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EDITORIAL

Better days ahead for PS and EPS he Polystyrene (PS) and Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) business seems to be gradually recovering from the globally challenging phase of the last several years. According to IHS – a leading provider of diverse global market and economic information – PS manufacturers had witnessed multiple global factors impacting their trade over the last ten years.

Eroding margins, rising crude prices and tightening global feedstock supplies were the prime factors behind years of subpar performance of the PS business. Besides, significant price rises of these resins prior to the global slowdown had only added to the woes by drastically pulling down the sales volumes.

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Further, many PS converters had reportedly switched their fabrications to lower cost and lower density resins during this period. In some cases, there had been a migration to lower cost countries, thereby giving PS converters more footprint in some injection moulding applications. In addition, there had been shrinkage in the domestic markets of mature countries and regions such as North America, Europe and North East Asia (excluding China).

As far as the total production and consumption of PS in 2010 was concerned, Asia clearly emerged as the overall leader, with 53 per cent of the total world production and 47 per cent of the total world consumption. In comparison to this, North America and Western Europe were distinctly behind at about 17–19 per cent for both total world production and consumption. Moving ahead, the Asian consumption of all types of PS is forecast to increase at an average annual rate of a little over three per cent during 2010–2015.

Editorial Advisory Board A E Ladhabhoy Plastics Technologist

Dr Sushil K Verma Former Director General, CIPET

Dr Swapan K Dhara Regional Technical Head, Basell Polyolefins India Pvt Ltd

Mohan K Jain

With packaging, construction, appliances and consumer electronics driving the growing applications of PS and EPS, developing countries such as China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Brazil are set to steer the global demand for PS and EPS in the near future. During the forecast period 2010–2020, the global demand for PS and EPS is projected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.7 per cent, and this will thereby increase the overall demand to 23.5 million tonne by 2020. To elaborate, during this period, the demand for EPS is expected to rise at a CAGR of 7.3 per cent, while the demand for PS is expected to rise at a CAGR of 2.8 per cent.

Believe, these projections may provide some useful insights towards gaining further clarity in the next stage of evolution in the PS and EPS market segment, and accordingly help in setting a strategic roadmap to realise future goals.

MD, Indoplast & Past President, AIPMA

P P Kharas Chairman, Ecoplast

Raman M Patel Chairman, Industrial Products Mfg Co

Vijay Merchant

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Efficient rotomoulding

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Plastics in building and construction ......... 64

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Rotomoulding

A versatile building material ..............................66

Rotomoulding .......................... 46

Interface:

Cost-effective plastics processing .................... 50 Interface:

Piyush Pahuja ..................................... 68

Insight & Outlook

Prashant Trivedi .............. 54

Plastics in Building & Construction

Ravi Mehra...................... 56

Srinivas Sonti ...................................... 70 Production efficiency .................................. 72 PVDF piping systems ........................................76

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Automation Trends

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Plastic automotive component manufacturing: Intelligence in action

Energy Management

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Efficient extruders: Enhancing energy efficiency

Policies & Regulations

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Sustainable development in plastics: A green step forward

Strategy

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Market meltdown: Winning strategies to beat the slowdown

In Conversation With

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Mould maintenance: Ensuring safety, productivity and efficiency

Atul B Jain Joint Managing Director, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd

Event Preview

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Event Focus: Chinaplas 2013

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Event Preview: Next-gen offerings for the plastics industry In the News Product Showcase

Event Report

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Vinyl India 2013: Setting the course for accelerated growth

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Wittmann Battenfeld India Pvt Ltd: Indigenising auxiliary and automation solutions

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NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSIS

Tectonic changes taking place in the US plastics industry

Gene Sanders, Senior Vice-President, SPI; Raju Desai; Bill Carteaux; Michael Taylor, Senior Director, SPI and Arvind Mehta The growth of the US plastics industry currently stands at about 12 per cent per annum. This augmentation has been achieved by utilising existing capacity and thereby increasing profit margin.

This observation was inferred upon when Arvind Mehta, Former President, AIPMA, and Raju Desai, Chairman, Plastivision 2013, met Bill Carteaux, President, Society of Plastic Industry (SPI), USA. The main reason behind this is the discovery of shale gas. In the US, 80 per cent of polymer manufacturing is gas-based, a cheaper source of raw material, whereas 20 per cent is crude-based. In the rest of the world, including India, it is reverse, where 80 per cent is derived from crude, which brings along high cost and daily volatility of price and the remaining percentage is manufactured from gas. This gives the US an edge over the others. Elaborating on this topic, Mehta said, “Today, the US is the net exporter of polymers and that too at little lesser price than the Asian market.

Shifting dependence from crude oil to shale gas has already begun. Within three to five years, the US will be able to use gas to its full potential.”

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Baerlocher doubles India capacity Baerlocher GmbH has doubled capacity at its Dewas-based plant, where it is producing solid and liquid PVC stabilisers. “We have observed higher market demand for stabilisers in India and the demand will further hike in near future,” said Rainer Grasmück, Global Head – PVC Additives, Baerlocher GmbH. He also sees growth in the construction market in India. He added, “The Indian market is full of potential, and window profiles will experience big growth in the years to come due to

modern housing projects going on all over the country. Wood and aluminium are quickly being replaced with PVC in window profiles in India. Solid stabilisers are used in construction products like pipes, fittings and cables, and liquid stabilisers are used in films, wall coverings and flooring.”

Sumitomo Bakelite establishes footprint in India Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd Group has unveiled a new identity for its High Performance Plastics Business Unit to customers around the world. From April 8, 2013, the companies forming the business unit will present themselves to the market as one entity – SBHPP. The creation of SBHPP highlights the worldwide integrated sales & marketing network and global manufacturing capabilities offered by the manufacturer of phenolic resins, moulding compounds and circuitry materials. Customers of SBHPP will benefit from the worldwide available resources and expertise of the global leader in engineering thermoset resins and moulding compounds.

SBHPP is represented by 20 companies spanning Asia, China, Japan, Europe and North America. This includes the setting-up of a company base in New Delhi, India, to further

strengthen its support for customers in emerging markets. SBE India Pvt Ltd will include warehousing, marketing and a sales organisation to serve customers’ needs in the region for plastics and associated materials. Noboru Yamawaki, Business Unit Leader, SBHPP, commented, “Our new identity clearly identifies us as one business unit, part of a large and established worldwide group our customers can rely on, and committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations in material performance, customer service, technical expertise and product quality.”

ANTEC® 2013 marks the beginning of one-year terms for new officers of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), recently announced by Willem De Vos, CEO, SPE. In its announcement, SPE installs Jon Ratzlaff as its new President, succeeding James S Griffing. Further, at ANTEC® 2014, Ratzlaff will be succeeded by the new President-elect, Vijay B Boolani.

Ratzlaff, a technical services manager for Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP,

has been an SPE member since 1995. He has held the positions of President-elect in 2012–13 and Senior Vice President in 2011–12.

Boolani, SPE President-elect is President, Boolani Engineering Corporation, Mumbai.

He served as SPE Vice President/Secretary in 2009–10 and as Vice President in 2007– 09. An SPE member since 1981, Boolani was Chair of the successful ANTEC® Mumbai held in December 2012.

NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSIS

Cost reduction & innovation drive the growth of plastics in medical devices Research and Markets has released its new report – ‘Medical Devices Market in India 2013’.

According to the report, “The medical devices market is expected to grow at a steady rate in the days to come. Increasing awareness towards healthcare, more budgetary allocation and increase in complex lifestyle disorders is likely to boost the demand of medical devices.”

The drivers include improving health infrastructure that has caused the increased demand of medical devices from more number of hospitals/nursing homes, clinics and standalone pathology laboratories. Also, the government is spending more on healthcare needs which is supposed to increase demand of medical devices. As disposable income is increasing

and more people are becoming aware of diseases, spending towards healthcare segment is increasing.

Changing demographics (ie as more people reach close to sixty years of age, they are likely to develop heart complications) could also increase the demand for medical devices.

According to the report, “In order to maintain the leading edge manufacturers are focussing on cost reduction and innovation. It is in this attempt that they are majorly using plastics in medical devices.”

To this, Dr Harindu Vyas, Consultant, Polymer & Plastics Technologist, noted, “The usage of plastics in the medical sector has steadily increased in the last decade.

This is because of its excellent properties and user-friendly nature.”

Avani Jain

Pipe manufacturers converge at India’s first ever multi-product Open House of Rajoo

Over 180 professionals representing 90 plus companies across India were part of the Open House organised

by Rajoo and Bausano. At this event, there were live demonstrations of a range of machines that redefine manufacturing of high-performance pipes. The company stated, “As expected, the star performer of the show was the Twin Screw CPVC Pipe Plant running at 130 kg/ hr (pipe outer diameter of 28.6 mm; pipe thickness of 2.12 mm).

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showcased its indigenous raw material compound for the CPVC machine. With this, Rajoo became the first Indian company to successfully demonstrate a CPVC pipe machine at an Open House.”

Further, the Twin Screw PVC Pipe Plant enthralled the audience when it was being operated at a capacity of 1,000 kg/hr, never before seen in India. The pipe OD was 400 mm and wall thickness was 16.2 mm. With this Open House, Rajoo also marked its strong penetration into the market of drip irrigation pipe plants. The demonstrated line was running at 170 kg/hr with a line speed of 80 mpm, 200 dripper insertions/ min, with the wall thickness being 0.7 mm. The success of this pioneering initiative emphasises the company’s belief in innovation – be it in product, in technology or, as in this case, in approach.

Avani Jain

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ICERP 2013 showcases demanding applications of composites

(L-R) Sushil Shah, Governing Council, FRP Institute; Professor M A Shenoy, ICERP Conference Chairman; Anindya Ghosh, MD, Owens – Corning (India) Pvt Ltd; Subhash VIthaldas, Chairman, FRP Institute; BS Rajpurohit, MD, Chemical Process Equipment; Pradip Thakkar, Chairman, ICERP and Dr Selvam, Executive Secretary, FRP Institute, at the event’s inaugural session An ideal platform for making business contacts with composites raw material manufacturers, composites product manufacturers, machinery manufacturers and suppliers took place as FRP Institute’s International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics (ICERP) 2013 was held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, on April 4–6, 2013.

ICERP 2013 is the second largest event on composites in Asia and the largest in South Asia. A special display cum showcase of composites products was organised at the event to provide an overview of different applications and the capabilities of the composites industry. An important part of the event was the ICERP-JEC Innovation Award Function, which was jointly organised by FRP Institute and JEC, France, where latest innovations of the industry were acknowledged and rewarded. Urja Products Pvt Ltd, SVS Hydraulics Pvt Ltd, Moldex Composites Pvt Ltd and Rawji Industrial Corporation among others received these prestigious awards.

BS Rajpurohit, MD, Chemical Process Equipment, who was the guest of honour for the event spoke on the inauguration of ICERP 2013. While addressing the industry, he said, “The composites industry has to bring in innovative research in material, processes and product design to become competitive globally.” Acknowledging these concerns was Pradip Thakkar, Chairman, ICERP. He appealed to the participants to work towards a common goal of being innovative so as to become globally competitive. “This provides enormous growth opportunities for the existing players as also for the new entrants thereby providing employment in this labourintensive industry,” added Thakkar.

Sweta M Nair

NEWS, VIEWS & ANALYSIS

Honouring a pioneer of the Indian plastics industry Amidst the presence of stalwarts of the industry, S V Kabra, Chairman & Managing Director, Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd was presented with a ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ at Vinyl India 2013, which was held on April 11–12, 2013, at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.

Having entered the plastics industry in 1962, Kabra realised the crucial importance of technological advancement in this business. In the present scenario, the 50-year-old Kolsite Group deals

BASF committed to growth in Gujarat BASF has completed major construction work at its future chemical production site in Dahej, Gujarat. The site will employ about 250 people upon completion, primarily in operations and production. It will also generate indirect job opportunities in the region for contractors and service providers. The ` 1,000 crore project marks BASF’s single largest investment in India. It will strengthen the company’s support to key industries such as appliances, footwear, automotive, construction, architectural coatings and personal care, as well as paper. Speaking about the project development, Prasad Chandran, Chairman, BASF Companies in India & Head, South Asia, said, “We are committed to ensuring that this project contributes to the growth and development of the local industry, while maintaining BASF’s excellent global standards. The new site will strengthen our position in important northern and western markets and also complement the existing manufacturing setup in Mangalore, Ankleshwar and Thane.”

Earthworks and foundation work have now been completed at the site.

Infrastructure project and plant structures including the administration building, underground pipelines, warehouses, water tanks and plant buildings are taking shape.

Utilities like steam, water and electricity will be installed systematically. This also includes wastewater, thermal oxidiser and other amenities.

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in masterbatches, plastic extrusion machinery, secondary packaging etc.

On the receipt of this award, Kabra recollected his memories on his career in the plastics industry from the 60s and 70s. Sharing his business philosophy, he said, “We measure success by how well our customer is doing with our help and assistance.” He also expressed his gratitude to his long-time joint venture partners. In addition, he spoke about how adaption and customisation are key factors in the Indian industry.

He concluded his acceptance speech by thanking his well wishers and

Kamal P Nanavaty, President – Strategy Development, Reliance Industries Ltd presenting the award to S V Kabra expressed his dream of seeing India become an international hub for plastics goods as well as high-tech plastics processing machinery.

KREYENBORG introduces economic recycling

Wittmann Battenfeld to unveil new machine at Competence Days 2013

After successful trials at a South American food packaging film producer, KREYENBORG GmbH has equipped eight of the film producer’s recycling lines with backflush screen changers.

This backflush procedure is initiated after achieving a certain pressure limit. In this process, a filter screen is automatically moved out of the production position and backflushed by the redirected melt stream. As a result, the contamination is removed from the screen cavity and ejected via the drain channels. This is referred to as the material lost due to the backflushing operation. Following this, the filtration screen is moved back in the production position.

During the processing of various different materials, the amount of material lost hourly due to the backflushing operation using the KREYENBORG backflush filter was reduced by half when compared to the screen wheel filter.

Furthermore, it was possible to increase the fineness of the filter mesh.

At the Competence Days of the Wittmann Group that will be held in Kottingbrunn, Austria, on April 24–25, 2013, a MacroPower E Hybrid will be shown for the first time. This machine consists of a modern, servo-hydraulic 2-platen clamping unit that has been combined with an all-electric, highperformance injection unit. This has made it possible to build an extremely compact large machine with a minimal footprint, which simultaneously offers maximum precision and energy efficiency together with high injection speeds.

The clamping and nozzle movements are powered by a servo-hydraulic drive. A dynamic servo motor is used instead of a three-phase motor with constant speed.

The hydraulic pump is an electrically adjustable axial piston pump with variable displacement volume, laid out to respond to the demand of the clamping unit. In this system, the delivery is controlled by the motor speed and the pivoting angle of the hydraulic pump.

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Auxiliary equipment designed for extra-large pipe

BASF shows Polyurethane (PU) potential

Sica S.p.A. has introduced a new range of haul-offs and cutting machines for extra-large, extra-thick high-density polyethylene pipes, used to transport pressurised fluids. The saws in the new TRK/C Plus series can cut thicker pipes without producing chips or scraps.

The multi-caterpillar haul-offs in the P1600/12 Plus and P2000/14 Plus series offer high maximum pulling power (of 28 and 40 tonne, respectively) and cut energy consumption through the use of high-performance, low-maintenance mechanical transmissions. The TRK/C 1600 Plus can cut pipes with wall thicknesses up to 5.6”. The TRK/C 2000 Plus can cut pipes with wall thicknesses up to 6.4”.

All the rubber pads are made from special materials that combine anti-wear properties with high contact friction for a good grip. For safe operation with big, heavy pipes, the standard equipment also includes strong, electrically operated pipe supports on both the infeed and outfeed from the haul-offs.

BASF has designed a concept refrigerator that demonstrates potential applications for the group’s PU materials.

The fridge, called Coolpure 1.0, combines creativity and technical ingenuity in exploiting the incredible versatility of PU. PU is traditionally used as an insulation material in fridges, but its design possibilities are much wider. Rather than produce refrigerators, BASF aims to demonstrate all that is possible with PU as a material using cutting-edge designs.

Transcending the bounds of pure insulation, PU is capable of inspiring refrigerator manufacturers to develop new approaches.

BASF’s Permaskin PU compounds are used for the fridge’s surfaces, providing high-quality finishes. Elastollan TPU materials feature in various components – soft-touch door handles, profiled seals, high-transparency shelves and a flexible optical waveguide for low-energy lighting. Vacuum-insulated panels have a PU core with BASF’s Balindur fixation layer.

New microscope technology for checking Polyethylene (PE) pipes The US-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an enhanced form of ‘chemical microscopy’ to reveal the interaction between molecules in blended polymers.

The technique could prove useful for estimating the life cycle of PE water pipes and joints. NIST’s development, which it calls Broadband Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (BCARS), uses two lasers to analyse the frequencies associated with the different vibrational modes of each molecule. By controlling polarisation of light, it provides details on the local crystal orientation of molecules in the polymer. For example, the images show the formation of microscopic spherical regions of partial crystallisation with lowdensity PE more concentrated towards the centre.

Holfeld launches new sustainable packaging Ireland-based Holfeld Plastics has launched a new range of sustainable packaging for poultry and fish products across Europe. The plus range comes in a recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) material with a PE sealing film. The new range has a low carbon footprint with increased packing line efficiencies due to faster sealing times. As these are made from recycled PET, they offer maximum shelf life due to increased barrier properties compared with polypropylene – an important feature in the world’s fight against food waste. The trays are suitable for storage in deep freezers and are available with coloured drip pads or with Holsorb, an integral drip retention feature in the base of some trays eliminating the need for soak pads.

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Productivity measuring system for processing machines Piovan has designed and manufactured a special device called Ryng. This device is a direct measuring system that can acquire an instant and precise measurement of the quantity of material transferred from the container to the hopper. It allows prompt action to be taken with the machine’s operating parameters and more importantly to gain information on the machine’s productivity.

Ryng uses proprietary software with specific algorithm settings that manage and process the gathered data and subsequently indicate the actual quantity of the transferred material. The system measures the gain in weight in the loading phase and interpolates this data with the value for the loss of weight of the container when transferring material to the hopper. In this way, it provides information directly from the field and allows comparisons to be made between the expected production and the actual production of the machine. In addition, the software is programmed to exclude or reduce to a minimum any measurement fluctuations that may be caused by the inevitable vibrations felt throughout the feeder system due to the machine’s normal operation.

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

Novel hydrogel penetrates biofilms to deliver antimicrobials

Automatik pelletiser

Researchers at IBM and Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore have developed a novel hydrogel capable of penetrating biofilms and delivering antimicrobials. The material is mostly made of water (90 per cent) and should find use in all kinds of creams, wound healing products and coatings.

Through the precise tailoring of polymers, researchers have designed macromolecules that combine water solubility, positive charge and biodegradability characteristics. When mixed with water and heated to body temperature, the polymers self-assemble, swelling into a synthetic gel that is easy to manipulate. This highly desirable capability stems from self-associative interactions that create a molecular zipper effect. Analogous to how zipper teeth link together, the short segments on the new polymers also interlock, thickening the water-based solution into re-mouldable and compliant hydrogels.

Because they exhibit many of the characteristics of water-soluble polymers without being freely dissolved, such materials can remain in place under physiological conditions while still demonstrating anti-microbial activity. When applied to contaminated surfaces, the hydrogel’s positive charge attracts all negatively charged microbial membranes, similar to powerful gravitation into a black hole. However, unlike most antibiotics and hydrogels, which target the internal machinery of bacteria to prevent replication, this hydrogel kills bacteria by membrane disruption, precluding the emergence of any resistance.

Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH launches Primo 200E strand pelletiser.

The Primo 200E is especially suited for compounding thermoplastics, masterbatch production and to produce colour concentrates. Cutting tool sets are for hard abrasive and soft flexible plastics. Pellet dimensions can be adjusted quickly using an optional automatic pellet-length adjuster and a second drive motor for the fed mechanism, with an integrated speed control. When running abrasive materials at high temperatures, the cantilevered pelletiser can be equipped with an optional, separately driven metal feed roll instead of the standard elastomer roll.

Primo 200E’s design makes it a good choice for making microquantities of colour masterbatches and concentrates, because it is easy to clean, has short retooling times and features a low-deposit cutting chamber. Another feature is a feed geometry without major deflections, so the strands are not subjected to pre-tensioning before cutting. This cuts down on longs or dust when running highly fragile polymers such as polystyrene or highly filled masterbatches.

High productivity with Nexus Evo solventless laminator

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or paper. Further, the complete motorisation of all application rolls and the innovative sleeve system minimise the time required to change to different work procedures. Since its conception, Nexus Evo has been a worldwide success, clearly attaining the three objectives it was designed for – simplicity, reliability and productivity.

Few of the salient features of Nexus Evo are individual motors for individual rollers in the applicator for controlling each roller and gap adjustment, three heaters help in good wet ability and help run the machine at optimum speed even for PET/METPET, sleeve-type metering roller helps operator for easy and quick change over, dancer helps in proper tension control, two touch screens (multi-media interface) for easy operation and shaftless unwind/rewind.

Procap unveils ‘one size fits all’ cap for soft drinks market

Procap has launched its new 28-1881 Prospark, designed for the full range of PET bottle drinks from water to high-carbonated soft drinks. The light ‘one size fits all’ closure, ideal for the 28-1881 neck finish, features a high CO2 retention that makes it suitable for a wide range of drinks with CO2 volumes of up to 8.5 g/l. Thus, fillers can save time and costs by being able to order a single cap for a range of different products, while the standard dimensions of the cap mean they do not have to retool the filling line.

The 28-1881 Prospark combines ease of use, confidence and safety for both manufacturer and consumer. Its improved grip makes it easy for consumers, from small children to the elderly, to open the bottle.

In addition, the closure has a wide seal angle controlled by an outer mark to assure the quality of the seal.

Any tampering would be obvious immediately.

The new cap is fully compliant with British Soft Drinks Association standards, providing assurance about the reliability and efficiency of the closure for both fillers and consumers.

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Technology Offered As part of our endeavour to spread the technology culture, this section provides a means to promote and facilitate exchange of select technologies.

We strive to bring together suppliers of such technologies with suitable users for negotiations and industrial collaboration.

Biodegradable polymers

Forms of transfer

Forms of transfer

A company offers biopolymer nanoparticle technology based on costeffective biodegradable & biocompatible polyolefins, copolymer of ethylene & vinyl acetate and thermoplastic starch blend nanocomposites. These nanocomposites have improved mechanical properties with zero moisture content.

Equipment supply and turnkey

Technology licensing and turnkey

Pilot plants for small-scale production

Rotational moulding of plastics

Areas of application

Chemical fibres and plastics

Packaging materials, disposable nonwovens, hygiene products, consumer goods, agricultural & horticultural tools and medical instruments

Forms of transfer

Plastic lightguide fibres

Areas of application

Forms of transfer

A Chinese R&D institute offers to supply the technology of plastic lightguide fibres and handicraft articles made from it. Plastic lightguide fibres are cylindrical fibres with core-clad structure made of two highly transparent polymers, the advantages of which are excellent light transmission, good toughness, lightweight and easy to process and use.

Water storage tanks, material handling trolleys, pallets, containers, chemical storage tanks etc

Technology licensing

Conversion of batch-poly plant to C P plant A company from China is interested in providing consultancy services for the modification of batch-poly plant to C P plant such as polyester plant, polyester chip or direct spinning.

Areas of application Chemical fibres and plastics

Forms of transfer Turnkey

New and rebuilt screw and barrels for all-plastic extruders An India-based company is manufacturing screw and barrels for all-plastic extruders and is efficiently rebuilding worn out screws. It is making an energy-efficient washing and drying plant for all-plastic waste.

It employs the most cost-effective and efficient washing and drying units for plastic scrap.

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A Chinese company is interested in offering small capacity technology for a wide variety of plants such as polyester plant, polyester chip or direct spinning.

Areas of application

Turnkey

Areas of application Photoelectric switches, photosensitive elements, linear accommodation networks, short-distance optical communications and medical & dental devices

Forms of transfer Technology licensing and equipment supply

Polyester chip plant A company from China offers polyester production plant, polycondensation plant, polymerisation line, hot-melt adhesive plant (500–5,000 TPA), polyester chip plant (2,000–1,50,000 TPA) and film-grade polyester plant (2,000–1,50,000 TPA).

Areas of application Polymerisation and fibre lines

An India-based company, a leading manufacturer of rotational moulding machines, offers plant and machinery for manufacture of water storage tanks and other hollow plastic parts. Rotational moulding is low-cost technology to manufacture large-sized plastic items.

It can be used to manufacture water storage tanks of capacity 500–30,000 litre.

Forms of transfer Supply of equipment

Waste plastics conversion A company offers plant technology for converting non-recyclable waste plastics into industrial fuel, which is more sustainable as compared to conventional industrial fuels such as furnace oil or light diesel oil. The company supplies technology to serious clients, who would like to get their waste plastics tested at a demo plant. The plant can be customised for specific requirements.

Municipal bodies, industries involved in generation of non-recyclable plastic scrap, plastic scrap dealers who have access to non-recyclable cheap plastic scrap and entrepreneurs are encouraged.

Areas of application Plastics scrap recycling for industrial fuel generation

Forms of transfer Consultancy, joint venture, technology licensing, turnkey

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Technology Requested Disposal and recycling of plastic waste

Plastic recycling technologies

Areas of application

A Polish company seeks the technology for dry processing of all kinds of plastic wastes or a magnetic processing method in the electrostatic field. The technology should allow sorting of all kinds of plastic materials, hay-silage foils, PET, HDPE, PVC etc by excluding dangerous waste.

A Sri Lankan company is seeking latest plastic recycling technologies for automatic sorting, washing, metal detection, granulation process system, washing plants, crushers, extruders etc.

Plastics and polymers industry

Areas of application

Areas of application

Forms of transfer

Plastics industry, waste recycling, waste management

Others

Forms of transfer

Polyacetal resins

Others

A Gulf-based organisation wants to promote projects in the chemicals and petrochemicals sectors in the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council. It is looking for technology suppliers for the manufacture of polyacetal resins.

A Vietnam-based company requires technology for recycling plastics.

Diameter of recycled plastic granules is 120–200 mm. Production capacity is 150– 300 kg/hr. The technology is to be used for manufacturing plastic products in an eco-friendly manner, with a lowered cost by allowing optimum use of waste.

