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at Gandhinagar. Organised by Plastindia Foundation, PLASTINDIA

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2018 is a colossal international exhibition, conference and convention on
plastics. It is an attempt to initiate industry-wide global connect on how to
reap growth by showcasing an array of machine innovations, R&D facilities,

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design capabilities and more.
The Indian plastics industry turnover is slated to touch USD 20 billion by FY
2018. Quadruple growth is expected to be registered by the plastics processing
industry in value terms. With global entities increasingly choosing India
as their manufacturing Taking the industry growth and
hub, PLASTINDIA 2018
too has witnessed
expectations higher
foreign exhibitors.
They have booked over
22,000 square metres
at the exhibition and
have come from over
40 countries.
Supported by the
Government of India,
Government of
Gujarat and iNDEXTb,
this year the exhibition
had Gujarat’s Chief
Minister, Vijay
Rupani; Finance and
Energy Minister, ExxonMobil TechTalks and “eXtreme Performance” seminar
Saurabh Patel; Chief ExxonMobil brings to PLASTINDIA for the first time a series of sharp, insightful 20-minute
Secretary of Gujarat, TechTalk presentations and a Technology seminar on achieving eXtreme Performance.
Dr. J. N. Singh; Today’s TechTalk presentations (Feb 8)
11:00 Packaging’s impact on modern supply chain (Coca Cola)
President, Plastindia 12:30 Global industry outlook and demand: Remaining versatile in a changing world
Foundation, K. K. 14:30 Vistamaxx™ performance polymers: Imagine the possibilities in polymer modification
Seksaria; Chairman - 15:30 Exceed™ XP: Food packaging films that keep food fresh, reduce waste (Cargill)
NEC, PLASTINDIA 16:30 Explore the potential of Oppera™ modifiers
2018, Rajeev Venue: Booth Hall 10, C1 Open to all visitors - no registration required
Chitalia; MD, OPaL, eXtreme Performance seminar (Saturday, Feb 10)
Avinash Joshi; Ind. Discover innovative solutions for applications that require eXtreme Performance including:
Director, IOCL, flexible food packaging, liquid packaging and agriculture film.
Time: 14:20 - 16:30 (registration between 14:20 and 14:55)
Parindu K. Bhagat; Venue: Seminar Hall Number 3, Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, 382017
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Waste Becomes Wealth with
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into new and
useful products
is one of the oldest,
yet the least practiced
of all the innovations.
But, PLASTINDIA 2018
showcased another level
of reprocessing all the dry
wastes into the ‘World’s
Largest T-shirt’. Atul
Kanuga, Chairman, PIF
Environment Committee
voiced, “It is extremely
necessary for the world,
our world to learn the
segregation of waste for
promoting sustainability
of the environment.
Therefore, in order to
render an everlasting
impact on the citizens,
we recycled 2 lakh
bottles of PET water and
fabricated a t-shirt (100 m
in length and 70 m in
width).” There were 300
labourers appointed and
the idea was successfully
conceived by distributing
7000 t-shirts made out from the big one to the underprivileged kids. Atul
Kanuga, with excitement, revealed, “We also found space in the Guinness
Book of World Records.”

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of PROPLAST is to keep our customers updated with the improvements
witnessed in the quality and the output of the products, generating healthy
competition within the Indian market and overseas.”

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10th INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE 2018
Empowering Sustainable And Profitable Growth
Feb. 8-9, 2018, Gandhinagar - Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Conference Day 1 Conference Day 2

8th February, 2018 (Thursday) 9th February, 2018 (Friday)
08:30 - 09:30 hrs Registration 08:30 - 09:30 hrs Registration

09:30 - 10:30 hrs Inauguration 09:30 - 10:00 hrs In Conversation Session

Welcome: Dr. Babu Padmanabhan, Chairman, PLASTINDIA 2018 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (to be confirmed)
International Conference

Bringing Materials to Life

Chief Guest: Rajiv Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals
Guest of Honour / Theme Speaker: Avinash Joshi, MD, OPaL
Presided By: K. K. Seksaria, President, Plastindia Foundation
10:00 - 10:30 hrs As Diverse as Life Outside - How to Achieve Excellence
Special Invitee: Rajeev Chitalia, Chairman, National Executive
Through Design
Council, Plastindia Foundation
Uttam Banerjee, CEO, Ekam Eco Solutions
10:30 - 11:00 hrs High Tea and Interactions
10:30 - 10:55 hrs Innovation Showcase
Sunakshi Bansal, ‘Comfortable Stiletto’
Life Cycle of Plastics 10:55 - 11:20 hrs Innovation Showcase
Krishna Sai Inkoolu, ‘Shoe That Can See’
11:00 - 11:30 hrs Saving the World 11:20 - 11:50 hrs A Winning Team - Plastics and Sports: Improving
Diego Donoso, Business President, Packaging & Specialty Performance and Increasing Safety
Plastics, The Dow Chemical Company
Anil Sahoo, Director, Mochiko Shoes
11:30 - 12:00 hrs Micro Macro Habitat: Living Exceptionally With Less
11:50 - 12:20 hrs Tea Break
Niels Peter Flint, Visionary Designer, Founder, N P Flint
Consultancy
12:00 - 12:20 hrs It’s Not Waste, Only Wasted Potential
Andrew Almack, Founder & CEO, Plastics for Change Composites
12:20 - 13:00 hrs Innovate or Perish 12:20 - 12:40 hrs Taking a Flight of Fancy: Composites Gives the
Panel Members Aerospace Wings
- Mani Vajipey, CEO, Banyan Nation
Vijaya Kumar C., Head - Advanced Composites, L&T Defence
- Punit Krishna, CEO, Digital Transformation
- Smita Bhatia, Advisor, GEM Enviro Management
12:40 - 13:20 hrs Trends and Challenges in the World of Composites
- Shubi Sachan, Researcher and Designer, Sustainable Panel Members
Materials - Dr. Sachin Jain, Partner, SKYi Innovations LLP
- Dr. Ramesh Sundaram, Deputy Director, National Aerospace
Moderator: Dr. Babu Padmanabhan, Chief Knowledge
Laboratory
Officer, STEER
- Dr. Ramakrishna A, Head (RA), DFRL DRDO, Ministry of
13:00 -14:00 hrs Lunch Break and Poster Session Defence
Moderator: Prof. Anup Ghosh, Head of Material Science and

