PRESS RELEASE – IMBM 2015
541 delegates attended the 3rd Injection, Blow Moulding & PET International Conference. In the
Opening Session, Mr. Kamal P. Nanavaty welcomed all the delegates and received different events
which have taken place in the last two years. He noticed the sending of spacecraft to Mars, drop in
crude oil price, drop in good price and increase in business opportunities. He mentioned very big
opportunities for plastic industry in terms of raw material and processing machinery.
First Keynote speaker Mr. Kazoo Takamura, Director & Executive Officer, Global Strategy
Division of Toshiba Machine Co. Ltd. gave an overview of Toshiba industries and their perception
of Indian market. He observed that Indian market for automotive industry is the highest in the
world. On the global strategy, he observed that the advancement and expansion strategies are sides
of the same coin. He also observed that the main key for success is to make local products for local
markets, policy is to produce cutting edge products.
Mr. R S Sodhi, Managing Director of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (AMUL),
narrated in a very lucid manner the success story of Amul. He stressed that Amul is a co-operative
society of some 35 thousand farmers. He also noticed that the visionary like Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
Shri Tribhovandas Patel and Varghese Kurian have helped the growth of Amul. He noticed that
farmers get unto 85% of revenue from what customer pays. Farmers are part of complete chain of
“Cow to Customer”. Over the last 10 years they have added the new products and changed the
packaging material which has helped them to be the leaders in the market.
Mr. Ajay Shah, President - Polymers and crackers of Reliance Industries, gave the overview of
Polyolefins and observed that outlook for India 2015 and beyond is very bright and encouragingly
he sees big potential in polypropylene and speciality grades of Polyethylene. Mr. Didier Chomier,
Business Development & Technical Director of Solvay gave the overview of high performance of
Polyamides for Injection and Blow Moulding applications. With the increasing markets in
automotive and pharmaceutical the growth potential for engineering plastics in India. Ms. Bee Lin,
Head of Asia Markets of ICIS talked about China polyolefins industry and the impact of coal based
plants. Coal is a very important feedstock for China and it can compete with other feedstocks.
Mr. Wolfgang Roth, Manager Applications Engineering of Wittmann Battenfeld speaks about the
injection moulding of micro cellular products which leads to the reduction of weight. The micro
cellular product has very good appearance and mechanical properties due to very fine foam size.
Mr. Manish Sharma, National Sales Head of Fanuc India talked about new emerging technology
using all electric injection moulding machines. He anticipates improvement in the operations and
reduction in the waste for injection moulding process. Mr. Vishal Agarwal, President of Yudo Hot
Runner India, talked about multilayered technology and automation in injection moulding process.
The multilayer products have big potential in automotive industry due to special properties needed
in these products. Ms. Lyn Zhou, Marketing Director – Sales of Tederic talked about injection
moulding machines requiring high tonnage. She stressed upon the advantages of this new trend.
Mr. V Kannan, Managing Director of Mold - Masters Technologies, gave a review on new
development in hot runner systems and their certain advantages of moulding high performance
objects. Mr. Rainer Armbruster, General Manager of Foboha (Germany) GmbH, briefly explained
latest developments in new mold technologies and he believes that these have good opportunities in
India. Mr. A. Dayanand Reddy, Managing Director of Vasantha Tool Crafts, briefly introduced the
recent innovations in mold making. He further added that India has big potential for this market.
Mr. Ramaiah Muthusubramanian, Global Packaging Development Director – Laundry of Hindustan
Unilever Limited, he introduced the new trends in consumer packaging especially in view of new
lifestyle. Mr. Kapil Sethi, Director - Global strategic Sourcing & Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, General
Manager - Global Strategic Sourcing of Whirlpool Corporation reviewed the growth of plastics in
consumer and appliances. He discussed the current practice and further trends in this sector. Mr.
Sanjay Mishra, Senior General Manager of The Supreme Industries Limited discussed the
importance of material handling systems. This aspect is particularly important with increasing
automation. Mr. Ravikiran Kombde, General Manager of Videocon Industries also touched upon
the use of the plastics in appliances market. He believes that this sector will grow very rapidly.
Mr. Satish Subramanium, Global Head - Sales and Marketing of Cosmo Films explained the
benefits of Inmould labelling. This particular aspect is important considering the rapid growth of
products which requires labelling. Mr. Alan Chen, Director - International Sales of Shini Plastics
Technologies described the process of effective dying of raw material before moulding. If the
polymer is dried properly, the result in product has better mechanical properties. Mr. Vikas Swami,
Vice President of KUKA Robotics India talked about robotics in the plastic industry. The robotics
played an important role in moulding, material movement and assembly. Mr. Kiran Nataraj, CEO of
Entrib Technologies talked about the real time monitoring and analytics in the plastic
manufacturing process and explained how this is important for manufacturing the plastic products.
