Manufacturing and R & D

NACL has adequate capacities, state-of-the-art infrastructure, skilled experienced manpower and technology absorption capabilities. The production lines are designed for quick change over to also undertake Toll manufacturing adhering to the highest international standards and specifications.

The Technical Grade Pesticides manufactured by us are:

The process Development Skills of NACL are comparable to the Best Indian Companies. It is our belief that the R & D / Process Development Department of NACL is the second largest of any Indian Agrochemical Company in terms of size and scope of operation.

Research and Development plays a critical role in NACL. The R&D division carries out work on process development of technical and intermediates, custom synthesis, process improvement, application research and basic research.

NACL is involved in contract manufacturing for leading multinational companies and technology transfer is done by the R&D department. The department in equipped to carry out all types of reactions. There is a full fledged pilot plant to scale up process. The Research and development activity is supported by analytical laboratory which has sophisticated state of the art equipments including LC-MS and GC-MS. The R&D laboratory of NACL is recognized by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. R & D plays a critical role in Nagarjuna's activities in Agribusiness. In recognition of this, Nagarjuna established Nagarjuna Agricultural Research and Development Institute (NARDI) in 1995 to focus research on crop protection, crop production and crop improvement. NARDI was established on a 100 acre dedicated farm and staffed by nationally renowned scientists and other support staff. NARDI did have research collaboration with leading international institutes such as IRRI, ICRISAT, CIMMYT, ACRDC and ICAR.

Subsequently the R & D activities carried out by NACL at NARDI have now been shifted.
In addition, NACL has a specialised R & D division where work on relevant application research, custom synthesis etc., are taken up. Some of the areas are synthesis routes for generic products and improvement in operational efficiencies in existing operations. Efforts are also on to develop Bio-pesticides.


The infrastructure in these R & D division consists of the latest equipment including pilot plants to scale up processes to commercial levels. .