news. Local production where feasible. Just cannot understand why it was not done all these years. Hope the local manufacturers will support these local material suppliers, particularly through the initial teething phases.

Chemical man Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:24 PM

Very good move. Please employ the local people who have the expertise or can be easily trained for same. There are thousands in the North without jobs. I trust this will open the eyes and ears of those in authority. Let us stop bribery and corruption in appointments.

suthan Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:40 PM

Will be good if you can do this. Who will invest the money to get this to operational condition after all these years of neglect? The moment you get it operational these trade union fellows will go on strike. Better to privatize it.

ajith Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:41 PM

why don't you do it with the Sapugaskanda urea factory also Basic infrastructure is available, only need a investor- Try SPIC from India

dilipkumar Canada Wednesday, 19 October 2022 07:32 PM

Please don't, we have seen in the past how the chemical factory polluted the area. All harmful factories are opened in the north including cement kks and Nilvarai aspestes sheets.

Kumara Wednesday, 19 October 2022 08:15 PM

Exactly the same was said about opening Jaffna Airport last week but nothing happened. So the same fate will may on Paranthan Chemicals too! I believe when it happens, not even a day before.

Kumar Wednesday, 19 October 2022 09:33 PM

It would be like the paper mills. Just talk only.

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