| SMEs |
| 3A Chemie Pvt Ltd | A L A Chemicals Ltd | A. R. Stanchem Pvt Ltd |
| Aashirwad Minerals and Marbles | Abhilash Chemicals Pvt Ltd | ABR Organics Ltd |
| Acme Synthetic Chemicals | Active Carbon India Pvt Ltd | Adarsh Chemicals |
| ADN Impex Pvt Ltd | Advaitya Dye Chem | Aerol Formulations Pvt Ltd |
| AFMC Lubrication Pvt Ltd | Ahinsha Chemicals Ltd | AICO Group of Companies |
| Aimco Pesticides Ltd | Ajanta Chemical Industries | Ajit Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Akhil Healthcare Pvt Ltd | Akola Chemicals India Ltd | Albatross Fine Chem Ltd |
| Alcatraz Chemicals | Alfa Industries | Algitech Chemicals |
| Alka Chemical Industry | Alkaloids Corporation | Altech Polychem Ltd |
| Alufluoride Ltd | Alvin Caramel Colours India Pvt Ltd | Ama Herbal Laboratories Pvt Ltd |
| Ambica Chemicals Industries | Ambuja Intermediates Pvt Ltd | Amchem Products Pvt Ltd |
| Americos Industries Inc | Amines and Plasticizers Ltd | Amsal Chem Pvt Ltd |
| Anand CIS India Pvt Ltd | Anar Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Anar International Pvt Ltd |
| Anmol Polymers Pvt Ltd | Anthea Aromatics Pvt Ltd | Anuvi Chemicals Ltd |
| Apaar Infratech Pvt Ltd | Apte Organic Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Arihant Chemicals & Resins India Pvt Ltd |
| Arihant Dyechem | Aryavart Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Ashish Chemical and Surfocants |
| Ashok Alco Chem Ltd(Kadakia Group) | Ashok Organic Industries Ltd | Ashoka Distillers & Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Asian Chemical Works Bombay Pvt Ltd | Asianol Lubricants Ltd | Asiatic Colour Chem Industries Ltd |
| Asim Products | Assocaited Allied Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Associated Chemicals |
| Astra Chemtech Pvt Ltd | Athiappa Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Atlas Dye Chem India Pvt Ltd |
| Auchtel Products Ltd | AUM Himalaya Sanjeevini Essences Pvt Ltd | Aumgene Biosciences Pvt Ltd |
| Aurochem Laboratories India Pvt Ltd | Auropol India Pvt Ltd | AVA Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Avon Stains | Bajrang Petroleum Pvt Ltd | Bakelite Hylam Ltd.(Sankar Agencies) |
| Bansal Trading Company(Chem India) | Baroda Earth Pvt Ltd | Baron Chemicals & Systems Pvt Ltd |
| Base Metal Chemicals | Basic Pharma Life Science Pvt Ltd | Bec Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Belami Fine Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Belchem Industries India Pvt Ltd | Benson Polymers Ltd |
| Benzo Chem Industries Pvt Ltd | Better Deal Machineries Pvt Ltd | Bhagat Aromatics Ltd |
| Bhalla Chemical Works Pvt Ltd | Bharat Enterprises | Bharatjyoti Chemicals |
| Bhushilpa Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Bio-India Biologicals Corporation | Biomark Laboratories |
| Bluecoat Pvt Ltd | Blulux Laboratories Pvt Ltd | Bombay Ammonia & Chemical Company |
| Bond Chem India Pvt Ltd | Buneesha Chem Pvt Ltd | Camex Colors Ltd |
| Camlin Fine Chemicals Ltd | Canpex Machines India Pvt Ltd | Canton Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. |
| Carbon Rotofluid Pvt Ltd | Central Drug House Pvt Ltd | Chakradhar Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Chandan Chemicals | Chemat Chemical & Materials Pvt Ltd | Chemcel Biotech Ltd |
| Chemcleanzio India Pvt Ltd | Chemet Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Chemical Systems Technologies India Pvt Ltd |
| Chemico Synthetics Ltd | Chemieorganics Chemical India Pvt Ltd | Cheminova Organics Pvt Ltd |
| Cheminpex International | Chemline India Ltd | Chemosol Industries India Pvt Ltd |
| Chempure Technologies Pvt Ltd | Chemtreat India Ltd | Chintan Enterprises |
| Chloritech Industries | Chopra Organics Pvt Ltd | City Cat Overseas Chemicals Ltd |
| Colorband Dyestuff Pvt Ltd | Comed Chemicals Ltd | Continental Carbon India Ltd |