Plastics recycling

Laboratory-scale non-woven and monofilament plant An Indian company is looking for a laboratory-scale, non-woven and monofilament plant in a single station.

Forms of transfer Others

Recycled plastic-making technology

Areas of application Raw materials for making plastic products

Forms of transfer Others

Areas of application

Areas of application

Chemicals/petrochemicals industry

Plastics

Forms of transfer

Forms of transfer Others

Feasibility study, know-how, equipment, turnkey plant, joint venture

PET polyester polyols

Recycled PET polyester polyols plant

An Indian trading-based company is planning a small-scale project for PET polyester polyols manufacturing. The company will procure recycled PET flakes locally, and it already has available land of 28,000 sq ft for manufacturing.

A Poland-based company specialising in recycled PET polyester polyols manufacturing is looking for an alternative proposal of design and engineering of a bigger (approximately 25 kilo tonne per annum) production plant. It plans to start with delivering proper, quality recycled PET flakes in big bags. Therefore, the company requires a complete package offer for this service.

Areas of application Polyols

Forms of transfer Others

Utilisation of natural rubber in asphalt A Pakistan-based company requires know-how on utilisation of natural rubber in modified asphalt covering. It requires standards and specifications guiding the use of natural rubber in modified asphalt, appropriate proportion of natural rubber in mixture, handling of the operation, additives needed and details on improvement in asphalt properties by using natural rubber.

Areas of application Rubber industry

Forms of transfer Others

Information courtesy: Dr Krishnan S Raghavan, In-Charge, Technology Transfer Services Group, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), APCTT Building, C-2, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 016, Tel: 011-3097 3758 (Direct), 011-3097 3710 (Board), Fax: 011 - 2685 6274, Email: srinivasaraghavan@un.org, Website: www.apctt.org For more information on technology offers and requests, please log on to www.technology4sme.net and register with your contact details. This is a free of cost platform provided by APCTT for facilitating interaction between buyers and seekers of technologies across the globe. After submitting technology offer or request to this website, you are requested to wait for at least two weeks for receiving a response from a prospective buyer/seeker through this website, before contacting APCTT for further assistance.

Share and Solicit Technology The mission of Modern Plastics & Polymers is to spread the technology culture. Here is an opportunity to be a part of this endeavour by sending your technology on offer or technology requirements. If you belong to any of these two categories, you are invited to furnish the techno-commercial details for publication. The write-up needs to be as per the format of this section with information about the particular technology offered or requested, its areas of application and forms of transfer.

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IN CONVERSATION WITH: Atul B Jain

“PLASTICS

HAVE THE

POTENTIAL TO CHANGE OUR LIFESTYLE” …suggests Atul B Jain, Joint Managing Director, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, when talking to Sweta M Nair about the advantages of using plastics in agriculture, water & sewage management and in the building industry. In an exclusive conversation, he points out the far reaching advantages of plastics and the significant change in lifestyle that can be brought about by them.

Considered one of India’s pioneers in introducing the drip irrigation system, could you take us through the emergence of Jain Irrigation Systems’ plastics business?

Our foray into plastics began with the dealership of several plastics manufacturers. When we found that we could not meet the demand for pipes from customers, we set up our first facility way back in 1980. The Jalgaon facility that you see today was started in 1986– 87 and has grown to become one of the largest facilities of its kind in our part of the world. From modest beginnings, we have built our plastics business very fast.

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It is my father, Bhavarlal Jain who was a pioneer in ‘micro’ irrigation, often referred to as drip irrigation. While he was not the first one to get into drip irrigation in India, the earlier companies in drip irrigation could not make a big impact and, for various reasons, the technology conjured a not-so-good repute. So, when we entered, there was considerable backlash. However, we persisted to dispel myths such as ‘more water leads to better crops’ with education, lot of extension work and the correct technology.

Our commitment and hard work firmly established us as a leader in drip

irrigation. Today, we enjoy nearly 60 per cent of the market share in India.

Indeed, India has grown to become the world’s largest market for drip irrigation in a short span of about 24 years. This proves that plastics play a key role in drip irrigation and that sparked our entry into plastics. In fact, we call our mission in plastics and agriculture together as ‘plasticulture’. At present, we operate out of multiple locations. With our Jalgaon facility being the largest, we also have plants near Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Alwar. We have several plastics manufacturing facilities abroad as well.

Atul B Jain

During these years, what has become the focus of your business?

‘Innovation’ is very much the mind-set at Jain Irrigation Systems. In order to be globally competitive, we had to focus on fundamental innovation. Over the years, we have worked closely with global leaders to develop manufacturing lines where critical equipment was imported and various other components and equipment were developed indigenously using their drawings and designs. This helped to keep our capital cost low and yet ensure that our plants run at high speed and deliver the finest quality. Further, there have been innumerable instances of innovation at the shop floor to optimise production and reduce costs, while maintaining the highest quality standards. Our innovation and engineering development capabilities give us a strong competitive edge in the plastics business. During these years, our focus on exports meant that our products conform to the highest international standards. In the earlier days, exports were extremely critical and fetched us foreign exchange, which helped us import capital equipment.

Considering manufacturing pipes form a major chunk of your business, what are the challenges that are faced in water management?

Plastic pipes can virtually change the water management scenario in India. Today, there is a pressing need to transform the urban infrastructure so that people living in cities can get 24x7 clean drinking water. Most municipal corporations in the country struggle as almost 50 per cent of the water supplied by them is written off as Non Revenue Water (NRW) which is caused due to irregular supply (which leads to storing of water followed by disposal of unused water), theft, leakages, loss due to corrosion of metal pipes etc. This creates huge financial issues for the municipalities as well as the water scarcities that city dwellers have to bear. Moreover, when water supply is irregular, people tend to store extra water, and when fresh supply arrives, they dispose of their store of now-stale water. This puts extra pressure on the city’s sewage systems.

Can you shed light on any project where plastics have revolutionised water management?

In a pilot project in Karnataka, the use of Polyethylene (PE) pipes made a huge difference. The project was to provide 24x7 drinking water to the municipalities of Belgaum, Gulbarga, Hubli and Dharwad by replacing the existing corroded metal piping with PE. It was funded by the World Bank, and the design was provided by a European company. Jain Irrigation Systems handled the installation and commissioning. About 25,000 houses were covered, with almost one-third of them in slum areas. Until that time, water consumption had been at 55 million litre a day, with availability limited to about 2–3 hours a day. When the system was in place, water was available round the clock, and consumption came down to 27 million litre a day since no storage was required and disposal of unused water was drastically cut. What is more, the municipality’s water revenues rose nearly 6-fold, and operational and maintenance costs shrank by 30–40 per cent. With its efficacy well proven, the PE-based piping plan is now to be implemented in 30 more cities in Karnataka.

The states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are also looking at a similar approach.

It is a system that will absolutely be viable for almost all cities. The rewards will be really worth it, financially, and in improving living standards and hygiene.

There will also be moral betterment as people will not be driven to steal water.

How has the foray into PVC sheets been so far?

PVC sheets have huge potential in the domestic market. They are durable, waterproof, termite proof and, as replacement for plywood, they play a major role in saving our forests and environment.

There are innumerable options of colour and finish, so these sheets are ideal for furniture applications. Further, PVC sheets provide an exciting opportunity as they have huge export potential. We struggled in the initial stages since we were

committed to export our products under our own brand. Today, it is a matter of pride for us that our Ex-Cel brand of PVC sheets are well established in Europe and many other discerning markets where we successfully compete with the best global brands. One of its major application areas is siding where our US plant supplies large quantities of this product for this use.

We are doing a lot of development work with fabricators to adapt to local needs and culture. It is a slow process and requires a change of psyche, but we are receiving encouraging response and the acceptance is really growing, especially in coastal areas.

Exploring the potential of this wonder material, what is the future of Jain Irrigation Systems?

Plastics have the potential to change our lifestyle. The lifecycle cost of plastic products is considerably lower than other competitive products and their versatility enables them to find applications in water, sewage, fluid transportation, desalination lines, onshore and offshore lines and many other applications. For instance, the Delhi Jal Board recently used PE for sewage lines for the first time.

At Jain Irrigation Systems, we have made considerable progress since the time we entered this segment. The Jalgaon facility is among the largest and most versatile facilities; we have the capability of making pipes upto 1,600 mm in diameter, which is only possible in about 10-15 companies around the world. The use of plastic pipes in varied applications is here to stay, and we look forward to be in the forefront in these areas. We shall continue to develop the market by dispelling age-old myths about plastics.

We have made huge investments in our facilities and are constantly looking at developing new applications of sheets for cladding and pipes for dewatering of mines where the slurry being transported is highly abrasive. We also propose to increase our market reach with increased efforts in the Northern and Eastern parts of the country.

Email: sweta.nair@network18publishing.com

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SPECIAL FOCUS

Rotomoulding Efficient rotomoulding techniques: Achieving seamless productivity ............................................................................................................. 44

Rotomoulding: Gauging the energy quotient................................................................................................................... 46

Cost-effective plastics processing: Evolving with changing market dynamics .............................................................................................. 50

Interface: Prashant Trivedi, General Manager – OE & Technical Services, Sintex Industries Ltd ................ 54 Ravi Mehra, Founding Chairman, StAR, and MD, Norstar International, USA .........................56

Roundtable: How versatile is rotomoulding compared to other moulding techniques? ............................................. 58

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SPECIAL FOCUS: Ef ficient rotomoulding techniques

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otomoulding is a technology in plastics processing that has received wide acceptance the world over. With advantages certain to attract both manufacturers and users, rotomoulding has useful applications in conventional and imaginative product lines. It provides the option to create one-piece, seamless and stress-free plastic products with superior surface finish.

Products can be gigantic or small, in every conceivable shape and of utilitarian and even exotic nature. Rotomoulding offers a definite production and cost advantage over other processes.

Also called rotational moulding, it is a high-temperature, lowpressure manufacturing method that combines heat and bi-axial rotation.

Typical moulded parts can include containers, canoes, tanks, children’s toys, medical & industrial equipment and automobile parts.

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Rotomoulding is a unique plastics moulding process used primarily to create seamless, stress-free, hollow onepiece items. It is a globally recognised process for making plastic products that can withstand high temperatures and showcases versatility in terms of design. Anwesh Koley takes a closer look at the rotomoulding process and elaborates on why it is gaining popularity worldwide.

unlimited design possibilities. Offering designers the opportunity to manufacture stress-free parts with uniform wall thickness and complex shapes, rotational moulding is a competitive alternative to blow moulding, thermoforming and plastics injection moulding. Balbir Bhasin, Director, Simplast India Pvt Ltd, says, “The rotomoulding industry in India is a relatively new industry. In the non-water tank area, there have been companies that have entered the road safety, toy and automotive parts segment, but the industry is still dominated by tank manufacturing.”

Customers are spread across the country, and there is an increasing need for rotomoulding in engineering applications felt in various industries.

The quality demanded for water tanks is quite high, so it becomes difficult to shift to a different application. It produces little waste because the required weight of plastics to produce the part is placed inside the mould. Yet some critics point

to its longer cycle times, where only one or two cycles per hour occur, and prefer faster manufacturing processes.

The rotomoulding industry at a glance This technique has seen rapid growth in the last five years. Rajendra Shukla, Director, M Plast (India) Ltd, says, “Initially, it was dominated by manufacturing of water tanks, but gradually rotomoulding companies have entered the automotive, road safety and agricultural applications.

Therefore, the growth in the non-water tank business is greater than the water tank business. However, recently, we have been witnessing competition from blow moulding as many rotomoulders are shifting to the process for making water tanks. This has resulted in manufacturers having to look at alternative product ranges where rotomoulding is the only possible manufacturing technique.”

Large-size companies are fast moving towards blow moulding to manufacture water tanks, but medium-size companies

Ef ficient rotomoulding techniques

are looking for alternatives. Many of them are developing techniques to manufacture water tanks that cannot be made by blow moulding. “We are working on the direct line of rotomoulding so that our customers do not feel the threat of blow moulding.

We have given guidance to our customers to design special water tanks that cannot be made by blow moulding. More than 60 per cent of water tanks are made through the Rock N Roll method,” adds Shukla. The raw material grade available for making water tanks through blow moulding is of higher quality than the conventional raw materials used in rotomoulding. The same strength with lower thickness can be achieved through blow moulding; hence, it is a cause of concern for rotomoulders.

Cooling the mould according to the desired temperature Moulds used in the rotational moulding process are typically manufactured from either stainless steel or aluminium.

Although thicker than equivalent stainless steel moulds, the thermal conductivity of aluminium is many times greater than that of steel, and thus the rotational moulding cycle time is not significantly affected.

“In India, the quality expectations from rotomoulded products have only recently gone up. Still, if we compare Indian rotomoulded products to similar products available in countries such as UK and Italy, we are far behind in terms of design, material grade and rigidity. Hence, we have low-quality aluminium moulds available in India,” laments Bhasin.

Aluminium moulds are the most commonly used in the rotational moulding industry. With cast aluminium moulds, manufacturers can produce complex shapes with intricate detailing in a wide range of sizes, from small products such as ear bulb syringes to large industrial items such as wastewater holding tanks.

According to manufacturers, a cast aluminium mould is preferred for its heat transfer, malleability, strength, design flexibility and how it faithfully reproduces the product appearance.

Currently, the industry uses burners that emit minimal smoke and are energy

efficient as well. Many machines run on oil, and manufacturers use compressed natural gas to run machines that are 100 per cent eco-friendly. Because every manufacturer is concerned about increasing productivity, temperature control helps in assessing the exact mould time, which increases the output through precise monitoring of the material. Initially, machines would operate at about 250°C, but this figure has gone up to 300–320°C after temperature monitoring has become easier. This helps ensure 20–25 per cent higher production.

Challenges plaguing the sector Rotomoulders are waking up to the importance of offering better designs and lightweight products that fulfil the needs of functionality and aesthetics. However, a vibrant capital market, with upcoming infrastructural opportunities and an everexpanding customer base is expected to benefit the rotomoulding industry, which is fast exploring new product segments.

Rotomoulding has already entered the automotive sector where manufacturers are providing fuel tanks, air ducts and mudguards to automotive companies.

“We are developing spoilers for companies through rotomoulding as there is substantial demand. In India, there is a huge scope for rotomoulding in the automobile sector, particularly for heavy vehicles. In terms of innovative techniques, we are behind European companies, but the technology is fast entering the country and manufacturers have started adapting to the same,” says Bhasin.

Complex and high-quality moulds are still not available in India. There are sheet metal fabricated moulds for products such as water tanks as well as cast aluminium moulds and computer numerical controlled machine aluminium moulds. No company in India produces good quality cast aluminium moulds.

Although manufacturers have entered this field, quality is still suspect. With the number of applications increasing with every passing day, it is expected that quality levels will go up.

Email: anwesh.koley@network18publishing.com

The rotomoulding industry in India is a relatively new industry. In the non-water tank area, there have been companies that have entered the road safety, toy and automotive parts segment, but the industry is still dominated by tank manufacturing.

Balbir Bhasin Director, Simplast India Pvt Ltd

We are working on the direct line of rotomoulding so that our customers do not feel the threat of blow moulding. We have given guidance to our customers to design special water tanks that cannot be made by blow moulding.

Rajendra Shukla Director, M Plast (India) Ltd

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GAUGING THE ENERGY

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QUOTIENT

With rising energy costs and the impacts of climate change, the need to monitor and reduce energy consumption has become more important than ever. This holds true for all industries, including the rotomoulding industry, which is gaining momentum in the country. Avani Jain notes the steps adopted by manufacturers for reducing energy consumption.

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rise in the price of energy and materials is a crucial issue with the plastics industry at present. In order to remain competitive, a business must have an effective energy management process for staying ahead of the competition. All plastics processing industry segments are consciously taking steps for reducing their energy consumption, and the gradually evolving rotomoulding industry is not far behind.

Anand Panchal, Marketing Director, N A Corporation (NAROTO), says, “Initially, the Indian rotomoulding industry was limited to manufacturing water and chemical storage tanks. However, with the advent of new technologies and increasing competition, new applications such as material handling products, waste management and fuel storage were found, and the rotomoulding industry grew.”

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development of new machines and technologies. Panchal notes, “New machines designed by manufacturers focus on fuel efficiency, higher productivity, lower manpower requirements and lower product cost.”

Defining the concept Rotomoulding is a simple process for manufacturing stress-free, hollow plastic products. It involves the slow tumbling, heating and melting of a thermoplastic powder in a biaxially rotating mould to produce seamless, hollow plastic parts. The process is typically used to mould hollow parts, especially those with complex and varied shapes not easily obtained by other processes, and is highly energy intensive.

Strategies adopted High rates of power and fuel have forced the industry to become conscious of energy efficiency. Bharat Mistry, Partner, Ash Win Engineers, says, “As a responsible company, we have taken a number of steps for reducing energy consumption.

We produce extremely energy-efficient oven chambers, ie furnaces that run on liquefied petroleum gas as against diesel or petrol. This has resulted in energy efficiency and reduction in the production cost.”

Thus, processors adopt various strategies for reducing energy consumption during the rotomoulding process. First, as the quality and properties of a rotationally moulded part are highly affected by the processing temperature, it is important that mould temperature be considered while optimising the process.

Second, oil heating and cooling of the mould also offer reduced cycle times and a much higher thermal efficiency. An important area for design and development concerns heating of oil, which flows around the mould.

This design has the potential to allow close control of heating rates and oil temperature to different areas of the mould, thereby significantly reducing both the amount of thermal energy used and the process cycle time.

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As a responsible company, we have taken a number of steps for reducing energy consumption. We produce extremely energy-efficient oven chambers, ie furnaces that run on liquefied petroleum gas as against diesel or petrol. This has resulted in energy efficiency and reduction in the production cost.

Bharat Mistry Partner, Ash Win Engineers

To reduce the energy cost, rotomoulders are adopting energy-efficient rotomoulding machines, which ensure reduced heating time, better cooling media, use of better quality raw materials and so on.

Anand Panchal Marketing Director, N A Corporation (NAROTO)

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Third, the usage of good burners, ovens and machinery, along with overall handling of the production process is also paving the way towards achieving energy efficiency and waste reduction.

Panchal says, “Rotomoulding involves rotation of a mould filled with polymer in an external oven. This process is highly energy intensive. Thus, the good design of the heating chamber can save up to 50 per cent of the energy costs.”

Machinery design Initially, the trend was to employ old or second hand machines, but now processors have realised the inefficiency costs incurred as a result of this trend.

Mistry notes, “We are coming up with machines that ensure high production.

These machines will have the capacity to produce 30–35 products in one and a half hour. They will have advanced oven chambers with temperature sensors inside the mould. The machines will reduce the cost of production, improve speed and ensure quality production and energy efficiency.”

Thus, these days, machinery suppliers are advocating the use of better technology with increased production lines over controlled consumption.

Panchal avers, “To reduce the energy cost, rotomoulders are adopting energyefficient rotomoulding machines, which ensure reduced heating time, better cooling media, use of better quality raw materials and so on.”

He further adds,“The heating chamber (oven) is the heart of the rotomoulding process, so every effort must be made to reduce the cooking time of products.

We ensure this by implementing efficiently designed burners and blowers, using better quality insulating media/ increased size for reducing the resin sintering time and fuel cost per resin weight. This results in energy efficiency.

Further, a programmable logic controller system is used to reduce manpower, for monitoring and controlling the process and maintaining error-free working of the machines consistently. Implementing this, the company has reduced the cooking

time from about 5 min/mm of plastics to 3.5 min/mm and would reduce it to 2.5 min/mm in the future. Our machines are designed especially to minimise cooking time, thus resulting in reduced energy (fuel/power) consumption.”

Future trends Energy loss in any industrial process or plant is inevitable, but the economic and environmental impacts are not to be taken lightly. Overall, energy losses in any process, including rotomoulding, can result from designs that do not incorporate energy-efficient specifications such as heat recovery, operations that run on inefficient methods and a poor maintenance programme.

As rotomoulders strive to achieve economies of scale while eluding escalating operating costs, efficient technology and green innovations will go a long way in deciding the industry’s future. Panchal avers, “The future trend will focus on minimising the cost of production in terms of energy consumed by improving the oven thermal insulation to reduce heat loss, improve air circulation to reduce resin sintering time, reduce mould cooling time to increase the production, use of clamping devices for quicker de-moulding rather than using conventional nuts and bolts.”

Growth prospects The Indian rotomoulding industry is currently at an exciting phase, with growth and expansion in every direction.

Panchal concludes, “The rotomoulding industries grew more than 10 per cent per annum since the last few years.

Chemical Market Associates Inc, a Houston-based consulting firm, claims that India’s rotomoulding sector is projected to grow from 260 million pound of plastics consumption last year to 474 million pound in 2016. Indian rotomoulders added 88 million pound of capacity in the last two years. Also, the industry has a large scope for growth in automotive, agriculture, travel and other industries.”

Email: avani.jain@network18publishing.com

SPECIAL FOCUS: Cost-ef fective plastics processing

EVOLVING WITH CHANGING

MARKET DYNAMICS Rotomoulding is an exceptionally cost-effective processing technique compared to other moulding processes such as injection or blow moulding. Even the tools employed are comparatively cheaper as the process employs welded aluminium or stainless steel sheets unlike other processes.

Anwesh Koley delves into the various requirements of the rotomoulding industry in terms of raw materials and designing.

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otomoulding has often been described as one of the most versatile techniques to produce a variety of products.

This unique process uses average polyethylene to perform a variety of tasks. It is important to look at the optimum process conditions for different polyethylene grades and the sensitivity of impact properties to the oven time and temperature. Yuvraj Singh Ahuja, Director, Frontier Polymers Pvt Ltd, says, “People are going in for more modern machines today and the spending power has gone up. However, in India, rotation moulding would still be regarded as a water tank manufacturing industry. Every manufacturer is trying to diversify into other verticals and other areas such as material handling and road safety.

S ome players have found their niche markets in automobiles as well.�

Process conditions become critical for maintaining impact properties while running multiple types of moulds on one spider or varying from standard process conditions with

like moulds. Not all grades of polyethylene with the same melt index and density perform the same. Without the proper antioxidant packages, impact strength can vary considerably with process conditions because of small process windows. This can become evident when running multiple moulds simultaneously where mould conductivity, part weight, thickness and arm positions vary, or where oven time and temperature vary between cycles.

Rotomoulding yields smooth and seamless moulded parts with precisely uniform wall thickness and fantastic shock-absorbing capabilities. A complex outline with excellent surface definition is possible. The moulds are also relatively strong and flexible as no stress is subjected during the production process. Moreover, reinforced ribs can be designed into any part if extra strength is desired. Rotomoulding also offers the option of multi-wall moulding, which can be either left hollow or filled with foam to provide immense strength.

Another big advantage of the process of rotational moulding lies in the flexibility to make highly complicated design, right from stiffening ribs or indentations to different textures.

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Raw materials critical to rotomoulding Polyethylene is currently the most commonly used polymer in rotational moulding and makes up over 90 per cent of a 660 million pound a year market.

Many designers make polyethylene their primary resin of choice based on availability, ease of process and excellent properties. This helps in reducing the upfront cost and in gaining a competitive edge in the market.

However, not all designers see the actual production of the parts and are not aware of multiple variables that are involved with processing polyethylene.

“In order to lower costs, an easy way out can be to reduce the quantity of materials used, which would essentially mean a product with a thinner layer.

However, over the years, the quality of polymer has enabled us to reduce the overall weight of our products without compromising on the key features of a rotomoulded product. Today, there are various grades of low-density polyethylene that are more productcentric,” adds Ahuja.

Evolving markets for rotomoulded products For manufacturers, it depends on the area of rotomoulded products where the company wants to venture. Many companies are opting to produce white water tanks instead of the conventional black ones for various reasons. “We faced few hurdles when we decided to manufacture white water tanks that were aesthetically pleasing and within the budget of our customers. In a country like India where temperatures can go up to as high as 46°C, the water inside a white tank is relatively cooler,” adds Ahuja.

In this process, the mould with the raw material inside is rotated at the desired temperature and there is no pressure applied during this process, unlike other plastics processing techniques such as blow moulding and injection moulding.

Polyethylene is the primary raw material used. Different densities and material

flow mechanisms are used to achieve the desired results. “Rotation moulding is still a localised industry as the cost of logistics involved in freighting these hollow products becomes quite expensive.

We are relatively more economical than the West in terms of manufacturing costs. The Middle East is a key market along with Australia and New Zealand for Indian rotomoulded products,” says Ahuja.

Right designing techniques Designers and processors alike should fully understand the process window of polyethylene chosen for a part. By evaluating resins and the size of the process window, moulders can ensure that the nominal impact properties are maintained. The moulder can determine the size and sensitivity of the process window by running different oven times at different oven temperatures and recording the impact strength. By monitoring the inside air temperature during the cycle, moulders can pinpoint the optimum process conditions for different moulds and combine only the moulds that have common process windows.

This practice will help predict impact properties for parts that experience oven times and temperature outside their normal set points and allows the moulder to take extra steps to ensure that proper impact properties still exist. Importantly, if the designers and moulders choose a rotational moulding resin with a wide process window, they dramatically increase the probability of good impact strength on their welldesigned part. This allows reduction in costs by providing flexibility in moulds that they can run together.

Impact strength during rotomoulding Impact behaviour is very critical in rotational moulding where several differing moulds are placed on an arm or spider and all are processed at the same oven time. With the variations in mould conductivity, part weight and mould position, each mould can

People are going in for more modern machines today and the spending power has gone up. However, in India, rotation moulding would still be regarded as a water tank manufacturing industry.

Every manufacturer is trying to diversify into other verticals and other areas such as material handling and road safety.

Yuvraj Singh Ahuja Director, Frontier Polymers Pvt Ltd

experience a different internal maximum air temperature within the same cycle.

This can lead to some products having poor impact and others with acceptable impact, even though the parts were processed with the same material and oven conditions. This polyethylene impact strength behaviour could also be found when running similar moulds on one machine.

Not all cycles on a rotational moulding machine are consistent because of stuck parts, operator error, variances in external conditions such as cooling water and ambient temperature, extended pauses in the cycle and variances in machine conditions. All these conditions can affect the maximum air temperature in the moulds. Thus, moulders who produce similar parts on each cycle may still experience dramatic variances in impact properties if they are on the edge of the process window.

