Pidilite : Delivering High-Performance Specialty Chemicals and Sustainable Pigment Solutions for Global Markets

The specialty chemicals industry is witnessing steady global growth, driven by rising demand from pharmaceuticals, textiles, packaging, infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing. At the same time, the industry is facing a range of challenges at present. These include regulatory requirements, compliance and sustainability issues, supply chain troubles, and more. Apart from that, the clients demand more, they are looking for manufacturers who can offer tailored high-performance applicationspecific solution.

Over the last six decades, Pidilite Industries Limited has pioneered innovation in specialty chemicals, thus becoming a trusted Indian brand globally. Focused on the triple bottom line of technology, sustainability, and lasting relationships, we have grown from our humble beginning into a global powerhouse, powered by a relentless passion for progress in varied industries.

Pidilite started in 1959 as a pigments company and that was the foundation of everything that came later. Pigments still remain a crucial part of the business even though they have diversified into different products and markets. For more than 60 years, Pidilite have been the proud leader in manufacturing of organic pigments in India and delivering innovative and excellent solutions to the industries worldwide.

Delivering Reliable Performance Globally

Guided by cutting-edge R&D centres and advanced analytical laboratories, the company continuously pushes the boundaries of precision in pigment testing and innovation. By combining sophisticated technology with deep human expertise, it crafts tailored, high-performance solutions that enable clients to achieve exceptional outcomes. This technical strength is reinforced by a passion for a truly customer-first philosophy one that listens closely to evolving needs and preferences. From everyday household requirements to complex downstream applications across industrial and enterprise environments, each product is developed with a singular promise at its core: reliability designed to endure for a lifetime.

Over the years, this passion has helped the company establish a credible position in homes and industries alike. What began as innovation in adhesives soon evolved into market-defining technologies, setting new benchmarks for performance and reliability. As years passed, the company outgrew boundaries, extending its reach across markets, geographies, and consumer segments. 

The company products provide a wide range of high performance specialty solutions that are durable and cost effective. These solutions include water-borne resins for road marking paints, acrylic and polyurethane binders for textile coatings, self-cross-linking acrylics, and acrylic urethane hybrid resins for water-based wood coating applications.

With over 30 years of experience in producing industrial resins, our brand has become a trusted name in the industry. We currently serve 17 different industries and have a strong distribution network that serves over 1,000 domestic customers and is expanded to over 35 countries. “Our dedicated team, advanced manufacturing and research facilities, and well-established supply chain, all focus on delivering the right solutions to our customers worldwide,” says Madhukar B. Parekh, Executive Chairman of Pidilite.

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Our dedicated team, advanced manufacturing and research facilities and well established supply chain, all focus on delivering the right solutions to our customers worldwide

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High-Performance Industrial Adhesives

In industrial environments where performance is measured by reliability and precision, adhesives play a critical role in keeping production moving seamlessly. The company has developed a comprehensive portfolio of industrial adhesives engineered for strength, durability, and application-specific performance. It’s water-based, solvent-based, and hot-melt solutions are trusted across diverse industrial processes from low-viscosity dry lamination and food-grade packaging to cigarette production, mattress manufacturing, and wet lamination applications.

Equally important is the company’s commitment to sustainability. By designing eco-friendly, high-quality adhesives that integrate effortlessly into modern manufacturing lines, Pidilite continues to solve complex bonding challenges while setting benchmarks for performance reinforcing its position as India’s leading industrial adhesive manufacturer.

The company is committed to providing eco-friendly pro duction solutions and has developed water-based products based on green technology to meet the demand. These prod ucts have several smart benefits such as being eco-friendly, user-friendly; zero VOC, non-flammable, non-toxic, and cost-ef fective. Pidilite has been providing industrial bonding solutions for decades and has the expertise and products to meet a range of industrial bonding requirements. 

Pidilite focuses on providing tailor-made solutions to its customers and its high-strength product line finds applications in industries such as automotive, white goods, and heavy manufacturing. Within the company portfolio anaerobic adhesives is designed to excel in thread locking, thread sealing, retaining, flange sealing, and gasketing, ensuring durability in high stress environments. By continuous product development and customer collaboration the company is ahead in the evolving industrial needs.

The company’s specialized coating binders and dispersing agents play a critical role in achieving these goals, providing compatibility with a wide range of pigments, including titanium dioxide, and maintaining performance under demanding conditions such as heat, mechanical stress, and repeated handling.

Next-Gen Sustainable Solution

Sustainability has become a key consideration. The use of wa ter-based, low-VOC, and heavy-metal-free pigment dispersions not only lessens the negative impact on the environment but also reduces the costs of treating wastewater. For instance, commercial launch of Violet 23 in India which is an organic pigment has been a significant step in developments of organic pigments that have been made since then facilitating the per formance and compliance needs of inks, coatings, plastics, and textiles industries more smoothly.

Looking ahead, Pidilite is focused on investing in new research and development, as well as in new digital technologies, and building partnerships with others so that it can prepare for what will be in demand in the future by providing products that are both high-performing and efficient, while also being environmentally friendly and in line with the rapidly growing global marketplace.