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Czars Speak

on Engineering Performance with Plastics

Dr. Markus Steilemann

Member of the Board of Management Covestro AG

Inder Jain

Founder Chairman APPL Industries Limited

D. K. Gandhi

Managing Director Mutual Industries Limited

Michael Wittmann General Manager Wittmann Battenfeld

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CONTENTS

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2.6% CIS

27.8% China

4.3% Japan

16.7%

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Rest of Asia

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LIGHTWEIGHTING

ONLY THE

ASSIST STEP ON ALL 2007 TRAILBLAZERS

SAVES

THE EQUIVALENT ENERGY OF

2.7 MILLION

GALLONS OF GASOLINE

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F UTU R E-READY

“Compounders, today, have evolved with the changing market demands and are taking conscious efforts to offer something new to not only automotive, but also non-automotive applications such as defence, railways, appliances etc. It is imperative that infrastructure is upgraded on an on-going basis. Being future ready is very essential, be it studying and acquiring raw materials, machinery, skill, testing equipment and more,” opines Inder Jain in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

Being Future-Ready: Vital for Today’s Compounders

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O PPO R TU N ITIES GA LO R E

“Business today appears easier and exciting offering more opportunities than ever before. India is attempting to create opportunities for every person who wishes to be an entrepreneur,” emphasises D. K. Gandhi in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

For Business Expansion: Promoters Need to Find and Manage Talent Than Shuffle Hats

D. K. Gandhi, Managing Director Mutual Industries Limited, Mumbai

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SM A R T TIM ES

Michael Wittmann in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué highlights about the company’s latest technologies and what the Indian market means for them.

Inder Jain, Founder Chairman APPL Industries Limited, Pune

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GL OBAL PERS PECTI VE

“Innovation is one of the pillars of current and future business success. Plastics allow integration of various components that make the car safer, steer the light from the headlamp in the right direction, make seamless integration of light in the interiors possible, enhance overview within the cockpit, allow the integration and immediate release of airbags, and the list goes on,” says Dr. Markus Steilemann in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

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Sophisticated Technology, Collaborative Research and Creative Thinking: To Drive Engineering with Plastics

Dr. Markus Steilemann, Member of the Board of Management

Responsible for Innovation and Head of Business Unit Polyurethanes, Covestro AG, Germany

Complex Automation and Communication Protocols: ‘Smart Drivers’ for Automotive Manufacturing

Michael Wittmann, General Manager Wittmann Battenfeld, Austria

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EM PO WER ED A PPR O A C H

A. N. Jha, Executive Director Incharge (Petrochemicals)

Raw Material Pricing Strategy: A Parameter for Competitive Advantage for Processors Indian Oil Corporation Limited, New Delhi

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SIVA R AM S PEAKS

Dr. S. Sivaram, Former Director, CSIR-NCL

Manish Chawla manish@polymerscommunique.com

Polymers are Critical to Safer Lithium Ion Batteries: The Case for Polymer Electrolytes Fascinating World of Invisible Polymers

Designed by Custage Marketing Solutions LLP 401, Vikas Classic Building No 4 4th Floor, Near Basant Cinema Chembur, Mumbai 400 074, INDIA

Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

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BU IL DING CAPACI TI ES

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ME GA SH OW

Editorial Advisory Board

PM Dedicates OPaL Plant to the Nation

Arvind Mehta Chairman and Managing Director Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd.

PLASTINDIA Exhibitions: A Key Entry Point for Foreign Companies

Prof. (Dr.) N. C. Saha Director, Indian Institute of Packaging

Erhard Wienkamp, Executive Director

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Messe Düsseldorf, Germany

E U U P DATE

Karl-H. Foerster, Executive Director PlasticsEurope, Belgium

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N E W R E CI PE

Dr. Babu Padmanabhan, Managing Director and

European Plastics Industry: Know the Facts

Material Transformation: A Big Wave for the Plastics Industry Chief Knowledge Officer STEER Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

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KIC K- START

Avadhesh Manjanwal, General Manager – Sales Sunildutt Chaudhari, Factory Manager

N. K. Balgi formerly President & Director at Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt. Ltd.

Weekend Delights

Haitian India to Produce 200 Machines Per Month from New Facility

Haitian Huayuan Machinery (India) Pvt. Limited, Gujarat

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E C O AP PROACH

Ludovic Tonnerre, Global Business Unit Manager

Sustainability to Force Industries to Choose Eco-Sustainable Materials DOMO Engineering Plastics, Belgium

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big bytes

American Chemistry Council: Plastics Division

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F IN E BALANCE

Anthony Selvan, Director

Plastics in Automotives: Facts and Figures

Price and Quality: Time to Strike the Right Balance Hilda Automation, Navi Mumbai

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F OUN DATI ON

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Director

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plastics are valued for ties and are used in per pro nt their excelle lications. Typically, app ing many demand polymers results red the use of enginee ts due to reduced in overall lower cos nded component maintenance and exte chosen polymers fully care , ition add In life. efficiency by and e anc form per improve osion and corr g stin resi and less weighing solutions r offe tics plas e anc wear. Perform critical from s tion lica app for a range of ays railw s, icle veh tor mo components for unique engineering and aircrafts, through to the construction of solutions created for including tunnels, re uctu astr infr rt spo tran e a few. nam to s, road and bridges

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Arburg at CHINAPLAS 2017: A Broad Programme for Production of Plastic Parts

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at the CHINAPLAS 2017, taking place

together with customers, focusing on

between 16th and 19th May in Guangzhou,

China. Two automated hydraulic and electric Allrounders and the Freeformer

for industrial additive manufacturing can

smartphone covers from LSR, medical

technology connectors and spare parts for

Industry 4.0 and ‘Made in China 2025’.

Arburg is also due to speak on this topic

on 17th May at the high-level Industry 4.0 Conference hosted by CHINAPLAS organiser, Adsale along with VDMA. To find out more about Arburg’s medical

technology options, visitors can also attend an expert presentation on 18th May

at the Medical Plastics Conference being

technology and LSR processing are

FICCI Organises National Conference in Northern India With Focus to ‘Plasticulture and Packaging’

Allrounder applications featuring medical presented by Hekuma (Hall 12.1, Stand “We have been engaged in the Chinese

market for 25 years and are currently represented

locally

with

our

own

locations in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen. We are very proud to support

our customers and to grow along with

them,” emphasises Zhao Tong, Managing Director of Arburg organisation in China.

“In Guangzhou, we are presenting some

A-C

China are extending their activities

the aerospace industry. Further innovative

J41) and Mehow (Hall 4.2, Stand D01).

Clariant launches Polymax® 850 catalyst for more profitable and sustainable fuel upgrading

Industry 4.0.”

The automation experts from Arburg

plastic processing solutions to present

stand, A41 in Hall 5.1. These produce

Borealis embraces the new era of electric vehicles with innovative, lightweight Fibremod™ and Daplen™ solutions

Arburg host computer system (ALS) and

rburg has a number of innovative

be seen on the company’s own exhibition Bio-on plant to produce bioplastic microbeads for cosmetics in early 2018; construction on-way

stand can also find out more about the

interesting

applications

for

medical

technology, the consumer industry and the aerospace sector with our entry-level

electric and hydraulic machines from the Golden Electric and Golden Edition series, as well as the Freeformer for industrial

additive

manufacturing.

In addition, visitors to our exhibition

held alongside the exhibition.

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ndia currently supports 132 Bn people,

which is nearly 18% of the world’s

human population and 16% of cattle population with 2.4% of land and 4% of

water resources. The resultant is alarming fall

in

water

especially in the

table

northern regions of

the

to

be

country,

which also happen its

food

bowl. Plasticulture (viz. the use

of plastics in agriculture, horticulture, water-management, food grains storage

and related areas) is a good answer to this challenge. It results in judicious usage

of water, saving in usage of fertilizers as also pesticides through fertigation and enhanced yields.

This also creates a good opportunity for

the Indian plastics industry. Northern India has huge unrealised potential of

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Quality in its innovative form.

With passion, we develop future-oriented measuring and control devices for quality assurance of hoses and tubes, such as the CENTERWAVE 6000. A non-contact system for the measurement of diameter, ovality, wall thickness and sagging of large plastic tubes with a diameter from 110 to 3,000 mm. An innovative solution based on millimeter wave technology that increases product quality and ensures significant material and cost savings during extrusion.

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consumption as also manufacture for

the material usage is reduced,” explains

very low levels of consumption compared

business unit at KraussMaffei.

the plastics industry given the presently

Digest Davis-Standard upgrades expand film capabilities at mid south extrusion

to the global levels. There is a need to encourage plasticulture, which will also

help the Indian plastics sector to realise its potential.

FICCI

support

of

the

& Farmers Welfare and the Department Chemicals

&

Petrochemicals,

Government of India is organising the said conference on 18th April, 2017 at Hotel Mount View, Chandigarh.

The New KraussMaffei Steering Wheel Mould Carrier

T

he new steering wheel mould carrier for KraussMaffei’s reaction process

machinery Eastman copolyester Eastar™ GN007 adds value and quality to help Matador Toothbrushes expand to global markets

the

Department of Agriculture Cooperation of

Dow Corning further expands design freedoms for LED packaging with five new highperformance optical silicone encapsulants

with

features

high

flexibility,

excellent ergonomics and maximum machine availability. These features are

a result of the new ergonomic design and expanded swivel range of upto

90 degrees. The new mould carrier is used in polyurethane encapsulation of

Wolfgang Frehsdorf, Head of the Foam The steering wheel mold carrier can handle both hydraulic and pneumatic mould functions. The clamping forces

of the mould are freely adjustable,

reach upto ten tonnes and are variable throughout the mould carrier cycle.

