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Global Perspectives From Around the World...
We, at POLYMERS Communiqué, are delighted to have complied opinions from experts around the world. They have taken time out only for you to share their learnings and vision with specific reference to India as a marketplace. A compilation that would stay relevant for times to come...
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INDIA BECKONS
Thomas J. Goeke, Chief Executive Officer, Milacron, USA
Antro Saila, Vice President Sustainability World Packaging Organization
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TALENT DEFiCIT
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SOLID SUPPORT
David Kazmer, Professor & Chair of Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMASS), USA
Growing Importance of Specialised Plastics Education: A Global Perspective
Adviser, Plastindia International University (Accreditated with UMASS, USA)
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THE NEXT BEND
Packaging in Circular Economy
Plastics Underpin the Entire Economy
Philip Law, Director-General, British Plastics Federation
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TIME TO GO BIG
United Kingdom
Indian PVC Resin Manufacturing: It’s Time for Big Centrifuges
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CUSTOMER DELIGHT
Ian Livesey, Sales & Marketing Director Thomas Broadbent & Sons Ltd., UK
Dr. Christoph Steger, CSO, ENGEL Group, Austria
RESEARCH REPORT
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Tailored Solutions, Integrated Automation and Simplified Processes to Boost Processors’ Competitiveness
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Leadership Lessons from Great Family Businesses
Presented by POLYMERS Communiqué in syndication with Harvard Business Review
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ASIAN CURRY
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Namaste India
Industry ‘4.0’ is More Like ‘3.0+’ in Asia C. K. Chiang, Vice Chairman - Manufacturing Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong
WELL JOINED
A Watertight Seal for India’s Growing Infrastructure Martijn Boerma, Business Development Manager Asia Pacific, Trelleborg Pipe Seals, The Netherlands
WHAT NEXT
Micro Pellets, Bio Polymers and Engineering Plastics, Growth Areas for Palletisation Uwe Neumann, Director Sales, Econ GmbH, Austria
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India Plastics Business Story (IPBS) 2018: Results Declared POLYMERS Communiqué Survey Services
ROAD AHEAD
Report on Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers: An Executive Summary
Michael Carus, nova-Institut GmbH, Germany
Dr. Harald Kaeb, narocon Innovation Consulting, Germany
Doris de Guzman, Tecnon OrbiChem, USA
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Wolfgang Baltus, Wobalt Expedition Consultancy, Thailand Prof. Jan Ravenstijn, Jan Ravenstijn Consulting, The Netherlands Raj Chinthapalli, nova-Institut GmbH, Germany
ADAPTING TECHNOLOGY
China is Growing: Shifting to Higher Technology and Digitalisation
Gerold Schley, CEO, BC Extrusion Holding GmbH, Germany
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CLOSE QUARTERS
Manfred Geiss, Chief Executive Officer, Geiss AG, Germany
Family-run Businesses: The Backbone of Germany’s Success
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GREEN ALL AROUND
S. K. Ray, Hon. Secretary Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment, Mumbai
People Demonising Plastics, Overlooking Benefits to Humanity
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SIVaRAM SPEAKS
Dr. S. Sivaram, Former Director, CSIR-NCL
Macro-porous Polyethylene as Heat Dissipating Comfort-fabrics: Fascinating World of Invisible Polymers Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
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RIGHT FIT
My Product v/s Your Application: Co-creation Shailesh Sheth, Corporate Strategy Adviser
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INDIAPLAST 2019: Leveraging Digitisation Cyril Pereira, Managing Director
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MENTORING
Jyoti jyoti@polymerscommunique.com
Prof. (Dr.) N. C. Saha Director, Indian Institute of Packaging
Advertising Sales - National
N. K. Balgi formerly President & Director at Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt. Ltd.
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Chief Editor
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Be Empowered for Tomorrow
LITTLE ACTIONS BIG RESULTS
Pushp Raj Singhvi formerly Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Borouge (India) Pvt. Ltd. Rajesh Nath Managing Director German Engineering Federation (VDMA) India Office Rakesh Shah formerly Managing Director at Windmöller and Hölscher India Pvt. Ltd. S. K. Ray formerly Sr. Executive Vice President (Polymers) at Reliance Industries Ltd.
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THE BIG GAP
Moving Higher Up the Skill Scale Dr. Naveen Malhotra, Group Head HR & CC
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Mind Speak attention will attract maximum material raw world-renowned of machinery leading manufacturers, as leaders of manufacturers as well a will emerge as Indi as s ider prov gy nolo tech ion of growth. inat dest ising prom t the mos ing exporters lead as rge eme We may not as absorbers of of processed goods; but, ber one while newer ideas, we will be num re of increased being a phenomenal cent 60 years will be consumption. The past s. witnessed in the next 10 year
Pushp Raj Singhvi
India
formerly Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Borouge (India) Pvt. Ltd.
formerly President & Director at Ferromatik Milacron India Pvt. Ltd.
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S. K. Ray formerly Sr. Executive Vice President (Polymers) at Reliance Industries Ltd.
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Director
India being populous, with financially sound, large
N. K. Balgi
. C. Saha
Indian Insti
tute of Pack
aging
Pushp Raj Singhvi
In earlier days, the population of India was considered as a ‘curse’; but today, the population has created a hub of young workforce for the manufacturing sector and thus considered as a boon for growth and development; India, besides creating a great market in itself. This has led to opportunities for the global investors and thus, globally, India is considered to be a big opportunity.
Arvind Mehta
Rajesh Nath
Rajesh
Nath
or g Direct Managin eering in g En German A) on (VDM Federati ce India Offi
Arvind Mehta
Chairman and Managing Director
Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd.
Rakesh Shah
N. K. Balgi
middle class, most global majors have sought for presence in here.
Finding people price conscious, companies resorted to local production. They found Indians have ‘Can Do’ mindset, and ‘Will Do’ attitude. India became an investment destination for the globe, though ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ratings were low. Many experience India as ‘Organised Chaos’, but they learn to manage and succeed. Our universe was also born out of ‘Chaos’! India remains attractive as the economy here is set to grow ahead of other countries.
e cal change cam 2014, the politi e ibl vis a g tin ec e, eff at the right tim te known steady sta m fro ay aw move e can the future. On conditions into of optimism. irit sp the l see and fee ess lucrative for busin India is a country positive see can e On and investment. a new the growth of development in untry co a ly ite fin de ia is middle class. Ind one ing be es sid be ects, with great prosp ng economies. wi gro t tes fas of the
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Prof. (Dr.) N. C. Saha
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Welset PVC Compound Business Finds Suitor in Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan
urthering its strong corporate story, Welset Plast
Extrusion Pvt. Ltd. added another milestone, when on
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6 June, 2018 it signed an agreement to divest its PVC th
Arctic Biomaterials from Finland gets the Innovation Award, ‘Bio-based Material of the Year 2018’ for degradable glass fibre reinforced PLA
compound business to the globally acclaimed Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), Japan.
Divesting this business to MCC is testimony to the value proposition that Welset has built across its businesses for all its stakeholders; something that has been an integral part of the Welset thought process.
The distinguished position of Welset medical PVC compound business that Buss presents the new COMPEO compounder series at the Compounding World Expo 2018, opening up entirely new horizons by permitting optimised application-specific line configuration
was nurtured since 1998, its position of market leadership in the medical
compounding field in India & ASEAN markets and the expansive marketing channels and infrastructure will provide Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation a platform that they were looking for to expand its footprint in India. Paresh
Mehta, Director, Welset Plast Extrusion Pvt. Ltd. would also be on the Board of Directors of the Indian entity of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation for the PVC
compounds and TPE business. The customers would benefit significantly with
a fortified product range as well as the expertise that MCC would bring to the
TPE business; and Welset will continue to explore with MCC further business Clariant inaugurates new additives production facilities in China to produce speciality additives for plastics, coatings and ink industries
opportunities.
“Welset is set to invest further in its masterbatch business and increase its
capacity from the current 25000 MTPA to 45000 MTPA. Notable being launch
of its Oxo Bio-degradable masterbatch, a new range of products, grades for dedicated applications in plasticulture and an exponential rise in its global
presence are some areas that would see increased activities,” highlights Arvind
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Coperion with its Production Control Center (CPCC), offers compounders a clever solution for the control of their compounding systems
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RIL Launches ‘The Earth Tee’ by R|Elan™ Under ‘Fashion for Earth’ Programme
T
o
commemorate
occasion
of the World Environment Day
- 2018, Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) launched a special T-shirt, branded ‘The Earth Tee’ and designed by renowned
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the
fashion
designer,
Anita
Dongre, under its unique programme ‘Fashion for Earth’. The idea is to nudge
people to switch to fashion that not only enhances aesthetics, but also helps conserve the environment and our planet.