| Continental Chemicals | Core Carbons Pvt Ltd | Daga Global Chemicals Ltd |
| Daikaffil Chemicals India Ltd | De Nora India Ltd | Deepak Chemtex Pvt Ltd |
| Deioners Speciality Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Demosha Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Desmo Exports Ltd |
| Dev Dye Chem Industries | Dhupar Chemicals Pvt. Ltd | Diamines and Chemicals Ltd |
| Dinils Adhesives Pvt Ltd | DK Pharma Chem Pvt Ltd | Dolphin Floats Pvt Ltd |
| Don Construction Chemicals India Ltd | Ducol Organics and Colours Pvt Ltd | Dura Chemical Corporation Ltd |
| Dynemic Product Ltd | Ecosterile Marketing Pvt Ltd | Elkay Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| EMMESSAR Biotech & Nutrition Ltd. | Enjay Marketing Services Pvt Ltd | EnNatura Technology Ventures Pvt Ltd |
| Environze Global Ltd | Enzal Chemicals India Ltd | Eximious Ventures Pvt Ltd |
| Fibro Organics India Pvt Ltd | Fibrol Non Ionics Pvt Ltd | Filtra Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd |
| Finar Chemicals Ltd | Finornic Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Flora Dyechem |
| Gangwal Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Gayatri Polychem Pvt Ltd | Gogia Chemical Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Golden Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Green Earth Biotech | GRN Cellulose Pvt Ltd (Passari Group) |
| Gujarat Organics Ltd | H K Finechem Ltd | H K Group |
| Halides Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Hari Orgochem Pvt Ltd | Hebbar Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Hema Dye Chem Pvt Ltd | Heni Chemical Industries | Hi Bond Adhesives Pvt Ltd |
| Hiranya Chemicals Ltd | HLA Chemicals Pvt Ltd | IBIS Chemie International |
| Ideal Dyes Industries Pvt Ltd | Imperial Oilfield Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Indenta Chemicals India Pvt Ltd |
| India Dye Chem | India Gelatine & Chemicals Ltd | Indian Barytes & Chemicals Ltd |
| Indian Chemical Industries (ICI) | Indian Oxalate Ltd | Indo Borax & Chemicals Ltd |
| Indo-Nippon Chemical Co Ltd | Indore Colour Organics Ltd | Indoworld Trading Corporation |
| Indras Agencies Pvt Ltd | Industrial Aromatics | Industrial Enviro & Engineering Services Pvt Ltd (IEESPL) |
| Inter Plastichem Pvt Ltd | J.B Laboratories Pvt Ltd | J.V.R. Fine Chemie Pvt. Ltd. |
| Jainco Inks & Chemicals | Jalaram Industries | James Robinson India Pvt Ltd (JRIPL) |
| Javerchand Khimji Rangwala (JK Colors) | Jaysynth Impex Ltd | Jinesh Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Jyoti Chemical Centre | Jyoti Chemicals | Jyoti Minerals Pvt Ltd |
| K K Chempro India Pvt Ltd | K-TECH India Ltd | Kadillac Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Kairav Chemicals Ltd | Kalpaka Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Kan Carbon Pvt Ltd |
| Kanani Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Karnavati Chemicals | Keloth Oleochem Pvt Ltd |
| Kem Light Laboratories Pvt Ltd | Kerox Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Key Organics Pvt Ltd |
| Khushi Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Khyati Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Kim Chemicals Ltd |
| Kimberlite Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Kothari Corrosion Controllers | Krishna Antioxidants Pvt Ltd |
| Krishna Wax Pvt Ltd | Kubo Combustion Efficiency Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Kumar Organic Products Ltd |
| Kumar Textile Industries | Kun-Chem Pretreatments Pvt Ltd | Kunal Calcium Ltd |
| Kunjal Synergies Pvt Ltd | KV Fire Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Lake Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Lalitha Chem Industries Pvt Ltd | Leela Enterprises | Lime Chemicals Ltd |
