We recently met Kirat Patel, Executive director at Alkyl Amines Chemicals (Alkyl) to get an insight into the amines chemistry business and the company's role in the value chain. Alkyl is a key player in the oligopolistic ammonia chemistry segment in India. The company was established in 1979 and has 12 manufacturing plants in western India (Maharashtra, Gujarat) with a state-of-the-art R&D; unit in Pune. Alkyl manufactures primary chemicals in aliphatic amines domain like methylamines, ethylamine and its derivatives and specialities like DMAHCL, acetonitrile,...