During
the
launch of R|Elan™, at the
IMG
Reliance’s
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Lakme Fashion Week in January, 2018,
environmentally
bottles from the venue - Jio Garden
highest standards of excellence,” an RIL
RIL collected post-consumer (used) PET
Digest Covestro to digitalise activities continuously; engineering, operations and manufacturing to become more efficient and safe, while digital solutions would simplify work
at the BKC. Those have since been processed, recycled and converted into R|Elan GreenGold fabrics - one of
the greenest fabrics using which Anita
Dongre has designed and created the elegant, ‘The Earth Tee’.
RIL a leader in sustainable business
development is focusing on promoting the concept of ‘Circular Economy’. The Earth Tee is the latest initiatives to
commemorate the ‘World Environment Econ India completes 5 years in June, 2018
EconCore presents innovative honeycomb materials that are lightening the load in transportation, allowing users to provide performance-to-weightoptimised materials
Day’. “Reliance is committed to ensure
responsible
sustainable
operations
to
and
achieve
spokesperson said. Reliance Industries, the owner of brand R|Elan, is one of
the largest recycler of PET bottles in
India, recycling 2.2 billion PET bottles a
year. The R|Elan GreenGold, made from recycled PET, substantially reduces the
emission of greenhouse gases, and cuts down on water usage as well. The fabric is made from pre-dyed fibres that does not require much water.
Whatever little water is required, 90% of it is recycled.
POLYMERS Communiqué Salutes Dr. S. Sivaram for His Recent International Award Dr. S. Sivaram, former Director, CSIR-NCL and currently Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune was bestowed with the prestigious International Award from
the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPS-J) in solemn ceremonies held at
Nagoya on 24th May, 2018 in the presence of over 300 invitees. The Award,
consisting of a citation and a silver medal, was presented by Prof. Yoshiki
Chujo, President SPS-J and Professor of Polymer Chemistry Graduate School ENGEL at the Interplas 2018 in Bangkok illustrates how extremely qualitysensitive products can be manufactured at the lowest possible price per unit
of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. SPS-J presents this award
every year to two or three scientists outside of Japan for their distinguished and meritorious contributions to the discipline of polymer science and
technology. SPS-J is one of the oldest and largest professional societies
of the world devoted to the discipline of polymer science and has over 20,000 members in Japan.
Dr. S. Sivaram delivered the ‘Award Lecture’ on 23rd May, 2018 at the
67th national meeting of the Society of Polymer Science on the subject of Finnish manufacturing industry is taking the digital leap, as it utilises the strong corporate and research sector of the IoT industry in this transformation to make production more efficient
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synthesis, structure and properties of novel classes of porous
polymers. This year, he shares this award with Prof. Dr. Axel Müller
Organic
of
the
Institute
Chemistry,
Gutenberg of
Mainz,
of
Johannes
University Mainz,
Germany and Prof. Dr. Dieter Schlüter
of Department of Material Science and
Polymer
Chemistry,
ETH
Zürich, Switzerland.
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RIL is the only company in the world
To optimise the process, Nordson offers
from creation of PET resin for bottles,
different applications, which offer a
that has built a complete circle - right
Digest Meusburger Group, a manufacturer of standard components, products for hot runner and control systems and more, takes over Segoni, a market leader in the field of ERP/PPS software for medium-sized companies in Germany/Austria/ Switzerland
and collection of discarded bottles to converting them to Recron GreenGold
eco-friendly polyester fibre, which in
turn is converted to R|Elan GreenGold fabric for the manufacture of highfashion apparels.
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I
n recycling processes, a successful filtration process is the key. The cleaner
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end-product. The Nordson BKG R-Type is designed for filtration of recycling
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continuous and fully automatic process.
The BKG HiCon self-cleaning systems
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UNITED CAPS shows breakthrough closures at Propak Asia - GREENER closures made from bioplastics and their new approaches to anti-counterfeiting, an important consideration in the Asian market
M-U
their
well-proven
backflush technology offer a highly effective
and
cost-efficient
polymer
filtration and up to 150 backflush procedures
SONGWON underlines its commitment to the packaging industry and presents new ink binders and adhesives at ProPak
with
to
life significantly.
extend
the
screen
a large selections of gear pumps for high degree of precision and accuracy
while providing a constant volumetric output. Through the elimination of
throughput variations due to pressure
pulsations, the BKG BlueFlow Gear Pump product line helps improving the end product quality.
VDMA Symposium on ‘Industry 4.0 - The Future Concept of Manufacturing’
V
DMA 1
India
international
st
organised
symposium
its
on,
‘Industry 4.0 – The Future Concept
of Manufacturing’ on 6th June, 2018 at Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru and on
8th
June,
Pune, respectively.
2018
at
Hyatt,
In Bengaluru, the
started
event
with
the traditional
lighting of the
lamp by the
Chief Guest, Margit Hellwig-Boette,
The BKG Flex Disc™ is a filtration
Consul General, Federal Republic of
stacked
Guest of Honour, S. R. Mukherjee,
medium which has multiple screens
Germany, Bengaluru flanked by the
optimisation of the design eliminates
Chief Executive Officer, Tata Advanced
filter area significantly, prolonging filter
Managing Director, Forum Industrie
the BKG Flex Disc is an alternative to
Nath, Managing Director, VDMA India.
up
in
a
row.
Rheological
stagnation zones and enlarges the open
Materials
life. Especially in backflush systems,
4.0 at VDMA Frankfurt and Rajesh
conventional filtration media. It creates a
lower
specific
backflush
waste,
leading to lower disposal - and overall screen costs.
Ltd.;
Dietmar
Goericke,
Similar to Bengaluru, the event in Pune started with the lamp lighting by the Chief Guest, Andreas Jahn, Vice
President - Manufacturing Engineering Planning, Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. along the Guest of Honour, Rashmi Urdhwareshe, Director – Automotive
Research Association of India (ARAI); Dietmar Goericke and Sandip Roy, Regional Head - East.
There were total 8 speakers under the
Technical Session in Bengaluru and 7 in Pune from VDMA member companies.
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Tailored Solutions, Integrated Automation and Simplified Processes
Thomas J. Goeke Chief Executive Officer Milacron USA
to Boost Processors’ Competitiveness
Namaste India
A Watertight Seal
for India’s Growing Infrastructure Michael Carus nova-Institut GmbH Germany
Martijn Boerma Business Development Manager Asia Pacific Trelleborg Pipe Seals The Netherlands
Plastics
Wolfgang Baltus Wobalt Expedition Consultancy Thailand
Philip Law Director-General British Plastics Federation United Kingdom
Dr. Harald Kaeb narocon Innovation Consulting Germany
Report on Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers
Dr. Christoph Steger CSO ENGEL Group Austria
Prof. Jan Ravenstijn Jan Ravenstijn Consulting The Netherlands
An Executive Summary
Doris de Guzman Tecnon OrbiChem USA
Underpin the Entire Economy
Packaging in
Circular Economy
Antro Saila Vice President Sustainability World Packaging Organization
Raj Chinthapalli nova-Institut GmbH Germany
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Claudio Fernández Aráoz Senior Advisor Egon Zehnder Argentina
Growing Importance of Specialised Plastics Education
A Global Perspective
David Kazmer Professor & Chair of Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMASS), USA
Adviser, Plastindia International University (Accreditated with UMASS, USA)
Micro Pellets, Bio Polymers and Engineering Plastics China is Growing
Shifting to Higher Technology and Digitalisation
Growth Areas for Palletisation
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Great Family Businesses
Sonny Iqbal Partner Egon Zehnder India
Jörg Ritter Partner Egon Zehnder Germany Uwe Neumann Director Sales ECON GmbH Austria
Industry ‘4.0’ is More Like ‘3.0+’
in Asia
Gerold Schley CEO BC Extrusion Holding GmbH Germany
Ian Livesey Sales & Marketing Director Thomas Broadbent & Sons Ltd. United Kingdom
Leadership Lessons from
Indian PVC Resin Manufacturing It’s Time for Big Centrifuges
C. K. Chiang Vice Chairman Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd. Hong Kong
Family-run Businesses
The Backbone of Germany’s Success
Manfred Geiss Chief Executive Officer Geiss AG, Germany
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Namaste India “We are in the process of finalising our next steps in India for growth and addressing
global product lines from our Indian facilities. We are highly focused on accelerating our
expansions in India,” elucidates Thomas J. Goeke, in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Q. How do you see the global plastics machinery market? The trends for growth are very positive worldwide. We see plastics machinery market growing across geographies.