Automotive
14:00 - 14:40 hrs The World Moves With Plastics
Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman, Mothersons
14:40 - 15:10 hrs Innovation Showcase
Asmita Sathaye, ‘The Common Man’s Car’
15:10 - 15:50 hrs Technology Vision and Road Map
- Arvind Arora, General Manager, TATA Ficosa
- Dr. Guru Rajan, Mahindra and Mahindra
- Ajay Purohit, Technical Chief, TATA Motors
Moderator: Dr. Babu Padmanabhan, Chief Knowledge
Officer, STEER
15:50 -16:20 hrs Tea Break
Engineering, IIT Delhi
13:20 - 14:20 hrs Lunch Break and Poster Session
14:20 - 14:50 hrs UML-PIU cooperation and Creation of World-Class
Plastics Engineering Department
Dr. Joseph Hartman, Dean, Francis College of Engineering,
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Healthcare
14:50 - 15:20 hrs Fighting the Global Healthcare Challenges With Plastics
Innovation
Srikrishnaprabhu R., COO & Co-Founder, Supercraft3D
15:20 - 15:45 hrs Innovation Showcase
Diwakar Vaish, ‘Ventilator in Your Pocket’

3D Printing 15:45 - 16:10 hrs Innovation Showcase

16:20 -17:00 hrs 3D Printing - Toys or Tools
Gordon Styles, President, Star Rapid Swapnil Sansare,
CEO, Divide by Zero
17:00 -17:30 hrs A World of Imagination
Ajay Purohit, Technical Chief, TATA Motors
17:30 -18:10 hrs 5 Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers
Panel Members
- Sagar Deshmukh, Co-founder, ZPRO
- Atit Kothari, Business Development, Imaginarium
- Kaushik Mudda, CEO, Ethereal
Moderator: Satish Gokhale, Director – Industrial
Design, Design Directions Pvt. Ltd.
Satya Prakash Singh, ‘Bionic Arm’
16:10 - 16:40 hrs Revolutionary Applications of Materials
- A. K. Shrivatsava, Director, Rainbow Drug and Chemicals
- Prof. Pravinsinh Solanki, Senior Faculty, National Institute of
Design
16:40 - 17:10 hrs Unveiling the Billion Dollar Opportunity
Subba Bangera, Chairman, Active Biz Solutions
17:10 hrs Vote of Thanks
Dr. Pradeep Bakshi, Chief Mentor, STEER
Closing with Tea
Venue: Mahatma Mandir, Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar.
Programme updated as on 31st January, 2018

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NDC Showcases
New Measurement and
Control Solutions for
Plastic Films and Pipes at
This PLASTINDIA

V
isit NDC
Technologies at
booth 11D04 to
see the latest innovations
in measurement and
control solutions for the
plastics industry. NDC will
be showcasing their new
solutions for plastic film
extrusion and converting,
as well as new industry-first
technologies from the Beta
LaserMike products group
for accurately measuring
extruded plastic pipe and
tube products.
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The measurement Hall 11, Sta
capabilities include:
l Thickness l Coat weight
l Moisture l Surface inspection
l Diameter and ovality l Length and speed
l Wall thickness and concentricity
NDC’s industry experts will be on-hand to discuss any measurement
requirements that one may have.