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SPECIAL FOCUS: Inter face – Prashant Trivedi

“Meaningful innovation and active thinking will take this industry to greater heights” …opines Prashant Trivedi, General Manager – OE & Technical Services, Sintex Industries Ltd. In an exclusive conversation with Avani Jain, he talks about the growth of the rotomoulding segment in the country. He further elaborates on the recent trends and leading innovations making headway in the segment.

How is the plastics rotomoulding segment fairing in India?

Generally, the rotomoulding process is well known only for water tank manufacturing, but not many know that this process and technology can be used for manufacturing a variety of products.

The unique selling point of this process is the production of seamless hollow stress-free products that have many applications in various fields especially in building & construction and industrial & custom applications in automotive & engineering. Despite the present economic recession, some of these sectors have shown growth and have helped the sector to grow as well.

The technology is not costly and hence many entrepreneurs have entered the unorganised sector. At present, there are more than 300 rotomoulders across India but only few of them fall in the organised sector.

What are the recent trends and growth opportunities in the segment?

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replace conventional materials. The properties of lightweight and better strength are a look out. The building & construction, infrastructure and automotive sectors have been the growth drivers for the industry. Some of the rotational moulded products that could further drive growth of the segment include waste bins & containers, wastewater treatment & septic tanks, manholes & inspection chambers, activity toys, automotive products and so forth.

efficient machine technology and direct in-mould heating technology have now become common. These innovations have lead the rotomoulding sector to cater and service critical moulding. In addition, new developments in raw materials with improved flow properties, mechanical strength and longevity for end user applications have benefitted rotomoulders and end-users.

What are the technological advancements witnessed by this industry?

The biggest competition envisaged for the industry is from the blow moulding process. However, as compared to other processes, rotomoulding offers various benefits. No technology at present can manufacture large hollow products where the known capacity manufactured is to an extent of 50,000 litre for onepiece moulding. Thus, with automation and tool technology, critical parts can be well made and manufactured using the rotomoulding process.

Previously, rotomoulding was considered for manufacturing simple products, and critical dimensions were not achievable.

However, now with the advancement of technology, controls and automation, this process can achieve close tolerances and functional requirements as per customer needs.

What are the leading innovations making headway in the segment?

Some of the leading innovations include double/multi-layer moulding with two dissimilar materials such as polyethylene and nylon and incorporation of metal/non-metal inserts during the manufacturing process. Further, for better control of processing and curing of material, in-line temperature control of moulds is through remote sensing.

Better design of efficient ovens with indirect heating for faster cycle time is also included. Even tool designers have innovated better solutions for undercuts, inserts and pinch-offs in the moulds.

The tool cost has also been reduced with technology involvements. Further,

What are the challenges and opportunities faced by the industry?

What will be the future trends in the segment?

The future for rotomoulding is very bright, and the segment is growing at the rate of 12–14 per cent annually.

Further, since customisation has become a requirement for every customer, there are constant changes being made in the process such as periodical design changes, model changes and shorter design cycles. This indicates that the product life cycle is short, but the critical and functional requirements have to be as per the need. Thus, meaningful innovation and active thinking will take this industry to greater heights.

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SPECIAL FOCUS: Inter face – Ravi Mehra

“Indian rotomoulders must think beyond the conventional” …believes Ravi Mehra, Founding Chairman, StAR, and MD, Norstar International, USA. In an interaction with Anwesh Koley, he enumerates the advantages offered by rotomoulding and the challenges that must be overcome to truly extract all the benefits of this process.

What differentiates rotomoulding from other plastics processing techniques?

The virtue of versatility distinguishes rotomoulding as a plastics processing technique. Rotomoulding is an extremely versatile and economic process that relies on gravity and heat to produce parts with exceptional strength. The finished result is a stress-free, lightweight and seamless design that is durable. A variety of plastic resins are available to use, depending on product specifications, strength requirements and resistance to other substances. Materials that may be selected include polyethylene, nylon, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and custom formulated compounds.

However, notwithstanding these advantages, the Indian rotomoulding industry has left a lot of areas unexplored.

Till recent times, rotomoulding has been looked at as a technology associated with primarily making water tanks. Processors had been wary of venturing into other areas of application that undermined the process, which has been welcomed across the globe to manufacture a wide range of products. Even for water tanks, most of the market in India is for tanks below 2,000 litre. This highlights the lack of exploitation of this resourceful process by Indian companies.

How has the rotomoulding industry evolved over the years?

The process of rotomoulding employs the concept of 3M’s and a P: moulds, machinery, materials and product design. Using these, rotomoulding opens a wide range of applications and Indian rotomoulders must think beyond the conventional. However, Indian rotomoulders have not been able to achieve higher production with lower costs because they are not aware of their 56

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market for applications. If blow moulding has replaced rotomoulding in many key product ranges, it is because rotomoulders are not keen to offer anything new to the market. It is a threat that industry players must stand up to. To effectively compete and not lose further ground, rotomoulders must use the capabilities and technological strengths of rotomoulding to its full.

How do you see the future of this industry in India?

uniqueness. The key driving factor here is the price. Cost is important, but not at the expense of quality. Over the past one year, many rotomoulders have shifted to blow moulding to produce similar rotomoulded products. The industry only has itself to blame for this. A look at the design and quality of many rotomoulded products clearly highlights areas that leave a lot to be desired.

What are the challenges faced by the rotomoulding industry?

The compulsion to offer built-to-a-price products has resulted in the industry opting for low levels of manufacturing. The rotomoulding industry has itself to blame for this vulnerability as it has chosen to produce simple, easy to copy, low quality, low value tanks. The compulsion to invest in cheap moulds and machines and lo-tech/no-tech manufacturing practices has resulted in the industry opting for low-tech, uncompetitive products. This automatically invited other processing techniques such as blow moulding to enter product areas that were earlier the forte of rotomoulding. The lack of effort and consistency in practice and faith in their technology led to this predicament.

Rotomoulders have not looked into the

It is important to design unique, attractive tanks, use better quality moulds, right material grades & powders, machines with process control capabilities and invest in training people, thus enabling processors to produce high-quality, highvalue tanks and products that cannot be effectively threatened by other processes.

Rotomoulding allows extreme flexibility in design, limited only by the imagination.

Utilising these sound ingredients and technology principles, it is possible to reduce material weights and cycle times and produce cost-competitive better design and better quality parts.

Indian rotomoulders have to contend with a series of challenges in recent times such as high inflation, recessionary pressures and increase in fuel prices. The weakening of the Indian rupee also means that the import of raw materials becomes costly and mostly small and medium scale entrepreneurs have been affected. With such external factors not being within the control of domestic manufacturers, one needs to look towards improving viability by adopting ways for the business to adapt to such changes.

Large tanks, 3,000 litre and above, in attractive highly ultra-violet stabilised colours are prevalent. Also, tanks of 300 to 2,500 litre are offered not only in attractive colours but also in attractive shapes and designs.

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SPECIAL FOCUS: Roundtable

How

versatile is rotomoulding compared to other

moulding techniques?

Rotomoulding offers numerous advantages in terms of design, cost and functionality. This has ensured a steady market for rotomoulded products across the globe. However, with changing customer requirements and industry dynamics, it is important to gauge whether the process can hold its own compared to other plastics processing techniques. Anwesh Koley interacts with industry experts to find out what makes rotomoulding unique.

Vasant Panchal Proprietor, Piyush Rotomac

Chandrapal Singh

While other moulding techniques have been adopted consistently by moulders, rotomoulding remains one of the simpler processes to achieve different grades of finish and quality.

A great advantage is the reduced cost of tooling. The cost of having a mould built for rotomoulding is significantly less compared to most other plastics processes. Moulds can be machined, cast or fabricated from materials such as stainless steel or aluminium.

Cast and machined moulds are best when exacting tolerances or cosmetic finishes are important for the finished product. Cast moulds offer a wide range of finishes from wood grain to a mirror finish. Fabricated moulds are more economical than cast or machined moulds but offer less options for finish. Also, the design flexibility to meet product specifications is higher and one can create a seamless product with precision. This advantage of rotomoulding can help in producing large containers with the same quality and is the reason for it being the preferred choice for the water tank industry.

CEO, R K Machine Tools

Rotomoulding ensures a product that has durability, strength and temperature-handling ability.

Rotomoulded products offer excellent load-bearing properties and are corrosion resistant. Many other techniques are more tuned towards creating small parts that require minute attention to detail, and they are often not the right choice for larger applications. Also, as rotomoulding ensures uniform wall thickness throughout the product, it is an attractive proposition for processors.

Another key advantage is the ability to have finished products with eye-catching colour options and impressive designs. This makes it an instant hit in the toy-making industry.

The option of having lightweight plastic parts and finished products gives rotomoulding an edge over other techniques. A crucial requirement for heavy-duty applications is ultraviolet and heat resistance, which is offered by this process. Thus, the water tank industry has a high demand for this technology.

Rajendra Shukla Director, M-Plast (India) Ltd

Reduced tooling cost is the major advantage that distinguishes rotomoulding from other processes.

Because there is no interior core to manufacture, tooling for rotomoulding parts is also less expensive. When compared to most durable metals, plastics are substantially more cost effective. With injection/blow moulding, it is difficult to achieve consistency in wall thickness. With rotomoulding, the constant rotation allows the resin to coat every surface evenly.

Rotomoulding helps in creating durable plastic products with consistent wall thickness coupled with one-part construction and corrosion resistance. Moulders can usually design the piece, tool it and begin production in less than three months.

In injection moulding, this minimum lead time goes up to six months. Thus, rotomoulding brings the finished product to the market sooner. Minor alterations can be made to moulds to accommodate changing production needs and end-product specifications.

Editorial take: Email: anwesh.koley@network18publishing.com While other processing techniques are fast being adopted by plastics processors, rotomoulding offers definite benefits in terms of cost and design. However, a key concern is the level of awareness among processors regarding this technology that is yet to be explored to the fullest.

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FACILIT Y VISIT: Wittmann Battenfeld India Pvt Ltd

INDIGENISING AUXILIARY AND AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS Creating innovative and robust plastic products requires consistent functioning of mainstream machinery with efficient and reliable auxiliary and automation solutions. Substantiating this requirement is the facility of Wittmann Battenfeld India Pvt Ltd, located in Chennai. The Group, headquartered in Austria, is a worldwide operating company that services major plastics markets in the world. Sweta M Nair visits the facility to pen down the company’s dexterous future plans.

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o run smoothly and efficiently, plastics processing machinery requires auxiliary equipment and automation solutions.

These solutions assist during the production process and help manufacturers get the productivity advantage. In the face of global competition, manufacturers for the end-market of packaging, pharmaceuticals, transportation, building and construction can reap the benefits of efficient, cost-effective and reliable auxiliary and automation solutions.

Tapping this immediate demand is Wittmann Battenfeld India Pvt Ltd. The Austria-headquartered group came into being in 2008 when Wittmann took over Battenfeld Kunststoffmaschinen

Putting ideas into action: Staff at Wittmann Battenfeld’s Chennai facility

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Ges.m.b.H. at Kottingbrunn, Lower Austria. The syndication provides plastics processors the advantage of having a seamless combination of processing machines and automation and auxiliary equipment. The Group’s first manufacturing and assembling facility in India, located in Chennai, is spread over an area of 9,000 sq ft with 52 employees.

With an initial investment of $ 500,000, this facility was started in 2012, although a trading office existed in its place since 2006.

Laying it out This leading global manufacturer offers a complete range of innovative automation technology along with auxiliary equipment. With a product line-up that includes sprue pickers, 3 axis-servo robots, end-of-arm tooling, conveying systems, dehumidifier dryers and mould temperature controllers among others, the company also offers customised robotics that suit the needs of plastics processors.

In terms of the layout, the facility is spread out on a single level. The company houses the administrative and marketing wing of the business, along with its very own software department that co-ordinates with the headquarters when it comes to writing software programs. The business

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Global presence

A dehumidfier drier assembled at the plant

shift of the software creation wing was done with the objective to attract IT talent, which is easily found in the Indian sub-continent. Consequently, this move has allowed the headquarters to focus on other business-generation avenues. The Chennai facility has demarcations for two storage units, where one is used to trade machines that are imported from Austria and the second is used to store machines that are manufactured in this facility. With assembly and testing lines, the shop floor has a simple lay out and the presence of a handful of employees.

In the last five years, the company has witnessed a 35 per cent growth. Talking about the company’s upward climb in India, Nanda Kumar T, President, Wittmann Battenfeld India Pvt Ltd, says, “When we started in 2006, trading was the main line of business. Gradually, we commenced the assembling operation in this plant and components from Austria were assembled here. It is only from the last seven months that production has begun here. In terms of our client base, we are servicing India, South Africa and some parts of Southeast Asia from this facility.”

In line with company policy, the Group believes in investing in promising geographies. With 100 per cent in-house manufacturing already taking place in the company’s facilities located in Hungary and China, this is another area that will be explored in the Chennai unit. Currently, a new facility in Hungary is underway, the Battenfeld facility in Austria is expanding and a new facility in Germany will be ready by September. Thus, with three facilities in Austria, two each in Germany and France and one each in Hungary, the US, Canada, China and India, the company has 12 facilities at present.

With a client base that hails from the automotive background, the Group lays special emphasis on quality control. The auxiliary and automation businesses of the Group focus on energy savings, process stability, process control, reducing cycle time, improving productivity, reducing manpower etc. “In 1996–97, we were one of the first groups in the world to introduce machines that are energy efficient, and the company strongly supports this philosophy. At a time when not many believed in reducing energy consumption, we were already in the market with energy-efficient machines,” affirms Kumar T.

Promising start On a global scale, Wittmann Battenfeld has indigenised some of its machines so as to better suit Indian conditions.

Moreover, through constant research and development, the company is engaged in a perennial pursuit of making its machines more energy efficient. In the last five years, automation has picked up in India, but Kumar T adds, “Most Indian processors pay more attention to capital investment instead of running cost. What they do not understand is that higher capital investment could lead to reduced running cost, but then again many aspects need to be considered. Automation has picked up in India. Last year, we sold 210 robots; in the last two months, we have sold roughly about 70 robots. Currently, maximum automation has been adopted by the

We were one of the first groups in the world to introduce machines that are energy efficient, and the company strongly supports this philosophy. At a time when not many believed in reducing energy consumption, we were already in the market with energy-efficient machines.

Nanda Kumar T President

automotive segment, followed by the white goods and packaging segment. We are closely working with an automotive original equipment manufacturer where complete automation will take over the operations. This is going to be a one-ofa-kind facility in India. ” A consistent demand for the auxiliary segment maintains the smooth flow of manufacturing at the company’s Chennai unit. Automation as mentioned is picking up pace. “In India, safety norms are not as strongly regarded as they are in the US or Europe. Things like a safety fencing around the machine are not very visible in Indian facilities. Space and investments are the major causes of concern here. Thus, for the robots that we build here, we have internal safety features. Indigenising our equipment by learning the Indian conditions is going to be an on-going process. With our entire line of peripheral equipment, we can cover all the needs of Indian plastics processors.

Supported by our worldwide presence through subsidiaries, our commitment to provide world-class service remains firm,” concludes Kumar T. Email: sweta.nair@network18publishing.com

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INSIGHT & OUTLOOK

Plastics in Building & Construction Plastics in building and construction: Going from strength to strength ................................................................................................64

A versatile building material: Plastics come home ....................................................................................................................... 66

Interface: Piyush Pahuja, Director, Anupam Plastics Industries ........................................................ 68 Srinivas Sonti, General Manager – Sales, Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd ................ 70

Production efficiency: Process improvement in injection moulded parts Y R Anand, Partner, Unimark ...................................................................................................... 72

PVDF piping systems: A multitude of options Mandar Amrute and Viral Vora, Arkema India ............................................................................. 76

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INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: Plastics in building and construction

GOING FROM

STRENGTH TO STRENGTH Globally, the building and construction industry is a large consumer of plastics. In some countries, it comes directly after packaging, which is creating the maximum demand for plastic materials. Owing to the recent innovations, plastics are giving conventional construction materials stiff competition.

Sweta M Nair reveals the significance of plastics in construction applications.

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he building and construction sector is in a constant race to discover durable products, which can stay in place for at least 40 years before they require replacement. From the functionality and aesthetics perspective, plastics fit this cause beautifully. Unlike the rest of the world, the building and construction industry in India is starting to increase its consumption of plastics.

Plastics have become a material of choice for achieving economic and environmental balance between technological challenges and functional design.

A range of different properties that belong to the plastics family is being harnessed in the construction segment.

Thus far, acrylic, composites, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), Polycarbonate (PC), Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP) and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) are being used. However, the properties of these plastics can be enhanced by the addition of additives such as blowing agents, colourants, fillers and reinforcing agents, flame retardants and plasticisers. Additives enable plastics to be customised to meet the specific 64

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requirements for a wide range of building applications.

Application areas Although plastics are not always visible in buildings, the construction industry uses them for a wide and growing range of applications, especially in public infrastructure. One of the major applications of usage is roofing systems of public buildings. Considered a symbol of stability, durability and protection, these systems are made of plastics to ensure long life and save energy, as well

as their ability to help control moisture in buildings. Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) is one such example that provides significant energy savings. It eliminates thermal bridging by providing a continuous layer of insulation over existing thermal bridges in the roof deck.

Also, SPF roofing systems have a light coloured, reflective coating, which reduces the amount of heat transported inside the building through thermal bridges.

EPS products are the choice of material of wall, roof and floor insulation.

In the West, it is used to retain the

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heat in buildings and maintains the low temperature of refrigerated spaces. Along with being extremely lightweight, it conjures low cost in transportation and is easy to handle and install. Due to its high strength and structural stability, EPS has a unique structure enabling exceptional compressive strength and block rigidity that makes it ideal as structure base infill; for example, in road, rail or bridge infrastructure. EPS is suitable for public infrastructure because its stability does not deteriorate with age, and it can be cut into many customised shapes, is resistant to water ingress and is 100 per cent recyclable.

What is gaining recognition across commercial and industrial applications throughout the world is the plastic flooring products that are manufactured in flexible PVC and PE. Plastic flooring is also a real boon to architects and interior designers. Along with its long life, minimal wear and tear, traffic and indentation resistance, these flooring products provide huge design possibilities enabling rapid responses to changes in consumer fashion. A potential product for hospital flooring, its hygienic surface is impermeable and easily washable. The other silent advantages are its properties of sound reduction and recyclability.

Fundamental benefits Durable, non-corrosive, knock and scratch resistant with excellent weatherability are some of the advantages that plastics bring to the table. Along with offering design freedom and a limitless array of shapes, plastic products used in construction can be coloured, opaque or transparent and rigid or flexible. Plastic products are easy to transport because of their lightweight; manoeuvring and handling are also relatively easy. More than anything, the snapfit of plastics cannot be matched by other conventional construction materials.

Talking about the role of plastics, especially vinyls, in the construction segment is Brigitte Dero, General Manager, The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM). She says, “In Europe, the major application areas of vinyls in the

construction of public infrastructure are probably sewage piping, followed by sheathing of low-voltage electrical cables. Vinyl waterproofing sheets are used to line tunnels, reservoirs and open air water channels.” Comparatively, these application areas are only being explored currently in India.

Next-gen improvisations Many different plastic products in the building and construction segment have been assessed according to their reaction and resistance to fire. Majority of smoke detectors, alarms and automated fire fighting systems are made of plastics.The success of PVC, the leading polymer in the sector, is largely due to its intrinsic fire safety characteristics. Furthermore, the development of the Fire Safety Engineering approach, which assesses the fire behaviour of a product in different scenarios in a defined environment, is expected to be introduced in regulations allowing the further use of plastics while maintaining or even improving fire safety.

Referring to the varied use of plastics, Sandeep Engineer, Managing Director, Astral Poly Technik Ltd, says, “In India, the major application areas of vinyls are in building such as interior doors and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; in transportation such as interior panels, truck trailers and dashboards and in furniture such as partitions, racks, cabinets, picture frames and computer accessories.”

The combined aforementioned qualities are attributable to the high strength-to-weight ratio of plastics to produce materials for bridge construction, including tough reinforcement rods, non-skid surfacing and quickly installed replacement decking. In public buildings, plastics abound in plumbing fixtures, siding, flooring, insulation, panels, doors, windows, glazing, bathroom units, gratings, railings and a growing list of both structural and interior or decorative uses. Changing demographics and the high cost of public infrastructure have created new avenues for the application of plastics.

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In Europe, the major application areas of vinyls in the construction of public infrastructure are probably sewage piping, followed by sheathing of low-voltage electrical cables. Vinyl waterproofing sheets are used to line tunnels, reservoirs and open air water channels.

Brigitte Dero General Manager, The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM)

Major application areas of vinyls are in building such as interior doors and HVAC systems; in transportation such as interior panels, truck trailers and dashboards and in furniture such as partitions, racks, cabinets, picture frames and computer accessories.

Sandeep Engineer Managing Director, Astral Poly Technik Ltd

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INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: A versatile building material

PLASTICS COME HOME Housing is all about creating a nourishing and flourishing environment. With population explosion, builders are increasingly adopting more energy-efficient materials such as plastics in housing. Sweta M Nair explores these areas and the advantages that plastics provide over conventional construction materials.

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inding the right materials for constructing houses for comfortable habitation is a tedious task. Residential buildings need to be protected from external wear and tear at all times. The right material can make walls, soffits and roofs less vulnerable to the damages of ultraviolet rays, rain and strong wind. It may also make them less susceptible to the appearance of mould and mildew.

Indoor relevance Cladding in construction pertains to adding another wall of the same material used in building the original wall. It is similar to reinforcing a wall by adding a second wall. There are many forms of cladding available today. Some are made from metals such as aluminium, others are constructed using Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride (uPVC). There is also the popular Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) cladding that is a popular building material.

Cellular PVC products are extensively used as roofing and rainwater goods.

These products are extremely lightweight and easy to assemble, and they can be sawn and nailed using standard carpentry tools. Available in a range of colours and textures, they are ideal for exposed

conditions and inaccessible locations.

Coupled with low lifetime costs, the good load-bearing PVC products can be easily recycled.

Increasingly serving as a design tool for homeowners, plastic wall covering has grown in popularity so that it can be used on nearly every type of surface. By being durable and easy to clean, vinyl products offer the added benefit of longevity.

Vinyl’s longevity is the prime reason as to why they compose of a very small fraction of the materials that are disposed in landfills each year. Products made of vinyl are suited for indoor use because this plastic has a relatively low potential for odours or emissions.

Exterior aesthetics Plastic piping systems are widely used in building, construction, civil and utilities industries. The sectors covered consists of soil, waste, grey water and rainwater.

For modern luxury apartments, internal plumbing for hot and cold water is achieved by plastic piping systems.

Other than this, pressure pipes for gas distribution are also being considered.

By deploying the most appropriate plastic materials for piping systems, one is able to ensure that products meet the requirements for each application. The

advantages of plastic piping systems are long life, corrosion resistance, ease of jointing, strength through flexibility, long lengths and lightness for ease of handling among others. In the midst of this, the benefits of PVC include competitive pricing, self-insulation to minimise thermal loss, integral flame retardancy, less subject to jobsite theft and inertness to acidic soils.

Manufactured from rigid PVC, plastic windows were developed in Germany in the 50s and became established in the UK in the 70s. With a lifespan of 35 years, plastic windows have good weatherability.

They are low maintenance and are available in an array of designs and in an extensive choice of colours.

Plastics outshine traditional materials for windows and frames, providing competitive energy efficiency, aesthetics, design flexibility and cost criteria. Vinyl windows are resistant to rust, rot, blistering, corrosion, flaking and infestation by termites or other insects.For instance, polycarbonate is the same material that is used in eyeglasses and is known for its durability and clarity. It is now used in windows. Shatter-resistant and lightweight, this plastic has low thermal conductivity, thus reducing heating and cooling costs though still providing protection against

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A versatile building material

There might be a day when plastics will replace concrete. Currently, its application in bathroom fittings, electrical switch boards and insulation is growing. The growth potential is huge as the market is only beginning to open up to wider.

Srinivas Sonti General Manager – Sales, Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd

bad weather. Plastics used in this application, such as solid vinyl or vinyl-clad frames, serve to help reduce condensation, thus preventing the occurrence of mould. Moreover, studies show that vinyl window frames require three times less energy to manufacture than aluminium window frames. The design of vinyl window frames further enhances energy efficiency by creating chambers in the frame, which provide additional resistance to heat transfer, and insulating air pockets. The energy efficiency of vinyl windows and glass doors can mean less electricity is used to heat and cool a home. The low maintenance requirements of vinyl windows and glass doors also eliminate the need for paints, stains, strippers and thinners, which can negatively impact air quality.

International undertones The demand for specialty plastic additives in the US is expected to rise 4.5 per cent annually to 4.0 billion pound in 2017. This increase will be the result of an improved macroeconomic climate, which will augment the overall demand for plastics in several different markets. A strong rebound in construction activity following the severe decline in 2007–2012 will create significant opportunities in the construction market. Reports anticipate that this will generate over two thirds of new demand for plastic additives.

In India, plastics have been through decades of trends when applied in housing construction. Plastic furniture has also received considerable interest recently. Summing up the scope of plastics in the building and construction segment, Srinivas Sonti, General Manager – Sales, Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd, says, “There might be a day when plastics will replace concrete. Currently, its application in bathroom fittings, electrical switch boards and insulation is growing.

The growth potential is huge as the market is only beginning to open up to wider applications of plastics.”

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INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: Inter face – Piyush Pahuja

“Properly installed plastic building products can help reduce energy and maintenance costs and improve aesthetics” …says Piyush Pahuja, Director, Anupam Plastics Industries. As an emerging company providing plastics solutions for the construction industry, he believes that along with energy efficiency, plastics provide durability to a structure, thereby increasing its longevity. In an interaction with Anwesh Koley, he explains the reasons for the growing use of plastics in the building industry.

Elaborate on the use of plastics in the construction industry.

The use of plastic composites is fast increasing in the construction industry due to various reasons. From the construction of new homes to retrofitting and renovation of commercial buildings, and from hospitals to schools, architects and designers rely on plastics to help maximise energy efficiency, sturdiness and performance.

Plastics have become the preferred choice for the industry because they are easily available and a variety of grades can be obtained for a wide range of applications. In addition to potentially lightening a structure’s environmental footprint, properly installed plastic building products can help reduce energy and maintenance costs and improve aesthetics.

What are the primary materials used for construction and from where do you source these?

