{"id":55712,"date":"2015-10-06T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.farmchemicalsinternational.com\/?p=55712"},"modified":"2019-09-25T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:31:07","slug":"the-iconoclast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/pt\/agrochemicals\/the-iconoclast\/","title":{"rendered":"Gharda: O Iconoclasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55718\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55718\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmchemicalsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. K.H. Gharda (left) recieved one of his many awards from the late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-330x219.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-108x72.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-542x360.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-867x576.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-85x56.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dr.-Gharda.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O Dr. KH Gharda (\u00e0 esquerda) recebeu um de seus muitos pr\u00eamios do falecido Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, ex-presidente da \u00cdndia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Keki Hormusji Gharda nunca foi algu\u00e9m que aceitasse o status quo. Seja encontrando uma maneira melhor e mais barata de desenvolver o corante azul usado em uniformes escolares durante a d\u00e9cada de 1960 ou desafiando o desejo de empresas multinacionais pela licen\u00e7a exclusiva para fabricar certos pesticidas, Gharda se levantou contra a sabedoria convencional.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9 uma atitude que caracteriza a Gharda Chemicals h\u00e1 mais de 50 anos. A empresa se orgulha de suas realiza\u00e7\u00f5es em pesquisa e desenvolvimento. Essa dedica\u00e7\u00e3o rendeu \u00e0 empresa dezenas de pr\u00eamios nacionais e internacionais.<br \/>\nEm 1967, o Dr. KH Gharda estabeleceu a Gharda Chemicals como uma empresa de parceria e iniciou as opera\u00e7\u00f5es em um galp\u00e3o alugado em Vakola, um sub\u00farbio tranquilo de Mumbai. Hoje, a Gharda \u00e9 uma das principais empresas agroqu\u00edmicas da \u00cdndia.<\/p>\n<p>Da forma como est\u00e1 constru\u00edda atualmente, a Gharda compreende cinco unidades de fabrica\u00e7\u00e3o localizadas ao redor do pa\u00eds. Ao longo dos anos, a Gharda registrou muitas novidades em corantes, agroqu\u00edmicos, medicamentos veterin\u00e1rios e pol\u00edmeros. Mas foi o primeiro produto da empresa que impulsionou sua jornada para o sucesso.<\/p>\n<p>O azul brilhante ftal\u00f3geno, popularmente chamado de \u201cAzul Alem\u00e3o\u201d, foi importado da Alemanha na d\u00e9cada de 1960, quando a Gharda era uma opera\u00e7\u00e3o incipiente. O Dr. Gharda examinou o corante que a Bayer vendia na \u00cdndia e descobriu que o produto era uma mistura de um corante e um agente quelante que ajuda a cor a aderir ao tecido e n\u00e3o um composto. A Gharda Chemicals come\u00e7ou a desenvolver sua pr\u00f3pria vers\u00e3o do corante. \u201cAzul Gharda\u201d, como ficou conhecido, era melhor e mais forte do que o original e um sucesso retumbante.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55724\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55724\" class=\"wp-image-55724 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmchemicalsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-330x219.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-109x72.jpg 109w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-543x360.jpg 543w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-868x576.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-85x56.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Plant-3_Dicamba_002.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planta dicamba de Gharda.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Em uma entrevista com a Rediff India Abroad, Gharda explicou como a empresa se envolveu na fabrica\u00e7\u00e3o de agroqu\u00edmicos. \u201cBem, h\u00e1 um ditado, &#039;n\u00e3o chame ningu\u00e9m de rico at\u00e9 que ele esteja morto.&#039; Sim, fomos lucrativos, mas em algum lugar no final da d\u00e9cada de 1970, todos os produtos que est\u00e1vamos fazendo de repente se tornaram n\u00e3o lucrativos porque o governo imp\u00f4s um imposto especial de consumo de 35% sobre corantes e intermedi\u00e1rios. Como \u00e9ramos honestos, n\u00e3o pod\u00edamos competir; muitos outros simplesmente evadiram o imposto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaquele ano, tivemos um bom preju\u00edzo s\u00f3lido. Mas em um ano, mudamos todo o perfil do nosso produto e mudamos de corantes e intermedi\u00e1rios para agroqu\u00edmicos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O empreendimento da Gharda em agroqu\u00edmicos come\u00e7ou com o isoproturon, um herbicida para trigo. Hoje, a empresa \u00e9 a maior produtora de isoproturon do mundo, utilizando um processo desenvolvido pela Gharda que desde ent\u00e3o se tornou conhecido internacionalmente como o \u201cprocesso indiano\u201d. A empresa continua a fabricar v\u00e1rios agroqu\u00edmicos de n\u00edvel t\u00e9cnico e se tornou uma das principais participantes do cen\u00e1rio agroqu\u00edmico global.