In matured markets, we see ageing fleet replacement for productivity and efficiency enhancement, as well as some capacity expansion. In emerging markets, growth is driven
by plastics consumption, which will be driven by per capita income growth.
Additionally, market segments contributing to plastics machinery growth are as highlighted in Table 1.
Q. What are the key challenges of growth for Milacron in the global plastics machinery arena?
is becoming more and more challenging to find technical talent required for our industry to provide the highest level of customer service and solutions.
Q. How do you see Milacron growth in the next 3 - 5 years in US, Europe and India? We are very upbeat about growth in plastics worldwide, especially in India, in the next few years. The key drivers
of growth are automotive, packaging, houseware, electrical and construction applications. In all these applications, we are well-placed with our products and technologies to serve our customer base.
In Asia, we have strong demand for machinery and hot
runner business which is expected to grow at a consistently
The greatest challenge is always to understand the
high pace - much ahead of the industry.
managing within the regions with local teams. Being closer
Q. What is your Milacron India growth plan and
customers’ requirements in each region. We address this by to customers gives us the best opportunity to understand as
to how to serve both, the equipment needs and their aftersales parts and service requirements. This objective is only achieved through extensive training of our employees as it
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Thomas J. Goeke Chief Executive Officer Milacron USA
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Growing Importance of Specialised Plastics Education
A Global Perspective
T
he opportunities for plastics has never been greater, with global demand at an all-time high even amidst current concerns regarding plastics in
the environment. To compete, companies will need to advance and protect their technological core, while also addressing the global sustainability issues.
There is no doubt that advances in data and industrial automation will continue. These advances provide growing leverage for their human overseers, such that the key decision making will become ever
more complicated. Thus, there is a growing need for specialists who can formulate problems and synthesise
optimal or near-optimal solutions. This phenomenon
suggests that the best specialists will command huge price premiums for their talent and be worth every
penny since the impact of their decisions is so great
(This phenomenon is referred to as ‘winner take all’ in the business organisation literature).
Plastics Professionals in the Making Regarding the plastics industry, there is exceptional
demand for educated plastics professionals, with only a few universities around the globe providing degreed professionals. Plastics engineering is essentially a blend
Globally, there is an acute shortage for highly trained plastics professionals. The growing
divergence between the labour supply and demand suggests enormous opportunities for the plastics engineering talent and the companies that hire them.
of mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and
polymer science. The plastics engineer should have working knowledge in four key areas: NN
Product Design: Be able to design components and moulds / dies for their manufacture.
NN
Polymer Processing: Be able to specify and operate plastics machinery to make products.
NN
Polymer Science: Be able to understand the material / process / property relations to choose suitable materials.
NN
David Kazmer Professor & Chair of Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMASS) USA
Property Characterisation: Be able to test the thermal / rheological / structural properties of the constitutive materials and final products.
Adviser, Plastindia International University (Accreditated with UMASS, USA)
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Tailored Solutions, Integrated Automation and Simplified Processes
to Boost Processors’ Competitiveness
“An automated and integrated process is considerably more complex than a simple injection moulding application and it remains the
responsibility of a systems provider to make a complex process easy and safe to operate and control,” shares Dr. Christoph Steger, in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Q. What is the future of robotics in injection moulding machines?
The American markets are continuing to develop dynamically. We have, therefore, decided to start
A robot or a tailored automation solution is increasingly
assembling machines again in our large-scale machine
machines in Asia. This trend particularly reflects the rising
customers with a clear benefit.
becoming a permanent fixture on injection moulding
demands on quality. The production of high-quality
plant in York. This allows us to provide our American
processes, component functions and product qualities,
Q. Bursting manufacturing schedules, revenues of USD 1.84 billion in 2017-18; all seems to be going well...what according to you are the top three drivers for this success?
plastics processors. The significance of automation will,
ENGEL. The share of system solutions is steadily increasing
parts requires reproducible cycle times, which can only
be achieved through automation. In addition, as an
integrated part of the process, automation supports new thus substantially improving the competitiveness of
System solutions are a very important growth driver for
accordingly, continue to increase in future.
worldwide. By system solution, we mean a production
Q. You plan to reopen manufacturing in the US. How will this additional manufacturing site be positioned vis-á-vis the one at St. Valentin, Austria? Customer proximity is one of our core values, which means also producing as near as possible to our customers’ sites. This allows us to even better adapt our injection moulding machines, robots and system
solutions even to the specific requirements of the
respective regions, and to shorten the delivery times for our customers.
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cell that includes process technology and automation
in addition to the injection moulding machine, and may also integrate worksteps before and after injection
moulding, such as quality control. We individually design the production cells according to our customers’
requirements, which allows us to very thoroughly utilise
quality and efficiency potentials. The topic of simplicity is becoming more and more important in this. An automated and integrated process is considerably more
complex than a simple injection moulding application.
As a system provider, we are responsible for making a complex process as easy and safe to operate and control
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Global Perspectives Q. Launch of WINTEC in America, what does it mean for your business? In
addition
to
sophisticated
applications that require tailor-made injection moulding solutions, we see a
strong demand in America for general
purpose injection moulding machines. as an individual injection moulding
paint is not simply transferred from
to gain in significance as it becomes
the foil is punched out and remains on
machine. This aspect will continue more and more difficult for businesses to find highly qualified personnel. The
new technologies included in Industry 4.0 are proving themselves as enablers
in this regard. For example, intelligent assistance systems are making it possible for the injection moulding machine to
continuously analyse quality-relevant process parameters and to automatically readjust them in the running process. Industry 4.0 is quite clearly a further
driver of growth and, at the same time, innovation. A
third
driver
is
the
progressive
substitution of material in high-tech applications, includes
which
among
automotive
construction.
Plastics
others
lightweight
and
injection
moulding are important keys for electro-
the foil to the component, but rather the component. Like this, the surface structure and haptics can be handled in a single work step along with colour and pattern. At the same time,
the scratch resistance of the surfaces is increased considerably. Even for small lot sizes, DecoJect offers an
extremely economical possibility to optically enhance injection moulding parts and to harmonise the surfaces in
the vehicle interior. A design change requires only a few minutes to swap
out the foil rolls, which means that the lot size no longer affects the cost per unit. In order to save even
more raw material, the production cell presented at the NPE works with the MuCell foam injection moulding technology by Trexel.
mobility. On the topic of lightweight
Another highly integrated production
beginning
producing thermal switch housings.
construction, a
we
and,
correspondingly
are
still
therefore, huge
at
the
seeing
potential,
especially for composite solutions.
Q. Tell us about your technology showcase (including the DecoJect) at NPE 2018? DecoJect is an excellent example of
how process integration can increase
production efficiency. The technology
cell at our exhibition booth was Conventionally, of
these
the
electrical
production
components
requires many process steps that are
independent of each other. Together with
our
partner,
MMS
Modular
Molding Systems, we have integrated
these into a clear overall process.
From punching of the contacts to
combines injection
perspectives for the production of high-
the
As
components,
quality interior automotive components. conventional
IMD
(in-mould decorating) processes, the
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the American markets, we can provide a decent answer to these generalpurpose market needs at an attractive price/performance ratio.
WINTEC machines are preferably used for
high-volume,
single-component
injection moulding, which may not require
any
special
technologies,
yet places high demands on quality and are
process
delivered
consistency.
Machines
preconfigured,
which
guarantees short delivery times and speedy start-up.