| Loba Chemie Pvt Ltd | Lona Industries Ltd | Lords Chemicals Ltd |
| M N Pharma | Mahendra Chemicals | Mahesh Raj Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Maliakkal Industrial Enterprise | Malik Chemi Process Pvt Ltd | Manali Chemicals |
| Mansi Chemical (Meghmani Group) | Maps India Ltd | Marine Chemicals |
| Matangi Industries | Matcon India | Mavani Aerolubes Pvt. Ltd (Synol) |
| Megha Insulations Pvt Ltd | Meghmani Pigments | Melzer Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Meso Carbon India Pvt Ltd | Metcon Coatings & Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Meteoric Exim Pvt. Ltd |
| Microbax India Ltd | Milton Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Minal Intermediates |
| ML Chemicals India Pvt Ltd | Mohini Organics Pvt Ltd | Molychem |
| Morsun Coating Systems | MSK Products Pvt Ltd | Muez-Hest India Pvt Ltd |
| Musk & Fragrance | Myk Laticrete India Pvt Ltd | Nandolia Organic Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Natura Hue Chem Ltd | Natural Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd | Nav Bharat Metalic Oxide Industries Ltd |
| Navbharat Enterprises | Navdeep Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Navpad Pigments Pvt Ltd |
| Naxpar Lab Pvt Ltd | Neel Chem (INDIA) | Neela India Pvt Ltd |
| Neelam Industries | Neelikon Food Dyes and Chemicals Ltd | Neha-Chem |
| Neocare Naturals Ltd | Neochem Industries | Neogen Chemicals Ltd |
| Neon Laboratories Ltd | New India Pest Control Ltd | Newreka Green Synth Technologies Pvt Ltd |
| Newton Engineering & Chemicals Ltd | Nice Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Niki Chemical Industries |
| Nikunj Chemical Ltd | Nirvip Dyes & Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Nuberg Engineering Pvt Ltd |
| Nutech Polymers Pvt Ltd | Ocean Trading Corporation | Oceanic Laboratories Pvt Ltd |
| Om Chemical Industries | Om Tex Chem Pvt Ltd | Omkar Speciality Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Omni Dye-Chem Exports Ltd | One World Impex Pvt Ltd | Orgamine Chemicals India Pvt Ltd |
| Organica Aromatics Pvt Ltd | Organo Fine Chemicals | Orgo Chem |
| Orion Chem Pvt Ltd | P-met High Tech Company Pvt Ltd | Pacific Agencies |
| Paramount Minerals and Chemicals Ltd | Paramount Seals & Packings | Paras Dyes & Chemicals |
| Paras Intermediates Pvt Ltd | Parshwanath Group of Industries | Patson Chemicals |
| Paushak Ltd | Pax Group | Photokina Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Phyto Chem India Ltd | Phytotech Extracts Pvt Ltd | PINC Group |
| Polychem Ltd | Polygenta Technologies Ltd | Prakash Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Prem Dye Chem Industries Pvt Ltd | Premier Intermediates Pvt Ltd (Premier Group) | Premier Starch Products Pvt Ltd |
| Prima Chemicals | Priya Chemicals | Prodorite Anticorrosives Ltd (Carborundum) |
| Qualikems Fine Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Quantum Technologies | R L Chemical Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Raasi Refractories Ltd | Raghuvir Synthetics Ltd | Rainchem India Ltd |
| Ralson Carbon Black Ltd | Ram-Nath and Co Pvt Ltd | Ramdev Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Ramsons Organic Ltd | Ras Sidhhi Eximp Pvt Ltd | Ratnagiri Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Rayudu Laboratories Ltd | Refex Refrigerants Ltd | Refractory Shapes Pvt Ltd |
| Resins & Allieds Products | Resonance Specialities Ltd | Retort Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Rishichem Distributors Pvt Ltd | Rockford Chem-Technologies India Pvt Ltd | Roha Dyechem Ltd |
| Rolex Lanolin Products Ltd | Roma Organics Pvt Ltd | Ronuk Industries Ltd |
| ROW2 Technologies India Pvt Ltd | S & A Impex Pvt ltd | S D Agro Chemicals Ltd |
| S D Fine Chem Ltd | Sabari Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Sabina Industries |