The

customer

can

personally

and

conveniently program this cycle using the control system’s touch panel.

New from Meusburger Magnetic Proximity Sensor and Magnetic Cable Retainer

T

he standard parts manufacturer,

Meusburger expands its product

range in the area of electrical components.

The E 65620 magnetic proximity sensor for T-slots with reliable and precise

switching point is ideally suited for use as a cylinder sensor. For easy and secure fixing of cables within the moulds,

Meusburger now also offers the universally usable E 2766 magnetic cable retainer.

steering wheels.

FkUR presents new Bio-Flex blends for home compostable films and packaging

The mould carrier provides high flexibility plus good operability since the clamp

has a tilting option that is continuously and individually adjustable. The swivel

range - expanded with the new mould carrier - is between zero and 90 degrees,

Honeywell UOP technology being used by HPCL for the expansion and modernisation of its refinery at Visakhapatnam

D-H

both for foaming and for reaction process

The new E 65620 magnetic proximity

enables the mould to vent air through

aid: the flashing signal threshold alarm

no additional degassing openings are

switching range guarantee an exact and

machinery. The 90-degree foam position

sensor is equipped with a new setting

the separating half. This means that

and continuous light in the optimal

required. Less waste is produced and

simple adjustment. Also, the existing

E 6562 magnetic proximity sensor, which

in addition is equipped with a connector was upgraded with this new function.

Both sensors from Meusburger are ideally suited for the position sensing of hydraulic cylinders. The fixing of the magnetic

proximity sensors takes place in the T-groove. Both variants are coordinated to the tried and trusted Meusburger

E 7020 Compact cylinder and guarantee even higher process reliability.

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The E 2766 magnetic cable retainer is the

optimal solution for easy and secure fixing of the connecting leads inside the cable

Digest

slot. The retainer is fixed by means of a strong Neodymium magnet. This helps save time and costs during the mould assembly. Due to their temperature

resistance of upto 150° C, the magnetic cable retainers can also be used for hot runner systems.

Brückner Maschinenbau at CHINAPLAS 2017

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Combined with a once more increased energy and raw material efficiency, this

technology lowers film producers’ total cost of ownership (TCO) significantly.

t CHINAPLAS 2017 in Guangzhou,

In China, the demand for high quality

line specialist, Brückner Maschinenbau

constantly rising. At CHINAPLAS, Brückner

will

Booth 5.1 A65, German film stretching present

innovations

for

the

cost-effective production of a wide variety of added-value plastic films.

Brückner’s film stretching lines are the widest (upto 10.4 m) and fastest (above 600 m/min) and most productive (upto

65,000 tonnes/year) within the industry.

KRAIBURG TPE Korea Ltd. (opened in January, 2017) will be part of the global TPE leader’s landmark expansion in the Asia Pacific region

food packaging made of BOPA film is Maschinenbau

presents

the

latest

concepts for simultaneous and sequential

BOPA lines with a working width of 6.6 metres, increasing the output and the productivity by a good 30%.

The ‘Intelligent Line Management’ is a

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an increased line availability, focusing on the process view as opposed to the

Digest LyondellBasell introduces new Purell resin for cast film and injection moulded healthcare applications

usual machine view. This new operating

concept is supported by several assistant

systems which can also be upgraded with older lines.

At the joint Brückner Group booth;

besides Brückner Maschinenbau, visitors will also meet Brückner Servtec with their

solutions for the profitable operation of

film stretching lines; Kiefel, showing the latest developments for the packaging, automotive,

Plastic Technologies, Inc. partners with The Packaging School to provide expert PET curriculum

RPC Superfos strainer is in-built in a UniPak container to pack a new range of seafood products in brine and oil

medical

and

appliance

industry and PackSys Global, presenting advanced packaging equipment.

Arkema Increases its Kepstan PEKK Capacities to Meet Future Demand

A

rkema recently doubled the capacity of their Kepstan® PEKK (Poly-Ether-

Ketone-Ketone) product line in France and confirms its

Alabama, United States in a world-scale PEKK plant expected to come on stream

needs of the carbon fibre reinforced

composites and additive manufacturing (3D

printing),

commitment

confirming

to

develop

lightweight materials, one of their six innovation platforms.

Solvay’s Radel® PPSU helps SciCan Ltd. develops a new hygiene sterility maintenance instrument container

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SIKORA AG - Technology to Perfection

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systems for online inspection and sorting of plastic material as well as offline systems

for inspection and analysis of pellets, flakes and films / tapes.

Axion Polymers Launches New 100% Recycled ABS Grades

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recycled ABS grades suitable for a range

of injection moulding applications particularly in the construction and and carbon savings.

Recovered from the non-metallic waste fraction from end-of-life vehicles, the

Axpoly® recycled ABS resins deliver a carbon footprint saving of two-thirds when compared with virgin ABS made from petrochemical feedstocks.

IKORA AG is a manufacturer and supplier

measuring,

of

innovative

control,

online

inspection,

analysing and sorting technology for the hose, tube, sheet, plastics, wire and cable, and optical fibre industries.

Worldwide, users of SIKORA measuring devices benefit from an increasing quality, profitability and efficiency of the manufacturing process.

Modern laser, X-ray and millimetre

wave technologies measure precisely

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SIKORA’s product portfolio comprises

automotive sectors - offering both, cost

These investments will serve the growing

Arkema’s

concentricity and sagging. In addition,

range of strong and durable 100%

investment at

markets

as diameter, ovality, wall thickness,

xion Polymers has launched a new

future

in the second half of 2018.

Solegear and Braskem partner to launch recycling containers under the brand name ‘good natured’

and reliably product parameters such

A full LCA study of Axion’s mechanical

recycling process shows a saving of 2.1 tonne CO2 eq. for every tonne of ABS

produced. That is equal to the CO2 impact

of driving a 44-tonne articulated road haulage vehicle for 1,800 miles.

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FUTURE-READY

Inder Jain Founder Chairman APPL Industries Limited, Pune

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Being FutureReady Vital for Today’s Compounders “Compounders, today, have evolved with the changing market demands and are

taking conscious efforts to offer something new to not only automotive, but also nonautomotive applications such as defence, railways, appliances etc. It is imperative that infrastructure is upgraded on an

on-going basis. Being future-ready is very

essential, be it studying and acquiring raw

materials, machinery, skill, testing equipment

and more,” opines Inder Jain in dialogue with

POLYMERS Communiqué.

Q. With the auto compounding industry in a phase of consolidation, what are the APPL plans?

Automotive industry is evolving and growing rapidly and has attracted FDI

of around USD 15.065 billion investments in India during the period April, 2000

to March, 2016.

The Automotive Mission Plan 2016-26 (AMP 2026) is one such initiative. It clearly lays

out the government’s collective vision on how the automotive sector should grow in terms

of size, contribution to national development, technological maturity, global competitiveness

and institutional structure. It aims to make India among the top three automotive industries in

the world and increase exports exponentially to reach 35 - 40% of overall output. It also intends to

increase its contribution to the GDP to over 12%, generating 65 million more jobs as well as increasing

the size to USD 300 billion by 2026.

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Global car majors have been ramping up

investments in India to cater to growing domestic

demand. These manufacturers plan to leverage India’s competitive advantage to set up exportoriented production hubs.

Our industry has changed drastically in the last one year with many Indian companies being acquired by

foreign players making us a proud Indian polymer compounder (automotive). At APPL, we welcome this healthy competition.

APPL is located in all zones of the country and are

investing in R&D for new products and technologies for the automotive and non-automotive applications as well to meet future and potential business.

As an Indian

partner with

global alliances, we are always working on

custom solutions and keep it

Q. The Indian auto industry is in good line with global markets. How has been the APPL approach to exports? What is the future strategy?

The automobile sector of India is one of the largest in

the world and accounts for over 7.1% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP). It also contributes to nearly 22% of the country’s manufacturing GDP.

Q. Any specific changes in the automotive regulatory standards that could have an impact on your business?

Well, automotive regulatory standards were not as

stringent as they are now and we sincerely appreciate this. We are ready to comply to the new standards.

With more stringent emission norms, light-

weighting and fuel efficiency along with passenger

and pedestrian safety will play a major role in the auto industry.

This drives the compounders to innovate further, to

introduce new products and technologies for the interior, exterior and under the hood applications.

Q. With your current processing capacity being 1,25,000 MTPA, any new infrastructure planned by APPL for your existing business growth?

In compounding or any industry, the infrastructure has to be upgraded each day. Automotive compounders are looking to be closely located to auto hubs for quick support, response and on-time delivery.

Being future-ready is very essential. Studying and acquiring raw materials, machinery, skill and testing

simple; like

India today is a global export hub for all auto giants

we bring Indian

government’s ‘Make in India’ and several reforms

There is an endless hunger at APPL to grow, with

local sourcing in the past few years and is growing

automated with world-class quality assurance

cooking, where

ingredients and

our partners bring the recipe. This is our perfect

spot-on product offering!

across the world (2, 3 and 4-wheelers) and the has led to growth in business. It has drawn a lot of at a fast rate year-on-year.