Q. Is ‘LSR’ a big opportunity for the IMM business? Due to its outstanding characteristics
such as reliability across a wide range
of
temperatures
and
bio-
compatibility, LSR is being used in more and more applications. Medical
technology is an important area that has been developing dynamically for
some time and continues to do so. The area of lighting is a new subject. From automotive lighting systems
to building and street lighting, LSR is
rapidly
gaining
significance
in
the production of high-quality LED
lighting systems. Highly transparent LSR has a lower yellowness index
an extremely wide temperature range
which opens up new
to
expanding the sales area of WINTEC to
UV-resistant and remains stable across
graining),
opposed
in which WINTEC is at home. By
than conventional lens materials, is
moulding and IMG (in-mould
This is precisely the market segment
inspection
of -20 to
and
labelling of ready-to-use electronic fully automatic.
all
work
steps
are
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t’s no secret that family businesses can struggle with
governance, leadership transitions and even survival. Consider a few high-profile examples: Banco Espírito Santo
was rescued by the Portuguese government last year following the resignation of its CEO, the great-grandson of the bank’s Founder, amid allegations of financial improprieties. The Doosan
Group, a South Korean conglomerate, was thrown into turmoil when the clan that runs it replaced one brother with another
in the Chief Executive role. Fiat, the Italian auto group run by
the heirs of Gianni Agnelli, went through five CEOs and three Chairmen in two years before bringing in an outsider to lead it. Although
we’ve
also
heard
numerous
family-enterprise
success stories, cases of harmony, health and longevity seem to be exceptions to the rule. According to the Family Business Institute, only 30% of these organisations last into a second generation, 12% remain viable into a third and 3% operate into the fourth generation or beyond. Even those that do
continue often see their value decline significantly when power
Leadership Lessons from
Great Family Businesses In family businesses, you should
look for people who understand the company’s ownership dynamics,
accept that responsibility for multiple generations comes with the job, and are able to manage social ventures and sustainable growth.
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changes hands at the top. Joseph Fan, a professor
at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, tracked
the market performance of 214 family-run firms in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore; he found that on an average, their shares dropped by almost 60% in the eight years surrounding a change of CEO.
And yet family-owned or -controlled businesses play a key role in the global economy. They account for an estimated 80% of companies worldwide and are the largest source of long-term employment in most countries. These aren’t just mom-and-pop
Claudio Fernández Aráoz Senior Advisor Egon Zehnder* Sonny Iqbal Partner Egon Zehnder* Jörg Ritter Partner Egon Zehnder* *Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm © 2015 Harvard Business School Publishing Corp.
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Idea in Brief The Problem Family-owned
and
-controlled businesses play a critical role in the global economy.
But as a result of poor talent
management,
many fail to thrive or even survive.
The Research In
search
of
best
They found that top family-
Business
things: establish a baseline
practices, Egon Zehnder and
Family
Network
interviewed
International executives
and studied leadership
transitions at 50 leading family
firms
the world.
The Solution
around
led companies do four key of
good
preserve
governance,
‘family
gravity’,
identify future leaders from within
and
outside
the
family, and bring discipline to their CEO succession.
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ASIAN CURRY
“We are finding that, to a certain
extent, the requirements in Asian
countries are quite different from those of the West. In specific, the Indian
market has been great for Chen Hsong’s Taiwanese subsidiary, which has been
growing fast in India and Chen Hsong is investing heavily there for future
growth,” emphasises C. K. Chiang, in
dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
C. K. Chiang Vice Chairman Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd. Hong Kong
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Industry ‘4.0’ is More Like ‘3.0+’
in Asia
Q. Chen Hsong (CH) seems to have embarked on a project, ‘The Next 60’; tell us something more about this project. The year 2018 is the 60th Anniversary of the Chen
Hsong Group. As Chen Hsong looks back to the past 60 years, we did a lot of deep reflections on
what will be needed for Chen Hsong to succeed in the ‘next’ 60 years. Our conclusion is that two things are strategically important. Firstly, to build
on our core strengths of a long history and decades of technical and applications experience, and secondly recognise that the world is ever-changing
and that the next 60 years will be quite different
from the past 60 years. So, some old ways must be changed to make way for a ‘New Chen Hsong’
that sheds old baggage of outdated practices and embraces new best practices in an ever-connected, ever info-focused world.
Q. From a mechanical repair shop in 1958, to a dominant global payer in injection moulding machines, share with us your ups and downs in this journey. For 60 years, Chen Hsong has seen it all. On an average, we managed to witness one major global
financial crisis ever decade, and one minor crisis in
between each. They include the oil crisis in 1970s, the recessions in 1980s, the Asian Financial Crisis in the 1990s, the tech bubble in the 2000s and, of course, the near global meltdown in 2008. After
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60 years, we are still here. This is an indication of the
Industry 4.0 Chen Hsong’s Roadmap
resiliency of Chen Hsong and our solid and reliable
management that allowed us to weather through storm after storm, while many other competitors who propped up during the years folded.
Q. Where is CH as regards Industry 4.0 is concerned? Are the demands of the Asian countries different from the West? We are finding that, to a certain extent, the
requirements in Asian countries are quite different
from those of the West. In Asia, when talked about Industry 4.0, one eventually meant a high degree of automation and information management - all
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For every Dollar
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issues that the West has solved decades ago. So,
in the sense of Industry ‘4.0’, it is more like ‘3.0+’ in Asia, and one must bear this in mind when discussing the same with an Asian user.
For Western users, however, they do attempt to move towards the holy grail of Industry 4.0 - i.e.
‘intelligent’ manufacturing, with data collection, automation and information being only the foundation
infrastructure
upon
which
true
intelligent manufacturing will be based. For these
users, Chen Hsong is glad to be working with a number of global companies on research projects to further this aim.
Q. What is your take on Artificial Intelligence (AI)? AI is core to Industry 4.0. In fact, in Chen Hsong’s understanding, the entire Industry 4.0 movement can be summarised into three layers: 1) Big Data (roots) 2) AI (trunk) 3) Communications (branches) In other words, there is no meaningful Industry 4.0
(to the sense that a large Western user will view it) without AI (Refer the above conceptual diagram).
Branches
Communications
Trunk
AI
Root
BIG DATA
Q. You have a strategic co-operation with Ube-Mitsubishi for the last 7 years now. What does this relationship mean to your business? Mitsubishi (and later Ube-Mitsubishi) has been
working with us for almost a decade and we can say that the cooperation is a resounding success - to the point that the President of Ube-
Mitsubishi recently announced (during Chen
Hsong’s 60th Year Anniversary celebrations) that “Chen Hsong is our (Ube-Mitsubishi’s) best and most reliable partner, and we are working
together closely to develop the global market.” He said it all.
Q. You consider your MK6 - Servo Driven injection moulding machines as a global model. Tell us more about this product. The machine is a 3-year effort internally at Chen Hsong, led by senior Japanese engineers with
decades of experience, in an attempt to build
a machine that comes close to Japanese-level hydraulic machine performance, while staying
true to being a super affordable, mass-produced Chinese product. We believe we have succeeded,
and the MK6 product line is head and shoulders above the rest of the competition. There really is
no comparison, and we see that the product line
will satisfy over 90% of global demands, regardless of the application.
Q. At the recently concluded NPE, Chen Hsong had a lot to showcase; how did the event work for you? NPE was a huge success. CH-America, the Chen
Hsong team in the USA, did a great
job in hosting our booth. We
attracted a huge number of visitors
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W
ater is the world’s most valuable and vital resource. It is at the very core of thriving ecosystems, food
With reference to instances, Martijn Boerma from Trelleborg highlights that superior
materials, coupled with improved seal and joint design, play a key role in extending the service life of elastomeric joints.
A Watertight Seal
for India’s Growing Infrastructure
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and energy production. However, around
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Historically, water and wastewater networks across
India
have
been
amongst
the
world’s poorest, but investment into urban infrastructure has grown substantially over the last few years. As the government forges
ahead with plans for smart cities across the country, the support of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and
Urban
Transformation
(AMRUT) programme is breeding hundreds
of new urban renewal projects. This includes upgrading
transportation
systems
and
sewerage
and
developing amusement parks, as well as strengthening
drinking,
stormwater management networks. So far, almost 500 water supply and sewerage projects
have
been
undertaken
across
115 cities in the region2. This has resulted in a
rise in the use of PVC pipes across the country. However, improving the performance of pipeline infrastructure demands not just investment,
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innovation
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materials, coupled with improved seal and joint
removing the need for an installer to fit it on site.
life of elastomeric joints. This has a direct effect
the correct seal is always in the correct place and
design, play a key role in extending the service
on reducing maintenance costs, while improving hygiene levels.
Trends Shaping India While there is a way to go until the entire Indian
systems which connect and seal them. As one of
the recent surge in investment presents an
the seal design and specification can often be overlooked. This is an issue because the joints between each pipe segment are the weakest point of the pipeline, so specifying and installing the right
seal is important to ensure its performance. If the
seal and pipe are not compatible and the joint fails, this can have costly ramifications on the whole
to backup the development of enclosed wastewater
systems, new
plastic double
wall corrugated
(DWC) pipes are setting the new standard.
during stocking, transportation or installation.
