PennWhite India (PWI) has announced their intent to build a world-class manufacturing plant for the manufacture of foam control chemistry in Chennai, India to support customer requirements in India and Asian markets.

PWI is the Indian subsidiary of PennWhite Limited, UK a company based in Middlewich (UK) which is a leading manufacturer of antifoam chemistry under the renowned FoamDoctor brand. 

A wide range of other speciality chemicals are also manufactured and sold under the PennWhite brand to service the needs of long-term customers in over 40 countries.

PennWhite's chemical processing aides play an essential role in the products of the world's biggest brands: most consumers may not realise that many of their everyday products have been touched by specialist processing aids, which are widely used in a wide range of applications, like food and beverage processing, wastewater treatment, printing, upstream and downstream oil, coatings, manufacturing and construction.

The said UK entity was acquired in November 2022 by Manali Petrochemicals (MPL), India's only integrated manufacturer of polyols and a part of AM International, Singapore.