As regards the APPL approach and strategy, we have our compounds and engineering plastics of global standards that are approved and supplied

to several automotive OEMs in India. For domestic and international manufacturers of 2-wheelers, 4-wheelers and many other non-automotive

applications, we are their single source and trusted partner for their exports.

1,25,000 MTPA today. All APPL facilities are fully laboratories. Our infrastructure investments keep

room for future business opportunities at all locations. But, yes! We are doing further infrastructure expansions at Chennai and Haryana. We are also setting

up new manufacturing facility at SEZ Dahej, Gujarat for major export business and Gujarat auto hub.

Q. The changing role of a compounder today? Few dos and don’ts...

Compounders, today, have evolved with the changing

As compounders, we are persistently motivated

market demands and are taking conscious efforts to

technology and introducing new product offerings

also non-automotive applications such as defence,

technical centre that is NABL accredited.

DOs

Keeping future business opportunities (exports)

l

towards upgrading our facilities with futuristic

offer something new to not only automotive, but

for the world market with support of our research and

railways, appliances etc.

in mind, we located two of our manufacturing

facilities in Chennai and SEZ Dahej, Gujarat (2017) close to the sea ports to cater to the overseas

markets and meet the huge potential of raw material sourcing from India in the coming years.

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equipment are a must.

Be globally competitive

Innovate with new technologies worldwide

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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Q. What recent innovations in material science can impact the usage of plastics in the automotive industry?

Innovation is one of the pillars of current and future business success; Covestro has

around 1000 researchers and developers working

at

its

innovation

centres

around the world. For instance, we now

manufacture a precursor for soft foam called polyol using CO2 as a feedstock.

By

using

sophisticated

technology,

we have thereby been able to replace

20 per cent of the petroleum usually used for manufacturing polyols.The soft foam can be used in mattresses or upholstery, for example. We currently work on also

using CO2 for car seats or insulation material as well.

Globally, the rise of electromobility

pushes the demand for lighter, stable and design-free materials like ours. We

can now offer a wrap-around glazing of

Sophisticated Technology, Collaborative Research and Creative Thinking

To Drive Engineering with Plastics

the whole cockpit, making the car lighter and thereby, saving fuel and increasing

battery life. Already in use are panoramic roofs made of polycarbonate that cuts

weight by up to 50 per cent when compared to glass.

For the future, we could also imagine

to replace structural parts that are currently made out of metal, mostly with

new

ultra

stable

composite

materials. They only weigh a fraction of the metal, without compromises in stability, durability and safety.

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“Innovation is one of the pillars of current and future

business success. Plastics allow integration of various

components that make the car safer, steer the light from the headlamp in the right direction, make seamless integration of light in the interiors possible, enhance overview within

the cockpit, allow the integration and immediate release of

airbags, and the list goes on,” says Dr. Markus Steilemann in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

POLYMERS Communiqué l February - March 2017

Dr. Markus Steilemann Member of the Board of Management Responsible for Innovation and Head of Business, Unit Polyurethanes Covestro AG, Germany

Q. Enhancing automotive safety with plastics. Where are we today on this?

Plastics allow the integration of various components

that make the car safer. They steer the light from the headlamp in the right direction. They make seamless

integration of light in the interiors possible, enhancing the overview within the cockpit. They allow the integration and immediate release of airbags, and the list goes on.

In future, we might as well see large structural parts of cars made out of plastics. Many cars

nowadays are as safe as they can get. We might be able to provide lighter and better materials without compromising safety in any regard.

Q. What according to you are the biggest hurdles that R&Ds of today are facing to be future-ready?

Covestro has research and development facilities

around the world, where it is constantly seeking new possibilities for industry-specific solutions in collaboration and close to customers. These

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In

2016, Covestro spent about

€ 259 million on research and development, corresponding to slightly

above

2 per cent of total sales.

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OPPORTUNITIES GALORE

D. K. Gandhi Managing Director Mutual Industries Limited Mumbai

“Business today appears easier and exciting offering

more opportunities than ever before. India is attempting to create opportunities for every person who wishes to

be an entrepreneur,” emphasises D. K. Gandhi in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

For Business Expansion

Promoters Need to Find and Manage Talent Than Shuffle Hats

Q. What was the key reason that Mutual Industries decided to be in the business of ‘engineering polymer based solutions’?

Historically in 1975, the Gandhi family decided to

Q. With a very demanding automotive industry, how do you plan and maximise possibilities with man, machine, material and technology to build your solutions?

oriented trade house. As a trade partner to erstwhile

in collaboration with business partners is a

participate in manufacturing business from export-

Resources optimisation and developing solutions

Mutual Steel Industries, we saw the opportunity

continuous

available associated with polymers as a versatile

material that was then being poorly developed and penetrated in India as compared to its peers. We were

inclined and excited by the opportunity available.

Mutual, at that time, was focused on household, furniture, toys and negligible industrial applications using variety of polymers.

After acquiring the company, within a couple of years, we realised the future was more exciting towards industrial applications which needed

technical strengths, collaborating with global polymer companies, quality machineries and equipment companies. More importantly, there were not

too many companies focused to be professional engineering polymer processors using injection moulding process technology.

This

provided

us

with

the

opportunity

to

differentiate Mutual from the market participants as well as build credibility with OEMs that we were

focused only on providing best possible solutions for them.

process.

With

advancement

and

maturity of the industry, we integrate our efforts

and resources at a very early stage of a vehicle development

in

collaboration

with

business

partners, be it polymer companies, equipment manufacturers, design and engineering firms,

or tooling and prototype companies to deliver precise

application

and

solution.

Fortunately,

being associated with the automotive industry

for close to four decades, we have developed relationships as well as internal resources to address these challenges.

Q. According to you, what is the biggest challenge that faces an integrated solution provider, as you?

Automotive industry across the world, and

particularly in India, is at a unique position now.

What we are witnessing is exciting as well as

challenging. At the world stage, we are seeing aggressive playing out of disruptive technologies and business models, automation, wave of protectionism in certain developed economies,

ageing population and decreasing

workforce, flattening of volume growth without fiscal incentives and above all, threats of global warming and resultant

cut-down in emissions and thrust on renewables.

India with highest population under 35, massive thrust on urbanisation and

absence of quality public transport,

provides an exciting opportunity to capitalise on all of the above, besides

a growing economy with potential to have exponential growth in consumer

discretionary once GDP goes beyond USD 3 trillion, similar to what China

experienced in late 1990s and early 2000s.

Companies will have to be agile and

nimble to respond to these opportunities and challenges. Automotive industry is a

flag-bearer industry world-over in terms of its contribution in nation development and employment generation. Hence, it

has to embrace challenges of present

and provide leadership through solutions.

Automobile truly combines path-breaking technologies to deliver solutions and experience. For example, electric, hybrid,

fuel cell, autonomous cars, connected cars, driver-less cars; these are designed

to provide solutions to the ever-increasing needs of people and society.

These solutions are developed with full

participation of component makers, technology

companies,

universities

etc. in collaboration and cooperation

With fast-forwarding to Bharat Stage VI

by 2020, and targeting of 6 million electric vehicles by 2022, by the Government of India, one can imagine the role and

demand of plastics in designing vehicles around all of the above requirements.

with OEMs. We, as well, need to

On top of this, we have disruptive

field and develop in-house R&D and

autonomous vehicles and green vehicles

collaborate more with specialists in the

testing capabilities to bring down the overall cost and timeline of product development and improve internal efficiencies

through

standardisation

of resources as well as processes by focusing increasingly on digitisation.

Q. Do you see a conscious change in requirements by brand owners in the recent past? How do you see a changing role that plastics could play in redefining automotive delivery?

The overall trend that we observe is that

brand owners are increasingly competing in

space

of

customer

satisfaction

ranking, infact they are incorporating customer’s inputs in bringing newer

platforms and features, even to provide customisation options.

New

products

are

increasingly

becoming lighter, safer, fuel-efficient and incorporating latest digital technologies

for providing experience beyond just driving or mobility.

possibilities on account of taxi aggregators, over the next decade or two.

All of the above trends mandate

increasing use of plastics for its ability to

provide design flexibility and integration of electronics, sensors, cameras etc.

seamlessly housed in plastics. Norms towards fuel efficiency and carbon

emissions mandates lightweighting of

vehicles. This is where plastics, including composites, is and will increasingly

play a dominant role in the foreseeable future. in

Role

vehicles

of

will

renewable increase

energy

plastics

contribution, while reducing contribution of other commodities. Besides, Indian

vehicles currently consume relatively

lesser plastics per vehicle compared to the developed world.

If all this means redefining, then you know the definition that is being evolved.

Q. Looking back on your success; if I may ask, what has been your biggest regret in business this far?

Well, over 4 decades, one has experienced many successes and disappointments... from many firsts for the industry to many

lost opportunities. I would not want to call anything as regrets. However, manufacturing industry, in general, has

had quite a few challenges pre-90s as well as post-90s right from license controls to

plethora of laws and procedures that serve very little precious in supporting small companies to grow large.

On

the

business

opportunities

side, perhaps last decade has been disappointing

in

terms

of

secular

volume growth. These patches make

sustainability and long-term investments

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in emerging economies like India and Indian companies challenging. Talent retention becomes challenging and investments

in

building

knowledge

capital faces competition. And now, we want to cover up for lost opportunities

fast enough, which again will throw its challenges in managing soft assets whilst

dealing with disruptive technologies and business models.

that we undertake for this ever-evolving and competitive industry.

One unique aspect that polymer industry

offers

is

continuous

development of material variants and

many hats. Instead, it is prudent to find

and manage talent that can take your dream forward.

