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Calico erected India’s first
Diamond Mesh Mosquito Netting plant in 1937, another first in India. In 1947, it diversified into chemicals, the manufacture of Caustic Soda, Chlorine and related products. Calico also erected India’s first PVC plant. In 1974, Calico commissioned its Polyester Fibre Plant
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Calico main textile unit was the only textile plant in
Ahmedabad to be fuelled by natural gas, with virtually no smoke and no air pollution. To minimize water pollution, Calico had its own primary effluent processing plant, which ensured that no waste was thrown directly into municipal sewers.
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290:. Diligent Media Corporation Ltd
288:Daily News & Analysis India
282:Summit Khanna (25 April 2010).
314:Vora, Batuk (11 August 1998).
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