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“Extreme performance levels of impact strength, tear
resistance and flex-crack combined with sealability, shrink
performance and holding force, and processability can now
be achieved using a single resin,” highlights Alechia Crown
in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Q. I believe Exceed™ XP
performance polymers
are a key highlight at the
ExxonMobil booth (H10, C1)
this year. Can you tell me a
little about them?
Yes, you’re right; this is the first
time Exceed XP performance
polymers have been highlighted
at PLASTINDIA, as they were first
introduced in 2016. The Exceed
XP grades are designed to provide
step-out mechanical properties with
excellent processability to deliver
extreme performance, inspiring
customers to develop the ultimate
in protection and preservation
for products in a broad range of
applications.
Exceed XP represents our latest
advancement in proprietary catalyst,
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ExxonMobil’s
Exceed XP
Performance
Polymers:
process and application technology,
expanding our existing and highly
respected performance polyethylene
A Key Highlight
portfolio, which includes Exceed and
Enable™ performance polymers.
at PLASTINDIA
Extreme performance levels of
impact strength, tear resistance and
flex-crack combined with sealability,
shrink performance and holding
force, and processability can now
be achieved using a single resin.
Q. Can you describe the
applications for which Exceed
XP is best suited?
Exceed XP delivers value in a wide
range of applications, from thin
films to thick liners. Value-added
applications for Exceed XP include
liquid and food packaging, ‘soft-
and-secure’ shrink film, construction
class-A sheets and other thick liners,
agricultural and other applications.
Exceed XP allows the fabrication
of lightweight yet stronger,
more effective flexible food Alechia Crown
packaging solutions by providing Global PE New
an outstanding combination of Product Launch
toughness, tear and sealability with Manager
enhanced modulus. Downgauging ExxonMobil
levels of up to 30% can be achieved Chemical
with better packaging performance,
while helping to extend the shelf-
life and product safety to protect
and preserve food longer. Flexible
packaging applications include
pouches and bags for products in
highly demanding environments
like freezers and packaging to
hold large / heavy quantities. This
includes frozen food, dry food, meat
and cheese packaging applications.
In liquid packaging applications,
the extreme flex crack resistance
and exceptional toughness
provided by Exceed XP significantly
improves liquid package integrity.
This results in considerably
less product leakage and
contamination, protecting and
preserving liquid products from
packaging to utilization - meaning
less waste throughout the supply
chain. Applications include
bag-in-box bladder, pillow and
stand-up pouch, and flexi-tank
container-liners.
Exceed XP enables the fabrication
of extremely damage-resistant large
lay-flat films for new greenhouse
and walk-in tunnel cover solutions
that help farmers protect and grow
their crops - throughout the year.
These exceptionally tough films
exhibit very high dart impact and
puncture resistance, and tensile
strength at break. They also exhibit
excellent aged property retention
for long lasting, durable solutions.
Applications include greenhouse
and walk-in tunnel covers that are
typically 80 - 220 μm thick and up
to 20 m wide.
In thin films, such as agricultural
mulch films, Exceed XP minimises
breakage and waste through
an incredible combination of
toughness and tear resistance.
Farmers can utilise high-
performing Exceed XP-based films
to help protect and preserve their
silage and harvest in all-weather
conditions. Applications include
mulch films, silage and cotton
blown stretch film.
In construction liners, Exceed XP
helps protect and preserve building
structures with extreme impact
resistance and processability.
Exceed XP provides the extreme
performance which surpasses
the global construction class-A
standards, significantly minimising
the need for reprocessing.
Applications include class-A
foundation liners along with other
sheets and liners.
Q. What does the introduction
of Exceed XP mean for your
customers?
The launch of Exceed XP underpins
our growth commitment to the
global polyethylene industry and to
customers across the value chain.
It is inspiring them to innovate
and develop new solutions which,
due to the extreme performance it
delivers, is opening new markets
for sustained success.
Since its launch in 2016, Exceed
XP has been exceptionally well
received in the market. Customers
report that these polymers
provide an unprecedented level of
performance and are having a
big impact on
their business.
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Hall 10, Sta
Q. What is the best way for
visitors to learn more about
Exceed XP?
We are holding a series of laser
focused TechTalks, which are open
to everyone with no registration
required to attend - just turn up
at the booth, listen, learn and feel
free to ask questions. While the
TechTalks have a broad content,
many of them cover Exceed XP and
its applications.
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ALOK in partnership with OCSiAl, a Award For Best Research -
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Hall 2, Sta
Russian nanotechnology company, is developing carbon Fractional Geometry Technology
nanotube solutions for the Indian plastics industry.
A versatile material, CNTs offer plastics permanent
conductivity without compromising transparency. The solutions being
worked at the ALOK Technology Incubation Centre (ATIC) range from
property enhancement for structural plastics as well as barrier properties for
packaging films.
ALOK is working with Willow Ridge Plastics (WRP), USA to develop and 1.71 DO/DI
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distribute biodegradable solutions for the Indian plastics industry. WRP’s
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Extrusion, Winding, Weaving, Coating,
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Flexible woven plastics offer light-weight, economical and environment-friendly solution
for packaging of dry bulk solid materials, and for infrastructure applications.
With over 35 years of experience in designing and manufacturing machinery for
production of woven plastics and for conversion to packaging systems, we have delivered
processing capacity of nearly 3.0 million tonnes/annum of PP & PE to our customers in
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Siloxane Showcases Its S Amit Representing
Thermoplastic Elastomer With Multinationals for
Broad Hardness Range
Speciality Chemicals
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ave you thought of plastic as soft

