With a State-Of-Art Plant at Gujarat and a soda ash acquisition being modernized and revamped on a war footing in Romania, GHCL intends to be a prominent player in the world of Soda Ash. The product is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of detergent, soap, glass, sodium salts and dyes. It is widely used in textiles, paper, metallurgical industries and desalination plants.

In India, GHCL is among the top three producers of soda ash. Located along the coastline of Saurashtra Region, within Gujarat, India, the State-Of-Art Plant has a production capacity of 600000 MT per annum, with an expansion capacity of 1,100,000 MT per annum being worked at. This accounts for 32% of the market share in India.

The plant has been setup with technical know-how from M/s. AKZO Nobel BV, Netherlands, and was the first to use the ‘most energy efficient Dry Liming technology’ with an Award for absorption of Novel and Complex technology by ICMA in the year 1993.

In India, GHCL's Soda Ash manufacturing facility is the first to get an ISO 14001 along with ISO 9001-2000, and OHSAS–18000 certificates. The division has institutionalized systems and procedures of TQM in all functional areas and has an excellent safety record with 5 Star Rating from British Safety Council.

Besides being recognized as an 'Export House' by the Government of India, it has also won the Niryat Shree Gold Trophy from the Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation and the Chemexcil Award for excellence in exports on various occasions.