This, of course, demands continuous

industry, but also in several others

communication

opportunities not only in the automotive

offering much potential for innovation conventional materials.

sure we would have created opportunities

Q. How did you manage the uncertainty, when migrating from a family held company to a professional company?

have never thought of any other business

crossroad where promoters must take

I belong to a family of entrepreneurs. I am

challenging to keep shuffling between

processing machineries that opens up

and esthetics with advantages over

Q. If you were not into this business, what would be the next career that you would have opted for?

many hats simultaneously, it becomes

brainstorming, engagement, constant stakeholders,

amongst

duly

various

supported

by

experienced advisors and professional

assistance. If a promoter has the vision for the company beyond himself, these challenges can be overcome relatively easily.

for ourselves. However, to be honest, I

I believe, every company reaches a

or alternate career option. The reason

this critical decision. Every family driven

Q. As a business owner, did you go through any kind of fears while embarking on your ambitious growth plans?

company acquires an independent identity

and fear. At times, both these emotions

beinvg, it has been a good journey evolving

from household and toys to radio and TV cabinets to appliances, from 2-wheeler to 4-wheeler to commercial vehicles. The journey has been and continues to be

exciting with every new development

business reaches a point where the and scale that deserves independence for

Businesses is run on managing greed

it to grow sustainably. Moreover, this is independent of the capabilities of the family members. As promoters wear

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POLYMERS Communiqué highlights about the company’s latest

technologies and what the Indian market means for them.

Michael Wittmann General Manager Wittmann Battenfeld Austria

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Q. What does Wittmann see as the next big opportunity that will be presented by the automotive industry for injection moulding equipment companies in general?

The automotive industry is a major driver of technology and we think that will not change in the near future. State-of-the-art process technology, such

as light-weight technology, is increasingly gaining importance for this industry. Wittmann Battenfeld has developed its CELLMOULD® structured foam process technology, which enables the production

of extremely light-weight parts with high rigidity and minimal warpage.

higher process stability, which directly turns into

optimum product quality. However, we experience currently a significant increase in requests for more complex automation, going beyond simple part removal sequences.

Our R8 robot control system is ideally designed to support any kind of automation. Sensing this trend,

we have installed several years ago at Wittmann Battenfeld India our own automation design and manufacturing department for local support of the

full package, including technical support, automation design and production, installation and start-up directly in India.

Furthermore, implementation of automation on moulding machines for the automotive industry

will continue to progress. As of now, many robots

Q. What is the relevance of ‘smart machines’ in today’s times?

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EMPOWERED APPROACH

T

he competitive dynamics of the global petrochemical industry - the chemical

industry’s largest subsector - are changing. To make the right strategic decisions, companies must understand the industry’s shifting dynamics, as well as the

overall trends of growth in demand and sources of cost advantage.

Extreme volatility in price of petrochemicals sometimes causes discomfort for buyers

of many intermediate chemicals, coatings and basic plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, ABS and polyurethane.

The forecast is for more volatility and the reasons for the roller-coaster market dynamics

are complicated, and relate to demand and supply gap that arises due to many

Raw Material Pricing Strategy

A Parameter for Competitive Advantage for Processors Manufacturers must move from today’s ‘linear economy’ -

where they mine, manufacture, use and throw away, towards a more ‘circular economy’ - where one industry’s waste

becomes another’s raw material. Collaboration with suppliers and customers can keep used products, components and materials in circulation.

A. N. Jha Executive Director Incharge (Petrochemicals) Indian Oil Corporation Limited New Delhi

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factors such as gasoline production,

Let us take a practical example; a 5 litre

of 560 MT/A, though when we exclude top

and geopolitical factors to boost profit

is able to find easily on the shelf of any

of polymer processors drops to abysmal

growth of shale gas production in the U. S. margins of processors.

Why predicting polymer prices is a milliondollar question for any polymer processor?

It is because it constitutes 80% of their finished product cost. Considering energy

and labour charges do not fluctuate too

much and even

transportation c o s t ,

edible oil of any brand that any customer

retail store will cost around Rs. 500 Rs. 550. The weight of the container used

for the same is close to 200 grams made from HDPE blow moulding grade. The

cost of 200 grams of HDPE blow moulding

would

not

change by more

t h a n Rs. 3 -

Rs.

4

and the

f i n a l

p r i c e

of

edible

the

oil

container

may

reflect

also

that

change by either decrease in quantity

or increase in prices by Rs. 10 - Rs. 15, indicating rise in input costs. The only reason to state this example is that the change in raw material prices may not

drastically impact the final end user to that extent, but the jar manufacturer may be impacted due to the volumes.

A (though changing diesel prices have an impact), optimisation of procurement of

raw

material

determines

their

bottom line for the entire year. Raw

typical

HDPE

blow

moulding

manufacturer normally consumes close to 30 – 40 MT/M of raw material, if we assume 10 - 20% of 5 litre containers

out of the total that will be 24,000 jars monthly or 2,88,000 jars annually.

material volatility leaves few options for

Polymer processors in India are highly

costs, find new ways to mitigate the

using around 30 MT/A to largest one

manufacturers; either absorb additional

expenses or pass the price increase to

customers, who are already reluctant to spend.

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16 MT/M of polymers.

Packaging sector is one of the major

price of the jar

stable

processors in India process an average of

almost 5 - 7% of the total cost. So, even if

more than Rs. 26 - Rs. 28 per jar which is

very extreme), the

less, remains

16 MT/M. This shows that 80% of the

transportation and margin would not be

the overall cost including energy, machine,

of HDPE grade (which is

or

number of 190 MT/A or approximately

Effect of Polymer Prices on Cost Competitiveness of Various Sectors

grade is currently Rs. 18 (Delhi Prices) and

price increase of Rs. 10 - Rs. 15 takes place

more

20% processors, the average consumption

fragmented with smallest processor consuming to the tune of 15,000 MT/M.

The average consumption of around

20,000 polymer processors is in the range

Packaging Industry

growth drivers of polymer consumption in India. With rising per capita income and increasing trend of dual-income

households, Indians are now spending more on packaged food items. An estimate tells us that packaging accounts

for about 12 - 14% of the retail price

of packaged food items. With organised retail catching up really fast, the packaging industry is expected to grow in double digits.

Though attractiveness of packaging

acts as a marketing point also, it still

remains to be an additional cost to a seller. For example, a person involved in

marketing of pulses which is more or less

a commodity for the Indian market, for this person shelling ~10% on packaging cost is a huge component. Packaging solution

providers work on paper-thin margin and usually the rise in raw material price is passed on directly to the end user.

OEM Based Processors Original

Equipment

Manufacturers

(OEMs) like the automotive industry,

appliances etc. source various parts for

their products from their vendors. Since the volumes involved in these industries

are generally huge, OEMs give very

thin margins to their vendors. In such a scenario, vendors generally protect

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SIVARAM SPEAKS

Polymers are Critical to Safer Lithium Ion Batteries: The Case for Polymer Electrolytes

Fascinating World of Invisible Polymers

Dr. S. Sivaram Former Director, CSIR-NCL Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

I

n my previous article (POLYMERS CommuniquĂŠ, December, 2016 - January, 2017 issue); I addressed

the nature of polymer-based separators needed

for safer lithium ion batteries. However, one of the most troublesome components in a battery is the

liquid electrolyte; typically, a 1:1 mixture of dimethyl

carbonate and ethylene carbonate. These are volatile organic liquids which are flammable with high risk

Large scale lithium ion battery is expected to play a key role in powering electric cars, as backup power in aircrafts and solar energy storage applications. The intrinsic hazards associated with Lithium Ion batteries hinder their deployment in such applications.

Consequently, there is an urgent need for replacing the liquid electrolytes with more stable solid electrolytes. Once again, polymers come to our rescue.

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of ignition under battery operating conditions. The instability of carbonate-based electrolytes worsens

at higher temperatures, resulting in electrolyte decomposition leading to thermal runaways and

eventually, catastrophic failure of the battery. The performances of classical Li-ion batteries (LIBs) with non-aqueous liquid electrolytes have made great advances in the past two decades, but the intrinsic instability of liquid electrolytes results in safety issues,

and the energy density of the state-of-the-art LIBs cannot satisfy the practical requirements. Large scale

lithium ion battery is expected to play a key role in powering electric cars, as backup power in aircrafts and solar energy storage applications. The intrinsic hazards associated with such batteries hinder their

deployment in such applications. Consequently, there is an urgent need for replacing the liquid

electrolytes with more stable solid electrolytes.

Once again, polymers come to our rescue. A study conducted by Toyota Motors, Japan has indicated

that an all solid-state lithium ion battery may be

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shown to possess useful properties such as

Power density

8000

6000

Nickel-metal hydride battery 100

200

400

500

600

domains of polystyrene provide modulus2

700

800

Novel block copolymer structures have

FY 2030

Small prototype cells in TOYOTA 300

whereas, the continuous cross-linked

Lithium-air battery

All-solid-state battery

FY 2015

0

PEO segment provides ion mobility,

(Refer Figure 2).

FY 2025

FY 2020

(W/L) 2000

and good ionic conductivity. The discrete

High capacity-type (for EVs, PHVs)

Lithium-ion battery

4000

0

high energy density, mechanical stability

High power-type (for HVs)

900

been designed that are mechanically

robust and have ionic conductivities similar to liquid electrolytes. The feature

1000

of these polymers are that the positive and negative charges are separated in

Energy density (Wh/L)

the block copolymers so that the Lithium

Figure 1: Ragone plots for various battery systems.

ions will not be immobilised by the negatively charges ions3 (Refer Figure 2).