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Innovative Industries at PLASTINDIA 2018 - Amit Speciality Chemicals retardants, anti-rodent, anti-termite,
Stall No. H2D6, Hall No. 2. Pvt. Ltd. is an indenting and antimicrobial, antistatic, tie layer
Our product range starts from 0 Shore distribution company since resins, mosquito repellent, oxo-
A (like jelly) to 65 Shore D. These are 1948 for speciality chemicals biodegradable, VCI, odour
lower hardness material than general and additives. The company remover, insect repellent,
plastics with rubber properties. It has represents multinational transparent pigments,
excellent bondability to most other manufacturers from special micronised carbon
thermoplastic material. USA, Europe, China black pigments,
and India. HDT improver,
Product portfolio includes: anti-scratch, chain
Its strength is a extenders, coupling
l General purpose injection focused team having
moulding grades agents, light
technical capability
ll D6 diffuser, special
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Co-extrusion grades
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promote effective solutions for and curing agents for epoxy, PU
l Extrusion grades various plastics applications. and polyurea.
Blow moulding grades The industries served include S Amit is
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l Thermoplastic vulcanisate wire and cable, masterbatch and expanding its Hall 3, Stall
compounding, pipe, automotive, vertical and seek
l Thermoplastic polyolefin recycling, film packaging, FRP representation
l Phthalate-free eraser compounds composites, electrical and from national and international
l Halogen-free flame retardant grades appliances, agriculture, and additive manufacturers.
technical textiles.
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Collin Lab & Pilot Solutions:
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industrial packaging with
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C
ollin develops intelligent pilot and laboratory lines in modular system
for plastic processing companies, universities as well as for research
institutes. The owner-managed company has been in business for
over 45 years.
As part of the product lines Teach Line, Lab Line, Pilot Line, Polytest
Line and Medical Line, Collin develops and supplies individual solutions -
platen presses, roll mills, calenders, extruders, compounders, mono or
coextrusion lines, pressure filter tests or optical inspection
systems. Collin solutions improve the development as
8 , S ta ll D 50 well as the production of plastic products,
Hall material analysis, test series up to
pilot tests, which allow a scale up to
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Material manufacturers,
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Autotech-Sirmax India Offers Transgloss 03 -
Speciality Polypropylene Talc for Automotive
and Engineering Thermoplastic Compounds Compounding,
A
utotech-Sirmax India Pvt. Ltd. is a joint venture between Tipco Group and Sirmax (Italy).
Tipco is a plastics raw material producer and Sirmax an independent compounder in Europe,
North and South America with over 250 kT global compounding capacity. Autotech-Sirmax
a New Launch by Golcha

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produces tailor-made polypropylene compounds, long glass fibre PP and PA6 compounds and
various engineering thermoplastic compounds; augmented by use of Sirmax technology, their brands olcha Associated (ASDC Pvt. Ltd.), 13 decades
and all their global approvals and releases. The engineering thermoplastic compounds range old organisation, is a manufacturer, supplier
is based on polyamides, PPO / PPE, ABS, ASA, polycarbonate, and exporter of talc in India, operating one
PC / ABS, POM, PET / PBT, styrenics and various speciality of the largest open cast mines in Asia.
blends and alloys.
Hall 10 , Stall A7 With vast reserves and an annual extraction
The company uses the latest state-of-the-art know-how of close to 300 thousand M.T. of high purity,
to provide indigenous solutions for global requirements lamellar structure and high brightness talc,
in automotive, electronics, appliances, electricals, Golcha has a methodically planned mining
packaging and other growing industry segments. The process, geological survey of potential reserves,
compounding plants are located in Gujarat and in the estimation of quantities and controlled blasting
NCR region. practices. The company lays utmost emphasis on
ecological balance using state-of-the-
art equipment for mining, processing /
milling and packaging.
Golcha Associated’s talc is globally
appreciated for its purity, lamellarity
and platy structure, high brightness
and opacity.
Golcha’s array of refined minerals cater
widely to the plastics and engineering
plastics.

