Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceutical Ltd (BCPL), a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has scaled up its production activities to cater to the demand increasing many-fold since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. It has produced 51,960 pheneol bottles on a single day. This achievement goes to the BCPL Panihati, North 24-Parganas Unit situated in West Bengal.
DV Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers congratulated the management and employees of the company for brilliant work in recording all-time high production.
PM Chandraiah, Director (Finance), BPCL said, “It is an all-time record in the 120-year-old history of BCPL. In July 2020 we had managed to produce 38,000 pheneol bottles in a single day. In a month’s time Company have scaled it up further and now can produce more than 50,000 pheneol bottles in a single day. As many as 51,960 bottles were produced on August 23, 2020
BCPL said that it used to produce 15,000 bottles per day in the period before COVID-19 pandemic. “The monthly sale of pheneol was to the tune of Rs 3 to 3.5 crores. This has gone up to the range of Rs 4.5 to 6 crore a month since the COVID outbreak which is a clear indication of the huge demand of the product.”
Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals is the first pharma company of India which makes many household, pharma and industrial products.
Very informative topic, it good to hear a government company working so good, you covered a significant topic, thanks for such nice article.
Another iconic product is aqua ptychotis syrup which is actually extract of ajowan caraway and is excellent remedy for curing any indigestion and acidity related problems, always in short supply in the market despite its high demand.
So heartening to see Acharaya’s company showing a promising turnaround.
Big sppreciation to the leadership and employees.