Noida, India – UAE-headquartered Pearl Polyurethane Systems is increasing its presence in India by setting up a systems house in Dahej in the western state of Gujarat. Dahej is a key industrial and port city, with a major chemical and petrochemical industry presence. The company declined to share financial information on the investment.
Slated for start-up at the end of the year, the Dahej systems house will add polyol formulation capacity for sectors including construction, transportation, refrigeration automotive and footwear. The site will also produce pre-polymers for CASE applications during this first phase.
“Our business is growing significantly, and expansion is in line to meet surging commitments in India,” CEO Martin Kruczinna said at the recent PU Tech 2025 show in India. “We have expanded in the UAE and opened a new production site in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam last October. The India expansion is to be near to our customers with a local production base.”
A second phase is also being planned in Dahej. During the next two or three years, Kruczinna said, the aim is to backward-integrate into the production of polyester polyol during the next two-to-three years. The facility is expected to become one of the company’s biggest operations over the coming few years.
Pearl continues to expand its footprint across the Middle East and North Africa region. Its new systems house in Ain-Sokhna, Egypt is set to open in late May, and will be the company’s sixth site. It also opened sales offices in Melbourne, Australia and Santiago, Chile in July 2024.
Currently, Pearl Group operates three sites in the UAE, and one each in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. It also has sales offices in multiple locations.
