{"id":35692,"date":"2026-08-05T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/?p=35692"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:38:11","slug":"green-precipitated-silica-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/green-precipitated-silica-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Precipitated Silica Manufacturing: A Business Idea Hiding in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Precipitated Silica Manufacturing Business<\/em><\/p>\n

When you ask 10 entrepreneurs what their business is, 9 of them will say their business is pharma intermediates or agrochemicals. However, Very few, if any, will refer to green precipitated silica (GPS). That’s the opportunity that lies in the gap.<\/p>\n

Green precipitated silica has been made by adding a mineral acid to sodium silicate to create a fine, white, amorphous powder, and is now increasingly done by cleaner methods, including the use of rice-husk-ash. Moreover, It is used in tyres, toothpaste, animal feed, agrochemicals and coatings. All of the tyres rolling on Indian roads today have this material, but there are few domestic manufacturers.<\/p>\n

This piece explains why the sector is alluring now, what government schemes can back a new unit, some ideas for actual businesses that can be done in the sector, the import-export scenario and learnings from the Indian entrepreneurs who started silica and specialty chemical businesses from scratch.<\/p>\n

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