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l High Purity: Talc Content > 98% by
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l Narrow Size Distribution: (D90/D50)
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Q. Do you see that the
positioning of ‘waste’ in the
minds of people and industry
alike needs to radically change
for us to solve the problem?
Waste is unwanted or unusable
material. Waste is synonymous
with material or entity that has
no value. However, we find waste
of one is resource for another
after suitable treatment or
transformation. Thus, it is the
right time to look at waste as a
resource at the wrong place.
Q. What role can academia
play to tackle this issue at the
grassroots level?
It can look at the wastes afflicting
our society or country. They can
think in terms of evolving suitable
processes, technologies, equipment
or practices that can help us to
create appropriate business models.
Once suitable pilots are done and
demonstrations put up, these efforts
can be scaled up for widespread
adoption and use.
Q. The wonder material
‘plastics’ which has
successfully transformed the
way we all live, yet sees itself
constantly fighting battles
for a clear public image. Your
thoughts on the way forward.
Plastics is certainly a family of
wonder materials. I continue to
believe that our habit of littering
and not adhering to the discipline
of segregating wastes into wet,
dry or hazardous is responsible for
the mess. Since we have not been
DOMO Engineering Plastics India
Displays Its Global Expertise at
PLASTINDIA 2018
D
OMO Engineering Plastics
India, a business unit of DOMO
Chemicals GmbH, showcases
its glocal market approach. German
technology, compounded in India,
is the backbone of its local Indian
customer-oriented policy.
DOMO Engineering Plastics offers
its customers, globally, a full range
of nylon product lines, these being
produced in Italy, Germany, USA,
China and India. In its Pune facility,
in Maharashtra, India, two global
DOMO brands are produced:
the DOMAMID® range of prime
quality nylon 6 and 66 grades,
and the sustainable ECONAMID®
range of nylon compounds which
are manufactured as per local
market needs, using high quality
fibre feedstock.
“DOMO’s products are widely
approved by European majors and
Tier 1 suppliers. Our customers
in India, especially those in the
Waste is a Resource
at the Wrong Place
If we can apply our mind and reduce overall costs of collecting and delivering plastic wastes
of other types to a level acceptable to the converter, we can solve the problem to a great
extent, elucidates S. B. Dangayach in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
held accountable, we are persisting
with this practice, which has to
be corrected at all levels through
awareness, education, legislation,
penalties etc. We have to all realise
that each one of us is a waste
generator and has to pay for its
proper management.
Q. The industry faces a big
challenge of cost-effective
and effi cient recycling. What
message do you wish to give
the industry?
Dhoraji is a renowned cluster for
plastic waste recycling. It processes
around one lakh tonnes of waste a
year - all through private initiatives.
If there is a successful Dhoraji
model in operation for decades,
why can we not have many such
clusters across the country?
Plastic wastes of films can
be successfully used in road
construction as additives /
replacement to bitumen. We
can demand use of new set of
specifications for road construction
so that plastic waste of films lying
automotive market, value our
technology and expertise, and
experience the advantages of local
manufacturing by DOMO,” says
Tushar Parida, Country Manager
India. He underlines the importance
of a local Indian focus. “It is our
commitment to our Indian customers
to supply them high quality
products and to meet their growing
on-time delivery needs. Our local
compounding, based on Domo’s
German technology
is in that sense a
cornerstone of
the company’s
organic growth
in the Indian
market,” he adds.
To stay ahead of the
curve, coping with the Hall 10 , Stall B6 with DOMO.
growing demands for
engineering plastics and
speciality product lines, DOMO plans
to set up a world-class innovation
centre in Mumbai, India by mid-
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all around can be converted into Overall, we have to think how
a foam that goes for all road ‘waste entrepreneurs’ are
construction in the country. motivated to involve
themselves in plastics and
Likewise, each and every application
how can they run their
can be taken through route of
operations profitably.
successful demonstration, drawing
If the bottom line is
standards and specifications,
good, the sector will
incorporating them in relevant
attract many bright and
projects for scaling up or spreading
innovative entrepreneurs.
the use.
Our plastics industry should
aggressively push and promote
segregation at source into dry
and wet. Herein, again business
models can be developed by
‘waste entrepreneurs’ or ‘Swachh
Bharat entrepreneurs’.
Q. How do you envisage the
way forward?
If we can apply our mind and
reduce overall costs
of collecting and
S. B. Dangayach, Director
delivering plastic
Sintex Group of Companies, Ahmedabad
wastes of other types
to a level acceptable to Co-founder
the converter, we can Innovative Thought Forum, Ahmedabad
solve the problem to a
great extent.
Guiding
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house state-of-the-art facilities for
product development, prototyping The biggest barrier to
and simulation studies for
automotive, industrial and widespread deployment
consumer goods segments. Among of fuel cell is its cost.
the innovations planned are the
development of speciality nylon Both, technology
compounds, high temperature
improvements as well
polymers (HTP) product lines,
formulation of friction and wear as manufacturing
materials, and the development of
scales will be needed to
high density metal filled polymer
composites. India being an bring substantial cost
innovation driven nation,
reduction.
DOMO’s entry into new
polymer technologies will
also attract talented polymer
Dr. S. Sivaram,
scientists and technologists Indian Institute of
from India to work
Science Education and
Research (IISER), Pune
DOMO Engineering Plastics
India is showcasing its DOMAMID
and ECONAMID ranges of nylon
grades on its booth in Hall 10,
Booth No H10B6.
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Q. According to you, are
(plastic processing) machines
built in India comparable in
automation to the machines of
the west?
Automation in plastic processing
machinery is a very vast subject.
Automation in any kind of machinery
is also need-based. There is, however,
one common underlying measure
that defines automation in machinery
and that is, ‘productivity with
predicted quality’. The end product
being produced by the machine
and markets being served as end
customers thus provides guidance for
the degree of ‘automation’ required.
Machines manufactured in India have
the same access and capability to
the level of automation of machines
manufactured in Europe or USA. This
is exactly why you see a spike in
the number of ‘foreign’ companies
investing in India to manufacture
within the automotive, white goods,
homeware and furniture sectors.
Windsor, this year, continues to grow
the confidence of the customers in
5-layer (POD) and 7-layer barrier
blown film extrusion lines.
Windsor has achieved a dominant
supplier position with its dedicated
machine for the base film used in
‘cross laminated tarpaulin’ projects.
This year, Windsor will showcase
its indigenously designed conical
twin screw extruders for cPVC pipe
manufacturing.
For the PVC pipe customers, Windsor
offers its newly designed 3-layer die
construction with a capability of
‘foam core’ or ‘high filler’ middle
layer used in specialised applications
in building and construction. A similar
concept is designed and developed
for 3-layer PE pipes in large diameter
applications.
There is a tremendous focus on
IoT and getting all machines
connected with our IoT
solution called SAM 4.0.
Q. Receiving awards,
what does it mean to
Windsor?
Receiving awards for the
great achievements of
Team Windsor surely
motivates the entire Nitin Chowdhary
company. It is also Dy. CEO, Windsor Machines Limited
a reassurance to the
entire team to continue
working hard with 0% ego and 100% edge sword. It carries high risk if
humbleness. you fail, with high returns in case
you succeed. Being the first mover
Q. In today’s times, is there certainly gives you an edge over the
a first movers advantage competitor with a higher number
any longer as companies are successfully running machines before
hurrying to be the first to a competitor enters in the same
launch a machine? domain.
Being the first mover is a ‘double’
Q. 2017-18, what kind of
year has it been for Windsor

Windsor to Showcase This Year

machines for customers across
the globe.
Q. Does Windsor plan to launch
new products in 2018?
Windsor continues to focus on design
and development of new capabilities
within its core product offering.
KL Series injection moulding machines,
the winner of the 7th National
Machines this far?
For Windsor, this year has been
Its Conical Twin Screw Extruders filled with opportunities equipped
with the newly added technologies
for cPVC Pipe Manufacturing
in our injection moulding machines,
pipe extrusion lines and blown film
extrusion lines. This has reflected
“Machines manufactured in India have the same access
directly in broadening our business
and capability to the level of automation of machines by the addition of a new customer
manufactured in Europe or USA. I am proud to note that base who have highly demanding

