Keltech Energies Limited Was formerly known as Karnataka Explosives Limited and incorporated in August, 19'77. The Company's name was changed to Keltech Energies Limited on September 5, 1997. The Company is engaged in the manufacture of Industrial Explosives and sale of Perlite & Perlite based products.
The Company is part of the USD 300 million Chowgule Group having interests in mining, shipping, ship building, industrial salts, automobiles, construction chemicals, iron ore, pelletization, industrial gases, explosives, expanded perlite and exports. It is a globally preferred technology provider in the area of low temperature cryogenic insulation of LNG, Ethylene, Propylene, Butane, Propane, Ethane, LOX, LIN, LAR, Ammonia, Cold boxes and other cryogenic equipment.
The company operates at Vishwasnagar in Udupi district of Karnataka, Waidhan and Jamudigram in Sidhi and Shahdol districts respectively of Madhya Pradesh, and Chrapur & Nagpur in Maharastra. The Company has set up its third SMS plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, and commenced operations therein.
The Company has broad-based its customer profile to include the non-coal sector, thus catering to a prestigious clientele in the mining industry including majors like KIOCL, NMDC, HCL and the steel giant SAIL. Key areas of operation include: Manufacture of explosives, cryogenic insulation, perlite filter aid, horticulture products as well as perlite products for the construction, refractory & foundry Industries.
The Company imported the technology for emulsion explosives in 1988-89 from its collaborators, ETI Explosives Technologies International, US.