In the evening session, Mr. Radhakrishnan Pillai, Founder – Director of Chanakya Institute of
Public Leadership (CIPL) talked about “Chanakaya Niti for Industries" for business in a very
simple and lucid manner. His lecture first explained who Chanakya was and how his principles have
been effective in the present day business. The strategies and leadership are interlinked. The 7
points he mentioned were:1. Intelligence and spirit
2. Given to seeing elders
3. Trusted in speech
4. Not breaking promises
5. Greatful
6. Desires of training
7. Easily approachable
He recommended one should consult the appropriate person or persons before starting the business.
Mr. Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman of Samvardhana Motherson Group narrated the story of the
journey of "Samvardhana Motherson Group”. He informed that their company started in 1975 with
a capital of Rs. 1000 and today they are a 7 billion dollar company. Initially, they started the
business in 1997 of wire and cable making. The mothers group declared their 5 year plan in their
annual report and giving 30-40% returns to the share holders. Their vision is to make the company
worth 26 billion dollars by 2020.
Mr. Shankar Karnik, General Manager of ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd. presented the outlook
for energy. He reviewed the situation till 2040. Mr. Vimal Kedia, Managing Director of Manjushree
Technopack Limited reviewed the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) industry and its future. With
increasing needs for packaging and different products needed for lifestyle he sees very rapid growth
of PET industry. Mr. Asim Parekh, Vice President – Technical of Coca - Cola India reviewed the
future of PET in India for beverage industries and other related products. He stressed about the need
and scope for the innovations in the consumer products and in particular FMCG sector.
Mr. Amitabh Agrawal, Sr. General Manager - Sales & Marketing of ASB International Pvt. Ltd.
discussed the PET machinery for PET packing. He described the need for innovations and the large
opportunities for the PET machinery. Mr. Laurent Fournier, India Country Director and Managing
Director along with Mr. Max Duclot, Zone Senior Aseptic Specialist & Senior Dairy Officer of
Sidel talked about aseptic PET systems for packaging of milk and related products. Mr. Dhruv
Shah, Executive Director of Prasad Group of Companies discussed the automation in PET plant.
According to him, the automation will give very big improvement in the plant economy. Mr.
Vishnu Jajoo, Executive Director of Shriji Polymers briefly reviewed the pharmaceutical packaging
in India. He talked about the new trends and evolution in this sector.
The Panel Discussion was on Economics, Safety, Recyclability of PET Packaging India. The
Moderator was Mr. Kamal P. Nanavaty & Mr. Rakesh Gaur, Sector head Polyester from Reliance
Industries Limited. The Different Panelist were Mr. Vijay Habbu Reliance Industries, Mr. Vimal
Kedia from Manjushree Technopack, Mr. Imteyaz Ali, Mr. Haren sanghavi from AIPMA, Mr. Sunil
Marwah from Reliance Industries, Mr. Ramesh Ramachandran from GlaxoSmithKline, Mr. Aditya
Dalmia from Polypro Industries touched upon many aspects such as :
1. Recent Notifications ban on PET Packaging in Pharmaceutical industry & a litigation in
NGT.
2. Use of PET in different sector.
3. Techno commercial aspects of PET recycling for different products.
4. Use of recycled plastics and PET in road construction.
5. Use of PET in chemical recycling
6. Role of Government affiliated bodies like ICPE/ CIPET/ NCL etc. in influencing
regulations.
7. Waste management in various states.
8. Role of industries, educational institutes, professional bodies & NGO for improving the
perception of common man and other about plastics.
Mr. Andreas Lichtenauer, Managing Partner of Kautex Maschinembau GmbH briefly reviewed the
blow moulding process in automotive industry. He informed the new trends will not be just the
reduction in the way of component but more precise moulding. Mr. Utpal Sheth, Senior Director of
IHS chemical reviewed the global polyolefins industry. He anticipated a healthy growth rate for
polyolefin’s industry in India and globally.
Ms. Aster Teo, Application marketing manager - marketing centre moulding of Borouge talked
about caps and closures materials for packaging industry. The future of their industrial products is
engineered for good growth. Mr. Christian Muller, Managing Director of W. Muller GmbH
describes the extrusion of blow moulding process and discussed the importance of partnerships and
joint efforts. Mr. Celestino Spiga, Business Developer Manager of Magic Machines (Italy) briefly
reviewed the new technology in blow moulding machinery. He explained the advantages of Hi-tech
full electric blow moulding technology.
Mr. Vagish Dixit, Managing Director of Alpla India described various aspects of “Make in India”.
He reviewed different aspects of manufacturing in India of making products in India. Mr. Vinay
Agarwal, Chief Marketing Officer of Creative Group of Industries described various problems
associated with the process of converting the new material into final products. Mr. Radha Mohan
Gupta, Regional Procurement Director - South Asia of Reckitt Benckiser reviewed the
technological advances in blow moulding technology and how this are related to consumer
expectations. Mr. Sunil Dhawan, Director of SSf Plastics & Mr. Viswanathan Kannan, CEO of SSF
Plastpro briefly reviewed the rigid plastics packaging systems. They discussed the possibility of
One stop solution to rigid packaging industry. Mr. Dahyalal Pandya , Chief Executive Officer of
Weener Empire Plastics reviewed the personal care product sector. He discussed the future trends of
packaging of personal care products in India & globally.