Our range includes Polystyrene (PS) sheets, acrylic sheets and polycarbonate sheets. We source our materials from China, Taiwan and Indonesia. PS comes from China and Taiwan, and the material for acrylic sheets is sourced from Indonesia. The main purpose of PS sheets is for windows and other partitions where the requirement is for straight applications. PS is a solid unbreakable material that can be used as a substitute for glass, which is more brittle than PS. Acrylic cast sheets are primarily used for making novelty items like boxes. These sheets are made of a soft 68

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stability, durability and protection from external factors. The current industry trend is to use Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) roofing. These roofs are durable and they help control moisture in buildings. In addition, SPF roofing systems are resistant to leaks caused by hail, wind-driven debris and high wind blow-off. SPF eliminates thermal bridging by providing a continuous layer of insulation over existing thermal bridges in the roof deck. Thus, SPF roofing systems can provide significant energy savings.

In addition, SPF roofing systems are coated with light coloured, reflective coating that reduces the amount of heat transported inside the building through thermal bridges. material, which can be bent and is heat resistant. Polycarbonate sheets are unbreakable and are used to essentially make overhead shades. These sheets are hollow with ridges inside the two layers and have ultraviolet protection to block sunrays and heat.

PS is often used as a replacement for glass in many construction applications as it is more rigid than glass. Office buildings, schools and other institutes are fast replacing glass with PS sheets.

Factory sites require sheds over vast areas that do not allow heat to enter the unit; hence, polycarbonate sheets are predominantly used here.

Why have plastics become indispensible for the construction industry?

A house without a durable roof cannot be imagined. A roof is a symbol of safety,

How have plastics applications for wall coverings come up over the years?

Used on nearly every type of surface, plastic wall covering has grown in popularity, increasingly serving as a design tool of choice for homeowners.

Vinyl products are durable and easy to clean, thus offering the added benefit of longevity. The longevity of vinyl is the reason this material constitutes a small fraction of the materials disposed in landfills each year. Furthermore, the energy required to manufacture vinyl wall coverings is only half as much as that required to produce the same amount of an alternative wall covering.

The property of polycarbonates to prevent heat and its rigidity ensure that it is the first choice of designers and builders.

Email: anwesh.koley@network18publishing.com

INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: Inter face – Srinivas Sonti

“CPVC pipes when laid underground can last for about 100 years” ...affirms Srinivas Sonti, General Manager – Sales, Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd. Conversing with Sweta M Nair about the role of plastics in the building segment, he sheds light on the functionality, aesthetics and lifespan of plastics in comparison to the building segment’s preferred material which is metal. are not yet prevalent. CPVC applications are in a high-growth mode. Majority of modern apartments have CPVC plumbing systems. Even some hospitals and corporate buildings use CPVC fittings. This is an area where maximum consumption is and will take place.

What do you think has changed the attitude of people in preferring plastics over metals?

What is the current scenario concerning the use of plastics in construction?

Earlier, metal was the preferred material when it came to plumbing and other water dispensing systems. Now it is being replaced with plastics. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is one such material that is used in household fittings and in agriculture.

Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC), a thermoplastic produced by chlorination of PVC resin, is being used in manufacturing pipes and fittings for hot and cold water applications. This material can withstand temperatures up to 70–80°C. In some countries for hot water applications, Polypropylene (PP-R) fittings are being deployed. However, in India, CPVC is being used more than PP-R. Another material is Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) that is used for residential and commercial sanitary applications, but it is slightly expensive.

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Lightweight, user-friendly and good aesthetics are some of the advantages that are offered by plastics. Unlike metals, plastics do not rust. CPVC pipes when laid underground can last for about 100 years, whereas its metal counterparts can last for only 20 years. Moreover, other than not being corrosive, CPVC is termite-proof. Also with plastics, high volume production is easier with modern manufacturing technologies and automation. A wide range of fittings, such as T connectors and elbows, can be made efficiently in multi-cavities. So production is easier and faster.

What are the challenges when replacing conventional construction materials with plastics?

Availability of raw materials is one of the main challenges when referring to plastics.

While PVC is abundant and manufactured locally, CPVC is not easily available and is currently imported. CPVC is also more expensive. Apart from price and availability of raw material, setting up a fittings unit is a capital intensive endeavour. The reason behind this is the high range of moulds that a manufacturer is expected to have.

I believe to set up a PVC/CPVC fittings plant you need to have something like 80 to 100 moulds to cover the entire range of models and diameters. This will also mean the requirement of a range of injection moulding machines, auxiliaries and infrastructure.

On the machinery front, what changes have taken place recently?

The machinery segment has undergone significant changes in the last ten years. For PVC applications, we have brought out a different series of machines. Previously, it was a standard machine where the only aspect that changed was the screw and barrel. However, now we have developed PVC Line Series with tailor-made features.

Whether it is the main drive technology or the screw and barrel or power efficiency, everything has changed. Because CPVC is extremely corrosive, we have factored that in as well. Our machines now have generous platen sizes to accommodate bigger moulds, high torque hydro-motors and triple-coated wear-resistant screws and barrels.

Since improving features in machinery is an ongoing process, what are your latest enhancements?

We have recently introduced the servo power pack – an energy-saving drive technology. It saves 30–40 per cent energy compared to a conventional machine.

As PVC and CPVC applications have a longer cycle time, the servo power pack has made them more energy efficient. On the controls side, we have now introduced our latest controllers to make the process more efficient. For instance, CPVC is heat sensitive, so processing temperature has to be maintained at a precise degree. With the new controllers, processing temperatures can be controlled within 1°, thereby reducing material degradation and wastage.

Additionally, apart from the ceramic heaters, we offer insulated heater bands that are capable of saving more energy. Insulated heater bands reduce heat dissipation and consequently the working time of the heater is also reduced. All these improvements have resulted in enhanced productivity, better quality moulding and lower power consumption in terms of kWh/kg.

Email: sweta.nair@network18publishing.com

INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: Production ef ficiency

Process improvement in injection moulded parts At present, the aim of production should not only be to make parts at the least cost but also with the least impact on the environment. This article reviews ways to produce parts most efficiently in an injection moulding factory.

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fficiency is producing parts of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost without impacting the environment.

The sequence of developing and producing an injection moulded part can be divided into the following steps: Product design Mould technology Machine and peripherals selection Configuration After configuration, the production process can be classified into three steps: 1. Process integration of all of the above 2. Process control for individual equipment 3. Production planning of the entire factory and materials and orders In the planning stage, it is possible to optimise most elements of production, except process control for individual equipment and production planning of the entire factory. The last two would be part of the actual production phase and not part of the planning stage.

Opportunities for savings The four key elements that result in more efficient production systems: 1. Material savings: These can be planned and achieved during the product design phase and, to some extent, can be driven by the machine and peripherals selection phase.

2. Energy savings: These can be achieved during the product design, machine and peripherals selection and configuration steps. A typical saving in the design stage can be in the choice of raw material. It is worthwhile to understand specific enthalpy of materials. This is the theoretical specific heat required to melt 1 kg of the raw material. For example, polystyrene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene have a specific 72

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enthalpy of 0.125 kWh/kg, while high-density polyethylene and polyamide have a specific enthalpy of 0.22 kWh/kg. Of course, it is not always possible to substitute low enthalpy materials in all cases. There are other design factors too. However, when there is a choice, it would be wise to keep this in mind.

3. Cycle time reduction: While designing products, it is important to define the tolerances appropriate for plastics or a combination of materials. It should be often possible to integrate multiple functions in the component by clever design. It is also worthwhile to decrease the production steps to reduce inventory, machines and moulds involved. Major material savings can be achieved by reduced wall thickness. With current machine technology, it is possible to produce parts by injection moulding that were not possible to achieve in the past.

4. Optimised production: Multicomponent moulding, in-mould labelling and in-mould assembly are examples of integrated production systems that have resulted in substantial savings through reduced inventory and product improvement, thereby increasing production process efficiency. Although investments in special moulds and peripheral products for such processes are high, they have

paid back in several applications globally. Micro-cellular foaming also allows material reduction, resulting in better yields.

Improved design for efficiency There are plenty of opportunities to improve output in mould design. For instance, a stable process must be designed with fewer moving mould elements. Thus, cores and unscrewing devices must be designed to have the fastest cycle times.

Ensuring good ejection systems and de-moulding will also result in better cycles. Because several materials are sticky, conventional ejector systems may not always work. For example, parts made from liquid silicon rubber require mechanical strippers or special air ejection.

If cold runner moulds are designed, it becomes essential to separate parts from sprues. Usage of self-cutting gates is often possible. Separation can be performed in the mould or by using peripherals down stream. It is best to use hot runners (full or partial) for substantial reduction in cycle time, energy and throughput.

An ideal situation is always sprueless moulding.

Insulating heated moulds will also result in substantial reduction in energy costs. Because several engineering resins, thermosetting resins and silicon rubbers use heated moulds, this can reduce energy requirements.

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Cooling is the most important factor of the mould design. With efficient cooling, the process will be more efficient. During the past 4–5 years, many technologies have been developed in mould cooling.

Significant among them is the conformal cooling technology (including direct laser sintering) that enable fast cycles.

Ritemp Technologies, Australia, has revolutionised the cooling process with a simple yet effective Ritemp® patented cooling technology.

Energy gains With new generation injection moulding machines, major gains are possible in energy and cycle times. For example, these can be by the usage of multipump/hydraulic accumulator technology or the extensive usage of servo motors.

Modern servo motors will also ensure energy recovery during braking, adding to further gains in energy. Keeping drives cool using water and insulated cylinder modules reduce waste heat adding further to energy gains.

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applications). It is recommended to use speed-controlled, electric drives instead of pneumatic systems. If possible, it is a good idea to keep hoses short and insulated.

Vacuum dryers for materials can result in significant reduction in energy costs and drying times.

Actuating and monitoring peripherals centrally would offer significant advantages to conserve energy and utilise peripherals better. For this, most modern machines offer different interfaces, allowing all of these to be controlled by the injection moulding machine processor or control system.

Mould change is a bottleneck in time management, particularly when flexible production is required such as in automotive parts production. There is a plethora of solutions to manage mould changes from quick mould change systems to manifold systems for managing the changes in coupling of services such as water, air, electric connectors and hydraulic oils used in temperature controllers and core pulls.

Upstream and downstream tasks should be integrated by good planning, eg provide inserts (when required) automatically. It is also necessary to ensure reliable, fast part removal, and in-line quality should be checked. Optimising logistics and material flow plays a significant role in increasing plant efficiency.

In the process control through machines and peripherals, ensure comprehensive process stability. It is necessary to minimise rejected parts by continuously monitoring the quality.

The injection moulding process is notorious for slow start up because of its nature. A fast and controlled start of production and reduced cycle times will add to improved efficiency. Timely maintenance as per manufacturer recommendations will be beneficial for efficient production and can prevent down times. Even good moulds need to undergo regular preventive checks to avoid damages in the long run.

Several manufacturing execution systems now monitor entire plants for on-line coordination of all elements of an injection moulding shop. These can be used to report down times, quality problems, manpower utilisation, execution of work orders and monitor set up times. They can also function as an interface between enterprise resource planning systems, which manage the business and machine controls.

Complete energy management systems also monitor and manage energy across the entire plant. Such systems will ensure better planning and lower down times. They predict the requirement more proactively and in real time.

Conclusion A holistic view is required to achieve an efficient production programme for the benefit of all the players in the manufacturing space.

Y R Anand holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mysore and a Master’s degree in Production Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Since 1980, he has been a partner in UNIMARK, which provides sales and service of machines for plastics processing, tool making, micro-electronics and wire mesh welding.

Email: anand@unimark.in

INSIGHT & OUTLOOK: PVDF piping systems

A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS The polymer material Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) has been around commercially since 1964. What started out with specific targeted applications in the nuclear, pulp & paper and bromine industries has now globally blossomed into millions of feet of piping and tubing.

Mandar Amrute and Viral Vora

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VDF has applications in chemical plants, off shore flexible piping for oil platforms, underground fuel containment, high-purity semiconductor facilities, biotech systems, plenum-rated waste pipe in high school and college laboratories, metal preparation plants, food & beverage handling, potable water lines, mining reclamation systems, petrochemical alkylation units and wastewater treatment plants. Depending on the actual chemical service and the grade of PVDF chosen, a PVDF piping system can have useful operation up to 150°C (302°F).

PVDF system availability and joining methods Studies on PVDF have led to special polymer development and system design by manufacturers and have opened up a plethora of ways to use this material in engineering design. Original systems such as socket-fused schedule 80 pipe and plastic-lined steel still have significant application to this day. New technical developments have either offered more

cost-effective solutions to these tried and true technologies or higher performance to meet special needs.

Thinner standard dimensional ratio pipes that can be socket fused, butt fused or mechanically joined are readily available. Bead & Crevice Free (BCF®) and Smooth Inner Bore (SIB®) systems that show no weld bumps are desired for certain semiconductor and pharmaceutical applications. Other special joining techniques, such as electro fusion and radio frequency induction fusion, are offered by some suppliers, and these methods allow reliable welding with minimal chance of human error during the controlled process.

Kynar® PVDF and Kynar Flex® PVDF copolymer-based piping systems that are supported with Fibre-reinforced Plastic (FRP) wrapping are commonly available from several manufacturers due to etching technology that allows a bond between the PVDF and the FRP support layer. In addition, large diameter pipes (unlimited size) can be fabricated by welding large sheets together that are backed with an impregnated fabric and then ‘layed-up’ with FRP as a support layer. This is called dual laminate technology.

The introduction of Kynar SuperFlex® material has lead to tubing that has remarkable chemical resistance with high

flexibility (compared to most PVDF tubing) and a working temperature up to 100°C (212°F). This same material can also be bonded to other polymers in a thin layer that allows the user to reduce cost by making the chemical contact surface from a PVDF product and the structural support from a less expensive and lower chemically resistant polymer. Potential bonding combinations are, but not limited to, polyurethanes, flexible & rigid polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, nylons and polyesters.

Creative companies in the fuel handling industry have designed composite flexible pipes using PVDF as sandwich layers on top of polyethylene to handle all kinds of fuels, including traditional unleaded gasoline, gasoline mixed with octane modifiers, biodiesel and gasohol. These systems meet the strict UL 971 standards for permeation, chemical resistance and impact. While PVDF is the most important part of the structure, it is not the only material in the entire flexible piping system.

An emerging application for PVDF piping that incorporates a special flame and smoke resistant technology into the polymer is used for plenum-rated corrosive waste pipe. Some grades of PVDF (eg Kynar Flex® 2850-02, Kynar® 740-02 and Kynar® 1000HD) meet the strict ASTM E84 (UL 723) 25/50 rating criteria for flame and smoke value. This allows the material to be used in any form in the return air plenum area of a building. PVDF piping is cost effective, lightweight and corrosion resistant to nearly all non-pressurised draintype chemical combinations, which makes it compare well to options such as stainless steel and glass systems.

Properties and performance of PVDF Sanitary tubing system with mechanical joining method made with Kynar® 700 series fluoropolymer

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Deionised water system made from high-purity Kynar® PVDF

The key properties of PVDF that lead to all of these applications are the combination of chemical resistance, permeation resistance

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In plastic-lined steel systems, the plastic is injection moulded into the metal casing

Kynar SuperFlex® tubing has a flexural modulus of about 30,000 psi

and thermal resistance. Other features of FDA/USP/NSF listing or compliance, physical strength, high purity in natural form, high heat deflection temperature, abrasion resistance, sunlight resistance and ease of welding or forming are nice addons in performance that sets this polymer apart from other polymer choices for piping systems. In certain applications, these add-ons cannot be discounted and can be important considerations for a special design situation.

For tubing systems, there are many types of special fittings available from threaded connectors, quick disconnect, various weldable fittings and push fit fittings to small barbed fit fittings used in biotech systems. The size of the market for the PVDF polymer family has given birth to a large amount of suppliers that fill various niche needs and special regulatory and standard requirements for the many major industries already mentioned.

Because PVDF is related to the above chemicals, it is one of the few polymers that compares well with the entire family of stainless steels and expensive exotic metals in overall corrosion resistance. If you can use a polymer such as PVDF instead of metal, you eliminate concerns of rust corrosion over time and complete system component availability concerns. For transitions, mechanical PVDF systems are available that can connect directly to metallic pipes and fittings in laboratory environments where PVDF portions could be subjected to more highly corrosive liquid contact. Because PVDF has been around for long, there is an entire fluid handling system component base readily available as standard inventory in the form of pumps, valves, tanks, nozzles, flow meters, fittings, membranes, dump tower packing, bolts and rods & sheets to make small volume machined parts.

Users will find that compared to any other fluoropolymer, PVDF support components are more abundant and easier to obtain with quick delivery.

Chemical resistance of PVDF The most common chemical applications for PVDF piping and tubing systems are as follows: Halogens (bromine, chlorine and iodine) Strong acids (chromic, HBr, HCl, HF, methane sulphonic, nitric, phosphoric and sulphuric) Chlorinated compounds (chlorobenzene, methyl chloride, sodium hypochlorite, sodium chlorate and chlorine dioxide) Water (mixed waste, salt water/brine, deionised water and water for injection) Fuels (gasoline, diesel, biodiesel and gasohol) Ozone sterilisation as well as low pressure steam cleaning (<30 psig steam up to 135°C) 78

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Plenum-rated corrosive waste drain system made from Kynar® 740-02 with 5/35 listing for flame and smoke in ASTM E84 testing

first-time users, the applications for this material have become very large and the choices that designers have to put a system together have also increased. Frequent users of PVDF have learned about the many system options available, but innovation continues at an exponential rate as more people strive to design systems for low maintenance and long life. There are several high quality system suppliers and technical distributors who can help make a decision for the most cost-effective and safeperforming system in PVDF. In addition, PVDF material suppliers who have up to 40+ years of experience in piping and tubing design selection can recommend and refer preferred suppliers who specialise in developing new joining technology and who also provide product training for end users making a final installation.

Mandar Amrute is Market Development Manager with Arkema India Branch office.

Email: mandar.amrute@ arkema.com

Special considerations Under stress and pressure, PVDF homopolymers have been known to have some issues in continuous pH above 12 and with very low pH in highly concentrated acids. Kynar Flex® copolymers extend the pH range of PVDF with varying degrees of long-term exposure capability up to 99 per cent sulphuric acid on the low end of pH, and with 10 per cent caustic soda on the high end of pH. A polymer manufacturer should be consulted before choosing a particular design system and resin grade.

Summary While PVDF piping is considered a specialty high-performing product for

Viral Vora has done BTech in Plastics and Polymers from MIT, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, and Masters in Polymers from Aalen University, Germany.

He is working with Arkema India as Executive Marketing, looking after sales, marketing and business development of PVDF in India for applications in various sectors.

Email: viral.vora@arkema.com

Arkema is a French chemical company mainly operating in industrial chemicals and specialty polymers such as Polyamide–11/12 and PVDF. Polyamide alloy is marketed by Arkema under the brand name of Orgalloy®.

AUTOMATION TRENDS: Plastic automotive component manufacturing

INTELLIGENCE IN ACTION

Manufacturing now incorporates automation as a change enabler, and companies have embraced automation to improve efficiency and quality.

Sweta M Nair speaks with automation solution providers regarding their offerings.

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irtual simulation, digital manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing are some of the best-in-class practices impacting global manufacturing. These have given companies the ability to dynamically modify operations and reengineer the business process in a short span. Indian plastic automotive components companies, however, are relatively less prompt in implementing these practices in manufacturing in comparison to their global peers.

In the highly competitive market of plastic automotive components, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will need automation to help them make the difference between survival and thriving and between incremental contribution and rapid industrial revolution. Automation market participants with their global expertise and vast resources have the potential to transform current Indian manufacturing practices and bring these at par with global standards.

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Untapped potential Low productivity is a key concern that is plaguing this segment. According to a report on automation by Frost & Sullivan, India ranks considerably below the best performing countries in terms of output value per hour of work. As per the productivity measure of industrialised countries, which is led by the US, Norway and France at $ 40 per hour, India ranks among the lowest at $ 5 per hour.

This gap shows the exigent need of the hour for India’s manufacturing sector in order to enhance its global competitiveness as well as – on a positive note – being indicative of the significant potential for improvement of productivity levels in India. When talking about the current level of automation, P V Sivaram, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation Pvt Ltd, says, “Demands for plastic automotive components by the automotive industry are very high, specifically those which are manufactured on high tonnage applications.

Such machines consume a lot of energy.

Repeatability and short weight control are additional demanded parameters. The plastics industry is the most automated as far as the market is concerned. In order to achieve efficient manufacturing of plastic components, servo-electric pump drive and closed loop temperature control can be implemented for reducing cost and improving quality. Moreover, there are machines from multiple vendors on the shop floor. Vertical integration is essential for minimising wastage and help in achieving uniform production. Open technologies on networking and safety such as POWERLINK and openSAFETY should be adopted. POWERLINK is the No. 1 real-time industrial Ethernetbased fieldbus, whereas openSAFETY is the standard for safety communication for connecting individual machines in the production line.”

Proactive investments Given the rapid progress in the automotive sector and the fact that India is becoming

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an innovation hub for small cars, the adoption of automation technologies has increased. The automotive sector, which has been one of the early adopters of robotics in plants, will see increased usage for various applications. Along with robotics, sensors will also witness increased usage for parts tracking and for a more integrated production line.

The need to reduce the risk of recall and warranty issues necessitates that automotive companies invest in real-time performance management solutions and integrate product life cycle management and enterprise resource planning systems with plant level control. Manufacturing execution systems will play a key role in achieving this objective.

Apart from striving to maximise efficiency and minimise risk, capabilities of manufacturing have evolved due to a large part to control and IT automation systems to the extent where businesses are able to visualise and control various aspects of the supply chain and manufacturing process.

“Catering to some of the biggest names in the automotive field such as BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, VÖGELE and TATA Motors are few of the names that rely on B&R’s cutting-edge technology,” says Sivaram. He adds, “OEMs are benefitted with B&R’s complete solutions for machine and process automation, Industrial PC, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), HMI, motion control, integrated safety technology and industrial fieldbus communication standards such as POWERLINK and openSAFETY as well as the powerful Automation Studio software development environment.

Presently, OEMs are constricted to use standard Computer Numerical Control (CNC) solutions available in the market.

B&R is able to provide a flexible CNC solution named Generic Motion Control.

It integrates PLC application with CNC, robotics and motion control into a single software platform resulting in higher precision in the processes and increased productivity. B&R’s industrial PCs commonly known as Automation PCs are used widely in test bench applications in automotive industries.”

Automation solutions allow businesses to adapt to the imperatives of modern-day businesses and reduce time to market, where demand volume is unpredictable, product variations are significant and customer requirements are constantly evolving. “One of our solutions for the automotive industry is the Tripod EXPT and Compact Vision system SBOC-Q for flexible feeding. Here, blow-moulded bushes are taken from a moving conveyor by a Tripod and placed in accordance with a defined pattern for further processing. The parts moving along the conveyor are randomly distributed.

A camera detects the position/orientation of the parts, the Tripod tracks the parts to pick them up and it then places the part in the predefined position/orientation. Different sizes are repositioned; the corresponding pattern for each size is stored in the program.

With a cycle rate of 70 parts per minute, there is no overshooting behaviour. It has a stable and vibration-free movement,” says Shashank M Dangi, Manager Marketing, Festo.

The plastics industry is no different. Increased accuracy, less power consumption, shorter throughput times, minimal rejection rates, increased flexibilities and safety are some of the contributions that automation solutions impart.

P V Sivaram Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation Pvt Ltd

In the offing The challenges in adopting automation solutions include high-cost, lack of clarity on return of investment and absence of regulatory requirement. Not only the automotive segment, any industry that implements automation solutions can enhance its manufacturing. “The plastics industry is no different. Increased accuracy, less power consumption, shorter throughput times, minimal rejection rates, increased flexibilities and safety are some of the contributions that automation solutions impart. The integrated automation helps in achieving these goals. We provide innovative automation solutions for injection moulding with a high repeatability of position accuracy, six sigma and statistical process control support. Our servo-electric pump drives reduce the energy required up to 70 per cent and provide at least the same amount of power, which can be supplied by a hydraulic pump. The servo-electric pump drive reduces noise up to 15 dB (50 per cent) and no cooling is required,” states Sivaram.

Email: sweta.nair@network18publishing.com

One of our solutions for the automotive industry is the Tripod EXPT and Compact Vision system SBOC-Q for flexible feeding. Here, blow-moulded bushes are taken from a moving conveyor by a Tripod and placed in accordance with a defined pattern for further processing.

Shashank M Dangi Manager Marketing, Festo

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Enhancing

ENERGY EFFICIENCY The industry is continuously involved in reducing the energy consumed by the extruder during the plastics extrusion process, as this step can enhance profits significantly with minimum effort and costs. Avani Jain presents here some steps taken by companies to reduce energy consumption by the extruder.

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he plastics extrusion industry in India is evolving rapidly.

The demand for plastics processing machines in India and the global market is expected to reach 12,000 units. Moreover, the sales of extrusion machines accounts for about 35–40 per cent. The key drivers contributing to the growth of this sector include innovations and technologies, coupled with a boom in the plastic packaging sector, which offer immense potential to the plastics extrusion machinery market.

Tapping on these trends, various new developments are surfacing in the extrusion machinery segment. Sunil Jain, President, Rajoo Engineers Ltd, notes, “The recent trends in the segment include increasing automation levels to reduce energy consumption, enhancing economies of scale using the same machines to use a wide range of polymers and reducing film/sheet thickness for source reduction. Further, companies are working towards developing machines that help in reducing the wastage of

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basic raw materials and designing efficient extruders for energy efficiency.”

new technologies mechanical losses.”

Need for energy efficiency

Using efficient motors in the extruder

The extrusion process is highly dependent on electricity, and most of the energy used is directly related to machine operation. For example, for profile extrusion, the energy used to drive the extruder is 50 per cent of the total, and the remaining energy is used for items such as ancillaries and utilities.

Thus, various steps are needed to reduce energy consumption of the extruder in plastics extrusion processes.

Jaymin Pithwa, Director, Konark Plastomech Pvt Ltd, notes, “In order to ensure maximum energy efficiency, machine designs have undergone drastic changes over the years. Every company involved in plastics extrusion is trying to adopt strategies to produce maximum at a lesser energy cost. Efficient extruders can help achieve this objective of reducing the energy consumption to a very large extent. Further, with each passing day, companies are developing

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The initial cost of energy-efficient extruders is generally higher, but it can be beneficial in the long run. Options such as high-efficiency AC motors and Variable Speed Drives (VSDs) and servo motors can be used in the extruder section for higher energy efficiencies.