Pipeline technology has evolved significantly in
the smallest components in pipeline infrastructure,
investments
removes any possibility of the seal being displaced
Evolution of the Pipe Joint the decades gone by and so too have the jointing
With the AMRUT
In turn, this impacts tolerances and ensures that
system, including increased scrappage rates and project delays.
Originally, the O-Ring was the first seal used on PVC pipe joints. Fitted inside the pipe by an installer, the seal provided robust performance, but required
a high jointing force. This type of seal relied heavily on the skill of the person fitting it to do
so correctly. As such, the seal could easily be displaced during jointing, resulting in a poor seal between the pipe sections which could lead to infiltration and exfiltration.
From there, innovations in materials and design saw pipe seals adapted from a circular shape to a profiled seal with a type of ‘lip’, to the more recent
water network is working effectively and efficiently, opportunity for development. In some areas of the country, the infrastructure in general has been
hugely improved and there are three trends coming to the fore which are driving real change. Firstly,
we
have
seen
a
move
away
from
plain-ended soil, waste and rain water (SWR)
pipes by large pipe producers, towards an alternative ringfit seal used in a plastic spigot and socket style pipe. By swapping solvent cement
‘glue’ for a purpose designed high performance elastomeric seal, leaks are hugely reduced. For
example, Prince Piping Systems changed its pipe seal specification for its leading range of SWR
pipes to a Trelleborg seal, made of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) sealing element and a retaining ring made of polypropylene (PP). This locks the seal in the groove and holds it firmly in place
during transportation and installation, significantly reducing leaks and therefore improving hygiene levels surrounding the pipelines. Hemant Kumar, Prince Piping Systems comments, “Prince has
been involved in many housing development
retaining ring system. This composite seal featured
an elastomeric sealing element co-moulded to a
polypropylene (PP) retaining system to ensure the highest level of seal stability. This design meant that loss or displacement during
transport
installation
and
was
eliminated and the seal could be used in both, high pressure and
non-pressure
pipe applications.
Whilst this design is the
most advanced in terms of
sealing performance, further advances have been made to incorporate the seal into the pipe itself to make it one complete system. An integrated seal
is embedded into the pipe during manufacture,
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WHAT NEXT
Q. How differentiated can technology get in underwater pelletising?
of utilising less manpower, low energy and
less scrap material, the long-term use is much
If you compare technology of underwater pelletising
cheaper than other lines. Investigation by several
advantages and benefits. Mainly the following
‘return of investment’ is significant - shorter
with other technologies, then you find many
universities and customers have shown that the
three are the biggest differentiations and most
than 2 years.
important differences,
1. Quality of Pellets: Pellets produced by underwater
pelletiser have uniform and spherical shape
and no fines in the material. All subsequent
processes, for example, feeding at compounding or injection moulding processes are much safer, also the pourability is much better.
2. Efficiency and Availability of Production Process: Especially with ECON-technology, the efficiency
and the stability of production is much higher
than in other systems. After the easy start up
procedure, based on ‘one-button-press-start up’ in ECON pelletiser, no one has to control permanently the production process. And over the complete operation, our machines are producing constant high-quality pellets. 3.
Cost of Long Term
Use: On account
Q. ‘Pellet inconsistency’ is a question that always needs to be answered. How can technology of today address this concern; and the ECON position here? That is right, mainly the pellet inconsistency comes from bad quality of machines and from
mistakes by manual operation. That is the reason why premium-machines of ECON have high level
control system with easy operation. Here you
can reduce the pellet inconsistency by choosing the right parameter, permanent automatic control
of the process parameter shown on panel and welltrained operator.
ECON focussed on these topics since the beginning of supplying underwater pelletiser by storing parameter per formulation into the control system,
good overview on visualisation at operator panel and by longer training sessions after commissioning. Mostly we are doing the training with our high
qualified local people. Many customers underestimate the importance of good training.
Micro Pellets, Bio Polymers and Engineering Plastics
Growth Areas for Palletisation
“It is important to make constant market research and try to answer the questions such as what will be the next material that we have to process with our machines,” explains
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to our customers. We need all the input data and
I think that you do not find a lot of innovative new
Q. Any new basket of applications that you think could present a big business opportunity for you?
developments in the market. The last innovative revolution was the thermal isolated die plate unit, developed and patented by ECON.
In the future, more functions are expected to be
covered by automation and control systems. Process stability and optimisation must run fully automatically by the control system. As well,
remote service and support from other places will be the key factor in the future - especially if we are thinking about Industry 4.0.
The personal relationship
with our Indian colleagues
and our Indian
customers is the
most exciting for me. Customers
have reposed a
lot of trust in us;
I hope we are able to eliminate operator mistakes if we can say, “this is material type x with throughput y” and the machine will find all parameters without
the operator and can permanently optimise the process by itself.
Q. How do you accommodate for changing material characteristics? What approach does your R&D follow in this regard? The material researcher is developing more complex materials; that means more and new fillers, other types of polymers, biopolymers etc.
I see the
Here we are still working in close coordination
in India as
to be the development partner of our customers.
customers loyal friends.
with our customers as a part of the ECON vision is
information, but not only the pure data, we also need information about the complete processes. Only then can we solve the requirements and also integrate high-speed cutting.
Yes, today you can see different main streams. Actually, the production of micro pellets is getting more and more importance. For some solutions and applications, micro pellets is the future; bio
polymers will continue to be very important in
the future; so also, a very big field is engineering plastics. In the future, engineering plastics will replace more and more metal alloys.
Q. Selecting the right pelletisers...according to you, the top 3 attributes should be... 1. Material specifications 2. Requirements to shape the pellets and the quality of the pellets
3. Efficiency and cost of production
Q. Any specific buying trends across different geographies such as North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa? Especially in America, Europe and Asia Pacific region, the users of plastics need higher quality; e.g. for electronic-, automotive- and medical-applications.
Sometimes we are developing together with our
The requested quality is only reachable with
Parallelly, we are making a constant market research
Q. Any new demand of the pellet processing industry?
customers the perfect machines and technologies.
and try to answer the questions such as what will
be the next material that we have to process with our machines. If the customer come to ECON later, we should have a suitable solution for him.
Here, our air pelletiser a perfect example. ECON
developed this machine and in the meantime a lot of customer needed it for biopolymers like PLA.
Q. With scale-ups being the order of the day, can you share with the readers of POLYMERS Communiqué, how underwater palletisers can integrate here?
underwater pelletiser.
As highlighted earlier, you find a huge trend towards micro pellets, bio polymers and engineering plastics. Also, in building construction, you need other materials for isolation and cabling.
Q. The growth targets that you have set for the company over the next 3 - 5 years... The growth targets are depending on different markets. But overall, we are convinced that ECON will grow up between 12 and 15% per year.
At the end of the day, the main issue here is to find the best solution together with customers. That is the reason why we are working so close
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THE NEXT BEND
Packaging in
Circular Economy Packaging can play a significant role in reverse logistics which will be an
important part of the future circular economy. Former waste will become a valuable raw material and should be treated more carefully than before.
T
he world is facing enormous challenges. Principal amongst these
are
environmental
climate
destruction,
change, scarce
resources, globalisation, population growth
change.
as
well
as
demographic
One of the commonly recognised ways
for human societies to adapt to these
challenges is moving from a linear to a
circular economy. Today, we are consuming
raw materials more than the world is able to
produce. Renewable raw materials would last for less than 6 months every year if we would limit consumption to the annual growth.
In order to ensure that the world remains
sustainable for the future human generations we have no other alternative but to learn to live in a circular economy. For this reason, this WPO position paper aims at
Antro Saila Vice President Sustainability World Packaging Organization
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highlighting the issue of a circular economy and the
role(s) of packaging within it. This paper builds on recent
data and research carried out by numerous scientists and think-tanks around the world. The end of this paper
deals with current and envisaged role of WPO in a circular economy context.
Circular Economy - The Concept The term ‘Circular Economy’ encompasses more than the production and consumption of goods and services,
including a shift from fossil fuels to the use of renewable energy, and the role of diversity as a characteristic of
resilient and productive systems. It includes discussion of the role of money and finance as part of the wider debate, and some of its pioneers have called for a revamp of economic performance measurement tools.
The concept of a circular economy (CE) was first raised by
two British environmental economists, David W. Pearce and R. Kerry Turner in 1989. In their book, ‘Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment’, they pointed out that
a traditional open-ended economy was developed with
no built-in tendency to recycle, which was reflected by treating the environment as a waste reservoir. The circular economy is grounded in the study of feedback-rich (nonlinear) systems, particularly living systems. A major outcome
of this is the notion of optimising systems rather than components, or the notion of ‘design for fit’. As a generic notion, it draws from a number of more specific approaches including cradle-to-cradle, biomimicry, industrial ecology and the ‘blue economy’.