(a)

(c)

1 cm

Recently, efforts have been focused on polymer nanocomposites; especially,

1 nm

nanocomposites of poly(ethylene oxide)s with 2D graphene oxides. Incorporating 1 wt% graphene oxides results in two

orders of magnitude increase in ionic

Poly(ethylene oxide) + salt

(b)

conductivity with a 260% increase in

ion-conducting domain

tensile strength4. Nanocomposites offer

another approach to independently

(d)

tailor

ionic

conductivity

mechanical properties.

10 nm

and

New Class of Fluoropolymer Materials A new class of fluoropolymer materials

cross-linked polystyrene:

useful as solid electrolytes has recently

high modulus domain

been reported5. These polymers are

Figure 2: Cross-linked styrene-b-ethylene oxide polymers useful as solid electrolytes.

perfluoropolyethers which have been

ready for commercial deployment by

lithium ions, the polymer must possess

functionally terminated by two methyl

could form a large part of these batteries.

temperature, that is, low glass transition

possess high thermal stability as shown by

poor mechanical properties which lead

decomposition begins (212° C) and do

of fabrication, the polymer must have

such functional polymers range between

modulus leads to reduced conductivity.

Tg between -90° C to -120° C. Batteries

conductivity is observed only at elevated

Several

electrolytes and they exhibited a capacity

mobility of lithium ions associated

designed for use in these applications.

2025 (Refer Figure 1)1, and polymers

PEOs: The Solid Electrolytes Poly(ethylene been

oxide)s

extensively

(PEOs)

studied

as

have solid

electrolytes. PEO can solvate high

concentrations of lithium cations and is non-flammable. However, practical

temperatures. Additionally, the reduced with the polymer chains reduces the overall current carrying capacity of the electrolyte. For fast conduction of

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high polymer chain mobility at room

carbonate end groups. These polymers

temperatures. Furthermore, PEOs have

the high temperatures at which thermal

to other undesirable effects. For ease

not burn. Typical molecular weights of

reasonable modulus; however, increasing

1000 and 4000 g/mol and they possess

well-defined

random

and

block copolymers have been especially They combine, both, structure and

functions. A cross-linked block copolymer of styrene and ethylene oxide has been

were fabricated using such polymer of 120 mA.h.g-1 compared to 150 mA.h.g-1 To know more, please subscribe to Polymers Communiqué at

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BUILDING CAPACITIES

T

he OPaL plant was dedicated to the nation

integrated petrochemical complex located in

of Vijay Rupani, Gujarat Chief Minister; Nitin

Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region

by the Prime Minister in the august presence

Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Minister of

State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, along with a host of other dignitaries.

OPaL is a joint venture company promoted by ONGC, GAIL and GSPC, implementing a grassroots

Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the Petroleum, (PCPIR) at Dahej, Gujarat.

This is the single largest petrochemical plant in India and at full capacity, will annually produce 14 lakh metric tonnes of polymers viz. linear low density / high density polyethylene, polypropylene and

5 lakh metric tonnes of chemicals like benzene,

PM Dedicates OPaL Plant

to the Nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates ONGC Petro additions Ltd. (OPaL) plant to the nation at a function in Dahej, Bharuch on 7th March, 2017; Prime Minister addresses ‘Industry Meet’ at OPaL.

Excerpts from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Speech during the 'Industry Meet' at OPaL

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butadiene, pyrolysis gasoline etc. The product

The project will result in the growth of new

of 1,28,250 square metres.

the country, generating further investment

warehouse is one of the largest in India with an area OPaL would use ONGC’s captive feed of C2+

streams (i.e. ethane, propane and butane) from

C2-C3 extraction plant, and naphtha from Hazira and Uran to produce polyethylene and polypropylene.

Set up with an investment of Rs. 30,000 crore, the plant is strategically located in the petrochemicals

and chemical hub of the country with excellent

connectivity, creating an integrated ecosystem.

downstream plastics processing industries in of Rs. 40,000 crore and over 20,000 indirect

employment opportunities, giving major thrust

to government’s ‘Make in India’ programme. The

increased use of polymers will also reduce burden on traditional materials like wood, paper, metal

and will help in conserving natural resources like water and energy, and promote food safety and food conservation.

It will generate direct employment for 3,500

OPaL’s projected market share in the polymer sector

10,500 people.

contribute in encouraging polymer consumption

personnel and indirect employment for around

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will be 13% by 2018. The company would also

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The project will result in the

growth

of new

downstream plastics processing industries in the country, generating further investment of

40,000 crore and over 20,000 indirect employment

Rs.

opportunities.

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in the country and its products will be used for important sectors like infrastructure, housing, packaging, irrigation, automotive, healthcare etc.

OPaL’s production of polymer will help the country towards self-sufficiency.

The average per capita consumption of polymers

in India is 10 kg, compared to a world average of 32 kg. There is tremendous potential for growth of the sector catalysed by growth drivers such as

increasing middle-class, higher disposable income and urbanisation.

The petrochemical sector in the country has witnessed a robust growth of 10 - 12% per annum in

the last decade, and is expected to grow at a rate of 12 - 15% in the next decade.

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MEGA SHOW

PLASTINDIA Exhibitions

A Key Entry Point for Foreign Companies

Q. How do you see the response to the upcoming PLASTINDIA 2018 from your region?

India is an important place for the global plastics and

rubber industries, and the PLASTINDIA show is the key entry point for foreign companies into a fast-growing and challenging market. I am sure we will experience

a strong participation of exhibitors from all relevant

sectors - raw materials, additives, processing machinery, ancillary equipment and finished products - and from all parts of the world.

Q. As the No. 3 exhibition in the world, how do you see PLASTINDIA 2018 benefitting the industry?

The Indian market is considered to provide excellent

opportunities: the young population, the fast growing consumption-friendly middle class, infrastructural expansion, investment in medical and health services and one of the largest automotive industries in the

world generating a significant demand for plastic

“PLASTINDIA is the flagship event in this interesting market, with a vision

of taking the industry

forward on its path towards

becoming one of the fastest growing sectors in India,”

expresses Erhard Wienkamp in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

parts and packaging as well as for production machinery and raw materials.

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Erhard Wienkamp Executive Director Messe Düsseldorf Germany

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Exhibitors and visitors alike have high expectations regarding the further development of the show. At its

premiere in Gandhinagar, PLASTINDIA profited of the fact that it took place for the first time in the heart of the

Indian plastics processors industry.

PLASTINDIA

is

the

flagship

event

in

this

interesting market, with a vision of taking the industry forward on its path towards becoming one of the fastest growing sectors in India.

and

visitors

alike

have

high

expectations regarding the further development of the show. At its premiere in Gandhinagar, PLASTINDIA profited of the fact that it took place for the first time in the heart of the Indian

plastics processors industry. It remains a constant

challenge to encourage industry experts not only from Gujarat, but from all parts of the country to

visit PLASTINDIA. I have every confidence that the political authorities, together with the Plastindia Foundation, will further improve the infrastructure of the region.

Q. With over 2,00,000 visitors expected, do you see your exhibitors launching new products and technologies during PLASTINDIA 2018?

I am sure the exhibitors will present the latest

innovations of their product ranges - products that are perfectly adjusted to the needs of the

Indian market. Visitors will take advantage of

positive. According to the experts of Plastindia from the current 12 million metric tonnes per annum

(MMTPA) to 20 MMTPA by 2020, due to increased usage of different forms of the applications.

Especially the packaging industry, the automotive industry

and

everything

related

to

the

investments in nation-wide infrastructure will contribute to this result.

Q. How do you look to your relationship with PLASTINDIA events?

Plastindia Foundation and Messe Düsseldorf have

been working together since the first PLASTINDIA in 1990. As overseas associate, Messe Düsseldorf takes care of the European, Japanese and US exhibitors and

also participants from the Gulf region. The team of Messe Düsseldorf feels honoured that we have been

chosen as partner for this important trade fair. And, it is with a certain amount of pride I can state today that we have been able to contribute significantly to the success of PLASTINDIA.

I’m looking forward to continue our prosperous cooperation. The team of Messe Düsseldorf will take care of the benefit of our customers with the utmost care.

the opportunity to become acquainted with the

Q. Any specific wish list?

on the world market. The products presented will

state of the global plastics and rubber industries

latest products and pioneering trends available

I do hope that the extraordinarily good economic

help visitors to get ready for the future demands

which characterised already K 2016 in Düsseldorf

of the market and help them to expand their business opportunities.

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The buzz for plastics consumption in India is very Foundation, the consumption is likely to increase

Q. The venue at Gandhinagar got very good reviews last time. This, being the second edition at Gandhinagar, will further enhance exhibitor delight. What are your thoughts?

Exhibitors

Q. What according to you are the bright spots of the ‘Indian Plastics Industry’?

will continue and that PLASTINDIA 2018 will experience the benefits!

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Weekend Delights Friday night to Monday morning, a time to unwind, rejuvenate and be geared to face another grueling week. Each one of us use this ‘my time’ is different ways. And why not, weekend is a time for expressing ourselves. We all have known the personalities featured here as astute business stalwarts; as life is more than just business, we at POLYMERS Communiqué, have started a new section called ‘WEEKEND DELIGHTS’. Live life...