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The New Corrugator

Q. How is the market for
double wall corrugated pipes
shaping up in India?

F200/50HP From
When I talk around the world
with some colleagues of mine
about the Indian market, most
of time they cannot understand.
In fact, I think that only having a
direct experience with the Indian
culture and market, you can really
ITIB, Live at
understand it and sometimes, even
living in this market for so many
years, something cannot be fully
PLASTINDIA
understood by a foreigner. After a “Our new high-speed corrugator F200/50HP is a
long silence, it is a few years that no compromise machine for high performance and
I hear about a booming of DWC
demand. Is what we have really quality, mostly dedicated to DWC,” mentions Piercarlo
booming? No, not yet. Booming Cominelli in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
to me is something different; for
eg. from 1994 (in the small Italy
Piercarlo Cominelli
ll C12
Hall 5, Sta
with 60M people only), to year
Sales Director
2000, we sold 25 lines for DWC
ITIB Machinery International s.r.l.
and before the crisis, not less than
80 lines were producing pipes; in
conscious, but if saving money in not tell you, Carlo, but your lines are has to be the quality and technical
the old Europe we have an under-
the investment is the only target, machines to make money”. aspects should prevail. This said, it
estimated number of over 500 high
the result will be a poor product, is not a question of black or white
speed lines for DWC. If we consider
followed by a poor installation and Q. With an increasing number and once the differentiation that I
the Indian population, what is
then a bad reputation of the DWC of companies offering mentioned above is clear, people
actually installed and producing is
will be the consequence. solutions for this market, have to find the right tonality of
a minimum fraction of this number
what differentiation does the gray amongst the good quality
only. So, booming has to come yet. DWC is a fantastic product and its
market need to know? manufacturers: the right mix of
What is sure is the huge potential development around the world is the
performance, technical solutions,
of the market for cable ducting and confirmation, but technical matters People has first to understand what
price and service.
drainage / sewage applications as have to prevail. In that moment there is behind a low or even very
well; but, as I had the chance to only, we will have a boom, because low price and separate good quality Q. What has been the success
say during the last SPE conference people will trust in the product. I equipment from poor ones, not you have achieved in the
in Mumbai, the mentality has to remember the words of a customer simply stopping at the amount of Indian market this far? Any
change. It is correct to be price of ours of many years ago, “I should the investment. The main target continued on page 21

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Uncapping Opportunities for at a CAGR of 3.6% over the forecast

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that the global masterbatch tubes, and clips and connectors. industries such as projected to
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Kkalpana Sees Opportunities
in Market Complexities
“As the markets are showing
rebound, we are entering
into new product categories.
Hence, we are planning to
invest for capacity expansion for
engineering plastic compounds
as well as cable compounds,”
conveys Narrindra Suranna
in dialogue with
POLYMERS Communiqué.
Narrindra Suranna
Chairman & Managing Director
Kkalpana Industries (India) Limited
Q. How complex and challenging are polymer compounds of today?
Do you see its complexity as an opportunity?
Polymer compounds of today are extremely complex and challenging.
Technological advancements are shaping the demand pattern and expectations
of our customers as well. Availability of new technologies and new raw materials
are further adding to the complexities.
These complexities and challenges are a great opportunity as well. We see
these complexities and challenges as an entry barrier and also a differentiator.
We are taking full advantage of the opportunity offered by these complexities
to establish new markets and cement our position as a premium producer of
polymer compounds, globally.
Q. What are your current manufacturing capacities? Any new
investments planned?
Our current manufacturing capacities are spread on the east and west coast of
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Other Attractions Kms*
Dandi Kuttir 4.2
Indroda Nature Park 5.1
Adalaj Step-well 12.5
Sabarmati Ashram:
Mahatma Gandhi’s Home 22.5
Dada Hari Ni Vav 25.3
Teen Darwaza 25.7
Ahmad Shah’s Tomb 25.9
Gujarat Science City 26.3
Shaking Minarets 26.4
Sabarmati Riverfront 28.1
Kankaria Lake 28.8
Parimal Garden 28.8
Vastrapur Lake 29.1
Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition 31.0
Nagina Wadi 32.1
Thor Lake 34.8
Museums
Calico Museum of Textiles 22.4
Auto World Vintage
Car Museum 24.2
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum 27.9
NC Mehta Gallery 28.1
Kite Museum 29.0
Shreyas Folk Museum 31.2
Vechaar Utensils Museum 33.1
Near Ahmedabad
Dakor 99
Lothal 105
Pavagad 163
Mount Abu 220
Udaipur 258
Gir Forest 339
Daman and Diu 363
Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli 390
* approximate distance from
the exhibition ground
Visitor
Delights
Fine Dining Kms*
Earthen Oven 24.8
Agashiye 27.5
Barbeque Nation 27.8
MoMo Café 30.0
Bayleaf 30.1
Vishala 33.0
Local Cuisine
Toran Dining Hall 26.4
Atithi 27.3
Swati Snacks 28.0
Gordhan Thal 28.8
Jassi De Parathe 29.1
Rajwadu 32.5
Shopping Areas
Acropolis Mall 27.6
Himalaya Mall 28.3
AlphaOne Mall 29.1
Iscon Mega Mall 29.7
Law Gardens 29.9
Religious Places
Akshardham Temple 2.9
Swaminarayan Mandir 3.9
Dada Bhagwan Temple 12.0
Vaishnodevi Temple 16.6
Shree Camp Hanuman Mandir 19.9
Hathee Singh Jain Temple 23.9
Ahmed Shah Mosque 25.9
Raj Babri Mosque 26.3
Gurudwara Gobind Dham 27.4
Iskcon Temple 29.8
Sarkhej Roza 34.2
Jama Masjid 34.4
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Practical experiences reveal that recyclers who use recycled pellets
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PVC Foam Boards

