Shasun Pharma Solutions Limited (SPSL), theUK-based subsidiary of Chennai’s Shasun Pharmaceuticals Limited, has receivedaround GBP (Great Britain Pound) 400,000 (close to Rs 3.2 crore ) grant fromthe UK government’s investment package. The grant accounts for around 20 percent of the company's investment of GBP 2 million (Rs 16 crore) made recentlyin its plant in Dudley, UK. The company has built up capacity for niche productmanufacturing segments with the investment, and is expecting around GBP 5million annually from the new technologies installed.

Thecompany expects the new capacities to increase its support to thecustom-synthesis and contract manufacturing customers. This will also reflecton the top line and bottom line of the business. The company has developedniche capabilities in critical reactions like ethylene reactions, which wouldhelp it serve its customers in these technologies. The company wasselected for the grant, along with few other companies including PiramalHealthcare UK which has a facility at Morpeth. Expansion of SPSL has createdopportunity for around 20 people afresh in the Dudley facility.

With the expanded capacity, the companyexpects its top line to be around GBP 44 million (Rs 352 crore), while thebottom line is expected to grow 13 per cent. SPSL has posted a top line of GBP37 million (Rs 296 crore) last year. Shasun Pharmaceuticals acquired UK-basedpharma company Rhodia Pharma Solutions in 2006 and renamed it as Shasun PharmaSolutions. According to information available with the company till the end ofNovember 2011, the UK subsidiary has a pre-launch pipeline of 19 projects inthe second and third phase of clinical study. Currently, it has a contractmanufacturing portfolio of around 28 launched products. Shasun Pharmceuticals’manufacturing unit at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is expected to becommissioned by July-August 2012.

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