<\/p>\n<p>Os esfor\u00e7os de P&amp;D da Gharda ajudaram a empresa a ocupar uma posi\u00e7\u00e3o de lideran\u00e7a em muitos agroqu\u00edmicos ao redor do mundo, incluindo cloropirif\u00f3s, piretroides sint\u00e9ticos, dicamba, fipronil e isoproturon.<\/p>\n<p>A Gharda foi a primeira empresa indiana a receber aprova\u00e7\u00e3o regulat\u00f3ria nos EUA para qualquer pesticida \u2013 dicamba e clorpirif\u00f3s.<\/p>\n<p>A empresa tamb\u00e9m tem v\u00e1rios novos produtos em seu pipeline, muitos focados especificamente em fungicidas. O plano da Gharda \u00e9 lan\u00e7ar uma nova mol\u00e9cula a cada ano pelos pr\u00f3ximos sete anos.<br \/>\nSob a administra\u00e7\u00e3o do Dr. Gharda, a empresa sempre se concentrou em entregar produtos da mais alta qualidade ao menor custo poss\u00edvel. Novos produtos foram introduzidos regularmente para atender \u00e0s exig\u00eancias dos agricultores para uma ampla gama de culturas. A entrada da Gharda em um novo segmento de produtos levou a redu\u00e7\u00f5es significativas de pre\u00e7os pelos concorrentes, em alguns casos de at\u00e9 35% para 40%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55727\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55727\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmchemicalsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"K.N. Singh (left), VP- International Marketing &amp; Development, and N.P. Nair, VP - International Sales\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-220x330.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-48x72.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-384x576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-740x1110.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-57x85.jpg 57w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-271x406.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair-135x203.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Gharda_Singh-Nair.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KN Singh (\u00e0 esquerda), VP- Marketing e Desenvolvimento Internacional, e NP Nair, VP \u2013 Vendas Internacionais<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Legado de Inova\u00e7\u00e3o<\/strong><br \/>\nMesmo profundamente entrincheirada no lado p\u00f3s-patente da ind\u00fastria, a Gharda abra\u00e7a sua atitude &quot;rebelde&quot;. As opera\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00f3s-patente n\u00e3o s\u00e3o amplamente aclamadas por seu foco em P&amp;D. A Gharda \u00e9 uma exce\u00e7\u00e3o e, por 30 anos, dedicou entre 3% e 5% de seu faturamento anual \u00e0 P&amp;D.<\/p>\n<p>Esse comprometimento com um programa de P&amp;D forte e vibrante levou a Gharda a introduzir 35 novos produtos em uma variedade de ind\u00fastrias, incluindo muitas novidades nos interesses de fabrica\u00e7\u00e3o da empresa. A empresa ganhou dezenas de pr\u00eamios do governo e da ind\u00fastria.<\/p>\n<p>Um dos quais a empresa mais se orgulha \u00e9 quando o Dr. Gharda recebeu o Pr\u00eamio FICCI do Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, ex-presidente da \u00cdndia. Os pr\u00eamios da Federa\u00e7\u00e3o das C\u00e2maras de Com\u00e9rcio e Ind\u00fastria da \u00cdndia (FICCI) s\u00e3o dados a \u201cempresas, institui\u00e7\u00f5es e indiv\u00edduos por atingirem excel\u00eancia em v\u00e1rios campos de desenvolvimento econ\u00f4mico, social, tecnol\u00f3gico e ambiental\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A Gharda pode ter come\u00e7ado como uma empresa que produzia pigmentos, mas os agroqu\u00edmicos s\u00e3o agora o esteio da empresa e respondem por mais de 60% de sua receita. Hoje, a Gharda exporta produtos para mais de 50 pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n<p>A cultura da Gharda claramente evoluiu de seu fundador menos que tradicional. H\u00e1 v\u00e1rios fatores que diferenciam a empresa de muitos de seus concorrentes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gharda \u00e9 propriedade de um fundo fiduci\u00e1rio. Grande parte dos lucros \u00e9 usada n\u00e3o apenas para P&amp;D, mas para promover o desenvolvimento da ci\u00eancia e da sociedade.<\/li>\n<li>A empresa d\u00e1 extrema import\u00e2ncia \u00e0 pureza e qualidade dos produtos para evitar danos ambientais.<\/li>\n<li>A vantagem competitiva da Gharda vem da qu\u00edmica de processo. Todos os processos foram projetados internamente.