Pithwa notes, “VSDs can serve as a good option for energy efficiency as they allow the speed of an AC motor to be varied, and the pump output can be matched to the variable demand.

Because VSDs enable the manufacturer to increase or decrease the speed as per requirement, energy consumption is bound to reduce remarkably.

Additionally, the usage of servo motors can reduce energy consumption of the extruder to a large extent. The servo drive facilitates high energy efficiency, accuracy, precision and good control.”

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Further, motors run most efficiently close to their design output. Moreover, a large motor at part load is less efficient than a small motor running at full load.

Thus, gauging the size of the motor well in advance is also important.

Pithwa notes, “Motors are the main part of the extruders. The size of a motor depends on various factors.

You decide on the size of the motor well in advance, ie during the design stage. Any error in selecting the correct size of the motor may result in heavy wastage of energy.”

Screw design and diameter After addressing the issue of efficient motors in the extruder, it is also essential to check the screw diameter and design to ensure that they are appropriate for the polymer and product. For example, using large extruders for small profiles is a waste.

Pithwa notes, “You have to decide on the extrusion screw design and diameter at the design stage itself. A well-designed extruder screw can cover up for the high prices relatively quickly, based only on reduced energy cost.”

Thus, a well-designed extruder screw can pay for itself relatively quickly, just based on reduced energy cost. In addition, a well-designed screw offers various benefits, such as lower melt temperature, less degradation of plastics, better physical properties in the extruded product, better product appearance and consistency.

Regulation of speed and temperature Optimising the extruder speed maximises heat from mechanical work and minimises the amount of electrical energy needed by the extruder.

Provided the downstream equipment does not limit the output, the energy consumption can decrease by nearly 50 per cent by doubling the rotational speed of the extruder.

Energy use in the extrusion process is directly related to melt discharge temperature. Energy use

increases with melt temperature. It is important therefore to run at the lowest possible melt temperature. Low melt temperatures will also reduce the need for cooling. Thus, accurate temperature control is needed for good extrusion, as excess temperature is a waste of energy.

It is important to minimise barrel cooling to save energy and avoid resin degradation. Barrel cooling occurs when the extruder screw generates more heat than necessary. In most cases, it indicates that the screw is not properly designed. Thus, screw design is critical.

Pithwa notes, “The most energyefficient extrusion operations are those where most of the heat is supplied by the extruder screw, with only a small amount of heating by the barrel and die heaters and without any need for cooling of the extruder.”

Companies are working towards developing machines that help in reducing the wastage of basic raw materials and designing efficient extruders for energy efficiency.

Sunil Jain President, Rajoo Engineers Ltd

Energy-efficient future With energy management concerns rising worldwide, companies will have to adopt other measures in the future for decreasing their energy consumption in the plastics extrusion process. They will have to increasingly adopt strategies to ensure highly energy-efficient extruders, which consume the minimum amount of energy. The first step for ensuring that is to get the right extruder. If the extruder runs at optimum conditions, the need for downstream cooling and calibration will be minimised. Further, the energy-efficient features must be specified at the design stage. Thus, the development of energy-efficient extruders has addressed the issue of rising energy concerns to a large extent, but there is still a long way to go.

The above-mentioned steps are applicable for reducing the energy consumption of only the extruder. In a complete extrusion process, several other components consume a large amount of energy. These include the dryer, resin conveying system, water cooling system, circulation system etc. Various steps are required to reduce the energy consumption of these components as well.

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You have to decide on the extrusion screw design and diameter at the design stage itself. A well-designed extruder screw can cover up for the high prices relatively quickly, based only on reduced energy cost.

Jaymin Pithwa Director, Konark Plastomech Pvt Ltd

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POLICIES & REGULATIONS: Sustainable development in plastics

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In the current age of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation wherein people are consuming available natural resources at an alarming rate, sustainable development is certainly the need of the hour for society. However, businesses and governments need to play a more active role towards reaching this goal. Anwesh Koley analyses the need for conducting business in a profitable and sustainable manner.

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rrespective of the size of an organisation and the nature of business and geography, there is a need for everyone to take up the challenge of developing ways to meet future demands while maintaining the necessary balance in the environment.

Issues such as scarcity of clean water and unexpected climatic changes across the globe are connected to the wellbeing of every individual on this planet, and hence, these problems can only be dealt with a collective effort, driven by mass consciousness.

It is important to understand why sustainable development in the plastics industry is essential. However, the questions that the industry faces are how can companies achieve the balance on an ongoing basis, who or what will be required for an organisation to carry on their efforts for sustainable development and which is the optimal methodology that offers minimum risk yet opens a path of constant innovation that is necessary to take this forward.

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Steps towards sustainability Every product that is manufactured must be analysed for its carbon footprint, or the emission of potentially hazardous gases, both during its production and application. Industries that consume chemicals to make their products must also evaluate the environmental impact of the final product. One must also look at the extent of consumption of the product in society. The more widespread the consumption of plastics, the higher is the risk; hence, the evaluation should be more stringent. At the same time, the cost of the product and the assessment of risks should be borne in mind.

If the overall cost is higher than the sales it meets, then the process will not be sustainable. Dr Joerg Strassburger, MD & Countr y Representative, LANXESS India, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Business houses will have to evolve a methodology in which this process is sustainable in the first place.

Organisations that do not have scale

are unable to focus on areas such as risk assessment and environmental impact of products.â&#x20AC;? Nevertheless, it is important to invest in technology, people and processes in order to facilitate continuous research and development.

Without this investment, it is difficult for organisations to identify areas of improvement in terms of quality and environmental impact of the product.

In the context of the plastics industry, safety is an important parameter as well.

Safety standards maintained during the life cycle of the product, during product handling, packaging and transport are also vital.

Following guidelines For continuous sustainable development, there has to be uniform standards in environmental management across the globe. Every organisation should be equipped with tools to measure and assess the environmental performance and risks at its areas of operation. This should be audited regularly by the

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organisations and then reviewed by a body of global relevance.

These guidelines should be based on international industry practices and standards for environmental management and sustainable resource consumption. The guidelines must ensure that these standards are maintained across the supply chain of the business process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suppliers, vendors, employees and other stakeholders who impact the business should all be informed and trained to abide by the same standards,â&#x20AC;? adds Strassburger.

These standards should meet all legal requirements in the area of operation and should ensure compliance with statutory and environmental regulatory requirements. Overall, organisations need to strive to reduce consumption of renewable resources, develop productive ways of reusing resources and recycling the used/waste resources. Health, safety, quality and environment should form the key pillars of sustainable development.

This would gradually raise the bar for standards on protection of environment, utilisation of renewable resources and, most importantly, it would foster innovation among the community to come up with safer and better ways of pursuing their operations.

In order to achieve sustainable development, it is essential for companies to invest in technology and innovation.

Adoption of new technologies and innovation in processes and practices would provide us the necessary tools to achieve higher standards of safety, quality and environmental protection.

For the plastics industry, it is even more critical to innovate in order to make products that are high on quality, which have been developed by sustainable means and meet the future needs of customers.

Environment-friendly production techniques Research and development is focussed on creating products that are higher in performance and safer for the environment and people, on creating more resource-efficient production techniques and processes, on new

manufacturing technology, on assessing the impact on the environment and on developing new ways of minimising that impact. Research and development is a specialised function that calls for allocated resources in terms of financial investment, infrastructure (eg laboratories) and qualified people (eg technicians, scientists and environment engineers). Ideally, this should be a centralised function at the core of the organisation where every business unit and every employee can participate in a consistent manner. New ideas for resource optimisation can come from anywhere within the organisation.

Constant assessment, measurement, analysis of impact and controlling the outcome entail sustainable development.

Not just the organisation, but the entire supply chain dealing with the organisation must be geared up to meet the enhanced standards of sustainable development, starting from employees to suppliers and vendors, customers and end users.

The industry believes that it is possible to do good business in the plastics industry while protecting the interests of the community and the environment. All risks related to the health and safety of all stakeholders and the environment can be minimised to a great extent by adopting certain measures that can go a long way in achieving the desired results.

Safety concerns Manufacturers must comply with applicable legal and other requirements that relate to plant & process safety, occupational health & safety hazards and environmental protection. There is a need to continuously analyse and improve practices and processes to reduce their risk and adverse impacts on the health of the people and the environment Employees must be encouraged to actively participate in hazard identification, risk assessments, incident investigation and change management that may affect plant & process safety, occupational health & safety hazards and environmental protection. Appropriate information and training must be

Business houses will have to evolve a methodology in which this process is sustainable in the ďŹ rst place. Organisations that do not have scale are unable to focus on areas such as risk assessment and environmental impact of products.

Dr Joerg Strassburger MD & Country Representative, LANXESS India

provided on the plant and processes, work-related safety and the need and means of environmental protection to everyone working at the site.

Business houses must provide an ergonomically safe work environment to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses to everyone working in the plant. Regular investigations and analysis should be conducted in order to access the cause of work-related injuries and illnesses as well as environmental related incidents or damages; preventive action measures must be taken to eliminate the root cause of occurrence.

Finally, it is necessary to regularly audit the quality of final products, raw materials, emissions and waste and take suitable action in case their composition does not comply with the set standards.

After all these criteria have been met, a manufacturer can claim to be sustainable towards the environment. While many of these guidelines might not be stringently followed today by Indian manufacturers, with the gradual penetration of global competition, it will not be long before the plastics industry achieves the desired results in sustainability.

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STRATEGY: Market meltdown

WINNING STRATEGIES TO BEAT THE SLOWDOWN When companies fear market slowdown, there is an outcry for cutting costs.

However, most of them do not realise the danger of cost cutting. Avani Jain decries this practice and instead offers tips that could enable companies to succeed against the odds and emerge stronger and more efficient than before.

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hen companies do well, they assume that they are efficient. However, it is in the testing times such as a market slowdown that companies realise their true capabilities. In such a time, the knee jerk reaction is to cut costs. The question however is ‘at what cost?’ Thus, managing the slowdown has more to do with choosing the right key performance indicators for business.

Hence, it is about time that companies in the plastics processing segment set things right. They should adopt efficient cost management strategies during slowdown to remain unaffected. Here are some tips to survive and succeed during the global meltdown.

Eliminate avoidable costs Reducing head count is one of the most dangerous ways to eliminate avoidable cost. This is because one thinks that by reducing the number of people, the rest of the team will share the workload.

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work. Excellence comes from balancing efficiency with perfection. It comes down to doing the best with what one is given. Thus, companies should think about it to achieve excellence even in the times of slowdown.

this is just wishful thinking. Instead of this approach, companies should address other issues such as ‘Are products or deliverables over-supported?’

In good times, one tends to over design one’s products/services for customers.

Thus, eliminating features and services that are not really adding value is a more efficient way to release resources and reduce cost.

‘Are there inefficiencies in the organisational structure?’

Multiple layers of organisation that create more communication barriers than easing information flow lead to more people than warranted. A re-look at the organisational structure can go a long way in identifying whether one should release or re-deploy excess resources.

Kai means change, while Zen means good. Hence, change for the better from the customer value perspective is Kaizen.

When carried out correctly, it humanises the workplace, eliminates additional hard work and teaches people how to perform experiments on their work using scientific methods. This methodology involves making changes, monitoring results and then adjusting according to it. This can definitely help companies improve business during slowdown.

Achieving excellence

Multi-skilling and multi-tasking

Excellence is made up of two dimensions – perfection and efficiency. One who achieves perfection without any control on the expense will end up with waste. If one only focusses on keeping costs down without any focus on perfection, then one will only be able to produce inferior

Organisations favour multi-tasking because it increases the output with fewer employees. However, it has the potential to increase the cycle time of work performed, as employees have to toggle across tasks, thus stretching the total cycle time.

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Multi-tasking can be carried out if the work of each task is logically broken down into manageable smaller tasks, and if one reduced the skill requirements for the job and/or made employees multi-skilled.

This can lead to optimising productivity and decreasing costs. Thus, instead of resorting to layoffs, multi-skilling would help employees retain their jobs in tough times as they would have the know-how to move to other streams wherein manpower in required. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the plastics processing segment make use of this principle more than often.

Uday Shah, Director, Vishva Exim Pvt Ltd, notes, “Most SMEs employ a limited number of people due to limited monetary resources, and the entrepreneurs themselves work hard with their employees. They train their employees in a way such that they are multi-skilled to perform different tasks. Thus, in this way, SMEs cut down on the overheads and various other costs.

They put their hard work and skills to manufacture the best quality products.

Thus, in times of crisis, companies should learn a lesson of multi-skilling and multi-tasking from SMEs.”

Adapting single-piece flow Single-piece flow is the heart of lean manufacturing. In single-piece flow, the product is transferred to the next process when one person completes work; here, the transfer batch is one. Single-piece flow helps in reducing inventory, eases movement (as the plant is uncluttered), improves quality, enhances flexibility or product change, enhances safety and makes the organisation more responsive to delivery commitments. In times of slowdown, single-piece flow can help companies in realising the hidden capacity of the plant, thereby serving the increasing demand without adding new capacity.

Following the 5 S methodology Companies should also follow the 5 S methodology to gain profits. The 5 S methodology – sort, systematise, shine, standardise and sustain – is the bedrock of any quality initiative and is critical for any improvement an organisation attempts.

An uncluttered workplace can help the organisation have an uncluttered thinking process for improvement.

Availability of resources One should try to ensure high availability of resources by reducing non-value adding times such as start-up times, set-up times, changeover times, unplanned breakdown times and planned downtimes, eg tea breaks, lunch breaks, meeting breaks etc. Higher availability of resources means higher output through efficient time management. This will also lead to better cost management.

Minimise/eliminate process losses The cost associated with process loss is called ‘process loss cost’. These losses are wastages that add to one’s cost and reduce output levels. High process losses consume more resources and inputs for desired production level (output level).

Thus, in difficult times, companies should try to minimise these losses by use of better technology, best work practices and eliminating/reducing speed losses.

Most SMEs employ a limited number of people due to limited monetary resources, and the entrepreneurs themselves work hard with their employees. They train their employees in a way such that they are multi-skilled to perform different tasks.

Uday Shah Director, Vishva Exim Pvt Ltd

Practise mistake proofing Mistakes are inevitable since no mechanism has yet been invented to avoid them. This leads to rework, which is naturally an additional expense.

Thus, mistake proofing by design is a key element to improving quality and reducing cost levels. This practice can act like a visual aid to promote safer, more efficient and less wasteful processes.

In a nutshell During an economic crisis, when the demand is less while competition is getting more intense, companies should not only look at cost cutting by cutting corners but also implement cost management techniques by applying these tips to daily work practices. Tushar Parikh, Director, Neoplast Engineering Pvt Ltd, concludes, “Although the plastics industry is facing a temporary slowdown, the future of the Indian plastics industry seems to be much brighter as companies are bringing in various changes to deal with this issue.

Further, present competitive markets have compelled the industry to focus on producing quality products, thus making way for higher demand and a bright future.”

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Although the plastics industry is facing a temporary slowdown, the future of the Indian plastics industry seems to be much brighter as companies are bringing in various changes to deal with this issue.

Tushar Parikh Director, Neoplast Engineering Pvt Ltd

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TIPS & TRICKS: Mould maintenance

Ensuring safety,

PRODUCTIVITY and EFFICIENCY Regular mould maintenance can help a mould to last longer, to run with fewer interruptions and will save time and money in the long run.

Moulders should also follow a mould maintenance programme. Anwesh Koley lists a few pointers required to ensure proper functioning of plastics processing machinery through regular maintenance of moulds.

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he quality of plastics moulding processing equipment is directly related to the quality of plastic products. Moreover, moulds deserve special attention because

of the high importance of the mould during plastics processing and the high cost involved for the company. Hence, it is important to improve the quality of moulding in order to increase the

life of machines and to ensure seamless output quality. ( With inputs from Rohan Shrikant Shahane, Regional Director â&#x20AC;&#x201C; South East Asia, Machine Point Consultants SL) Email: anwesh.koley@network18publishing.com

Follow these steps to maintain moulds:

In-house tool abuse should be reduced by having a clean operation using well-maintained machines.

The use of hard tools such as screwdrivers, hammers, punches and knives on any moulding surface, parting or shut-off surface should be avoided. Soft tooling, such as rubber mallets, punches and pliers made of plastic, copper or brass, can be used to avoid damaging the mould.

Use soft or treated water in cooling systems. Blowing out or draining the tool when it is pulled from the machine will increase its life. Excessive clamp pressures, high injection pressures and overpacking or flas hing the mould should be avoided.

The press should not be operated in a way such that the mould is rapidly jerked open and closed, and the appropriate components should be lubricated.

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Aluminium or soft tools will suffer wear and tear in a shorter period than tools made of conventional tool steel. Plastic materials that have fillers are especially abrasive and will tend to wash away the mould steel after several thousand cycles. Also, plastics with a high melt temperature cause more wear than those with a low melt temperature.

Higher melt temperatures expose the mould to more heat and enhance material wear.

Preventative maintenance should be performed each time the mould goes into operation and every time it comes out of the press.

Inspect to note small problems and have them scheduled for repairs.

A lead operator or an experienced person in the tool room should perform this maintenance after about 20,000 cycles, after 10 production days or at the end of a production run, whichever comes first.

Great care should be taken during mould operation, eg not to crash the mould closed on partially ejected parts. Seal the work area and mould storage area from the outside environment. Moulds with intricate mechanisms or parts requiring unusually high tolerances will require more maintenance than a simple open and shut mould, producing a low tolerance part.

All components determined and authorised to be replaced should be removed and new components constructed and installed in accordance with the original designs if previously certified spare components are not available. Worn leader pins, bushings and all bearing moving surfaces such as wear plates, wedge blocks etc should be checked for wear and replaced or repaired as required.

PROJECT S

New projects and expansion activities are the barometers of industrial growth. These also present business opportunities to service providers like consultants, contractors, plant & equipment suppliers and others down the value chain. This feature will keep you updated with vital information regarding new projects and capacity expansions being planned by companies in the plastics, polymers and allied industries.

Coextruded plastic sheets Xpro India Ltd Project type New facility Project news Xpro India Ltd is planning to set up a coextruded plastic sheets manufacturing unit.

Project location Pune, Maharashtra Project cost NA Implementation stage Planning Contact details: Xpro India Ltd 504, Palmspring Centre Near D-Mart, Link Road Malad (West), Mumbai – 400 064 Tel: 022-28801907

Plastic bottles Saraswati Plastotech India Pvt Ltd Project type New facility Project news Saraswati Plastotech India Pvt Ltd is planning to set up a new plastics project at Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir.

The project involves manufacturing of plastic bottles.

Project location Jammu & Kashmir Project cost NA Implementation stage Planning Contact details: Saraswati Plastotech India Pvt Ltd Lane No. 4, Phase 1 Sidco Industrial Complex Bari Brahmana Jammu – 181133

Jammu & Kashmir Tel: 01923-220081

Plastic caps and closures Aglo Packagings Pvt Ltd Project type New facility Project news Aglo Packagings Pvt Ltd is planning to set up a new plastics project at Kamrup in Assam. The project involves manufacturing of plastic caps and closures. The company has received the industrial license from Secretariat of Industrial Assistance (SIA), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, for setting up the project.

Project location Kamrup, Assam Project cost NA Implementation stage Planning Contact details: Aglo Packagings Pvt Ltd 13A, Dacres Lane Room No. 508, 5th Floor Kolkata – 700 069 Tel: 033-22430309 Fax: 033-30287939 Mob: 9836793789/9836862789 Email: operation@aglopackagings.com

Plastic parts for automotive industry Roop Polymers Ltd Project type New facility Project news Roop Polymers Ltd is planning to set up a plastic parts (for automotive industry) manufacturing unit.

Project location Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu Project cost NA Implementation stage Planning Contact details: Roop Polymers Ltd Plot No. 30, Sector 3 IMT Manesar Gurgaon – 122 002 Haryana Tel: 0124-4610801-899 Fax: 0124-436 9692 Email: sales@rooppolymers.com

Plastics/polyethylene tubings, bags, rolls, film, scrap, extrusions, printed and unprinted films Propack Industries Project type New facility Project news Propack Industries is planning to set up a new plastics project at Daman in Daman & Diu. The project involves manufacturing of plastics/polyethylene tubings, bags, rolls, film, scrap, extrusions, printed and unprinted films.

Project location Daman & Diu Project cost NA Implementation stage Planning Contact details: Propack Industries 2nd Floor, Building No. 4 Sona Udyog, Parsi Panchayat Road Andheri Mumbai – 400 069 Tel: 022-28361750

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TENDERS

Latest Popular Tenders brought to you by www.tendersinfo.com Double blood plastic bags

Closure filament packaged bags

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: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) TRN : 15601165 Desc : Supply of double blood plastic bags BOD : 10 May 2013 Loc : Chandigarh (UT) BT : Domestic (NCB)

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Grain Silos and Flour Mills Org (GSFMO) 15603990 Supply of closure filament packaged bags 14 May 2013 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Global (ICB)

Polypropylene bags Laminated sheets Org : Northeast Frontier Railway TRN : 15399956 Desc : Supply of decorative thermosetting resin bonded laminated sheet BOD : 10 May 2013 Loc : Assam BT : Domestic (NCB)

Org : General Company for Textile Industries, Hilla TRN : 15653646 Desc : Procurement of polypropylene bags for Hilla Textile Factory BOD : 14 May 2013 Loc : Hilla, Iraq BT : Global (ICB)

Pouches/sachets Blood bags Org

: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) TRN : 15544745 Desc : Supply of blood bags BOD : 13 May 2013 Loc : Chandigarh (UT) BT : Domestic (NCB)

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India Government Mint 15669394 Supply of polypropylene bags 13 May 2013 Noida, Uttar Pradesh Domestic (NCB)

Triple blood plastic bags Org

: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) TRN : 15601166 Desc : Supply of triple blood plastic bags BOD : 13 May 2013 Loc : Chandigarh (UT) BT : Domestic (NCB)

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: Le Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier TRN : 15509965 Desc : Supply and delivery of pouches/sachets BOD : 14 May 2013 Loc : Montpellier, France BT : Global (ICB)

Portable bunded tanks Org : Jednostka Wojskowa TRN : 15601873 Desc : Delivery of portable bunded tanks made of plastic for storage and distribution of diesel fuel BOD : 15 May 2013 Loc : Warsaw, Poland BT : Global (ICB)

Thermoforming machine, moulds, inserts and stacking machine Org : Subhi Abu Khalifa & Sons Co TRN : 15533468 Desc : Supply, delivery, installation, commissioning, testing and training for thermoforming machine, moulds for polypropylene disposable products, inserts and stacking machine BOD : 15 May 2013

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: Amman, Jordan : Global (ICB)

BOD : 21 May 2013 Loc : Blachères, Canada BT : Global (ICB)

Polyvinyl chloride plastificator machine (polyvinyl chloride granulating/pelletising plant)

Blood bags

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: Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation (BSEC) TRN : 15262151 Desc : Supply of polyvinyl chloride plastificator machine (polyvinyl chloride granulating/pelletising plant) BOD : 20 May 2013 Loc : Chittagong, Bangladesh BT : Global (ICB)

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Polyvinyl chloride water tanks

Plastic bags

Org : Military Engineer Services TRN : 15510274 Desc : Repair/replacement of damaged polyvinyl chloride water tanks (capacity 250–2,000 ltr) BOD : 20 May 2013 Loc : Kalimpong, West Bengal BT : Domestic (NCB)

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Garbage bags Org : Kumamoto City TRN : 15706460 Desc : Production of household garbage bags designated by Kumamoto City BOD : 21 May 2013 Loc : Kumamoto City, Japan BT : Global (ICB)

Plastic bags Org : Chambéry Métropole TRN : 15711675 Desc : Supply of plastic bags for curbside collection of household waste in residential area

: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Areteio Hospital TRN : 15347274 Desc : Supply of blood bags to meet the needs of the hospital for one year two months (unilateral automatic extension) BOD : 22 May 2013 Loc : Athens, Greece BT : Global (ICB)

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Gulf Air Co 15670094 Supply of plastic bags 22 May 2013 Manama, Bahrain Global (ICB)

Plastic film and plastic wrap Org TRN Desc BOD Loc BT

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PostelPrint S.p.A. 15711150 Supply and delivery of plastic film and plastic wrap 22 May 2013 Roma, Italy Global (ICB)

High-density polyethylene bags Org : Directorate of Agriculture TRN : 15710398 Desc : Purchase of poly bag, pond lining sheet, grow bags, high-density polyethylene bags (50 kg capacity) BOD : 24 May 2013 Loc : Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT) BT : Domestic (NCB)

Org: Organisation’s name, TRN: Tendersinfo Ref No, Desc: Description, BOD: Bid Opening Date, Loc: Location, BT: Bidding Type.

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EVENT LIST

National

Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh May 31-Jun 3, 2013 India’s premier industrial trade fair on products and technologies related to Machine Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation Instrumentation, Packaging & Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical & Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment.

For details contact: Network18 Media & Investments Ltd, Ruby House, 1st Floor, J K Sawant Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028.

Tel: 022 3003 4651 • Fax: 022 3003 4499 Email: engexpo@infomedia18.in Web: www.engg-expo.com

IPLEX Chennai

PlastShow

The Tamil Nadu Plastics Manufacturers Association, the organiser of IPLEX, has come forward to exhibit various moulds and dies, equipment and machinery exclusively required by the plastics manufacturing sector of India. The exhibitors are well versed with the respective range of products so that attendees can select the best for their firms; June 27–30, 2013; at Chennai Trade & Convention Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

PlastShow is dedicated to offering a comprehensive range of plastic products and processing equipment. The event strives to offer complete information about the recent inventions of the plastic manufacturing sector. The exhibitors find this expo to be the perfect business meeting place where the exhibiting companies get an opportunity to establish themselves and promote their brands; September 27–30, 2013; at Vapi Industrial Association Ground, Vapi, Gujarat

For details contact: Senthil Kumar N The Tamil Nadu Plastics Manufacturers Association C-1, First Floor, Rams Square Village Road, Nungambakkam Chennai Tamil Nadu Tel: 044-28250107

Compack 2013 displays one of the most impressive and efficient collections of packaging equipment and materials which are of advanced technology.