Ajit Singh Chairman

ACG Pharmapack (formerly Associated Capsules)

I Every weekend is different. I have no fixed 9 to 5 or fixed weekend agenda. I stay ready to be where a major opportunity or problem arises for my companies. This can happen anywhere in the world, on any day.

If I actually get a weekend to myself, I am most likely (and grateful) to be at home in my library or garden with my most lovable wife.

I have no set weekend programme to travel to exotic locations or great eating places or meet friends and business acquaintances. I do this anyway, travelling around the planet.

Pankaj Poddar CEO

Cosmo Films Limited

Mixed weekend activities for me; playing cricket, squash or gyming on one side, while watching a movie or taking kids to some fun place on the other.

Playing cards with the parents in another activity I normally indulge in, besides relaxing for an hour or at times, clearing unread emails.

Mahinder Singh Secretary General

Chemicals & Petrochemicals Manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association

Weekend means to me complete leisure time after a busy week.

At times, Sunday biking...no workout...away from gadgets - TV, phone etc.

Totally different from weekdays in terms of having brunch followed by a nap, instead of breakfast and lunch separately.

Listening to music of choice...

At times, going for music concert in the evening.

This is how I look forward to the next week...fully energised.

Paresh Mehta Director

Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd.

I wait for weekends to be with my kids and family. A lot of interaction is needed with kids for not only listening to them carefully, but even learning a lot from them. In our busy life, we miss out many moments which we may realise only in later years, so I try to keep up to their expectations to enhance their positivity, enthusiasm and give them continued confidence.

Y. R. Anand Director

Unimark

I have been an active sportsman most of my adult life.

I am still able to enjoy a game of tennis or a swim and manage to play tennis or swim about 4 - 5 times a week.

On weekends, I may play a bit more than weekdays.

I also enjoy reading, both fiction and non-fiction.

Weekends and travel time allows me to read a fair amount of books and magazines.

Music, watching plays and movies are also regular for my family. So we spend some weekends watching plays or films or attending music concerts as a family.

EU UPDATE

European Plastics Industry

Know the Facts

The European plastics industry continues its stable trend as a

Karl-H. Foerster Executive Director PlasticsEurope Belgium

continuation of its recovery. PlasticsEurope presents the latest production, demand and waste management data.

Production Levels The world production level of plastic materials

Plastics Producers Benefit, Germany in the Lead

322 million tonnes in 2015, an increase of almost

49 million tonnes. Plastics producers have benefitted

has increased from 311 million tonnes in 2014 to

At the European level, the plastics demand was

4%. The European plastics industry ranks 2nd in world

from the recovery of its customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; industries such as

production and continues its stable trend with a

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share of around 18% of the world production as a

MT

continuation of its recovery. Yet, China remains the

largest producer with over 27% of world production.

the packaging sector which stands for almost 40% of the total demand, building & construction with

around 20% of the total demand and automotive sector with nearly 9%. The European country with

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2015 plastics demand in Europe 49 MT

70% of the demand is concentrated in six countries 6

24.6%

4

14.3% 9.6%

Germany

Italy

France

7.7%

7.5%

6.3%

Spain

UK

Poland

2015

Plastic materials EU demand per country: European plastic demand includes plastic materials (thermoplastics and polyurethanes) and other plastics (thermosets, adhesives, coatings and sealants). Does not include the following fibres: PET-, PA-, PP- and polyacryl-fibres.

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Croatia

Slovenia

Norway

Ireland

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Denmark

Finland

Greece

Romania 2014

Cyprus & Malta

2013

Hungary

Switzerland

Portugal

Sweden

Austria

Czech Republic

Netherlands

Belgium & Lux.

Poland

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Italy

0

Germany

2

Source: PlasticsEurope (PEMRG) / Consultic / myCeppi

The plastics industry gives direct employment to

Jobs

An industry in which close to 60,000 companies

Companies

The European plastics industry had a turnover of

Turnover

The European plastics industry had a trade

Trade Balance

The European plastics industry contributed close

Contribution to Public Finance

over 1.5 million people in Europe

operate, most of them SMEs

over Euro 340 billion in 2015

balance of over Euro 16.5 billion in 2015*

to Euro 27.5 billion to public finances and welfare in 2015

The European plastics industry has a multiplier

Multiplier Effect

The European plastics industry ranks 7th in

Industrial Value Added

effect of 2.4 in GDP and almost 3 in jobs**

Europe*** in industrial value added contribution.

At the same level as the pharmaceutical industry.

In 2014, over 7.5 tonnes of plastics waste was

Recycling

collected for recycling

*Data including only plastics raw materials producers and plastics converters **The European House Ambrosetti study, data for Italy, 2013 ***Measured by gross value added at factor prices, 2012

the highest demand is Germany with approximately

25%, followed by Italy with over 14% and France with almost 10%.

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Others (Consumer and household goods, furniture, sport, health and safety, etc.): 22.4%

(Source: PlasticsEurope (PEMRG / Consultic / myCeppi)

Plastic Materials Demand in Main Market Sectors

Trade Balance

The distribution of European (EU-28+NO/CH) plastics

maintained a positive trade balance of over

demand by segment in 2015 from a total of 49 MT is as mentioned here.

Agriculture: 3.3%

Electrical and Electronic: 5.8%

Automotive: 8.9%

Building and Construction: 19.7%

Packaging: 39.9%

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In 2015, the European plastics industry has Euro 16.5 billion. For plastics producers, the top trading partners for exports (in value) outside

the EU were Turkey with over 13%, China

with around 12% and USA with almost 12%.

The main partners for imports from outside the EU were USA with approximately 25%,

Saudi Arabia with about 13% and South Korea with over 12%.

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230

311

299

288

279

322

2.6% 18.5% NAFTA

18.5%

Europe

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2007

61

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World

4.4%

Latin America

Middle East, Africa

27.8%

4.3%

China

Japan

16.7% Rest of Asia

Europe (EU 28 + NO/CH)

World and EU plastics production data: Includes plastic materials (thermoplastics and polyurethanes) and other plastics (thermosets, adhesives, coatings and sealants). Does not include the following fibres: PET-, PA-, PP- and polyacryl-fibres.

Distribution of global plastic materials production: China is the largest producer of plastic materials (only thermoplastics and polyurethanes), followed by Europe and NAFTA. World production of plastic materials in 2015 is 269 million tonnes.

Source: PlasticsEurope (PEMRG) / Consultic

Source: PlasticsEurope (PEMRG) / Consultic

plastics industry as a pillar of the European economy.

Turkey

2016 was seen as a year of positive growth for the

2015 Exports Extra EU-28 Plastics Manufacturing Plastics Processing

China USA Russia Switzerland

13.3%

14.8%

12.6%

10.7%

11.7%

9.5%

6.6%

8.4%

6%

6%

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Russia Turkey

2015 Imports Extra EU-28 Plastics Manufacturing Plastics Processing USA Saudi Arabia South Korea Switzerland Japan

25.4%

23.8%

12.9%

14.3%

12.4%

14.2%

6.6%

11.1%

6%

USA China Switzerland Turkey

5.3% Japan

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With more than 1.5 million people working in about K 60,000 companies, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the European plastics industry is a key player in the European

economy. Today, our industry is a major contributor

to wealth and growth in the EU ranking 7th in industrial

added value. In 2015, through taxes and social

welfare, the plastics industry generated more than Euro 27 billion for public finance, showing the

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Material Transformation A Big Wave for the Plastics Industry

Materials transformation is all about having multiple ingredients come together for it to have applications and features that are better than what it could be done earlier. If any organisation is successful in achieving this, it implies a longer successful business proposition. For, only innovation in materials transformation can ensure a sustained growth in business.

M

aterials have always been responsible

user comfort and convenience is one major force,

get designed and developed so that

energy efficiency in the age of climate change and

for changing the way new products

enhanced features and functionality can appeal

consumers. Whether in household, industrial, defence-related products or components of highly

engineered aerospace modules, newer materials

with better physicochemical properties and performance are responsible for the impressive

progress and breath-taking achievements. The new age materials not only display the potential

to weather acute deterioration due to physical, chemical and environmental stress, but also are

highly sustainable and eco-friendly in the way they are manufactured.

The demand for constant innovation to improve

Dr. Babu Padmanabhan Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer STEER Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru

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but another important one is the quest for improved

global warming. For instance, car manufacturers are looking at light-weighting of automobiles and

they need materials that can meet their stringent requirements and multiple objectives. Likewise, new generation materials are making their way

into the aircraft industry, as manufacturers plan to build bigger and better fuel-efficient airplanes to revolutionise the transportation sector.

Metals, ceramics, stones and such fall into one category of materials that were present well before

any life evolved on the planet. Most other materials are carbon forms that contain large molecules of repeating units built by mankind. Whether we call them paper, textiles or wood, these are made from macro-molecules that are synthesised by an

organism in a cell. Plastics are made from molecules that are synthesised in a reactor vessel. Such

materials can now incorporate other important ingredients for various functional and performance

characteristics and such an effective modification

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leads to the transformation of materials. There is no

doubt that effective materials transformation will herald a big wave for the plastics industry in the coming years

with amazing new materials. But, how do we achieve it?

Do we have the technology to sustain effective materials transformation in the long run?

Transforming Materials: The Question is How? Technology platform to transform materials effectively

are today widely available, but only those that take care of three critical factors, can claim to be successful, as below. l

Control over temperature

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Time taken for processing materials

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Pressure applied

The above three factors result in better control over transformation of materials. These are relevant because

the plastics industry faces a unique challenge of ensuring uniformity of the molecular structure of materials when they

are processed with complex additives and reinforcements.

