Sodium Sulphate – Applications Across Different I...

Sodium Sulphate – Applications Across Different Industry Segments 🧼 1. Detergents & Cleaning Agents Use: As a filler in powder detergents (up to 50% content). Purpose: Improves flowability, reduces caking, lowers cost. Trend: High demand in household and industrial cleaning sectors. Key Markets: FMCG companies like HUL, Nirma, Jyothy Labs. 🧊 2. Glass Manufacturing Use: As a fining agent to remove air bubbles from molten glass. Benefit: Enhances clarity and quality of flat glass, bottles, and optical glass. Consumption: Especially high in float glass plants (e.g., Saint-Gobain, Asahi). 📜 3. Paper & Pulp Industry (Kraft Process) Use: Part of cooking liquor in the Kraft process to break down wood pulp. Function: Supplies sodium and sulphur ions for chemical pulping. Segment: Specialty paper, packaging board, and kraft liners. 🧵 4. Textiles & Dyeing Use: Acts as a leveling agent in dyeing processes. Role: Controls dye absorption rate, ensuring uniform coloring. Segment: Cotton and viscose dyeing units, especially in Surat, Tirupur, Ludhiana. 🧫 5. Chemical Intermediates & Reactions Use: Used to neutralize excess acid in chemical reactions. By-product utility: Generated in many chemical reactions involving H₂SO₄ and NaOH. Example: Used in the production of sodium dichromate, ultramarine blue. 🏗️ 6. Construction Materials Use: As an additive in cement and gypsum boards to control setting time. Research use: Part of studies to reduce alkali-silica reaction in concrete. Emerging: Utilized in making eco-friendly building boards. 🌱 7. Agriculture Use: Micro-nutrient in specific soil types (though limited). Blended in: Certain NPK formulations or foliar sprays to supply sulfur. Trend: Used in combination with ammonium sulfate or gypsum. 🚛 8. Logistics & Others Use: As a drying agent in transportation and packaging (anhydrous form). Role: Absorbs moisture in container liners, pharma drums, and packaging. 🌍 Market Trends in 2025: Segment Growth Trend Gujarat Hotspots Maharashtra Hotspots Detergents 📈 Growing Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara Nagpur, Pune, Solapur Glass 📈 Strong Bharuch, Surat Mumbai, Sangli Paper ⚖️ Stable Vapi, Ankleshwar Nashik, Bhiwandi Textiles 📉 Slight Dip Surat, Jetpur Ichalkaranji, Malegaon