This event will demonstrate the most important packaging and processing solutions. The visitors coming to Compack 2013 will comprise high profile executives from the packaging and transportation sectors; June 7–9, 2013; at Chennai Trade & Convention Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu For details contact: Narendar Bafna Smart Expos New No. 116, Manickam Lane Mount Road, Guindy Chennai - 600 032 Tamil Nadu Tel: 044-22501986/1987 Mob: 09952966752 Email: compackexpo@smartexpos.in Website: www.compackexpo.com 92

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Plastivision India

Pharmapack Expo is the most cost-effective marketing opportunity and is the best opportunity to meet senior buyers and decision makers from all facets of the user industry.

The exhibits will include packaging materials & products, glass & plastic jars and bottles, aluminium & plastic tubes, corrugated & cardboard boxes, dosing machines for liquids & powders, filling machines, blister packing machines, strip packing machines, labels & labelling equipment, form-fill-seal machines etc; September 12–14, 2013; at Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC), Mumbai

Designed to help exhibitors and visitors to discover potential markets, Plastivision India will be the 9 th in the series of national exhibitions and seminars organised by the All India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA). With participation from more than 45 countries and visitors from over 61 countries, the event will include exhibitors ranging from categories such as raw materials & chemicals, plastic packaging machinery & equipment, machinery & equipment for processing, recycling, pre & post processing machines, plastic extrusions, thermoforming/films/thermoplastics etc; December 12–16, 2013; at Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC), Mumbai

For details contact: Intel Trade Fairs & Expositions Pvt Ltd 113, New Sonal Link Industrial Estate Building No. 2, Link Road Malad (W ) Mumbai - 400 064 Tel: 022-26003977 Email: info@intelexpo.com Website: www.pharmapackexpo.in

For details contact: AIPMA A-52, Street No. 1, M I D C, Marol Andheri (East), Mumbai Tel: 022-28217324/28217325/ 28352511/283 Fax: 022-28216390 Email: marketing@plastivision.org Website: www.plastivision.org

Pharmapack Expo Compack Chennai

For details contact: Brijesh Purohit Sunline Infotech, 118, Lotus Arcade Opposite Automotive, Gondal Road Rajkot, Gujarat Tel: 0281-2460135

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International Plast-Ex Being organised by Canon Communications Llc, Plast-Ex is one of the largest shows for attracting a large number of people from the plastics, printing and packaging sectors worldwide.

Plast-Ex is an eminent show that will be hosted in Canada and will offer an exhibiting space for displaying machinery related to plastics, rubber, packaging and printing; May 14–16, 2013; at Toronto Congress Centre, Toronto, Canada For details contact: UBM Canon 2901 28th Street, Ste. 100 Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA Tel: 310/445-4200 Email: exhibitor.services@ubm.com Website: www.canontradeshows.com/expo/ plastex13

Feiplastic International Plastics Trade Fair Feiplastic International Plastics Trade Fair is not just an ordinary trade event but is one of the largest and most informative international gatherings of its kind in Latin America. Recent innovative plastic products will be showcased and reputed brands in this domain will gather to exhibit products and services through this international platform, which strives to attract top professionals from Brazil and abroad; May 20–24, 2013; at Anhembi Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil For details contact: Reed Exhibitions Alcantara Machado R. Bela Cintra 1200 - 7th Floor Cerqueira Cesar Sao Paulo, Brazil Tel: +(55)-(11)-30605000 Website: www.feiplastic.com.br

International Plastic & Packaging Technology Fair The International Plastic & Packaging Technology Fair meets all requirements of domestic as well international visitors who

belong to the field of plastics, packaging, food, detergents, cosmetics, die, chemistry, automotives, white household, metal goods etc. Profile for exhibit includes injection moulding machines, extrusion moulding machines, blow moulding machines, thermoform & vacuum shaping machines, plastic bag making machines, slitting machines, welding machines, cutting machines, printing machines etc; May 23–26, 2013; at Istanbul Fair Center (CNR Expo), Istanbul, Turkey For details contact: Yasemin Erkimen YAĞMUR FUARCILIK YAYINCILIK TANITIM HİZMETLERİ LTD. ŞTİ.

Mecidiye Cad. Cure Ishani No: 16 Kat: 2 34387 Mecidiyekoy – Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 272 45 60 (pbx) Fax: +90 212 272 45 59 Email: info@ipaffuarlari.com/info@ yagmurfuarcilik.com Website: www.ipaffuarlari.com/www. yagmurfuarcilik.com

Plastics Design & Moulding Exhibition & Conference Plastics Design & Moulding Exhibition & Conference will be organised by the Plastics News Global Group owned by Detroit-based Crain Communications Inc. The event will assemble designers and moulders representing end-use markets such as automotives, medical, packaging, electrical & electronics, sports, domestic & leisure goods. The focus will be on the market opportunities and future challenges of the plastic design & moulding industry; June 18–19, 2013, Telford International Centre, Telford, UK For details contact: Matthew Barber Crain Communications Ltd 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Michigan, USA Tel: +44-20-82539628 Fax: +44-20-82539651 Email: mabarber@crain.com Website: www.pdmevent.com

InterPlas Thailand InterPlas Thailand will bridge and culminate business and industrial excellence for all active players in plastic and rubber industries. It will benefit the Thai industrial potency with machinery, technology and know-how through exhibition, activities and a series of conferences and seminars; June 20–23, 2013; Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand For details contact: Orachorn Wongpan-ngam Reed Tradex 100/68-69, 32nd Floor Sathorn Nakorn Tower North Sathorn Road, Silom Bangkok, Thailand Tel: +(66)-(2)-6867299 Fax: +(66)-(2)-6867288 Email: interplas@reedtradex.co.th Website: www.interplasthailand.com

K 2013 K 2013 is one of the world’s leading trade fairs for the rubber and plastics industries. This event has a record of bringing international exhibitors and trade visitors with great decision-making powers under one roof.

This event covers the entire segment of the rubber and plastics industries from basic products and innovations to efficient hightech solutions; October 16-23, 2013; at Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre, Dusseldorf, Germany For details contact: Messe Dusseldorf GmbH Stockumer Kirchstrasse, 61 Messeplatz Dusseldorf, Germany Tel: +(49)-(211)-4560900/4560175 Fax: +(49)-(211)-4560668/4560740 Email: k-online@messe-duesseldorf.de Website: www.k-tradefair.com The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the respective organiser. In any case, it does not represent the views of Business Insights •Technologies•Opportunities

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EVENT PREVIEW: Engineering Expo Hyderabad 2013

HYDERABAD May 31–June 3, 2013 HITEX Exhibition Centre

Starting on a PEARLY white slate An epicenter known for its rich lineage in art, literature, architecture and cuisine, Andhra Pradesh is getting its shine on. Attracting business interest from across the country and the globe, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, aesthetically called the ‘City of Pearls’ will be the venue for Engineering Expo organised by Network 18 Publishing for the very first time. Scheduled to be held in Hyderabad during May 31–June 3, 2013, at HITEX Exhibition Centre, the Expo is expected to be an exciting episode for many first-timers. A preview…

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ocated in the southern region of the country, Andhra Pradesh shares its borders with the states of Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Karnataka. According to Census 2011, the state has a population of about 84 million and has a population growth rate of about 11 per cent. Housing the vibrant city of Hyderabad – a wellestablished hub for sectors such as IT and telecom – the state has considerably grown in the last decade in terms of its technological offerings. Due to its good infrastructure like roads and proximity to ports, new investments are trickling in the manufacturing, heavy industries and engineering goods segments.

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The land of the Chowmahalla Palace, Charminar, Golkonda fort and the revered biryani beckons business alliances as it plays host to Engineering Expo for the first time. Tying up with this Expo is the Hyderabad Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development Institute that falls under the ambit of the Government of India. Talking economically about the venue city, GR Akadas, Director, MSME Development Institute, Hyderabad, says, “This city has the highest number of Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) companies and R&D set ups. The PSUs and defence undertakings require a lot of engineering components to be outsourced from MSMEs. Now, under the Public Procurement Policy, it will be mandatory for these PSUs to procure a minimum of 20 per cent of their annual requirements from MSMEs.” The marked growth in the automobile and auto parts, poultry farming, textiles & apparel and bulk drugs & pharmaceutical industries has given Andhra Pradesh an industryfriendly image. The state is home to over 300 electronics hardware units that manufacture electronic boards and devices. Some of the key electronics markets are located in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Samalkot, Kakinada and Anakapalle. It was also the first Indian state to announce and

implement the Electronics Hardware Policy. Attributing the state’s growth to its encouraging industrial policies, Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra, National Sales Manager, KEMPPI INDIA, explains, “To turn the state into an electronics manufacturing hub, the state plans to convert the existing Fab City and Aeronautical SEZ into centres of excellence. The government has also planned to set up a 400-acre electronics hardware cluster in Maheshwaram, near Fab City. With Central Government assistance, the first brownfield clusters will come up near Anantapur, where computer hardware products will be manufactured. Creating a common fund under public private participation, providing 10 per cent subsidy on capital equipment for technology upgradation, besides a 25 per cent subsidy on lease or rentals of up to ` 0.5 million a year for three years are other measures taken up by the State Government.”

Cultured business Amid these developments, the state has a couple of issues that bring down its attractiveness. The recent hike in power tariff by the Andhra Pradesh Government from ` 3.97 to ` 4.9 per unit might not have much impact on the larger players but the smaller players might have to face the music. Moreover, the issue related to the demand of creation of another state has brought businesses to a standstill. “Demanding a resolution to the Telangana issue by

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carving out a separate state comes to forefront every now and then. This does interrupt business (but only on a temporary basis); not all areas in the state are affected by it,” points out V Siva Prasad, MD, Landsky Engineers Pvt Ltd. In a positive flip, with 26 universities, 740 engineering colleges turning out 2,00,000 engineers per year, Andhra Pradesh has a large pool of skilled workforce. The presence of companies such as P&G, Apache, Hyundai Motors, Kobelco, AMD, HCL Infosystems, Celetronix, WEP and Celestica has given the state a natural boost. The state is the base for many infrastructure companies such GMR, GVK, SOMA, and IVRCL. Besides this, major gas suppliers and the local pearl production units are some of the inhabitants of Andhra Pradesh.

Economic treasure Engineering Expo, which is all set to grace the city of Hyderabad for the first time, brings along a lot of expectation. Spread on an area of over 50,000 sq ft, the Expo, with more than 150 exhibitors, is anticipated to attract about 15,000 visitors. When asked about his company’s participation in the Expo, Prasad informs, “In the past, we have participated in other expos. This is the first time we are participating in an exhibition organised by Network 18 Publishing. At the fair, we would be displaying material handling equipment, air compressors, encoders, etc.” By providing industry players a platform, Engineering Expo is a small, yet significant, drop in the industrial revolution taking place in Andhra Pradesh. Offering his perspective on the same, Ganesh Parthsarthy, CEO, Tussor Machine Tools (I) Pvt Ltd, opines, “The market here is manufacturing friendly, but it still has a long way to go. For Tussor, the business is good in Hyderabad. At the Expo, we will be exhibiting CNC machines, turning centres and precision lathe, among others.”

Having travelled across different Indian cities, Engineering Expo has selected Hyderabad as the host city after much ground research. Sharing his views on the Expo’s continued success, Sandeep Khosla, CEO, Network 18 Publishing, says, “After 11 successful years of service to the industry, Engineering Expo today has established itself as India’s largest multi-location trade show on manufacturing. The Expo is a preferred destination for SMEs as well as manufacturing & engineering organisations to further their growth and that of the industry at large. For the 2013–14 season, we have 10 editions spread across an equal number of locations of a rising India.

Keeping our esteemed exhibitors and valued customers in mind, we have made elaborate provisions to offer a never before experience. These, we reckon, will add substantial traction to the industrial growth of the nation.”

A precious gem Hyderabad is the economic and financial capital of Andhra Pradesh; it is the state’s largest contributor to the GDP, state tax and excise revenues.

Over the last decade, Hyderabad has posted dramatic growth figures; it is expected that it will continue to grow in the ensuing years. Since the 90s, its economic pattern has changed from being primarily service-oriented to one with a broader and more diversified spectrum, including transport, commerce and communication. This trend is only set to accelerate as the proposed Chennai–Bengaluru Industrial Corridor attracts more projects to the region (since it will pass through Chittoor, Nellore and Anantapur districts). Also, new investments in manufacturing, heavy industries and engineering goods are being set up. Moreover, in some cases, the power supply is much better here than in the rest of Andhra Pradesh.

With the Indian financial year closing in March, the timeline of the event is suitable as industry players can plan and present customers their

New attractions in this edition Panel discussion aims at providing a roadmap to infuse growth in the region Institutional Buyer Involvement Plan to attract delegations from large corporate and major institutions Improvised visitor profiling — profile, scan, filter and bring in visitors as per exhibitors’ requirements Providing business networking support to exhibitors by leveraging Network 18 Publishing’s industry connect Credit rating facilities for the benefit of exhibitors Providing complete travel solutions for exhibitors Offering logistics services to ensure smooth cargo handling, custom clearing, transport compliance etc. new offerings. Content with the event dates, Mohapatra adds, “At the Expo, we will be displaying some products that suit the exact needs of the pharma, aerospace and power industries. We are planning to launch a new product for power/infrastructure that can create an impact on their production cost and the industry as a whole.”

Sharing this upbeat outlook is Akadas, who adds, “Hyderabad is an ideal place for conducting trade fairs. During the last financial year, we organised four national level vendor development programmes with exhibitions; the response was very good. As most PSUs are keen to develop MSME vendors to meet their 20 per cent target, the MSME sector is sure to get a boost in marketing prospects. Since the quality and standards are the essential criteria for any upcoming supplies, the demand for modern machinery and processes will encourage machinery manufacturers as well.”

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EVENT PREVIEW: Chinaplas 2013

Next-gen offerings for the plastics industry Staging its 27th edition, Chinaplas 2013 will take place on 20–23 May, 2013, at China Import & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, PR China. Being its largest ever edition, Chinaplas’ exhibition area, number of exhibitors, pavilions and machines on display are slated to reach a record high. While expanding the scale, the event makes a great effort in being the best international all-round sourcing platform.

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lastics and rubber are widely used in automotives, electrical & electronic appliances, building & construction, packaging, medical, lighting etc. As an important platform of market exchange for the global plastics and rubber industries as well as the user industries, Chinaplas pays special attention to new technology development and is committed to promoting sustainability in the industry.

The coming edition of Chinaplas, with the theme of ‘The Future is in Plastics and Rubber’ will unveil the future applications of plastics and rubber.

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Plastics Machinery Industry Association, Guangdong Plastics Industry Association, Messe Düesseldorf China Ltd, the Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai and Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd. The event will be supported by various plastics and rubber associations in China and abroad. First introduced in 1983, Chinaplas is China’s only plastics and rubber trade show approved by UFI – The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. Chinaplas has been exclusively sponsored by Europe’s Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers (EUROMAP) in China for the 24th time.

With the ever-increasing scale of Chinaplas, the new edition expects to have more than 500 new exhibitors. Moreover, many exhibitors have aggressively expanded their booth areas. The four-day exhibition is expected to have a recordbreaking scale of 220,000 sqm with

over 2,800 exhibitors from 36 countries and regions. All will gather under the same roof to showcase their diversified chemicals and raw materials and over 3,200 sets of machines in 11 theme zones.

Ada Leung, Assistant General Manager, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, says, “The overwhelming response implied exhibitors’ strong confidence towards the future development of plastics and rubber industries as well as their downstream industries. Our team will get prepared to welcome over 115,000 visitors from all around the world.”

Business plan The setup of new theme zones is always a good indicator of market needs. In view of the extensive application of plastic film and its technology nowadays, a new theme zone, viz the ‘Film Technology Zone’, will be established in Chinaplas 2013 to cater to the increasing needs of plastic

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film buyers from the medical, electronics, IT, solar power, packaging and building industries. This zone will be located in hall 8.1 of the Fair Complex with several wellknown film technology suppliers, such as Sun Centre, Webcontrol, Han King, Queen’s, Jandi’s, Conair, Andritz, Atlas, Rajoo, ESOPP, Bobst, HCH, Guangda and General, jointly showcasing a wide range of exhibits that include extrusion lines for blown film, flat film and sheets, stretching lines for film and filament, slitter rewinders, winding equipment, measuring & testing equipment for film, auxiliary equipment for film extrusion lines, printing machines for film, lamination and coating machines and other film processing technologies. Buyers of this theme zone can also discover more related exhibits at the ‘Plastic Packaging & Blow Moulding Machinery Zone’.

Besides the inclusion of the new theme, the other 10 are Auxiliary & Testing Equipment Zone, Chemicals & Raw Materials Zone, Extrusion Machinery Zone, Die & Mould Zone, Injection Moulding Machinery Zone, Semi-finished Products Zone, Plastic Packaging & Blow Moulding Machinery Zone, Rubber Machinery & Equipment Zone, Bioplastics Zone and the Chinese Export Machinery & Materials Hall.

In addition to setting up a new theme zone, the event is going to have an enlarged ‘Die & Mould Zone’, which will be increased by 18 per cent over the last edition. Located in hall 3.2 and 4.2, the zone will display moulds and processing equipment such as blow moulds, CADCAM, extrusion dies, hot runner systems,

injection & compression moulds, mould & die cleaning equipment, mould clamping systems & energy couplings, standard parts for moulds, steel for moulds, texturing and mould fixing devices. Over 200 Chinese and international famous mould players, such as LKM, Push, Sino Mould, Jing Cheng Mould, Mold Masters, Yudo, Hotsys, Mould-Tip, Incoe, Keda, Sure Hot Runner, Carl Zeiss, Huida and Hexagon Metrology, together with two pavilions organised by Hong Kong Mould & Die Council (HKMDC) and Taiwan Mold & Die Industry Association, will demonstrate their strong participation with their flagship technology.

Business attractions To facilitate professional buyers to source their interested exhibits in a more efficient way, two specialised zones will be established under Chemicals & Raw Materials Zone. They are the ‘Colour Pigment & Masterbatch Zone’ and ‘Additive Zone’ that will be located in halls 9.3 and 10.3. More than 170 related suppliers will be present in these zones, such as Liwang, Meilian, Orion, Hongda, Sunris, Dunwa, AGC, GCH, Qujing Zhongyi, Boiln, Canal and East Hongqiao. The organiser believes that this newly centralised arrangement will provide a more user-friendly and effective sourcing platform for buyers to source colour pigments, masterbatches and additives.

A series of special events focussing on the building and construction industry will be organised. In collaboration with building materials suppliers, different

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exhibition zones and activities to highlight the role of polymers in the building and construction industry will be presented.

The event of ‘Archi-Light’ will consist of three parts. Part one, exclusively sponsored

by SABIC, will be for the construction of the ‘Archi-Light Concept House’ using new types of plastic materials with high light transmittance. The second part of ‘Archi-Light’ will be the ‘Plastic Building Materials Gallery’. The building materials supplied by Italcementi Group and China LESSO are energy efficient, environmentfriendly and beneficial to low carbon emission. The third part will be the ‘Future Building Design Competition’ where the students of Shanghai Tongji University and Guangdong Industry Technical College will design future buildings using original ideas.

Besides the four key industries of automotives, electrical & electronic appliances, packaging and building, the consumption of plastics in other application sectors (eg medical, lighting, photovoltaic, textile, food, toy, clock & watch, glasses and shoes) are also on the rise. The wide applications of plastic and rubber materials not only reduce energy consumption in the process of manufacturing but also make recycling possible in order to assist the sustainable development of the economy.

To cope with the development trends of different industries and meet the sourcing needs of local and overseas buyers, Chinaplas 2013 will introduce diversified solutions, new plastic materials and innovative technology with lower energy consumption and value-added features.

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Halogen-free flame retardants

Qingdao Operate New-Material Co Ltd, committed to the development of halogen-free flame retardants, will be present at Chinaplas 2013.

The company’s products are used in areas including engineering plastics, rubber, wires & cables, coatings, adhesives and building materials.

At present, the company produces halogen-free flame retardants for use in polyamides, polyolefin, PBT, TPU, TPE, epoxy resin, PS and ABS.

Cemas Elettra to participate in Chinaplas 2013 The Italian company Cemas Elettra has 30 years of experience in thermoplastic machines and fixtures, the majority of which are exported worldwide. They develop and produce standard vibration welding machines (100 and 240 Hz), and a special machine that has infra red pre-heating technology with associated tooling. Cemas Elettra is also a specialist in design and manufacture of standard and custom designed ultrasonic and hot plate welding systems.

The company manages projects for dashboards, rear lamps for cars & motorbikes, bumpers of any dimension and drums for washers.

Croda Polymer Additives to highlight new unique products for polycarbonate processing & anti-fogging system for PP Keeping up with customer demands and meeting market needs, Croda Polymer Additives will be showcasing its two new unique products at Chinaplas 2013.

The first is a newly launched anti-fog concentrate that is claimed to provide a unique solution to fogging in clear PP food packaging. Proven in tests to be effective in both hot and cold fogging applications, Atmer™ 7373 works by preventing droplet formation on plastic surfaces, keeping food looking fresher for longer.

Adam Maltby, Croda’s Polymer Additives Applications Manager, said, “Atmer 7373 is effective in most grades of PP, and results have been particularly good in PP homopolymer. We have not seen any other product on the market that delivers such effective performance in both hot and cold fogging environments.” This highly loaded concentrate is useful for converters, who can easily handle its pellet form. It is also useful for masterbatch producers who either cannot or do not wish to handle soft and pasty raw materials. The product’s unique formulation is said to overcome many of the processing difficulties encountered when using traditional additives at the levels needed to impart effective anti-fogging. Typical processing problems can include screw slip or overlubrication in the extruder barrel and excess fuming.

“Atmer 7373 is a 40 per cent concentrate supplied in pellet form for easy dosing, and it opens up new opportunities for film and sheet producers. It additionally helps to

EGYPLAST to show its strength at Chinaplas 2013 Egyptian Company for Plastic Industry – EGYPLAST-ELSEWEDY will participate in Chinaplas 2013.

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has developed to become the main player in the compounding field in the Middle East.

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control the rate of migration and allows an even dispersion of the additive on the polymer surface,” concluded Maltby.

The second product that will be showcased is a solution to improve the processing of polycarbonate, specifically in sheet applications. IncroMaxTM 300 combines processing efficiencies with high performance.

As a new innovative product to the industry, IncroMax 300 has been proven to reduce surface friction and improve mould release force to enhance extrusion and moulding of polycarbonate. As an additive for non-food applications, IncroMax 300 finds use in glazing and glass replacement for automotive and construction applications where processing intricate parts and high optical clarity are required.

Croda Polymer Additives is a leading supplier of additives to a wide range of polymers used in today’s plastics and packaging market. Their products are manufactured from natural and renewable raw materials with diverse applications in polyolefins, PVC, styrenics, polyamides and biopolymers. Some key effects on show include: PET Slip: Speciality slip agent IncroMaxTM 100 is available as an easy-touse concentrate, Atmer™ 7510.

High stability for sensitive application: IncroslipTM offers excellent torque release for sensitive applications such as bottled water.

Anti-static: Atmer™ anti-static agents impart a number of processing and moulded article benefits.

Anti-fogging: Keeping brands looking good, Atmer™ anti-fogs effectively reduce film misting, ensuring packaged contents maintain their shelf appeal for longer. company with separate management and operation systems, ensuring the flexibility to deal with various customers.

EGYPLAST produces various products including PVC soft & rigid compounds, MB for PVC, XLPE, PP, PE & PS, PE jacket for cables, HFFR compound for cables, XLPE insulation for LV cables etc, and exports these products to 25 countries all over the world.

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Latest processes for producing calcium carbonate The global leader in the production of calcium carbonate, S.A. Reverté will be present at Chinaplas 2013. The company focusses on developing state-of-the art production processes for micronisation, ultramicronisation and treatment in dry and wet calcium carbonate processing. Reverté has also developed its own technology for obtaining treated products and special water repellent products (for the rigid and flexible plastics industries), making them behave like a fluid to give the final products increased strength and gloss. Reverté has developed a wide range of products to be used in different plastics applications such as polyolefin masterbatches and compounds, rigid & flexible polyvinyl chloride, polyamides and thermoset polyesters.

Reverté has also been certified under the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, has obtained the Environmental Activities Licence in compliance with European IPPC Directives and has implemented and certified OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Management System.

Direct underwater plastic pelletising extrusion line Zhongshan Guzhen Huaxin Plastic Machinery Co Ltd will exhibit its direct underwater

plastic pelletising extrusion line. The straight cutting and plastic extruders is mainly composed of double-level venting extruders, underwater cutting die, flexible cutter seat, automatic vertical de-watering device, vibrating screen, air-feeding system and material collector. The traditional recycled plastic extruder cuts after extruding and curing with the granulator underwater when the plastic is in the melted state, which has obvious advantages against the solid cutting technology.

Because the plastic is cooled and solidified after cutting in the melted state, no

dust is formed during cutting and the cuttings have good quality with regular shape, which is better for packaging and transportation. The output and cutting speed can be adjusted according to the volume of extrusion to change the size of the cutting, manual adjustment of the number of knife holders (4 pieces at most) can be used to change the size and shape of the cuttings.

The straight cutting and underwater cutting processes allow the molten plastic to be cut and cooled directly, so the water can be removed efficiently after the highspeed dewatering process, proving a better drying effect.

The subsequent process is equipped with a vibrating screen to cool down the granules. Impure granules are removed automatically so automation and easy operation can be achieved during the manufacturing process.

Plastic packaging machinery

At Chinaplas 2013, Ruian Fangtai Machinery Co Ltd will offer solutions related to plastic packaging. This manufacturer of plastic packaging machinery develops products such as the stretch film making machine, bubble film making machine, convex/concave printing machine, film blowing machine, computer control bag-making machine, automatic rewinding machine, polypropylene slitting machine, slitting & rewinding machine and recycling machine. The company makes machines focussing on high technology and customer requirements.

One of the company’s products is the F TPE-10002000 bubble film making machine. The bubble film made by this machine has been widely used for packaging household wares, post & parcels, bicycles, polyurethane furniture etc.

Services and solutions for suppliers To meet and network with customers in China’s plastics industry, Arrotin Plastic Materials Inc will be present at Chinaplas 2013. The company already serves various businesses in China and looks forward to sharing information about their services. Arrotin Plastic Materials is a large buyer and supplier of post-industrial materials for specific needs in a variety of industries. The company possesses more than 40 years of experience in supplying overseas.

Bobby Martin, President, Arrotin Plastic Materials, explained the challenges he sees in the plastics recycling sector, “The major issues in buying and supplying plastic materials are based on two issues. These include consistent quantity of materials and pricing structure. Arrotin Plastic Materials Inc understands that consistency of materials in large quantities is the only way manufacturers in China can guarantee their product distribution. What Arrotin specialises in is being able to supply these materials year after year based on the relationships, contracts and service that we provide loyal suppliers within the United States.”

