The organic chemical industry is research-driven, which depends on R&D playing a major role along the value chain. Many industries use organic chemical products as raw materials for manufacturing and commercial purposes. Such wide acceptance makes the organic chemical products extremely valuable. "We see a continuous growth and development in our specialty organic and research chemicals as we are recognized as best-in-class by top research labs, universities and manufacturers.
The current pandemic situation has also driven the demand of sophisticated reagents for research across the pharmaceutical segment, which has pushed the chemical manufacturers across the globe to accelerate the supply of such high quality products within a short time framr", says Dr. Ananya Chakrabarti, Regional Head, TCI Chemicals.
Understanding customer needs and expectations is the first step for managing a successful business. Customers expect Quality, Integrity and Timely service at affordable prices from the providers. Advances in science have led to the creation of new and innovative products found in
every aspect of today's high-tech world. TCI Chemicals India, which is a part of Tokyo Chemical Industry, manufactures high purity, sophisticated and unique reagents employing advanced purification techniques and processes.
Dr. Ananya adds, “We have two warehouses in India – at Chennai and Hyderabad for offering a broad spectrum of organic chemicals and superior state-of-the-art storage facilities as well as logistics services to ship our products immediately when our customers need them. TCI has also adopted superior and up-to-date operating software systems in order to predict and meet customer needs in a much better way with superior inventory planning, systematic and efficient operations to manage a demand driven supply chain”.
Operational Excellence
TCI as a reagent manufacturer focuses primarily on the four pillars of Variety, Quality, Delivery and Reagent Service. It constantly works towards maximizing efforts in these areas which will not only bring great benefits to the customers, but also become its competitive advantages. TCI strives to be a technically competent player in this field to serve the chemical fraternity by providing its niche and best-in-the-market products as well as superior services. The company’s vision is to always be the most trusted and respected company in the global research market.
Dr. Ananya mentions, “We meet the needs of research fields in a timely manner by discovering and providing a wide variety of high quality chemical reagents that no one else can provide. Quality and speed are amongst the primary requirements of the research fraternity, and TCI has carvedout a high place in the chemical reagent market by delivering both these aspects through our products. Without the right reagents, time and money might get wasted. Using TCI’s reagents, measured results become more reliable and robust”.
Future Projections
TCI’s journey in India commenced in 2008 starting with a distribution center in Chennai to introduce high quality reagents in the Indian market. More than ten years down the line, TCI in India has become an indispensable chemical supplier for the research fraternity. Our new facility in Hyderabad was set-up in 2019 to meet the growing customer requirements is a befitting proof of our growing presence in India.
“TCI plans to expand its facility to include value added functions like small scale manufacturing with robust quality control and assurance divisions. Furthermore, TCI plans to participate in the government’s drive for 'Make in India' through the expansion of our facility, which will also create more employment opportunities in the near future”, concludes Dr. Ananya.
