PEL helps ensure plant re-opens on time Chemical Case Study - Syngenta, Goa, India Process engineers use PEL to identify and test solutions to a venting problem which would have prevented the plant from re-opening. In May 2015, Syngenta India’s site at Goa faced an issue with fumes after commissioning new venting equipment while the Active Ingredient (AI) manufacturing plant was closed for annual maintenance. Unless a quick solution to the health hazard could be found, the plant start-up would have been delayed with a potential loss of $1 million. After attempting various fixes, the local team found itself contemplating an expensive and time consuming re-engineering solution suggested by the supplier of the equipment. As a last resort the local engineering team posted an a

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