Bobby Martin and other Arrotin Plastic Materials Inc staff will be at the Chinaplas 2013 trade show to discuss the plastic industry and the services and solutions they can offer suppliers.

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Bonmart Enterprise Corp Taipei City - Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2299 4281 Fax: +886-2-2299 4284 Email: bonmart@bonmart.com.tw Website: www.bonmart.com.tw

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Multi-cavity hot runner controller

Colormax systems provide various gravimetric feeders, which are designed to provide high-accuracy, high-value gravimetric feeding for a wide variety of materials, such as cohesive or sticky powders, fibres, flakes and free flow powders. Feed rates range from 15 to 4,000 l/hr based on various configuration and material characteristics. The feeder is mounted on the C2 scale with internationally proved weighing technology. The controller is from K-Tron Electronics in the US, which provides outstanding performance on high-frequency sampling and high-accuracy weight control.

The TC5200 multi-cavity hot runner controller features a 12–60 point temperature combination controller and multi-machine networking. Maintenance operations can be simplified with its modularised device design and requirement-based configuration. The purchasing costs are greatly reduced by its unique temperature control, with two points within one level. The GUI-based user interface, along with its adjustable perspective angle, is easy for fast adoption in multi-points control.

The RS485 communication function enables you to set up multiple controls at once to simplify the required operations. The built-in and practical current sensor and indicator functions benefit various applications, especially automotive, bottle billet injection and medical supplies, by realising the concept of one-stop control.

Wuxi Process Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd Jiangsu - China Tel: 0510-83830028 mber: Booth nu Fax: 0510-83832686 Hall No / 5 10.1/H4 Email: ajiang@ktroncolormax.com Website: www.colormaxsystems.cn

Arico Technology Co Ltd Taipei City – Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2910-1266 Fax: +886-2-2915-9434 Email: info@arico.com.tw Website: www.arico.com.tw

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Resin forming line

CYKF designs and manufactures automatic resin forming line, integrating procedures such as setting parameters, feeding, manufacturing, resin forming, dehydration and dust collection in one production line. These complicated procedures can be dealt with more smoothly by this machine. The company applies this equipment not only in resin forming but also in the production of compound materials integrating plastics, wood flour, synthetic rubber and PVC resin.

Cheng Yieu Development Machinery Co Ltd Tainan – Taiwan Tel : +886-6-726 6668 mber Fax : +886-6-726 6658 Booth nu Hall No / Email: cykf8688@ms54.hinet.net 10 / T61 Website: www.cykf.com.tw

Plastic injection machine

Film blown machine PE stretch film blown machine is for producing PE stretch film & PE cling film. Liquid PIB injection system is used to inject the liquid adhesive into the screw to get sticky film.

This technology allows adjusting the stickiness and saving resin cost. The winder is equipped with no-tension control that allows the film to be at the same tension and it will not tighten the paper cores. The co-speed controller controls the speed of take-up unit and winder to be the same, so the film will not be stretched and can keep the stretch after winding.

This machine can produce 10 rolls of film width 300 mm or 6 rolls of film width 500 mm at one time, and the output can be 100-150 kg/hr for 1-layer 75mm extruder. For industrial purpose, multi-layers stretch film blown machine is also available. Three rewinder machines are also available, one is for fixed film width 300 mm, one is for fixed film width 500 mm and one is for film width 300-530 mm. These three machines can automatically feed the paper core, rewind, cut film and change paper cores. The maximum speed of the new “Rewinder machine” can go to 18-20 pcs/min at 20 m length.

Chyi Yang Industrial Co Ltd Taoyuan - Taiwan Tel: +886-3-3288686 Fax: +886-3-3283737 Email: cymw@cymw.com.tw Website: www.cymw.com.tw

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Thermoplastic elastomer

Environmental protection and energy saving are recent global trends.

To meet these goals, CLF provides more precision, cleanness and energy saving on all electric plastic injection machines. A display of the all-electric injection machines, CLF-230AE-STM, for stack mould has a German Siemens control system and Japan ball screw transmission parts, 2+2 food container covers and side entry robot. It performs cycle time in 5 sec to produce 2,880 pcs/hr.

In the future, CLF will move toward large-scale, super-precision, remarkable high-speed, high-energy saving and super-output capacity.

Everlon compounds are high-performance thermoplastic elastomers designed specifically for the production of moulded and extruded products on conventional thermoplastic processing equipment and do not require vulcanisation. It can be seen in the numerous processing techniques in which it is used: injection moulding, blow moulding, compression moulding and extrusion. In all of these processes, Everlon scrap can be recycled without loss of its physical properties.

Chuan Lih Fa Machinery Works Co Ltd Tainan City - Taiwan Tel: +886-6-2532111 mber Booth nu Fax: +886-6-2533311 Hall No / 1 10.1 / H2 Email: clf@clf.com.tw Website: www.clf.com.tw

Ever Polymer Co Ltd Taoyuan - Taiwan Tel: +886-3-3125717 Fax: +886-3-3125718 Email: everlon@everlon.com.tw Website: www.everlon.com.tw

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Blow moulding machine

Mould labelling machine

Model FK/HBA45/55GT04QS stands for two layer co-extrusion quad head single station blow moulding machine, suitable for 200â&#x20AC;&#x201C;400 ml shampoo bottles with estimated production capacity 1000 pcs/hr. It is designed as a compact size and fully automatic machine and is equipped with FKI new design product take out device along with leak inspection system that decreases operation defaults.

The feature of two layer co-extrusion is for cost saving. Multiple heads increase the production capacity but with low energy consumption and competitive price.

Under the concept of environmental protection and to satisfy the increasing requirements of the onestep producing container packaging market, new A-pack In Mold Labeling (IML) System has vacuum and static labelling, reduces the cycle time and greatly saves total production cost. A-PACK IML Turnkey Solution could be applied to all kinds of beverage and food packages such as tea, coffee, juice, water, yogurt and dairy products. It consists of four components including FCS AF series, hi-speed hybrid close loop injection moulding machine, hot-runner mould, robot, product stacking system and label inserting system. In addition, FCS can also provide customised label for this turnkey solution. In fact, customers only need to decide what kind of container they want, and then FCS will provide optimal solutions, even including the installation and training for technicians to make sure the whole system is working well.

Fong Kee International Machinery Co Ltd Tainan City - Taiwan r Tel: +886-6-2532157 th numbe No / Boo ll a H Fax: +886-6-2533079 3.1 / D01 Email: sales@fki.com Website: www.fki.com

Mould change system Q uick mould change system uses hydraulic drive to achieve a simple, convenient and quick mould change steps.

Compared to the traditional way of fixing mould by hand, it not only reduces half machine idle time, the labour force and cost of production but also increases machine utilisation and productivity. Quick mould change system includes power unit, die clamps, hydraulic parts and electrical control box. They can be customised according to the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s machine requirements. In case of sudden stop power supply, the quick mould change system can supply pressure for more than 48 hours to avoid the mould from falling. When clamping abnormally, it can connect with the machine to stop the operation immediately to protect personnel safety.

Forwell Precision Machinery Co Ltd umber / Booth n o N ll a H Zhejing - China 1 10.1 / C2 Tel: +86-574-86599196 Fax: +86-574-86599197 Email: forwell@forwellnb.com Website: www.forwell.com 106 Modern Plastics & Polymers | May 2013

Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture Co Ltd Tainan City - Taiwan Tel: +886-6-5950688 mber Fax: +886-6-5951129 Booth nu / o N ll a H Email: fcsco@fcs.com.tw 3.1 / D31 Website: www.fcs.com.tw

Automatic blow moulding machine High speed automatic blow moulding machine (FS-75PDDL) is suitable for producing 6-layer bottles by co-extrusion. Double stations with parallel motion under the control of the linear guide-way are for stable and speedy motion, adopting YUKEN servo drive system, as the energy-saving feature. All functions with control-on-board design are easy for the operator to modify and change the data on the touch screen. At present, co-extrusion blow moulding technology achieves 6-layer co-extrusion with better barrier features and equivalent layer combination to obviously extend the product shelf life. This application has satisfied worldwide customers for food, medicine, chemical and auto industry, which requires better barrier features and/or reuses recycled material efficiently.

Full Shine Plastic Machinery Co Ltd Taichung City -Taiwan mber Tel: +886-4-22765071 Booth nu Hall No / 7 Fax: +886-4-22765070 10.1 / S6 Email: sales@full-shine.com Website: www.full-shine.com/index.html

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Plastic industrial products

Thermoplastic elastomer

Extruders with diameters from 45 mm to 150 mm are available. Die heads available are 3 layer spiral mandrel dies with diameters from 150 mm to 1350 mm and 3,5,7 layer spiral mandrel dies or stackable dies with diameters from 200 mm to 650 mm.

The cooling system range available is high-efficiency internal and external cooling systems, standard cooling ring with dual lips, Internal Bubble Cooling (IBC) system and height-adjustable cooling ring system. Take up units are oscillating take off (horizontal type) with air turning bars from 800 mm to 2400 mm and stationary take off with widths from 800 mm to 6000 mm. Range of winders are stationary contact winder in single or dual winder configurations in widths from 800 mm to 3500 mm and stationary contact/centre/gap winder in single or dual winder configurations in with widths from 800 mm to 2600 mm.

Phoenix compound is high performance styrenebased thermoplastic elastomer that contains features of vulcanised rubber at normal temperature and plastics when heated. It means that once they are formed, they can be heated and reformed repeatedly by conventional plastics processes, such as injection moulding, blow moulding and extrusion. This property allows for easy process and facilitates recycling. The compound has been used in a wide range of markets and applications. The features and benefits of Phoenix allow the customer to design products without limit. They can be hard or soft. They can bond to a variety of engineering thermoplastics.

They can be sleek, silky, opaque, transparent and colourful. Phoenix can be made even more flexible according to different customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; requirements.

Kung Hsing Plastic Machinery Co Ltd TChia-Yi Hsien -Taiwan mber Booth nu Tel: +886-5-2374466 / o N ll a H 1 Fax: +886-5-2376971 10.1 / T4 Email: ks.sales@kunghsing.com.tw Website: www.kunghsing.com.tw

Moulding solution The moulding solution includes technical injection moulding applications such as insert moulding, multi-component (or multi-colour) moulding, thermoset injection moulding (for BMC and rubber), liquid injection moulding (for LSR), powder injection moulding (for metal and ceramic), in-mould-decoration moulding (IML/IMR/IMF) and micro injection moulding etc. Machine production status and real-time production data are instantly transmitted to the central monitor and control station through various remote connections. This smart production data management system is able to read and acquire the machine operation status and real-time production data instantly via the central monitor and control station. Image of machine production status is visually transmitted via a video camera to the central monitor station in which operator can observe machine production status on a real-time basis. The defective/rejected products are shown in the central monitor in a timely manner allowing managers to update production status of the products.

Multiplas Enginery Co Ltd mber Taoyuan - Taiwan Booth nu / o N ll a H Tel: +886-3-3180090 3.1 / C31 Fax: +886-3-3975498 Email: multiplas@multiplas.com.tw Website: www.multiplas.com.tw

Phon Tech Industrial Co Yunlin - Taiwan Tel: 886-5-5574567 Fax: 886-5-5574553 Email: phon.tech@msa.hinet.net Website: www.phon-tech.com.tw

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Three axis servo-driven standard type robot The ST3-S series robot is designed for rapid and precise removal of products from injection moulding machine. It is suitable for 2-plate mould or hot runner mould system and is capable of arranging, stacking, quality checking and in mould placement. This series robot is fit for injection moulding machines with clamp force blow 260 tonne. High definition touch screen and user-friendly human-computer interface with different languages make it convenient to operate and maintain.

With strong adaptability and flexibility, the system can be extended base on the VARAN BUS technology. The design of the interface complies with the standard of EUROMAP12, EUROMAP67 and SPI. With stacking and matrix locate functions, the teach modules can support conditional judgement, loop control, signal waiting and other logic instructions.

Shini Group Taipei City - Taiwan Tel: +(886) 2 2680 9119 Fax: +(886) 2 2680 9229 Email: shini@shini.com Website: www.shini.com

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Gear box

Multi-function dehumidifying dryer

Corresponding to the increasing demand of the twin-screw extruder, sun lung has developed a series of high-performance gear box for the twin-screw extruder. The gearboxes of this series have been developed by featuring high torque and high speed output rate. The series of gearboxes is embedded with excellent high dissipation and oil lubrication system to perform stable output under heavy-loading force. The axial thrust is supported by an axial roller-type swivel thrust-bearing of the 294.e series, coupled with thrust bearings assembled in a tandem way. The gearbox features high torque and high output speed rate design coupled with thrust bearings assembled in a tandem way, best transmission efficiency, high torque and sufficient safety coefficient. The precision of the gear grinding is up to DIN 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 grade, operation noise is kept below 80 dB.CE and the gear box is TUV certified

Three-in-one design can dehumidify, dry and automatically convey resins. The dryer is compact, economic and highly efficient. Honeycomb dehumidifier supplies an overdew point below -40 of dried air stably. No powder or desiccant after deterioration can enter the drying chamber by the drying air, maintaining good dehumidification effect.

Stainless insulated hopper dryer is dust-free and clean-free (other material is also available). One can stand heating repeatedly in high temperature without the interference of the external environment and high security. To see the material level through a sight glass can make working more efficient. It has a patented design, can save space, low noise, move flexibly and reduce energy. The unit has its own accurate PID temperature controller and protective devices. Air filter and pipe cleaning device are easy to take out without any tool to save your time.

Sun Lung Gear Works Co Ltd Tainan - Taiwan Tel: +886-6-2639969 Fax: +886-6-2639626 Email: david@slgear.com.tw Website: www.slgear.com.tw

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SBC products

Yann Bang Electrical Machinery Co Ltd Taichung - Taiwan ber Tel: 886-4-22710000 ooth num B / o N ll Ha Fax: 886-4-22711988 8.1 / L51 Email: yb@yannbang.com Website: www.yannbang.com

Screws and barrels

TSRC SBC product includes TAIPOL SIS, SBS, SEBS and VECTOR SIS, SBS. SIS product has been widely applied in high-end applications such as hot melt adhesives (HMA) and elastic film. TSRC SIS can provide low viscosity, good compatibility and good stability of tack and easy melt processing properties in HMA application. For elastic film application, SIS has high elasticity for the elastic requirement of nonwovens (eg diapers) manufacturing. TSRC is dedicated in providing higher performance-to-price ratio product to upgrade customer product value and competitive strength. Nevertheless, in order to meet Asian customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; demands, the TSRC (Nantong) plant also initiates its SIS production with annual capacity of 25 KTA in 2013.

The company specialises in design and manufacture of a full series of screws and barrels, applied for various extruding machines and plastic injection moulding machines.

In addition, it designs and manufactures screws with special alloys and special flight geometry to meet specific customer applications but also provides solutions to help customers solve extruding and injection moulding problems.

TSRC Corporation Taipei City - Taiwan Tel: +886(2) 3701 6000 Fax: +886(2) 3701 6868 Email: tsrcsales@tsrc-global.com Website: www.tsrc.com.tw

Nan Yun Industrial Co Ltd Tainan City - Taiwan Tel: 886-6-2017773 Fax: 886-6-2017003 Email: sales@nyi.com.tw Website: www.nyi.com.tw

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Multi-layer co-extrusion blown film machine Multi-Layer co-extrusion blown film machine is constructed on the basis of a green eco-friendly design principle, which cleverly integrates the latest proven technologies in plastics, mechanical, electrical and automation.

The JC-CX series multilayer co-extrusion blown film extrusion line is available in three layer or five layer configuration producing variety of quality film for various industries. From general purpose packaging film or lamination film of complex technical film or food packaging with high grade barrier properties, the JC-CX series multi-layer blown film line is a convincing solution to every customer’s need. The line is built with the concept of modular system promised to meet each specific demand.

Quality, reliability, efficiency and high productivity are the essential characteristics of the JC-CX series multi-layer co-extrusion blown film line.

Jenn Chong Plastics Machinery Works Co Ltd Chia-Yi Hsien - Taiwan r Tel: +886-5-2376175 th numbe No / Boo ll a H 5 Fax: +886-5-2376176 10.1 / T5 Email: sales4@jennchong.com.tw Website: www.jennchong.com.tw

Conical twin screw gearbox Conical twin screw gearbox is applied to PVC profile application, and in the Chinese market, the conical extruder is in big demand. It is a well grinded and high-quality conical gearbox, which is made in Zambello, Italy. It can even upgrade the machine duration and working life time.

Zambello Group Magnago (Milano) - Italy Tel: +86-21-3120-3142 Fax: +86-21-3120-3050 Email: service@zambelloasia.com

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The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the respective manufacturer/ distributor. In any case, it does not represent the views of Business Insights •Technologies•Opportunities

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EVENT REPORT: Vinyl India 2013

Setting the course for accelerated growth The demand of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is growing at a fast rate in India. Fuelled by the spurt in infrastructure, the demand for PVC is directly related to economic growth. Charting the future of demand and competition, the Vinyl India 2013 – International PVC & Chlor-Alkali Conference put forth promising aspects of this dynamic segment.

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market that has global connotations, the PVC segment is indeed a glocal member of the polymer industry and is undergoing some major changes. From a domestic perspective, India is expected to report a 15 per cent growth year-on-year in 2012–13. With a regional production of about 1.25 million tonne, it has imports equivalent to domestic production of about 1 million tonne. In the light of such potential, the Vinyl India 2013 – International PVC & Chlor-Alkali Conference that was held on April 11–12, 2013, at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, set its focus on many aspects that are crucial to this segment.

Promising proceedings Organised jointly by Elite Plus Business Services (EPBS) and Chemicals & Petrochemicals Manufacturers’ Association (CPMA), this two-day conference attracted over 630 delegates from 26 countries representing 280 companies. The event was jointly supported by the All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA) and Plastindia Foundation. This was the third international event after the two successful events held in 2011 and 2012.

On Day One of the conference, Warren Wilder, President, Polymers & Crackers Business, Reliance Industries Ltd, inaugurated the two-day event. He said that the vinyl industry registered a growth of 14 per cent over the previous year and now stands at an annual consumption of approximately 2.5 metric tonne. This will reach 5 metric tonne in the next 5–7 years. On the whole, the event witnessed a packed house with eight business sessions including three 110 Modern Plastics & Polymers | May 2013

Kamal P Nanavaty, President – Strategy Development, Reliance Industries Ltd addressing the inaugural session

parallel sessions on both days which discussed topics such as ‘Role of PVC in the construction industry’, ‘Flexible PVC market – Is the end use sector getting rigid’ and ‘Health, safety & environment’ among others.

the vinyl industry. In delivering the acceptance speech, Kabra and Jain shared with the delegates their long journey of four decades in doing their bit for the dynamic industry.

Future outlook Expert perspectives Industry experts took part in panel discussions that addressed various topics such as ‘Molecule to Macromolecule’, ‘Additives & Compounding’, ‘Processing’, ‘Piping Systems’, ‘Profiles’ and ‘Films & Sheets’. China, the largest manufacturer and user of PVC, was also represented by speakers from Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co Ltd and CCAON (provides authoritative output, import/export data and professional insight of China chloralkali industry and market) who presented an interesting paper on the Chinese PVC industry.

On the conclusion of Day One, ‘Life Time Achievement Awards’ were presented to S V Kabra, Chairman, Kolsite Group, and Kanhaiyalal Jain, Director, KLJ Group of Industries, for their outstanding contribution to

During the conference, many speakers indicated that the growth in PVC will continue due to the Government’s focus on infrastructure development.

Many claimed that the uncompetitive feedstock and high energy costs in India may limit expansion. The rise in per capita consumption and replacement of materials, such as glass, metal and wood, will catapult growth of the PVC segment.

The other takeaway of the conference is that the economic revival will lead to increase in automobiles, construction activities, consumer durables, medical hygiene & personal care and industrial applications. Vinyl India 2013 concluded by setting the course for an accelerated growth as India marches ahead in developing its infrastructure sector where PVC has a bright future.

Email: sweta.nair@network18publishing.com

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Extrusion linear speed of EDC-16-05 (Multi-layer extruder and cutting machine) is 20 m per minute for ø35 mm tube, which can produce tube diameter range from ø16 to 60 mm and it’s easy to change tooling in different size tube producing.

Bonmart Enterprise Corp Taipei City - Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2299 4281, Fax: +886-2-2299 4284 Email: bonmart@bonmart.com.tw Website: www.bonmart.com.tw

Plastic mould This mould is used to supply 32-96 cavities full hot runner injection cap mold. Molding parts material models are from Sweden ASSAB S136, Japanese DAIDO DC 53.

All molds processing is under constant temperature.

Molds with good stability, minimal deviation JT Mold Technology Co Ltd Jiangsu - China Tel: 0086-512-69993888 Fax: 0086-512-69998880 Email: sales@jtmold.net Website: www.jtmold.net

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Honeycomb plate extrusion line PP honeycomb plate extrusion line NWD-PP-PWFW1500 is made up of two pieces of thin panel and bonded tightly of honeycomb plate. The plate made of three layers is also called the honeycomb sandwich structure. Plastic honeycomb board can make billboards, condole top, decorative, light boxes etc. Plastic honeycomb plate can save resources in developed countries, protect the ecological environment, is a low

cost of a new type of green decorative material, it is light, strong, stable, heat preservation, heat insulation and many other advantages.

Zhangjiagang New Wanda Machinery Co Ltd Zhangjiagang City Jiangsu - China Tel: 013806225715 Fax: 0512-82175185 Email: nwd@new-wanda.com Website: www.new-wanda.com

Fomtec rotary table

Fomtec rotary table vertical injection moulding machine armed with speed and self-developed brake system has been used by local and overseas users. The machine is speedy, precise positioning and has perfect repeat accuracy. Moreover, an auxiliary injection unit can upgrade this conventional machine to a 2 colour machine to enrich the products to add-on value, encourage affection and attraction in order to satisfy trendy change. The conventional rotary table machine is complete with servo drive auxiliary injection unit.

Controlled by industrial standard and humancomputer interface touch screen controller, it can be managed and controlled by remote assistance supported by Windows OS. The machine demonstrates two colour liquid silicon rubber product and shows how one LSR feeding unit can feed two colour at the same time. The close-loop control can provide an automatic correction to ensure A B compound balancing.

Fomtec Plastic Machinery Overseas Sales Division Guangzhou - China Tel: 86-20-36850111 Fax: 86-20-36850100 Email: os@fomtec-group.com Website: www.fomtec-group.com May 2013 | Modern Plastics & Polymers 113

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Pipe Extrusion Line

This production line adopts high-efficiency single-screw extruder, equipped with extrusion mold, vacuum shaping tank, spray cooling tank, haul-off, planetary cutter and controlled by PLC micro-computer system.

Jiangsu Xinrong Science & Technology Development Co Ltd Zhangjiagang City, China Tel: +86-(0)512-58531000, Fax: +86-(0)512-58570272 Email Address: jm@xinrong.net Website: www.xinrongextruder.com

Plastic planters These coloured plastic planters are made using optimum quality hard plastic. Durable in nature and sturdy by frame, the plastic planters are offered in various colours and design patterns. The plastic planters are ideal for indoor as well as outdoor applications.

These are used to hold plants and enhance the decor of surroundings.

The products comply to all national and international standards set by the industry.

Samruddhi Industries Ltd Sangli - Maharashtra Tel: 0233-264573, Mob: 09423677084 Email: samruddhi@samruddhi.com Website: www.samruddhi.com

Plastic pallet A wide range of plastic pallets is offered for every application in material handling.

These pallets are made of prime grade advanced polyethylene materials. The pallets are known for longer life, superior performance and ensuring the best in industry quality standards in both automated and traditional material handling and distribution systems. The heavy-duty steel reinforced plastic pallets are ideal alternatives for steel and wooden pallets.

Swift Techno Plast Pvt Ltd Navi Mumbai - Maharashtra Tel: 022-22978351, Mob: 09769220221 Email: sales@swiftind.co.in Website: www.plasticpallet.co.in May 2013 | Modern Plastics & Polymers 115

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Centrifugal air blowers and fans

Silicone transparent tubing and braided hose

The high-efficiency centrifugal air blowers and fans handle air/hot flow gases, corrosive gases, dust, powder materials etc. These are available for impeller mounted and motor shaft/direct coupled/V-belt drive. The impeller has backward/back inclined/forward curves type design with construction welded/ riveted selected based on required application. The blowers and fans are designed in single stage/multi-stage/DWDI type depending upon the required specification. These have capacity ranging from 100 m³/hr to 3,00,000 m³/hr and pressure up to 2,500 mm WG.

Pol yester-reinforced silicone transparent braided hose is made for food, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical and heavy engineering industries, thermal power stations and PSUs. This braided hose is made of 100 per cent pure silicone rubber by using fully automatic state-of-the art machines and technologies. It already caters to all the major pharmaceutical companies in India and is also exported to overseas customers. Medical grade braided hose is manufactured under stringent quality control and is made of medical grade silicone rubber, temperature-resistant from -80°C to 250°C (-110°F to 480°F), non-reactive to body tissue and fluid, unaffected by most water-soluble materials, sterilisable by steam, dry heat, ethylene oxide and gamma radiation and has an indefinite shelf life. The silicone transparent tubing sizes are available from 0.5 mm ID to 200 mm ID, and braided hoses have sizes available from ID range ½” to 2 ½”.

Vacunair Engineering Co Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 079-22910771, Mob: 09824036375 Email: info@vacunair.com Website: www.vacunair.com

Flame-retardant plastic compounds Flame-retardant plastics are essential to devices we use every day, providing a valuable tool in fire prevention. For fire to occur, the three basic elements of fuel, heat and oxygen must exist. The science of flame retardance uses chemical reactions to moderate one or more of these attributes. Flame retardant compounds help mitigate fire danger, increase plastic's ignition resistance, reduce the speed of flame spread, reduce heat release and smoke & fume generation.

Ami Polymer Pvt Ltd Mumbai - Maharashtra Tel: 022-28555107/631/914, Mob: 09223290931 Fax: 022-28555378 Email: amipolymer@vsnl.com Website: www.amipolymer.com

Specialty chemicals

The LIN-90II-TS is a performancebased machine designed to accommodate large containers with outstanding cycle time. It produces from 200 ml to 4 L of PE/PP and PVC/PTEG, and the productivity reaches 4,500 and 860 pc/hr, respectively. To ensure quality, mechanical and electrical components from leading brands are used in this machine.