Achieving an optimal dispersion of these complex additives and reinforcements, while protecting materials from degradation, is made possible through advanced transformation technologies.

A platform technology aimed at continuously processing materials with self-cleaning ability resulting in a chemical

reaction to increase the molecular weight or viscosity

without gelling, is spurring the development of newer extrusion technology using co-rotating twin-screw extruder.

Such a revolutionary platform technology, available

today, is positioned to successfully transform materials such as natural fibre, jute, chicken feather and other sensitive materials for a wide range of applications in plastics. These processing platforms are a combination of

high-performance technology, heavily design-oriented

and demonstrate advanced engineering at work. It is important that every section is designed with a thorough

understanding of mixing and materials for better outcomes.

Comprehending Technology and Processes Applications

in

advanced

materials

technology

are significantly influenced by the process capability

of a self-cleaning intelligent compounding processor.

The fractional-lobed twin screw technology addresses

these issues. This is resulting in a greater than tenTo know more, please subscribe to Polymers CommuniquĂŠ at

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KICK-START

Haitian India to Produce 200 Machines Per Month

Avadhesh Manjanwal General Manager – Sales Haitian Huayuan Machinery (India) Pvt. Limited, Gujarat

from New Facility

Sunildutt Chaudhari Factory Manager Haitian Huayuan Machinery (India) Pvt. Limited, Gujarat

Avadhesh Manjanwal and Sunildutt Chaudhari are all excited about Haitian expanding its

factory in Gujarat come August, 2017. Manufacturing of injection moulding machines will take a whole new dimension at their new plant.

Q. Do you plan to offer any special technology to the Indian processors?

Q. After your new plant is up, what would be your manufacturing capacity?

Haitian has come to India to support the Indian

With our new state-of-the-art plant in place, being

cycle time and reduced power consumption. Today,

our manufacturing capacity will multiply threefold

customers with new technology that delivers faster

the market is a commutative market. Machine power consumption is of top-most priority for a

prospect while selecting machines and we have various solutions to address these issues. The

as against our existing manufacturing capacity.

The new plant will have latest assembling and testing facility with latest support system.

machines being offered now have patented

Our main consumers are from the automobile

Moreover, for mid-clamping force range, we offer oil

segments of injection moulding

motion transmission from servo motor to pump. cooled servo motors and drives resulting in operating machines at lower oil temperatures. Over and above

this, the secured hydraulic circuit offered on our machines enhances servo motor and pump life cycle.

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a miniature version of our parent plant in China,

industry, however Haitian is number one in many

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ECO APPROACH

Sustainability to Force Industries to Choose

Eco-Sustainable Materials

“All forecasts see engineering plastics and nylon, in particular, continuously growing in

the next years; especially in metal replacement applications and for environment-friendly solutions for the automotive industry,” emphasises Ludovic Tonnerre in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

Ludovic Tonnerre, Global Business Unit Manager DOMO Engineering Plastics, Belgium

Q. From a global angle how different are the current demands of the Indian auto industry when compared to the west world?

Q. Do you see a new niche for ‘eco-friendly engineering polymers’? What is the future for bio-based engineering plastics?

The Indian auto industry is extremely sensitive to

Cost performance ratio is not encouraging the

price fluctaions in commodities as compared to the west-world. That way the stability in pricing is more stronger, but that also pushes the suppliers to offer alternate lower cost options.

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BIG BYTES

Plastics in Automotives

Facts and Figures

(Source: American Chemistry Council: Plastics Division)

REDUCING A VEHICLE’S WEIGHT BY 10% CAN IMPROVE THE

FUEL ECONOMY

OF THE VEHICLE BY

6-8%

IF JUST ONE QUARTER OF THE LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES IN THE U.S.

USED LIGHTWEIGHT COMPONENTS

AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY ENGINES,

WE COULD SAVE MORE THAN 5 BILLION GALLONS OF FUEL ANNUALLY BY 2030

5 BILLION

HTTP://ENERGY.GOV/ARTICLES/545-MPG-ANDBEYOND-MATERIALS-LIGHTEN-LOAD-FUEL-ECONOMY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

AUTOMOTIVE PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED AT

1,572 PLANTS LOCATED IN 45 STATES OF USA.

THESE PLANTS DIRECTLY EMPLOY

57,400 PEOPLE AND FEATURE A PAYROLL OF $2.8 BILLION

THE VALUE OF CARBON FIBRE

HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF SOME VEHICLE COMPONENTS BY 75 PER CENT

CF PLASTIC COMPOSITES

CAN ABSORB UPTO

12 TIMES

THE CRUSH ENERGY OF STEEL

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AUTOMOTIVE PLASTIC PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES WAS

$18.1 BILLION

STATE AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS SHIPMENTS:

THE USE OF ADVANCED

INDIANA (OVER $2.4 BILLION),

AND COMPOSITES IN AUTOMOTIVE

MICHIGAN (OVER $3.8 BILLION), OHIO (OVER $2.1 BILLION) AND TENNESSEE (OVER $1 BILLION)

PLASTICS HAS DOUBLED

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS

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THE BUSINESS OF CHEMISTRY IS A

TODAY’S PLASTICS

50%

TYPICALLY MAKE UP

$797 BILLION

8,00,000 ENTERPRISE PROVIDING OVER

SKILLED AMERICAN JOBS

OF THE VOLUME OF A NEW LIGHT VEHICLE

BUT LESS THAN

10% OF ITS WEIGHT, WHICH HELPS MAKE CARS LIGHTER AND MORE FUEL EFFICIENT, RESULTING IN LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THE AVERAGE LIGHT VEHICLE NOW CONTAINS 377 POUNDS OF PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES, OR ABOUT ≈ 10% OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT. THIS IS UP FROM 286 POUNDS IN 2000 AND 194 POUNDS IN 1990. IN 1960, LESS THAN 20 POUNDS WERE USED.

WITH APPROXIMATELY

14 MILLION

LIGHT VEHICLES ASSEMBLED IN THE U.S. AND CANADA DURING 2012, THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

REPRESENTS THE EQUIVALENT OF SOME

$44.4 BILLION IN CHEMISTRY

OVER 5.7 BILLION

96%

MORE THAN OF ALL MANUFACTURED GOODS

ARE DIRECTLY TOUCHED BY

THE BUSINESS

OF CHEMISTRY, INCLUDING THE

AUTOMOTIVE

INDUSTRY

CURRENTLY MANUFACTURERS IN 45 STATES OF USA USE

POUNDS OF PLASTICS ANNUALLY

E

F

TO CREATE INNOVATIVE VEHICLE PARTS AND COMPONENTS,

AND THE USE OF PLASTICS IN VEHICLES

CONTINUES TO CLIMB

SOURCE: TOWNSEND SOLUTIONS

COMPOSITES COULD...

IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY

BY ABOUT 35%

WITHOUT COMPROMISING PERFORMANCE OR SAFETY.

FUEL

ACHIEVE INCREASED

CARBON-FIBRE

[PLASTIC]

THESE ADVANCED LIGHTWEIGHT

PARTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HELPING MANUFACTURERS REDUCE VEHICLE MASS AND

WE ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS WITH ADDITIONAL WAYS TO INCREASE PLASTICS IN AUTOMOTIVE,

REDUCE VEHICLE WEIGHT AND

LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

ECONOMY STANDARDS BY THE YEAR 2025

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

LIGHTWEIGHTING

ONLY THE

ASSIST STEP ON ALL 2007 TRAILBLAZERS

SAVES

THE EQUIVALENT ENERGY OF

2.7 MILLION

GALLONS OF GASOLINE

THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF PLASTICS AND COMPOSITE AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

INCLUDING: EXTERIOR BODY PANELS, TRIM, AND BUMPER FASCIA, AS WELL AS INTERIOR TRIM PANELS, INSTRUMENT PANEL SUBSTRATES, KNEE BOLSTERS, WINDOW ENCAPSULATION AND SIDE LIGHTS, HEADLAMP HOUSINGS AND LENSES, MANIFOLDS AND VALVE COVERS, OIL PANS AND FUEL TANKS, UNDERBODY SHIELDS, TRUNK WELLS, WHEEL-WELL LINERS, ELECTRONIC/ELECTRIC PARTS AND COMPONENTS, LED LIGHTING AND LIGHT PIPES, KNOBS AND BUTTONS, WIRING HARNESSES, STEERING WHEELS AND STEERING COLUMN COVERS, INSULATION, DAMPENING AND SOUND DEADENERS, UPHOLSTERY FABRICS AND CUSHIONING MATERIALS, MECHANICAL PARTS AND COMPONENTS, AIRBAG FABRICS, SAFETY GLASS INSERTS, TIRES, AND ON AND ON AND...

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FINE BALANCE

Price and Quality

Time to Strike the Right Balance

“Compromising safety

and quality would mean a bigger price to pay for

the packaging industry,”

highlights Anthony Selvan

in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.

Anthony Selvan Director Hilda Automation Navi Mumbai

Q. Since inception, when your father started Hilda Automation, what has been the progress to date?

Started in 1975, Hilda Automation has emerged as

a centre for precision components manufacturing and machine building. Specialists in providing total packaging solutions.