Linear ‘take, make, dispose’ industrial processes and the lifestyles that feed on them deplete finite reserves to create products that end up in landfills or in incinerators.
According to Ellen McArthur Foundation, looking beyond
the current take-make-dispose extractive industrial model,
a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails gradually decoupling economic activity from the consumption of
finite resources and designing waste out of the system. Underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources,
the circular model builds economic, natural and social capital. It is based on three principles: 1. Design out waste and pollution. 2. Keep products and materials in use. 3. Regenerate natural systems.
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SOLID SUPPORT
Plastics
Underpin the Entire Economy Q. According to you, what is the role of the plastics industry in the success of a country?
and an industry that is now one of the fundamental
foundation stones of the UK economy. Essentially,
trade associations facilitate the exchange of
It is very clear that there cannot be a high-tech
experience between like-minded companies and
industry. Plastics underpin the entire economy as a
action - for example, in research and development
lightweight components for automobiles, trains,
the manufacturing environment.
industrial base in any country without a solid plastics
in doing so, they provide opportunities for joint
key enabling technology and provide mobility via
or the development of standards for products or
aircrafts and shipping. They also provide energyefficient building materials, first-class healthcare
products, and protect and preserve food to sustain our populations. The role of plastics in avoiding
food waste and the distribution of safe, clean drinking water is very well documented.
The plastics industry is a major employer and
provides direct employment for 1,66,000 people
in the UK, making it the second largest employer within the UK’s manufacturing sector. It has also been calculated that for every job created in the
plastics industry, a total of 2.74 are created in the wider economy, meaning nearly half a million
people rely upon the plastics industry as a source of employment in the UK.
The plastics industry is also a significant contributor to the global economy and in the UK alone, the industry has a turnover in excess of ÂŁ 25.5 billion.
I would even go as far as saying that without plastics
our
contemporary
economies
and
indeed our contemporary societies would wither quite seriously.
Q. Post Brexit, what kind of support did the UK plastics industry get from the Government? Brexit has not yet happened and there are many uncertainties over the shape it could take. Since the
referendum, the BPF has been working very closely with the UK government to highlight the concerns
and opportunities our members have. Our members were largely against leaving the European Union; but clearly, we have to make the best of the cards
we are dealt. We will be looking for assistance from the government to keep and develop our highly valued workforce, of which we estimate 18,000 originated from EU member states outside the UK. They are employed at all levels of the industry and they make a significant contribution. Secondly, we want the government to do all it can to deliver frictionless trade with the EU. The EU is an incredibly important trading partner for the UK, accounting for nearly 70% of all plastics goods (materials, machinery and
Q. What role can / should an association / federation play for industry growth?
products) that we trade.
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) was created
opportunities and we are looking
back in 1933 at the very birth of the commercial
plastics industry. Since then, the BPF has witnessed the growth of countless applications for plastics
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Brexit
also
brings
with
it
to the government to explore
possible free trade agreements with other parts of the world.
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“I would even go as far as
saying that without plastics
our contemporary economies
and indeed our contemporary
societies would wither quite
seriously,” expresses Philip Law,
in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Philip Law Director-General British Plastics Federation United Kingdom
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compatible with the EU, as regulatory
Some positive developments from the UK government in terms of training plastics engineers include:
is highly important to our membership.
Introduction of T levels.
We are also keen that the government maintains
and
develops
legislation
equivalence between the UK and the EU
Q. You have recently highlighted that all plastic packaging and single-use items be reused, recycled and/or recovered by 2030. Share with us your vision and approach in this regard.
We want the UK government to ensure we can find EU research partners with
the same ease as before and that we are able to contribute to the EU’s R&D platforms.
Q. How does the plastics industry there maintain its competiveness as significant amount of raw material and equipment are imported? The UK continues to be one of the
largest and most productive plastics
economies in the world and continues to drive innovation. The UK plastics
A new technical study
In recent weeks, the BPF has published a
being taught from 2020.
a Circular Economy’.
document entitled, ‘Plastics: A Vision for
programme that will start
The industry is under a lot of pressure
Introduction of the
with numerous demands being made
Apprenticeship Levy
of it. This is not just the case for the
last year, which
UK, but it is also happening at the EU
means companies can
level and in other EU member states
fully or partly fund
such as Germany and France. To give
apprenticeship training
us credibility when in dialogue with
in their business.
authorities, we need ambitious targets.
name a few.
We decided to position these at the
centre of a document that provides
foreign owned. Whilst the UK continues
Q. Combating negativity on plastics is frustrating. Your thoughts on this.
machinery, it continues to innovate and
that will never listen to reason. They
industry is highly international. Over 40% of the members of the BPF are
our government with a coherent plan
about how to raise recycling levels in
to import large amounts of polymer and
There will be some critics of plastics
is the home to numerous world-leading
are simply intrinsically disinclined to
ancillary equipment producers, speciality
additive manufacturers, as well as one of the largest chemicals companies in the world - INEOS.
As we are home to one of the most
demanding customer bases in the world,
listen to the benefits. In my experience,
it is better to focus on the more open-
minded members of society and build
outwards from there. Choose a few simple, but well supported messages and focus on communicating these.
with many global OEMs operating in the
It is also our belief that education
and
wonderful material should start at a
UK, it leads to continuous improvement innovation
within
the
entire
plastics supply chain. Innovation is also
driven by a very strong R&D base, with leading universities such as Bradford, Queen’s University Belfast, Warwick, Loughborough
and
Cambridge,
to
about the positive messages about our young age and for that reason, we are
if we don’t and other less informed
parties fill that vacuum, we are likely to end up with unhelpful legislation and a fundamentally uncompetitive plastics industry.
Q. What role can the current Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system play here? The PRN system is crucial to our plan for
a circular economy in plastics. Instead of creating something new we should
Campaign’ that is seeing members
of the BPF visit local schools to talk to children about plastics.
£ 1.1 bn deficit
Exports
£ 5.6 bn EU
try to take the lead on this because
co-ordinating a ‘Polymer Ambassador
£ 3.6 bn deficit
Exports
the UK. It is absolutely crucial that we
£ 2.8 bn £ 9.1 bn
Imports
RoW
£ 3.9 bn
Imports
UK Trade Flow: Overview of plastics import and export markets - October, 2017.
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TIME TO GO BIG
Indian PVC Resin Manufacturing It’s Time for Big Centrifuges
Introduction Employment centrifuges resin
(PVC)
in
50 years now.
of
the
industrial
separation
suspensions
has
solid of
been
bowl
polyvinyl around
decanter chloride
for
over
Whilst the philosophy of operation remains virtually the same, early centrifuges are now virtually unrecognisable when compared with their modern-day counterparts, due to the plethora of technological advancements. It
is,
therefore,
paramount
when
considering
new
state-of-the-art PVC centrifuge separation applications that all Ian Livesey Sales & Marketing Director Thomas Broadbent & Sons Ltd. United Kingdom
Several existing PVC manufacturing
plants in India are actively looking at
increasing current throughput capacities. Some centrifuge manufacturers are now in a position to quote for projects with
offers for solid bowl decanter centrifuges with capacities of 30 T/hr of dry resin per unit.
available advancements are incorporated into the machine.
It is equally important to select a centrifuge OEM who has
played a major role in the successful technological evolution of the modern-day PVC centrifuge.
India’s Demand for PVC A consistent rise in PVC import demand, year-on-year
over many years, has made India one of the most closely monitored markets in the world.
Historically, the PVC industry in India has been driven by the demands from agriculture due to the high demand for
robust, cost-effective irrigation and water distribution systems. More recently, the additional driving force for PVC in the
country has come from the construction industry with an
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at
as piping, window profiles, electrical
OEMs, this is good news as several
sanitation and housing products such fittings and cabling etc.
India is now the largest importer of
increasing
capacities.
For
current
throughput
the
centrifuge
potential centrifuge sales are likely in the near future.
PVC in the world, with latest reports
However, such increases in plant
entering the country. This equates to
pace
suggesting
around
2.5
MT/annum
approx. 50% of the country’s demand. If unchecked, this demand is only going to get higher.
