Industries in Hajira
Essar Steel in Hajira
Essar is one of the large scale industrial complexes in Hajira. It comprises of a large steel mill, a pipe mill and a plate mill. Among them, the steel complex has a total investment of 300 billion rupees. It houses a fully integrated facility that has a steel making capacity of 10 MTPA. Moreover, it is the only steel making facility in the world that has incorporated three different technologies such as Blast Furnace, Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant and Corex at a single location. They together offer great operational flexibility and a protection against the fluctuation in the supply of quality raw material.Moreover, the Direct Reduced Iron plant at the Essar Complex is the largest in the world. It has six modules with a total capacity of 6.8 MTPA. In addition, the complex also has 8.6 MTPA hot rolled coil plant, 2 MTPA Cold Rolling plant, two pickling lines with a combined capacity of 1.4 MTPA, and two galvanizing lines with an aggregate capacity of 1 MTPA.
Essar Pipe Line Plant in Hajira
Essar Plate Mill in Hajira
Essar also has a plate mill located within its Hazira Complex. It is one of the largest plate making mills in India. The plates produced at this mill have a width of 5000 mm and a strength level of 1500 MPA. To manufacture such high quality plates, the plant uses state of art technology such as TMCR, indirect radiant heating, direct quenching, roller water quenching and tempering, in-line ultrasonic testing etc.Reliance Industries at Hajira
The Reliance plant in Hajira was commissioned in two stages with a total investment of three billion US dollars. While the first phase was commissioned in 1997-92, the second phase was started in 1995. In the first phase, the company laid stress on infrastructure building. In addition, it started manufacturing a wide range of products such as Ethylene oxide, Mono-Ethylene Glycol, Vinyl Chloride Monomer, Poly Vinyl Chloride and High Density Polyethylene. In the second phase, the company commissioned a Polyester Complex, Polypropylene (PP), Naphtha Cracker, Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plants etc. In addition, it also expanded the plants built in phase 1.
Shell Gas and Total Gaz Electricité in Hajira
Larsen and Toubro in Hajira
KRIBHCO in Hajira
The foundation stone of this plant was laid in 1982. Initially, It had two ammonia plants with 1350 MTPD and 4 urea plants with 1100 MTPD The installed capacity was 8.91 Lakh MT Ammonia and 14.52 Lakh MT of Urea. In 2013, the complex was revamped and facilities were upgraded. Today, the rated capacity of the plant has been enhanced to 2 x 3325 MTPD of Urea (21.95 LMTPA) and 2 x 1890 MTPD Ammonia (12.47 LMTPA). With this, the urea plant in Hajira has become the largest urea plant at a single location in India. The company now produces both solid and liquid bio gas. However, it now has a plan to shift to liquid bio gas completely.
Few Other Industries in Hajira
In addition to the above mentioned names, few other companies have also set up their unit here. Among them, we can mention Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation, Cairn Energy etc. These companies mostly deal in energy sector. In addition, ultra Tech Cement of Aditya Birla Group also has a unit here. In general, the industrial scenario in Hajira is very bright. At the same time, we must add that such rapid industrialization had initially created some environmental problems. But now, the corporate houses have taken up steps to rectify this. For example, Shell has taken initiative to develop a mangrove forest in the estuary of Tapi. Essar has contributed generously for the development of wetland and construction of a bird sanctuary near Hajira. In short, industries here have contributed openhandedly for the welfare of the town.