Kaushikbhai Patel

Nirma Ltd. engages in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products. It offers soap, detergents, edible salt, and scouring products, and its industrial products include linear alkyl benzene, alfa olefin sulfonate, sulfuric acid, glycerin, soda ash, pure salt, vacuum evaporated iodized salt, single super phosphate, and sodium silicate. The company was founded by Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel in 1969 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. produces boric acid, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, several specialty forms of borax and salt. It specializes in the mining and production of raw materials for glass manufacturing and water treatment applications. The firm engages in mineral extraction and recovery, facility management and investment operations. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.