and Profiles: Indian
Industry Overview
T
he market for PVC foam boards is increasing rapidly in India. In India,
it has market growth of approximately 20%. In immediate future, it
is going to replace wood in many applications. Approximately 33%
of new buildings have furniture made by PVC instead of wood. PVC is a
potential packaging material as a replacement of wood.
Major advantage of articles made from PVC is its splinter free, smooth
and scratch resistant surface. PVC surfaces have glossy finish, low water
absorption and are easily printable. The claddings made using foam
boards also work as sound and heat insulation. PVC foam boards are
broadly appreciated for its light weight and longer durability.

Goldstab Organics Pvt. Ltd. has

invested time and resources in
developing best suited products for
different applications of foam board.
Today, as a result of these consistent
efforts, are at a stage where they
confidently offer a wide range of one
pack stabiliser systems for foam board
Plastindia
7 – 12 February 2018 l India l Hall 10 Stand E09
and profile applications with each
product having specific characteristics. These formulations were
developed to give maximum performance at optimum price to
meet specific requirements of customers. Today, Goldstab Organics
supply stabilisers and kickers to a large number of profile and
foam board manufacturers and has a significant market share in
the industry.

Fabrication of foam boards is effortless. It can be cut and handled with

equal ease and also have a versatile surface which can be easily laminated,
engraved, milled, embossed, printed and painted as per the different
needs and requirements of customers. PVC foam boards can also be
drilled, screwed, nailed, heat folded and bonded. Hence, they are used
in all applications where customers are using ordinary plywood, marine
ply, MDF, particle boards etc.
These boards can be bent easily to form different shapes and can
be used for applications that require features such as no swelling,
no shrinking and waterproof properties. PVC foam boards have
inbuilt fire-retardant properties, anti-termite, anti-pest properties,
weathering and ageing resistance. Also, due to its good durability,
these boards are maintenance free. These articles can last for over
50 years.
Lightweight board of rigid foam (unplasticised PVC or u-PVC) are at 50%
or lesser weight of rigid PVC. These boards have a homogenous cellular
core with matt and closed cell surface finish. The unparalleled ease of
processing and their unique resistance to weathering render them ideal
for outdoor applications as well as for manufacturing indoor furniture
and decorative materials.
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Guiding We should take it upon ourselves to

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The New Corrugator F200/50HP From ITIB...
Cameraman’s Focus continued from page 15

specific requirements that challenge the machine

All roads lead to PLASTINDIA 2018.
performance?
As I said above, our success in the Indian market is a mix of many
things: a reliable and solid company in which the customers
can trust; a high-quality equipment, giving a high-quality
pipe, fulfilling the standards; a high quality/price ratio of the
equipment and a very good service. A particular mention worth
our local service guaranteed by Satellite, our agent; they are our
secret weapon.
Q. What new is ITIB launching at PLASTINDIA 2018?
At PLASTINDIA, we will show live a F15/70 corrugator for wire
harness conduits; it is not new in the Indian market, since we sold
already many of them, but the customers will have the chance to
see and touch our quality. We have something new: in fact, we
will start to promote and offer our new high-speed corrugator
F200/50HP; a no compromise machine for high performance and
quality, mostly dedicated to DWC.

Guiding
Q. Pipe strength with minimal raw material
The plastic technologists need to consumption; as regards current technology, where are
Quote continuously stay fully informed about
we on this? How do you see the future?
This is the target for all the pipes manufacturers: to get the
the new polymers, additives, applications best pipe performance with the minimum quantity of materials.
There is a specific software to simulate the behaviour of different
etc. This requires a lot of development on part of the
pipe profiles with different materials. We have it; it is based on
technologists. Handling of new processes involving the the finite elements analysis (FEM) and it is a great support; but
it is useless if later on poor raw material is used and in a great
usage of radiation, laser, water, nano materials, metals in
profile, there is a bad or uneven material distribution or in place
production of finished products and recycling require both, of standards, the famous ‘finger test’ or ‘bending test’ prevail.
training and development. It is easy to say, “I want the best profile”, but it is the starting
point only that can be vanished by a wrong approach that is
spoiling the product. The DWC pipe will have a bright future
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and others present for the inaugural
session and thereafter.
“The exhibition is about
empowerment and bringing
a change in attitudes towards
plastics and its uses. This exhibition
is to help end users understand
plastics better by offering more
viable choices and options in
research, product development,
technology sourcing and more
importantly, getting enabled by
trade and investments,” says Rajeev
Chitalia. Amongst several initiatives
flagged off this year, one of them
is the Reverse Buyer Seller Meet
(RBSM) supported by the Ministry
of Commerce.
Experience the Vydyne® Explaining Rajeev Chitalia says, “We
have also deployed several tools
nylon 6,6 difference! through digital communication
channels and web-based
Booth H2E16 technologies. The complete digital
platform to manage one’s booking
and services are through a specially
created customised software, which
allows visitors to pre-plan their visit
and also research who they would
like to meet and what would they
like to see at the exhibition.”
PLASTINDIA 2018 will be witnessing
over two lakh industry visitors and
has 550 foreign exhibitors, thus
taking India’s plastics industry
ascendmaterials.com expectations still higher. This year,
there are buyers from across 32
countries who have entered this
exhibition to trade with India.
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marks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC. Currently, India is the 7th largest
manufacturing base in the world.
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In addition to its turnover expected
to have touched USD 20 billion,
nearly USD 2 trillion is the expected
infrastructure expenditure.
“The industry is growing at 16%
growth rate and so, it is considered
that India might be the third largest
plastics consumer by 2020. The
industry is also growing in terms of
providing employment generation in
India and there is a possibility that it
might generate close to 30 lakh job
opportunities in the future,” says
Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani.
He adds, “To support this, the
Gujarat government is supporting
the plastics industry by forming
special policies and a university
for plastics industry in Vapi where
innovations, startup and research
is duly taught and understood. We
are also aiming at increasing the
MSMEs in Gujarat. Almost 1/4th of
the country’s plastics are recycled
in Gujarat, one of the most eco-
friendly states.”
With Gujarat being a policy-
driven state, it is the only state to
have formed special policies for
the plastics industry. At Dahej, a
dedicated plastic park has been
developed and to further enhance
and drive the industry, the Gujarat
government has started working on
a second plastic park at Sanand.
The Indian plastics industry surely
eyes a buoyant future with nearly
double the growth expected in
the consumption of plastics by
packaging industry alone in the next
five years.