We started as a parts manufacturing company

supplying to Siemens, L&T etc. In 1985, we started supplying machinery for water packaging industry

and in 1990, we started supplying the rotary machine.

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The big change happened in 2000 when we geared up and started supplying big machines to FMCG.

For a long time, we continued to innovate and in

2000, we decided to standardise our innovations and forayed into mass production. So, we started bulk manufacturing.

Q. Life cycle of technology, the current To know more, please subscribe to Polymers Communiqué at

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FOUNDATION

PIU Campus

Construction Commenced and Aiming for an Early Finish The first phase of the project is expected to be ready before 31st March, 2018 and admissions are targetting to start before 31st August, 2018 for all the three streams i.e. Plastics, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering with UMass Lowell Partnership.

P

lastindia International University

The University is promoted by Plastindia

world-class ‘Centre of Excellence

major associations, organisations and

is setup with a vision to build a

in Plastics Technology and Management’.

Foundation which is the apex body of institutions of the plastics industry.

This project has already been able to

achieve some critical milestones. One

of the best construction companies has been awarded the contract with all due

diligence and construction has already commenced. The total area of Phase I is

2 lakh sq.ft. – 9 buildings with 22

laboratories and approx. 17 classrooms, faculty house, cafeteria etc. It will be a green building.

The first phase of the project i.e. the

administrative

engineering

building,

building

and

plastics faculty

residence building are expected to be ready before 31st March, 2018 and To know more, please subscribe to Polymers Communiqué at

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MEETING GROUND

‘Industry 4.0’, one of today’s hottest topics,

plastics and rubber industries - are

impact nearly every major manufacturing

get up to speed about such strategies,

deserves our attention. It potentially will operation around the globe. Germany

and China launched their respective ‘Industry 4.0’ and ‘Made in China 2025’

strategies with the similar purpose of

upgrading their industries and advancing the goal of smart manufacturing.

Smart

manufacturing

optimises

the

entire supply chain to boost productivity and

create

higher-quality

products,

while also improving energy efficiency and workplace safety. Manufacturing industries worldwide - including the

CHINAPLAS 2017 to Inspire Smart Manufacturing

Through Industry 4.0 Conference 01

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striving to educate themselves and to better position themselves for the next industrial revolution. Guangdong Province in Southern China, one of the

country’s pivotal bases for plastics and rubber products manufacture, is in need of

industrial transformation and upgrading through

smart

manufacturing.

The

manufacturing industries of Guangdong

Province face numerous challenges, including rising production costs, and tend to focus on making basic, low-value-

added products while not delivering the more sophisticated, higher-end products needed to meet customers’ demands

today. Such conditions only underscore

the need for these sectors to transform and

upgrade

themselves

smart manufacturing.

through

Building on the success of the first edition

of ‘Industry 4.0 Conference’ last year in Shanghai, CHINAPLAS will once join

with VDMA, the German Engineering Federation, to present the 2nd ‘Industry

4.0 Conference’ at this year’s show in Guangzhou.

Speakers

from

leading

global plastics and rubber enterprises and application industries, including the automotive, electrical & electronics

and packaging industries, will share their in-depth insights about smart

1. CHINAPLAS launched the 1st edition of

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‘Industry 4.0 Conference’ in Shanghai in 2016

with VDMA, the German Engineering Federation.

The conference was well received by over 600 professional visitors.

2. Informative speeches were delivered by

representatives from leading global enterprises.

3 & 4. A ‘Smart Manufacturing Technology Zone’ will be set up in CHINAPLAS 2017. That space

will include cutting-edge exhibits, including mechanical robotic arms, automated systems, controllers, actuators and sensors.

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manufacturing. Overseas and domestic enterprises alike, including those based

in Pearl River Delta region, stand to benefit from this event.

‘Industry 4.0 Conference’ to Highlight Smart Manufacturing Standardisation

invited to interpret the standards related to the ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy.

Best Practices to Inspire Smart Manufacturing in End-use Sectors

The key to Industry 4.0 is standardisation.

have

technological innovation and business

for smart manufacturing. In the 2nd

abundant

proven

It aims to enhance the efficiency of

solutions

and

experience

model innovation by standardising

‘Industry

4.0

development and adoption of such

to inspire other enterprises, whereas

modern manufacturing enterprises to

packaging as well as the electrical and

at lower cost, thereby allowing them

technologies and solutions relating to

implement an Industry 4.0 strategy and

studies from their respective industries.

Conference’,

these

the

enterprises will share their best practices

standards prerequisites for helping

renowned enterprises from automotive,

deliver high-quality products faster, and

electronics industries will present their

to remain competitive. To properly

smart manufacturing with real case

optimise their manufacturing processes,

The conference’s first day will focus

smart

factories.

That

makes

all companies need to do is to set up

a series of standards related to cost, availability and resource consumption.

In the 2nd ‘Industry 4.0 Conference’, the

VDMA representative will share insights in respect to the industries’ establishment

of standards. A number of professionals from end-user markets will also deliver

their interpretations on standardisation of smart manufacturing and smart factories.

The ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy initiated by the Chinese government aims

China’s

to

comprehensively

manufacturing

upgrade

industry.

It

embraces the concept of Industry 4.0

and opens itself to advanced ideas from countries such as the United States,

Great

Britain

China’

strategies

and

Germany.

Both, the ‘Industry 4.0’ and ‘Made in manufacturing

emphasise

and

smart

cyber-physical

systems in industrial development, while

on best practices for facilitating smart manufacturing

the

systems

and

components

CHINAPLAS, visitors will have a chance to witness a smart production line and

smart factory solutions from leading suppliers, including Bosch Rexroth, Siemens and Demark. There also will be a sub-zone called the ‘3D Technology Zone’ set up in the ‘Smart Manufacturing

Technology Zone’. The sub-zone will

bring together well-known companies in the field of 3D printing technology,

including 3D software system supplier Autodesk from the USA, 3D printer and

application solution suppliers Cangming and Ureal, and 3D printing consumables supplier Renolit.

The zone’s show-floor exhibits, together

global leading suppliers of high-caliber

combine to offer an innovative platform

KraussMaffei

and

Engel,

solutions for injection moulding and factory automation, will present ideas,

knowledge and solutions that will benefit the automotive sector. The second day

will be dedicated primarily to the electrical and electronics industry. Arburg and

Wittmann Battenfeld are expected to share their solutions for that key sector.

On the last day, participants interested in smart manufacturing for the packaging

industry will gain valuable insights into

advanced research results related to plastic bottle cap manufacturing. SACMI,

an international machine manufacturer, will deliver a talk titled, ‘Chemical Reaction

Engineering in Mechanical Intelligence Study on the Feasibility of COMBO in Plastic Bottle Cap Manufacturing’.

with the 2nd ‘Industry 4.0 Conference, will

to facilitate smart manufacturing.

CHINAPLAS 2017 will be held at the

China Import & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, PR China between 16th and 19th May, 2017. A one-day pass

costs RMB 30 and a four-day pass costs RMB 50. To enjoy free admission, please visit www.ChinaplasOnline.com/prereg to

pre-register before 9th May. Visitors who

successfully pre-register before 1st March

will receive their visitor badge by mail

in advance, allowing them to bypass the on-site registration queues.

Subscribe to Our Social Media Channels and Stay Tuned!

We invite you to follow CHINAPLAS on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn where

manufacturing in China under the ‘new

also will present a ‘Smart Manufacturing

For

to showcase solutions for industrial

ChinaplasOnline.com.

better understand how to realise smart

Besides the conference, CHINAPLAS 2017

normal’ economic situation, academic

Technology Zone’ on the show floor

researchers from Tongji University will be

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that

were featured in the last edition of

market. To help conference participants

specific challenges faced by the Chinese

cutting-

demonstrate the innovative results and

Smart Manufacturing Technology Zone Serves as an Innovative Showcase

the latter also focuses on addressing the

of

automotive

industry.

in

wealth

Apart from robotics, factory automation

pace with Industry 4.0. Some enterprises accumulated

A

edge exhibits will be presented to progress towards smart manufacturing.

Every end-use sector is striving to keep already

automation.

you can share your questions, connect with

like-minded

professionals

and

entrepreneurs, and get first-hand tips for visiting the show. more

information,

please

visit

the official show website at www.

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Events VINYL INDIA 2017

IPLEX 2017

Interplas 2017

NPE 2018

20th – 21st April 2017, Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India

15th – 18th June 2017, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India

26th – 28th September, 2017 NEC, Birmingham, UK

7th – 11th May, 2018 Orlando, Florida, USA

P4 Expo 2017

InterPlas Thailand 2017

25th Fakuma

PLAST 2018

3rd – 6th May, 2017 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

21st – 24th June, 2017 BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand

17th – 21st October, 2017 Friedrichshafen, Germany

29th May – 1st June, 2018 FIERA MILANO, Italy

Chinaplas 2017

6 PLASTASIA 2017

4th Plastivision Arabia 2017

Indplas’18

16th – 19th May, 2017 China Import & Export Fair Complex, PR China

8th – 11th July, 2017 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

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11th – 14th December, 2017 Expo Centre Sharjah, UAE

11th PLASTIVISION INDIA 2019

PLASTEC East

Pack Plus 2017

PLASTINDIA 2018

13th – 15th June, 2017 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York

3rd – 6th August 2017, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

7th – 12th February, 2018 Gandhinagar Ahmedabad, India

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30th November – 3rd December, 2018 Eco Park Exhibition Ground, Kolkata, India

28th February – 4th March, 2019 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

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