| Sachin Speciality Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Sadhana Nitro Chem Ltd | Saif Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Sainath Plastochem Pvt Ltd | Sajjan India Ltd | Sandhya Group Of Companies |
| Sanosil Biotech Pvt. Ltd. | Sapthagiri Camphor Ltd | Sara-Chem India Pvt Ltd |
| Satyajit Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Satyam Pharma-Chem Pvt Ltd | Sauradip Chemical Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Saurashtra Solid Industries Pvt Ltd | Sayaji Sethness Ltd | Scottish Chemical Industries |
| SGS Group of Companies | Shakun Enterprises Pvt Ltd | Shanti Abrasive Synthetics Pvt Ltd |
| Shidimo Interaux Pvt Ltd | Shiva Group | Shivalik Rasayan Ltd |
| Shivam Fine Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Shree Chem Research Laboratories Pvt Ltd | Shree Group of Companies |
| Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd | Shree Vinayak Organics India Pvt Ltd | Shreem Industries |
| Shri Ganpati Dye Chem | Shyam Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Shyamal Intermediates Ltd |
| Siddhi Vinayaka Spechem Pvt Ltd | Silicon Products Pvt Associates | Simla Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Simran Technologies Pvt Ltd | Singhal Fasteners Co Pvt Ltd | Sitaram Saraf |
| SK Formulations (SK Group ) | Sky Oxygen Company Ltd | Snap Natural & Alginate Products Ltd |
| Sonal Plastrub Industries Pvt Ltd (Purecha Group) | Sonarome Pvt Ltd | Sood Paper & Allied Chemicals |
| Soofi Enterprises | Spak Orgochem India Pvt Ltd | Span Overseas |
| Speb Adhesives Pvt Ltd | Specialty Polyfilms India Pvt. Ltd | Spectrum Polymers Pvt Ltd |
| Stanvac Chemicals India Ltd | Star Chemicals Bombay Pvt Ltd | Star Coatings & Membranes Pvt Ltd |
| Sterling Auxiliaries Pvt Ltd | Sukaso Ceracolors Pvt. Ltd. | Sulux Phosphates Ltd |
| Sun International Pvt Ltd | Suparna Chemicals Ltd. | Supraveni Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Supriya Lifescience Ltd | Suyog Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Swastik Oil Products Mfg Co Pvt Ltd (Swastik Group) |
| Swastik Polyvinyls Pvt Ltd | Swathi Organics & Specialities Pvt Ltd | Swati Menthol And Allied Chemicals Ltd |
| Symed Laboratories Ltd | Synthetic Drugs & Intermediates | Synthotex Chemicals Pvt Ltd |
| Tagros Chemicals India Ltd(Jhaver Group) | Tainwala Chemicals & Plastics India Ltd | Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Pvt Ltd |
| Techno Drugs & Intermediates Pvt Ltd | Tejashrri Intermediates Pvt Ltd | Tesla Liquid Engineering |
| Tex Biosciences Pvt Ltd | Textile Colour & Chemical | The Pioneer Magnesia Works Ltd |
| Thomas Baker Chemicals Ltd | Tina Organics Pvt Ltd | TinyChem Specialities Pvt Ltd |
| Topnote Aromatics | Toyo Metallurgicals Ltd | Twin Tech India Pvt Ltd |
| Tyche Industries Ltd | Ultima Chemicals | Umalaxmi Organics Pvt Ltd |
| Unilab Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd | Uniphos Agro Industries Ltd | Unique Dye Chem |
| Unisource India | United Chemie | United Pestichem & Nonionics Pvt Ltd |
| Universal Drugs & Chemicals | Uptodate Plastics & Packing (Pvt) Ltd | Ushanti Corporation |
| Va-Sudha Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Vadilal Chemicals Ltd | Vandana Chemicals |
| Vanshi Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Vasant Chemicals Pvt Ltd | Vasista Foods & Fats Pvt. Ltd. |
| VAV Life Sciences Pvt Ltd | Venus Ethoxyethers Pvt Ltd | Vibfast Pigments Pvt Ltd |
| Vicksun Speciality Products Pvt Ltd | Vidhi Dyestuffs Manufacturing Ltd | Vidhi Industries |
| Vimal Microns Ltd | Vinamax Organics Pvt Ltd | Waldies Ltd |
| West Coast Polychem Pvt Ltd | Yash Abrasive Industries(Pvt) Ltd | Yasho Industries Pvt Ltd |
Yog International Pvt Ltd
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