The Millad NX 8000 offers important sustainability benefits enabling PP to be processed at significantly lower temperatures versus standard clarified PP. The superior clarifying performance enables broader use of PP, a low-density and easily recycled plastic, to replace less-sustainable materials in packaging, household and food storage applications.

Hyperform HPN nucleating agent for polyolefins is a family of high-speed nucleating agents, which allow for faster crystallisation rates, improved processing and higher throughputs. Hyperform HPR synthetic reinforcing agents for polypropylene improve mechanical properties, while reducing part weight as compared to traditionally filled automotive compounds.

Akei Plastic-Machine Mfy Ltd Kowloon - Hong Kong Tel: +852-27411312 Email: akeisimon@akei.com.cn Website: www.akei.com.hk

Milliken Asia Pte Ltd Singapore Tel: +65-65931319 Email: tiffany.tay@milliken.com Website: www.millikenchemical.com

RTP Company Chennai – Tamil Nadu Tel: 044 - 42147313 Email: srengasamy@rtpcompany.com Website: www.rtpcompany.com

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Thermoplastic material Hipolyene is a high performance polypropylene base thermoplastic material, suitably tailored to meet specific requirements of automotive OE / Tier I. These state of the art, technology driven, compounds consists of high flow, high modulus, high impact formulations, providing excellent scratch and mar resistance, low fogging, moulded in colour, odourless, yet paintable compositions, with low thermal expansion. These compounds are developed to comply with automotive specifications, for interior, exterior, under the hood and body parts, covering wide varieties of applications such as instrument panel, door and pillar trims, consoles, bumpers, body panels, body side moulding, wheel arch liners, rub strip, AC and heater housing, ducts, radiator fan, engine covers and so on.

Zylog Plastalloys Pvt Ltd Pune – Maharashtra Tel: 020 – 26650219 Fax: 020 – 26650220 Email: sales@zylogplastalloys.com Website: www.zylogplastalloys.com

Hopper dryer The SHD series ‘Standard’ hopper dryer offers an effective and low-cost method for plastic material drying. Hot air is used to dry wet materials during packaging, transportation, and recycling cycles. The hopper dryer can be directly mounted on the moulding machine for quick drying and space saving. It adopts hot air diffuser to gain an even hot air flow from bottom to the top of the hopper with capacity ranging from 12 to 1000 kg to improve drying efficiency. It adopts heat-insulated blower to prolong its lifespan. Optional 24-hour timer is available for each model.

Shini Plastics Technologies India Pvt Ltd Thane – Maharashtra Tel: 0250 – 3021166, 88 Fax: 0250 - 3021100 Email: india@shini.com Website: www.shini.com May 2013 | Modern Plastics & Polymers 117

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Pulveriser

Energy saver for three-phase AC induction motor

The pulveriser is suitable for processing of P.V.C pipes, LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE, EVA, PS silicone rubber and PET. It is also used in rotational molding and master batch manufacturing industries.

The pulveriser eliminates the use of conventional type drum mixer, high speed mixer for colour pigments, additives for subsequent processing in extruders or compounding machines. Instead of blending the colour pigments/additives with granules which results in uneven blending in the final product, the granules are pulverised in the pulveriser machine to produce the resin powder. The polymer resin powder is then blended with the required colour pigments/additives in the conventional mixer and processed in the compounding machine/extruder. The pulveriser helps achieve optimum production and ensures superior quality standards in the finished products.

This energy saver is a field-proven thyristorised microcontroller-based unit. The soft startâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;soft stop for three-phase motors energy saver can instantly detect any change in load variation and automatically adjust the output voltage by matching output to load. The losses (iron/magnetising and copper loss) inherent in all AC induction motors are considerably reduced, thereby improving the motor efficiency and reducing electricity bills. A bypass contactor is built-in for soft starter. The soft start facility is incorporated in all three phases of the energy saver. It provides a gradual and controlled increase (soft start) and decrease (soft stop) in the voltage applied to the motor terminals, thus eliminating the high peak current created during the starting cycle of induction motors. The power ranges from 5 hp to 150 hp at 440 V. It has a compact and efficient thyristorised microcontroller design, choice of startup functions, breakaway pulse, voltage ramp, voltage or current limiting, power optimiser and an additional microcontroller motor protection device. If average load is less than 50 per cent, then good level of energy is saved. It finds applications in air conditioning systems at malls, office complexes and in elevators, industrial presses, injection moulding machines, conveyors, quarries/mines, crushers etc to reduce starting load on generator on ships and more.

N. A. Corporation Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 079-25840374, 25841821 Fax: 079-25840809 Email: info@naroto.com, sales@naroto.com Website: www.naroto.com, www.pulverizer.in

3-Axis CNC double column machining centre NX series double column CNC vertical machining centre is an ideal heavy duty machine for both roughing and finishing of bigger components greatly increasing work envelope, permitting large workpieces to be machined and a wider range of tool lengths to be used in the same set-up. With a load capacity range of 10,000 kg, this series has been designed to accommodate large mould and mould base machining. With the architecture of Y-axis on cross beam, moving table on X-axis and Z-axis on ram-type head, greater extensions from head-stock and better reach to table area is achieved without much interference of axis elements. Wider gaps are maintained between columns to accommodate large size components. NX 2215 has X/Y/Z (2200/1500/800 mm) and 24-tool ATC. Thus, with mentioned machining features, symmetrically designed heavily ribbed cast iron structure with wider columns providing high level machining geometric stability, wider door opening various options in head and spindle, the NX series becomes an ideal choice for modern machine shops.

Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 02827-287081, 287082 Email: info@jyoti.co.in Website: www.jyoti.co.in 118 Modern Plastics & Polymers | May 2013

Satronix (India) Pvt Ltd Mumbai â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Maharashtra Tel: 022-26325242, 022-27122758 Email: sales@satronixndia.com, satronix@bom3.vsnl.net.in Website: www.satronixindia.com

Plastic brighteners/shiners and whitener Plastic brightener, shiner and whitener is used for natural transparent, colours and milky white end products. It is also used for adding clarity and gloss finish to natural transparent polymers. The products give shining and bright finish colours to end products. It removes yellowness and dullness from the end products and make them super milky white. The products are used in virgin, second, dull natural or milky white sutli, ropes, twine, reprocess granules, HDPE-LDPE-PVC pipes and profiles etc.

Plast Fine Polymers Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 079-65242332, Mob: 09825587152 Email: plastfine@indiatimes.com

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Fully automatic PET blow moulding machine Fully automatic PET stretch blow moulding machine is useful in manufacturing PET bottles and jars, which are being used for mineral water, edible oil, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, carbonated soft drinks, liquor, cosmetics and confectioneries. It has a unique bottle auto clipper for online filling system and is also useful as bottle ejector. The production capacity is 3200 to 3600 bottles / hour up to 30 mm neck size. It is equipped with a fully electrical automatic preform loader and 160 character LCD display programmed with two high speed Intel 8051 microcontroller for easy operation.

Shree Samarth PET Industries Mumbai – Maharashtra Tel: 022 - 32415603 Fax: 022 - 28676131 Email: info@samarthpet.com, sales@samarthpet.com Website: www.samarthpet.com

Metering feeders Conair BFS and BFH metering feeders provide injection moulders and extruders with a versatile, economical way to volumetrically meter colorants or other additives into the flow of virgin material directly at the throat of the processing machine. By metering additives directly at the throat, greater savings in material inventory and colourant is achieved over traditional precoloured or centrally blended material schemes. Features include model for low/high throughput, injection or extrusion control, easy no-tools cleanout, digital setpoint accuracy, optional low level alarm etc.

Nu-Vu Conair Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 079-32985993 Email: nuvu@conairgroup.com Website: www.conairgroup.com

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3-axis CNC double column machining centre ...........118

Cpvc pipe ......................................................................... 10,21

Fully automatic pet blow moulding machine ..................... 121

Ac / dc panel for pipe plants .......................................77

Crystalliser............................................................................. 59

Fully automatic strapping plant ............................................ 49

Ac drive ................................................................................. 35

Cutting & stitching machine ................................................ 14

Gear box .................................................................. 108

Acoustic enclosure ............................................................ 11,57

Cylinder engraving - lenticular & optical roll mold ........... 121

Gear pump ..................................................................... 52,128

Additive master batches ..................................................... 8,33

Dehumidified air dryer ...........................................FGF

Granulating & recycling ....................................................... 75

Air audits blower................................................................... 34

Dehumidified dryer ............................................................ FIC

Granulator .............................................................. FIC,59,127

Air bubble film extrusion line ............................................... 31

Dehumidifying air dryer ..................................................... 127

Gravimetric blender ............................................................ 127

Air bubble sheet plant........................................................... 49

Dehumidifying dryer ............................................................. 55

Gravimetric feeder .............................................................. 104

Air-conditioner parts......................................................... FGF

Digital panel meter ............................................................... 12

Grip plier............................................................................. 117

All electric machine .............................................................. 23

Digital temperature controller............................................... 42

Gun drilling process .............................................................. 29

Automatic blow molding machine...................................... 106

Door trim .......................................................................... FGF

Hdpe pipe plant .........................................................77

Automation ......................................................................... 111

Dosing & mixing .................................................................. 75

Head lamp & tail lamp ..................................................... FGF

Automation system ............................................................... 75

Drives .................................................................................... 42

Heart valve frame .................................................................. 71

Barrel ......................................................................128

Dry van pump .................................................................. 11,57

Heat transfer roll ................................................................. 128

Barrels for plastic & rubber injection moudling ................... 29

Dry-break coupling ............................................................... 34

Heating & cooling ................................................................ 75

Batch weigh blender ............................................................. 18

Drying & dehumidfying ....................................................... 75

High cavitation ..................................................................... 17

Biodegradable masterbatch ..................................................... 8

Drymax air-hot air dryer ................................................... FIC

High performance screws.................................................... 128

Black master batch ............................................................. 8,33

Drymax dryer ..................................................................... FIC

High speed mixer ............................................................. 27,69

Blender .......................................................................... FIC,19

Drymax pet-dehumidified dryer ........................................ FIC

HM / HDPE / LDPE / LLDPE....................................... 49

Blending unit .................................................................... FGF

Dual channel with modbus ................................................... 42

Honeycomb plate extrusion line ......................................... 113

Blow moulding machine ..................................................... 106

Dynamic controller ............................................................... 42

Hopper dryer ....................................................................... 117

Blower series ......................................................................... 75

Ejector.......................................................................34

Hopper loader ..................................................................... 127

Blown film extrusion system ............................................... BC

Elastomer extrusion pump .................................................. 115

Horizontal handel clamp .................................................... 117

Capper ......................................................................16

Electric injection moulding machine gearbox......................... 7

Hot air dryer ..........................................................FGF,55,127

Cast film line......................................................................... 49

Energy saver for three-phase ac induction motor............... 118

Hot runner system ................................................................ 75

Centrifugal air blowers and fan .......................................... 116

Exhibiiton - plastivision 2013 ............................................. 112

Hydraulic block ..................................................................... 29

Chemical & industrial pump .............................................. 115

Extruder and cutting machine ............................................ 111

Hydraulic injection moulding machine................................. 23

Cim mould ............................................................................ 39

Extruder machine ............................................................. 27,69

Hydraulic piston ram ............................................................ 29

Circular weaving machine ..................................................... 14

Extrusion .........................................................................BC,39

Iml techniqe ..............................................................17

Clamp .................................................................................. 117

Extrusion coating lamination plant....................................... 49

Injection molding cachinerie............................................... 114

Clean room applications ....................................................... 17

Extrusion coating lines (lamination ant)............................... 14

Injection moulding machine .......................FGF,5,39,25,62,79

Cleaning oven ..................................................................... 128

Extrusion machine .............................................................. 116

Inline drip tubing ............................................................. 10,21

Cluster facia ...................................................................... FGF

Extrusion machinery ............................................................. 29

Jig ........................................................................... 117

Cnc vertical machining center .............................................. 73

Extrusion pump..................................................................... 52

Knob & switch ......................................................FGF

Color master batch........................................................ 8,15,33

Extrusion system ................................................................. BC

Label printing machine ............................................ 104

Compact chiller ................................................................... 127

Extrusion-single screw extruder .......................................... 111

Labeler machine .................................................................... 16

Complete range of rational molding machines &

Extrusion-twin screw extruders form machines ................. 111

Largeflow water heater.......................................................... 75

rational mould ....................................................................... 20

Feeding & conveying ............................................ 59,75

Loader ................................................................................ FIC

Compounding extrusion........................................................ 20

Filler ...................................................................................... 16

Loading arm.......................................................................... 34

Compressed air dryer ............................................................ 59

Film blown machine ........................................................... 105

LSR machines ....................................................................... 39

Compressed air system ....................................................... BIC

Film extrusion line ................................................................ 31

Manual & hydraulic screen changers ........................ 128

Compressor ................................................................... 34,BIC

Fixture ................................................................................. 117

Masterbatch........................................................................... 33

Conductive compound ............................................................ 8

Flame retardant master batch ............................................... 33

Material dryer ....................................................................... 19

Conical twin screw extruder ................................................... 6

Flame-retardant plastic compound ..................................... 116

Material storage .................................................................. 127

Conical twin screw gearbox ................................................ 109

Foam sheet ............................................................................ 31

Medical mold ........................................................................ 17

Connector. ......................................................................... FGF

Fomtec rotarty tabel vimm.................................................. 113

Metering feeder ................................................................... 121

Continuous screen changers ................................................ 128

Fueling system ....................................................................... 34

Milky polymer ..................................................................... 117

FGF - Front Gate Fold, FIC - Front Inside Cover, BIC - Back Inside Cover, BGF - Back Gate Fold, BC - Back Cover

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Product

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Product

Pg No

Product

Pg No

Mold changing system ........................................................ 113

PP mineral filled compound ................................................. 33

Tank truck equipment................................................34

Mold labeling machine ....................................................... 106

PP -R pipes ...................................................................... 10,21

Tape stretching line with inverter driven cheese winder ...... 14

Mold repair ......................................................................... 121

PP TQ plant ......................................................................... 49

Technical mold ...................................................................... 17

Mold temperature controller ................................................. 55

PP/ hdpe-semi automatic strapping plant ............................ 49

Temperature controller ..................................................... 12,42

Molding................................................................................. 17

PPRB powder ..................................................................... 117

Thermoformer ..................................................................... BC

Molding solution................................................................. 107

Precision fabrication work ................................................... 117

Thermoforming ................................................................... BC

Mono and multilayer sheet line ............................................ 14

Precision moulding............................................................ FGF

Thermoforming & ps foam ................................................ BC

Monofilament line................................................................. 14

Priming valve......................................................................... 34

Thermoplast production pump ........................................... 115

Monolayer blown film ...................................................... 10,21

Printing and cutting / rewinding machines .......................... 14

Thermoplastic elastomer ..................................................... 105

Monolayer blown film line.................................................. BC

Printing equipment auxiliary equipment ............................ 111

Mould .......................................................................... 20,27,69

Printing machine ................................................................... 39

Mould change system ......................................................... 106

Printing presses thermoforming.......................................... 111

Mould temperature controller ............................................. 127

Process controller .................................................................. 12

MTC .................................................................................. FIC

Profile controller.................................................................... 42

Multi component mold ......................................................... 17

Profile sheet........................................................................... 31

Multi layer cast film line ....................................................... 14

Pull action ........................................................................... 117

Multi-cavity hot runner controller ...................................... 104

Pulvariser ..................................................................... 20,27,69

Multi-function dehumidifying dryer................................... 108

Pulveriser ............................................................................. 118

Multilayer blown film ...................................................... 10,21

Pump .................................................................... 11,57,34,115

Multilayer blown film line ..............................................14,BC

Pvc foam core pipe ........................................................... 10,21

Multilayer blown film plant .................................................. 49

PVC mixer cooler............................................................. 10,21

Multi-layer co-extrusion blown film machine .................... 109

PVC palletisin line ........................................................... 10,21

Natural polymer....................................................... 117

PVC pipe.......................................................................... 10,21

Twin - screw co-rotating extruder ................................... 22,71

Non phthalate plasticiser..................................................... 109

PVC profile line ............................................................... 10,21

Twin - screw element....................................................... 22,71

Optical brightner ........................................................ 8

Quick die change system .......................................... 113

Twin - screw extruder ...................................................... 22,71

Paperless recorder ......................................................12

Quick mold change system ................................................. 113

Twin mill pulveriser ......................................................... 27,69

Parallel & right angle axes gearbox......................................... 7

Recycling line ............................................................14

Twin screw extruder gearbox .................................................. 7

Pelletiser .............................................................................. 128

Resin dehumidifier ................................................................ 59

Twin screw extrusion line ....................................................... 6

Pet box strapping plant ......................................................... 49

Resin forming line .............................................................. 105

Twin screw pipe plant for rpvc pipe ..................................... 77

Pet master match................................................................... 33

Rigid sheet ............................................................................ 31

Two platen injection moulding machine .............................. 23

Pet perform didicated machine ............................................. 47

Robot.................................................................................. FIC

Twolayer blown film......................................................... 10,21

PET/PE washing line ........................................................... 14

Rock n roll machine ......................................................... 27,69

Ultra sonic flow meter ................................................12

Petline injection moulding machine ..................................... 23

Roots blower .................................................................... 11,57

Universal controller ............................................................... 42

Pipe extrusion line............................................................... 115

Round table carrousel............................................................ 27

Universal master batch .......................................................... 33

Pipe extrusion line for PVC / PPR / PE ............................. 79

Safety access equipment .............................................34

UV & PU master batch ........................................................ 33

Plastic auxiliary equipment ................................................... 18

Sbc product ......................................................................... 108

UV stabilisers .......................................................................... 8

Plastic brighteners/shiners and whitener ............................ 118

Screws and barrel ................................................................ 108

Vacuum booster pump ........................................... 11,57

Plastic brightner .................................................................. 117

Secon & dull polymer ......................................................... 117

Vacuum dryer ........................................................................ 55

Plastic conveyor belt.............................................................. 27

Servo energy saving machine ................................................ 47

Plastic industrial product .................................................... 107

Servo system.......................................................................... 35

Plastic injection machine .................................................... 105

Servo-driven beam robot..................................................... 104

Plastic masterbatch................................................................ 51

Shut off nozel...................................................................... 128

Plastic mould....................................................................... 111

Shuttle remoulding machine ................................................. 20

Plastic pallet ........................................................................ 115

Silicone transparent tubing and braided hose ..................... 116

Plastic planters .................................................................... 115

Single mill pulveriser........................................................ 27,69

Plastic processing machine .................................................... 14

Single screw extruder gearbox ................................................. 7

Plastic tinopol ..................................................................... 117

Single screw extruder plant ..................................................... 6

Plastic whitener ................................................................... 117

Single screw pipe plant for rpvc ........................................... 77

PLC ..................................................................................... 42

Software for central monitoring............................................ 59

PLC & HMI ........................................................................ 35

Specialty chemical ............................................................... 116

Polymer production pump .................................................. 115

Stack molds ........................................................................... 17

Water chiller .......................................................................... 59

Polyolefin pipe.................................................................. 10,21

Storage tank equipment ........................................................ 34

Weight pack machinery ........................................................ 16

Power generator shaft............................................................ 29

Straight line action .............................................................. 117

WFR .................................................................................. FIC

PP / HDPE rafffia tape line................................................. 49

Switch gear ............................................................................ 35

White master batch ........................................................... 8,33

PP glass filled compound ...................................................... 33

System solution ..................................................................... 75

Wire edm .............................................................................. 73

Thermoplastic elastomer ..................................................... 107 Thermoplastic material ....................................................... 117 Three arm bi-axial roto moulding machine..................... 27,69 Three axis servo driven standard type robot ....................... 107 Tie bar ................................................................................... 29 Toggle action clamp ............................................................ 117 Toggle injection machine ...................................................... 23 Toggle press......................................................................... 117 TPE / TPU compounds ....................................................... 33 TPU masterbatches ............................................................... 15 Trade show organiser ............................................................ 67 Transmissions & ptos ............................................................ 34

Vacuum forming machine ................................................... BC Vacuum loader ................................................................... FGF Vacuum pumps & system ..................................................... 34 Vacuum system ................................................................. 11,57 Variable displacement pump energy-saving machine ........... 47 Vertical handle clamp.......................................................... 117 Vibratory screening system ................................................... 20 Vibro screen ..................................................................... 27,69 Virgin polymer .................................................................... 117 Volometric dosing unit.......................................................... 59 Water jetting..............................................................34

FGF - Front Gate Fold, FIC - Front Inside Cover, BIC - Back Inside Cover, BGF - Back Gate Fold, BC - Back Cover

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LIST OF ADVERTISERS Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

Pg No

ACS Auxiliaries India Pvt Ltd ...................... 18

Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

Pg No

Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

Pg No

Engineering Expo Hyderabad ......................123

Kabra Extrusion Technik Ltd................... 10, 21

T: +91-02135 - 329112

T: +91-09819552270

T: +91-22-2673 4822

E: acsindia@corpemail.com

E: engexpo@infomedia18.in

E: sunil@kolsitegroup.com

W: www.engg-expo.com

W: www.kolsite.com

W: www.aecinternet.com All India Plastics Mfrs Association ..............112 T: +91-22-28217324 E: pvi13@plastivision.org W: www.plastivision.org Alok Masterbatches Ltd ............................... 15 T: +91-011-41612244

Everest Blower Systems ........................... 11, 57

Karan Engineering Co. ................................. 39

T: +91-11-45457777

T: +91-022-40214997

E: info@everestblowers.com

E: sundaram@karanengineers.com

W: www.everestblowers.com

W: www.karanengineers.com

Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt Ltd ............... 23

E: sales@alokindustries.com

T: +91-79-25890081

W: www.alokmasterbatches.com

E: salesfmi@milacron.com

Blend Colours Pvt Ltd.................................. 33 T: +91-40-2436 1499 E: info@blendcolours.com W: www.blendcolours.com Boge Compressed Air System .................... BIC T: +91-044-43009610

W: www.milacronindia.com Forwell Precision Machinery Co., Ltd..........113 T: 886-4-834-5196 E: forwell@forwell.com W: www.forwell.com Gardner Denver Engineered Pro. (I) ............. 34

E: fc.jayakaran@boge.com W: www.boge.in C & G Extrusion Machines .......................... 77

E: info.ahm@gardnerdenver.com

T: +91-9272235867

W: www.cgext.com

E: info@suprapti.com

CJ Shah.......................................................115 T: +91-022-43436969 E: mkmishra@cjshahgroup.com

T: +91-044-26812000 E: handigolg@larsentoubro.com W: www.larsentoubro.com Lan Marketing Pvt Ltd ................................115 T: +91-022-27893645 E: jai@lanengg.com

Larsen & Toubro .......................................... 35

W: www.hindustanplastics.com

T: +91 9820141845

L & T Plastics Machinery Ltd .................. FGF

T: +91-011-25473361

T: +91-79-27522437

Chi Chang Machinery (India)....................... 31

W: www.konarkplastomech.com

W: www.maag.com

E: poonam@hindustanplastics.com

W: www.chamundaequip.com

E: sales@konarkplastomech.com

Hindustan Plastic and Machine Corporation .. 6

Chamunda Equipments ...............................117

E: clamp@chamundaequip.com

T: +91-79-22891670

T: +91-79-40089312

W: www.gardnerdenver.com E: cgext@hotmail.com

Konark Plastomech Pvt Ltd .......................... 49

Indo-Tech Engineers .................................... 29 T: +91-79-22870368

T: +91-022-67525733 E: jm.ccd@lth.ltindia.com W: www.lntebg.com Matsui Technologies India Ltd. .................... 55

E: info@indotechengineers.com

T: +91-0120-4243862

W: www.indotechengineers.com

E: rahuldeep@mass.motherson.com

J P Extrusiontech Limited ............................ 14 T: +91-2646-222163

W: matsuiindia.in Messe Dusseldorf Gmbh .............................. 67

E: info@jpextrusiontech.com

T: 49-211-4560-0

W: www.jpextrusiontech.com

E: interpack@messe-duesseldorf.de

Jacobsen Lenticular Tool & Cylinder Engraving

W: www.messe-duesseldorf.de

Technology Co., ( Jaco Tech) ........................121

Mifa Systems................................................ 42

T: +91-22-32531959

T: 1-630-467-0900

T: +91-79-26870825

E: vkt@electronicapmd.com

E: gj@jacotech.com

E: info@mifasystems.com

W: www.jacotech.com

W: www.mifasystems.com

Electronica Plastic Machines Ltd.................114

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Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

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Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

Pg No

Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details

Mold - Masters Technologies Pvt Ltd ........... 37

Plastiblends India Ltd .................................... 8

T: +91-422-4502171

T: +91-022-67205200

T: +91-265-2646871

E: mmiplinfo@moldmasters.com

E: rsd@koisitegroup.com

E: info@specificgroup.com

W: www.moldmasters.com

W: www.plastiblendsindia.com

N.A. Corporation ......................................... 69

Prasad GWK Cooltech Pvt Ltd..................... 27

T: +91-79-25840374

T: +91-79-25830112

E: info@naroto.com

E: plastics@prasadgroup.com

W: www.naroto.com

W: www.prasadgroup.com

Pg No

Specific Engineering .................................... 22

W: www.specificgroup.com Sri Sai Plasto................................................ 47 T: +91-044-42994365 E: sspt_plastics@live.in W: www.srisaiplastotech.com SS Packaging Industries ............................... 16

Neejtech India (Braunform) .......................... 17

Prayag Polytech Pvt Ltd ............................... 51

T: +91-79-26561312

T: +91-011-47262000

E: info@sspackaginggroup.com

E: info@neejtech.com

E: delhi@prayagmb.com

W: www.sspackaginggroup.com

W: www.neejtech.com

W: www.prayagmb.com

Neejtech India (Niigata) ............................... 25

Procon Technologies Pvt Ltd ........................ 12

T: +91-9909974224

T: +91-79-27492566

E: contact@niigataindia.com

E: info@procon.co.in

W: www.niigataindia.com

W: www.procon.co.in

T: +91-11-45072942

Steer Engineering Pvt Ltd ............................ 71 T: +91-80-23723309 E: info@steerworld.com

Ningbo Well-Lih Robots Technology Co., Ltd . 111

Rajoo Engineers Ltd....................................BC

T: 86-574-5822-1610

T: +91-2827-252701

E: qunfeng.he@max-robot.com

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