Such high dependency on PVC imports
capacities
are
with
the
demands
significant reduce
and
unlikely
constant not
impact
India’s
to
much greater capacities. For example, NN
(currently
largest
PVC
capacity
machines installed in the global
the
PVC market)
to
import
300 KT/A would require approx. 2 of 18 T/hr dry resin machines
ongoing
make
dependency requirements.
identical machines or machines with
keep
necessary
high
For the centrifuge OEMs, this means more
NN
450 KT/A would require approx. 3 of 18 T/hr dry resin machines or
approx.
2
of
28
T/hr
dry
within these markets is, as things stand,
Several leading PVC manufacturers
years to come. The addition of other
new, larger manufacturing facilities,
Some centrifuge manufacturers are now
1.5 MT/annum of dry PVC resin being
offers for solid bowl decanter centrifuges
unlikely to change for many more
rising markets such as pharmaceutical, safety and environmental applications compound the demand further.
Possible Solution(s) Several existing PVC manufacturing plants in India are actively looking
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are
with
currently plant
looking
at
building
outputs
of
around
seriously considered. Current thinking has increased the capacity for a typical
resin machines
in a position to quote for projects with with capacities of 30 T/hr of
single s-PVC resin production line from approx. 300 KT/A to in excess of 450 KT/A.
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India Plastics Business Story (IPBS) 2018
Results Declared
T
he India plastics business story continues to surge making its mark felt across the globe. And why not...don’t we deserve it? After the stone age, it was the metal age and we are today fortunate to be living in the plastics age,
a material that has perhaps touched lives more than ever! The phenomenal response evoked by this survey is
yet another indication of the latent energy set to be unleashed towards a positive and sustainable growth. Candid as it can be...
Industry surveys from POLYMERS Communiqué are crafting a new niche for itself and providing the readers a very valued insight into this fiercely competitive market. Have a read...
Survey Basics
Sample Size: 252
l
Format: Electronic Forms
l
Response Tabulation: Singular
l
Government policies Others*
28.17%
15.08%
22.62% Environmental myths
Volatility in raw material price
14.29%
11.11%
Extent of adaption of technology and automation
8.73% Availability of skilled manpower
The biggest challenge facing the Indian plastics industry... Others* Lack of infrastructure & Fragmentation of the processing industry
Curious...a wee bit surprising...it’s beyond the business parameters.
Majority of the respondents selected ‘Government policies’ as the biggest challenge and the second choice being on the similar line – ‘the environmental myths’. The message is loud and clear ‘business toh set
hai bhai, just give us some good space to work and we will truly excel’.
Industry fragmentation, which was so much spoken about, came a poor 7th rank (last!). As an industry, we have genuinely evolved.
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HIGH OUTPUT UP TO 9,000 BOTTLES / HOUR 7. Bottle Eject
1. Pet Resin
5. Perform Inverter
Edible oil bottle capacity from 0.5L to 5L
6. Pitch Change & Stretch Blow
APPLICATIONS Water bottle capacity from 0.5L to 5L
2. Perform Injection & Cooling
3. Secondary Cooling / Conditioning
4. Continuous Temperature Optimization
CSD bottle capacity from 0.5L to 2L
1.5 Step Injection Strech Blow Molding Machine
PF24-8B
Very Negative
2.39%
Unsure
Positive
9.56%
Very Positive
53.78%
27.09%
7.18% Negative
The sentiment of doing business in India... ‘Dhando kem chale che?’ a very
spoken
question
of
the
day.
With a never say die spirit of the plastics industry, the response was
positive to very positive by over 80% of the respondents. Only a handful of respondents were very
negative about the sentiments. Guess, one will find such a minority Element of innovation in products
everywhere.
Product specifications
58.74%
57.54%
43.25%
58.73%
The top 3 product assessment criteria include...
Differentiation in technology
54.76% ‘Green’ nature of the product
It’s important to get our product positioning right, isn’t
it! So, are we in sync with the customer perceptions? This
POLYMERS Communiqué survey will help you gauge this! It’s
Return on investment
a tie for the top spot...if you have got an innovation in your product and if it is green...you’ve got it right! Close to 59% of the respondents have chosen these
2 attributes. Then comes product specifications with a close 58%. If you have
26.98% Brand of the company supplying the product
(Values total 300 due to multiple choice answers)
got this combination right nothing else seems to matter. For interest, ROI also scores well on position 4.
Transparency in business
Committed customer support
Knowledge base
Sales network
Delivery schedule
Trade experience
The top 3 business process assessment criteria include... The operations guys will be keen to test their scores here. Seems
like people are fed up with the
earlier ways of doing business.
69.84%
73.41%
56.75%
43.25%
36.51%
20.24%
Transparency in business came
numero uno with a healthy 73.41%.
Customer
support
(Values total 300 due to multiple choice answers)
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ROAD AHEAD
Report on Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers An Executive Summary
The ‘Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global
Capacities and Trends 2017-2022’ report indicates strong growth in bio-based building blocks and moderate
T
growth in bio-based polymers.
he production capacities of bio-based polymers continue to grow at around 3 to 4% per annum, i.e. at about the same rate as petrochemical polymers. Therefore, the
market share of bio-based polymers in the total polymer market remains constant at
around 2%. However, the individual development of different bio-based polymers varies considerably. While some are virtually collapsing compared to previous forecasts (e.g.
bio-PET), many are showing constant or slightly increasing capacities and a few are even showing significant growth (such as PLA). Additionally, for some bio-based polymers such The Team Michael Carus nova-Institut GmbH Germany
as PHA, PEF, bio-PE and bio-PP, the prospects for the future are quite positive. Overall, Wolfgang Baltus Wobalt Expedition Consultancy Thailand
Dr. Harald Kaeb narocon Innovation Consulting Germany
Prof. Jan Ravenstijn Doris de Guzman Jan Ravenstijn Tecnon OrbiChem Consulting USA The Netherlands
Raj Chinthapalli nova-Institut GmbH Germany
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PBAT
EPDM
PP
PVC
PU APC PHA
Ethanol
Sorbitol
Isobutanol
Lactic Acid
SBR
5-HMF
Plant Oil
DN 5
Glycerol
Caprolactam
Hemicellulose
ABS Other Furan-based polymers
2,5-FDCA
Aniline
Levulinic acid
Fatty acids Furfural
MPG
Furfuryl alcohol Polyols
Epicholorohydrin
Natural Rubber Starch-based Polymers Lignin-based Polymers Cellulose-based Polymers
Acrylic acid Itaconic acid
Lignocellulose
HDMA
Superabsorbent polymers
3-HP
Saccharose
Natural Rubber
Lysine
PBS(X)
Succinic acid
Fructose
Starch
PU
1, 4-Butanediol
Glucose
Adipic Acid
PU PA
THF
1, 3-Propanediol
PTT PLA
PEF
p-Xylene
Methyl Metacrylate Isosorbide
PBT
Terephthatic acid
Ethylene
Chloride
PET-like
PET
MEG
Propylene Vinyl
PMMA
PE
UPR
LCDA
PFA
PHA PA
Epoxy Resins
PU
PU
Million Tonnes
Figure 1: Pathways to bio-based polymers.
the market environment remains challenging
6
with low crude oil prices, little political support and partially underutilised capacities. Until now,
5
the biodegradability of some bio-based polymers
4
advantage globally.
has not yet been able to generate a real
The new comprehensive market and trend report,
3
‘Bio-based Building Blocks and Polymers – Global Capacities and Trends 2017-2022’ is published by
German nova-Institute. It contains comprehensive
2
information on capacity development from 2011
to 2022, per building block and polymer as well as
1
information on 102 individual polymer producers.
Aliphatic polycarbonates (APC) - cyclic
Polybutylene succinate (PBS) and copolymers
Epoxies
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Cellulose Acetate
Ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM) Polymides (PA)
Poly (butylene adipate-coterephthalate) (PBAT)
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
A total of 17 bio-based building blocks and
Polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) Polyethylene (PE)
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)
15 polymers are covered in the report.
A Brief Insight Figure 1 shows all commercially realised pathways from
biomass
via
different
building
blocks
and monomers to bio-based polymers. As in
previous years, several pathways and some new
Polylactic acid (PLA) Starch blends
Figure 2: Bio-based Polymers: Evolution of worldwide production capacities from 2011 to 2022 (without PUR).
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ADAPTING TECHNOLOGY
“There is a clear
tendency towards fully integrated lines. With the help of headsets
and other navigation
devices, problems can be overcome much faster than today,”
explains Gerold Schley, in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Gerold Schley CEO BC Extrusion Holding GmbH, Germany
China is Growing Shifting to Higher Technology and Digitalisation
Q. battenfeld-cincinnati underwent significant structural and ownership changes in 2015 and 2016. How do you see the impact of the changes in today’s business? The overall changes have significant impact on our business performance today. We are much leaner and faster in decisions and actions.