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>O caminho \u00e0 frente<\/strong><br \/>\nA ind\u00fastria agroqu\u00edmica \u00e9 sazonal e c\u00edclica. Depende em grande parte de condi\u00e7\u00f5es clim\u00e1ticas imprevis\u00edveis e muitas vezes in\u00fateis. A demanda \u00e9 impulsionada principalmente pela necessidade de alimentar uma popula\u00e7\u00e3o global cada vez maior, combinada com uma diminui\u00e7\u00e3o na \u00e1rea ar\u00e1vel. Gharda sabe, no entanto, que a crescente demanda por alimentos e culturas comerciais s\u00f3 pode ser atendida pelo aumento da produtividade agr\u00edcola. O controle de pragas continuar\u00e1 a ser um importante fator impulsionador no aumento da produtividade agr\u00edcola.<\/p>\n<p>Armados com esse conhecimento, os executivos da Gharda adotam uma abordagem de longo prazo para o planejamento. A Gharda est\u00e1 atualmente planejando sua estrat\u00e9gia de 10 anos. Uma coisa j\u00e1 foi decidida. A empresa planeja fazer investimentos significativos em suporte regulat\u00f3rio.<\/p>\n<p>A Gharda avalia constantemente seu portf\u00f3lio de produtos e os mercados.<br \/>\nPor exemplo, executivos notaram que mol\u00e9culas antigas com qu\u00edmica econ\u00f4mica est\u00e3o ganhando import\u00e2ncia. Os mercados agr\u00edcolas asi\u00e1ticos est\u00e3o vendo alta demanda por commodities. Executivos est\u00e3o explorando como tirar vantagem dessas tend\u00eancias.<\/p>\n<p>Qualquer plano deve considerar os desafios que a empresa enfrenta. Al\u00e9m do clima incerto e das quest\u00f5es regulat\u00f3rias sempre presentes, a Gharda est\u00e1 decidindo como lidar com as culturas geneticamente modificadas. N\u00e3o s\u00e3o as culturas em si que s\u00e3o a preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o, pois as culturas GM geralmente trabalham em conjunto com agroqu\u00edmicos gen\u00e9ricos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55715\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55715\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmchemicalsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A night view of one of Gharda's manufacturing facilities. \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-108x72.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-864x576.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-1665x1110.jpg 1665w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HD_Night-View-Full.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vista noturna de uma das instala\u00e7\u00f5es de fabrica\u00e7\u00e3o de Gharda.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA tecnologia ainda \u00e9 incipiente e enfrenta oposi\u00e7\u00e3o do lobby anti-OGM\u201d, diz NP Nair, vice-presidente de vendas internacionais.<br \/>\nO fornecimento tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 uma preocupa\u00e7\u00e3o, mas a Gharda tem um plano para mitigar as interrup\u00e7\u00f5es, esfor\u00e7ando-se para integrar os principais processos \u00e0s mat\u00e9rias-primas b\u00e1sicas e firmando acordos de fornecimento de longo prazo com os fornecedores.<\/p>\n<p>Embora as exporta\u00e7\u00f5es sejam um importante impulsionador de crescimento para a Gharda, o mercado interno \u00e9 igualmente importante. A Gharda tem uma forte rede de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o, e suas marcas t\u00eam excelente reputa\u00e7\u00e3o entre os fazendeiros. A equipe de vendas dom\u00e9sticas tem 300 pessoas, e h\u00e1 planos para uma expans\u00e3o agressiva tanto em aspectos t\u00e9cnicos quanto em formula\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n<p>Enquanto os l\u00edderes de Gharda trabalham nos detalhes de seu plano de 10 anos, certos fatores ser\u00e3o essenciais para o sucesso:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>P&amp;D: Pontos fortes em pesquisa e desenvolvimento e qu\u00edmica de processos resultam em custos vari\u00e1veis mais baixos.<\/li>\n<li>Opera\u00e7\u00f5es\/Fabrica\u00e7\u00e3o: Os recursos de design e execu\u00e7\u00e3o internos da Gharda permitem uma rea\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida \u00e0 demanda do mercado.<\/li>\n<li>Marketing\/Vendas: Uma equipe de vendas e marketing motivada e uma forte rede de distribui\u00e7\u00e3o d\u00e3o \u00e0 Gharda uma base global de clientes composta por empresas l\u00edderes em agroqu\u00edmicos\/sementes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Com as muitas vari\u00e1veis que afetam o futuro da Gharda, o diretor comercial Nilesh Kulkarni diz que a empresa deve ser \u201c\u00e1gil, global e de longo alcance em termos de pre\u00e7os, desenvolvimento de novos produtos e satisfa\u00e7\u00e3o geral do cliente\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keki Hormusji Gharda nunca foi de aceitar o status quo. 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