New demand does not start the day a plant is commissioned. It starts months earlier, when the project is being built and the purchase plans are being made. The supplier who reaches the plant at that stage gets the order; the one who waits for the start-up announcement usually finds the contract already placed.

Our project monitoring software tracks companies, plants, units and projects across India, with capacity, stage of the project and expected start-up. Our engineers keep it current through research and regular calls to the companies, revising each project as it moves.

From this we tell you what a plant will need (raw materials, intermediates, fuel, gas and power) and from when. We also tell you how firm that date is. Every project is marked by its stage (announced, approved, under construction or starting up), because a project that is only announced is less certain than one under construction.

With each project, you get the names, designations and phone numbers of the people who handle purchase. That is often the hardest part to find, and it is what turns a list of projects into a list of calls.

The data can be cut by sector, state and company, down to district and PIN code, so a supplier can see the new demand in its own territory. Raw material suppliers use it to plan sales, fuel, gas and power suppliers to size the new load, and producers and traders to see what new capacity is coming up, who owns it and when it will start.

•  Raw material suppliers: new demand plant by plant, with the purchase contacts, early enough to plan your sales
•  Fuel, gas and power suppliers: the new load from each upcoming plant, with its expected start date
•  Producers and traders: what new capacity is coming up, who owns it, where it is and when it will start
•  Banks and lenders: projects that are planned but not yet financed
•  Research bodies and government departments: plant-level data to check against published totals

•  Key contacts: names, designations and phone numbers of the people who handle purchase at each facility
•  Upcoming projects by sector, state and company
•  What each project will need, and from when
•  The stage of each project: announced, approved, under construction or starting up
•  Location, down to district and PIN code