Kkalpana Sees Opportunities in Market Complexities
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India. On the western coast, we have
got our plants in Daman and Silvassa,
while in the eastern coast, our plant
is in Kolkata.
Our total capacity today is close to
300,000 tonnes per annum. As the
markets are showing rebound, we are
entering into new product categories.
Hence, we are planning to invest for
capacity expansion for engineering
plastic compounds as well as
cable compounds.
Q. What are the competition
dynamics in the global
market for product categories
like yours?
International markets for our products
like cable compounds are serviced
by very big and integrated players.
Presence of these big players provide
us with an opportunity to cater to
tailor-made requirements of our
customers. This equation creates
opportunity for very big integrated
players as well as players like us who
are not so big, but strong in offering
customer-specific solution.
Q. The most challenging
demand of the wire and cable
industry that you have met in
the recent past?
In the recent past, we have met the
most challenging demand of the
wire and cable industry in India. The
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Indian industry was forced to import
TR XLPE (Tree Retardant XLPE). We
have successfully developed and
launched commercially our TR XLPE
grade during calendar year 2017.
Q. Any big change in the
compounding industry that
you envisage in the coming
3 - 5 years?
As the business environment is getting
more challenging and there is going
to be a premium on efficiency; we
envisage that in the coming 3 - 5
years, we will see big change in the
scale and size in the industry which
will lead to consolidation. The
change in technology will result in
use of more advanced techniques in
manufacturing of compounds.
Q. How does a company like
yours decide on the investment
it needs to make in its R&D
activities? Do you base it on
turnover or on the business
opportunity that you sense in
the newer markets?
Our investments in R&D are based
on the business opportunity which
we sense in new markets or product
segments. The level of the turnover is
not a precondition for any investment
in R&D activities and for us investment
in R&D is a process which opens up
new opportunities for us.
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WETEC Launches
Q. What are the new robotic related
needs of the industry?
Using robots to automate production lines is

the Upgraded
an easy way to save time and money. Industrial
robots reduce waste, inventory and produce Ashvin Patel
high-quality products with consistency. Head –
Operation India

IML Robotic System

Industry needs highly dynamic robot system
Wetec Automation
with precise automation solution to create value
India Pvt. Ltd.
for customers. Today, the injection moulding
industry is going towards complete automation

flexibility for stacking and transferring of
products to the warehouse.
Each industrial robot application requires unique
end-of-arm tooling, specific reach and flexibility.
Q. What new is Wetec launching in
PLASTINDIA this year?
WETEC is launching the upgraded in-mould-
labelling (IML) robotic system with high safety
features and a fast cycle time.
WETEC always upholds its business philosophy
of ‘Worldwide, Expertise, Trustworthy, Energetic
and Creative’. It always focuses on wisdom,
integrity and customer service, as the top
mission to devote on technology innovation
and development for the automation industry.
The IML process is the ideal alternative for
secondary operations, such as subsequent
printing and various other applications.
at PLASTINDIA
l Changeover of packaging in IML is quick and
efficient.
l Plastic packaging products can be recycled.
“Productivity, performance, accuracy and Q. According to you, what are the main
repeatability, and less human errors are reasons that make companies adopt
automation today?
the main reasons that make
companies adopt automation Productivity, performance, accuracy and
repeatability, and less human errors are the main
today,” highlights Ashvin reasons that make companies adopt automation
Patel in dialogue with today. Secondly, increasing education and
POLYMERS Communiqué. awareness of new technologies by the
younger generation.
Q. Packaging, auto parts, medical,
cosmetics and disposables…which of
these are the more promising markets
for you in India and why?
According to us, packaging market is the most
promising market amongst all.

IML is one of the fastest growing applications
in the plastics packaging industry.
l Specially designed for high-quality premium
production.
l Inventory and temporary storage
eliminated with IML.
Packaging is emerging as the most important
and fast-growing segment of the Indian plastics
industry. This segment is likely to witness high
growth in the coming times on account of
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lifestyle changes in society. Growth will primarily
is be driven by end-user segments such as personal
care, pharmaceutical and food products.

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