In the past two years, we had a huge amount of investment in R&D and equipment; we showed those at the
K 2016, Chinaplas 2017, 2018 and NPE 2018.
Q. You have had an extensive experience in the China plastics machinery market in the past. How do you see the market shaping up there? I still see a fast-growing market in China
with a shift to higher technology and digitalisation i.e. Industry 4.0.
Q. What are the emerging trends as regards the conical twin screw extruder industry? The trend goes to higher flexibility in terms of the processing window from low to high outputs and to a strong extruder design for high back pressure
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Global Perspectives applications like the co-extrusion of window profiles.
Q. Tell us about your technology showcase at NPE 2018? We introduced our new extruder series conEX NG and solEX NG with the
BCtouch UX control system to the US
market for the first time. These extruders provide
energy-savings
and
higher
production efficiency; thanks to their new design and technical features. The
BCtouch UX control is ideally suited for Industry 4.0 applications. We
also
exhibited
a
STARextruder
for PET processing which received
other navigation devices, problems can
be
than today.
overcome
much
faster
All this will lead to much higher efficiency.
we
are
active
worldwide,
by
country
and/or
extremely important to recognise the the
region.
However, as a general trend, we see many possibilities in the pipe and the packaging (sheet) markets.
the US for the production of food-
Q. Any new regulatory norms for pipe extrusion that could impact your business?
a topic that is of great importance in
regulatory
a letter of non-objection from the
FDA (Food & Drug Administration) in
be
permanently somewhere in the world.
All our extruders are equipped with the BCtouch UX control system, which was designed for intuitive operation
and for Industry 4.0 applications such as
preventive
maintenance,
remote
maintenance, OPC UA functionality and line simulation for trainings. We
also
take
part
in
further
developing these standards, e.g. in the EUROMAP 77 project which deals with
interfaces
machines
and
between
MES
execution systems).
individual
(manufacturing
Q. Help us define a futuristic extruder for the industry. There is a clear tendency towards
fully integrated lines. The operator will be supported by the main control
system, where all relevant processing
data from the different components are collected and analysed. Based on
the collected data, the operator will get hints in order to optimise the
process. With the help of headsets and
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changing
In the past years for example, plastic pipes
have
been
used
more
and
more even for higher pressure classes,
which causes a heavy increase in wall thicknesses.
In order to fulfill these new demands, we developed a new extruder and
die head generation, which allows the customer to produce heavy wall pipes with minimum tolerances.
As machine supplier, we have to adapt
our
machine
these changes.
technology
Q. The biggest business challenge that you have successfully overcome is...
and I am quite sure, that there will
the market.
Q. How integral is Industry 4.0 to your products?
changed direction.
during my life in the plastics industry
We always face the situation that are
trends and adapt the organisation to the
There have been several challenges
grade thermoforming sheet, which is
norms
Q. If you were 35 years today, how differently would you handle your business? market drives the business and it is
importance of each end-use market varies
America and North Africa.
This is a good question. In the end, the
Q. Which end-use market holds the maximum promise for your business? As
PVC window is strong in Europe, North
to
Q. What are the different buying trends across different geographies such as North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa? If we look at the pipe business, PO pipes are showing the strongest growth
rates more or less all over the world. However, PVC sewer pipes are also of high interest in many regions, especially 3-layer pipes.
OPVC is growing across all regions.
some
additional
surprises, which I do not expect today. It would
be hard to point out one special highlight.
Q. How has the Indian market been for you this far?
We, as battenfeldcincinnati, like to
do business with India and look
positively into the future. We always
We are not unsatisfied
find highly skilled
however, as a CEO I am
high interest in
with the Indian market;
always expecting and looking for more.
people with a
technology.
Q. What kind of investments / acquisitions are planned for the growth of your Indian operation? The majority of our investment goes into R&D, followed by equipment and education of our employees.
Q. What excites you most about the Indian market? We, as battenfeld-cincinnati, like to do business with India and look positively into the future. We always find highly
skilled people with a high interest
in technology. If I would make one comment: it would be very helpful if the bureaucracy could be reduced to make it easier for our customers and for us.
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CLOSE QUARTERS
Manfred Geiss Chief Executive Officer Geiss AG, Germany
Q. What has been the biggest change that you witnessed in thermoforming machines in the last 2 decades?
learning
from
my
father
was
to
only
can
be
understand that long-term relationship to
your
customers
successful if you fulfill customer’s
The biggest change in the last 2
expectations. You must be ‘one step
pneumatic drives to the fully-electrical
company’s logo.
decades
was
the
switchover
from
machine. The modern thermoformer
is driven by servomotors completely. Thermoforming a
more
has
‘handmade’
switched small
from
series
ahead’, what later on formed our
Q. Any revolutionary industry demands on the CNC trimming machines that you are working on?
technology to a fully automated, high
The biggest demand here was to
be achieved by digital controls of the
to meet accuracy needs. Here, we need
quality ‘Class A’-technology. This could
design the airbag weakening machine
process and heater controls.
a reproducibility of the tool path in an
Q. For Geiss, how is your export market when compared to your domestic market?
environment conditions.
As a typical German ‘hidden champion’,
we have an export rate of 80%. So, the export is our core business!
Q. The biggest business learning you have had from Georg Geiss (+)? Nice question. The most important
area of +/- 0.02 mm under industrial
The biggest challenge was
to supply any machine size
in any automation standard required by adopting our
automatic design system.
Q. As you look back on your journey, what do you consider as the most pivotal period for you in business? We introduced the core inventions in thermoforming machines in 1994.
These inventions done led me to the cognition that we need to go to the global market now. What I then did.
Q. What is your message to your customers to help them be future-ready? Thermoforming technology is globally growing. My message is: Do not invest
in the cheapest possible machine but
think about the best product quality output. We demonstrate to visitors
that investing in the best technology makes them success as well.
Q. Geiss is a holder of a number of patents. Share with the readers of POLYMERS Communiqué information on some of the key patents.
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Global Perspectives
Family-run Businesses
The Backbone of Germany’s Success “While we changed from a private owned
company to a shareholder company, we still kept
the company in hand of the family as I believe this step was essential for our company to succeed
globally,” conveys Manfred Geiss, in dialogue with POLYMERS Communiqué.
Our
plate
key
patents
system,
the
are
the
halogen
window heaters
and the system of the T10 machine with the drives under the forming
surface. These inventions have made
according to you changed the way you looked at business?
standard required by adopting our
We name 3 important steps up for Geiss:
Q. According to you, what is the future of family-run businesses?
NN
advised us for many years literally
and make us the leading supplier of
changed the way we looked at and
thermoforming machines.
Q. On your transition to being a shareholder company...
conducted business. NN
The change from a private owned kept the company in hand of the family
essential for our company to succeed globally. It also made the generation transfer to my children easier.
Q. As a business owner, how is the next generation handling your business today? Our next generation is incharge for
10 years now. He continues our business exactly following the way I learned it from my father.
Q. Any specific incident that
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The
introduction
of
CNC
worldwide
is
family-owned
and
family-run companies!
Q. How has the Indian market been for you this far?
It led us to our way of ‘100% in-
We had good success in the beginning,
house production’. NN
The backbone of Germany’s success
technology which was a revolution for our productivity and quality.
company to a shareholder company still and will continue like that. This step was
An ingenious tax attorney who
automatic design system.
The invention and performance of
‘automatic design’ of our machines
which I personally programmed. This introduction gave us the deciding
unique feature that any machine size can be quoted and built without prototype risks.
Q. The biggest business challenge that you have successfully overcome is... The biggest challenge was to supply
any machine size in any automation
but things are struggling at the moment. We are going to educate our service staff and increase our sales staff.
Q. What is the plan for the growth of your Indian operation? Growing and increasing service power.
Q. What excites you most about the Indian market? Fantastic
challenges.
thermoforming is
far
behind
I
business
when
feel in
that
India
compared
to
other countries. I thus see it as an opportunity.
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J. R. Shah Managing Director, Jayvee Organics & Polymers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Pensive look on the face of a final year BSc student in Bhavnagar; JRS as he is fondly called, on the threshold of his degree!
Change being the only constant, we thought it
would be wonderful to capture this and freeze
‘time’. We associate with the ‘current look’ of
our industry colleagues and would it not be
exciting to know of their persona, decades ago. That’s what we did, had them dig
deep into their archives and share this just for your ‘read’... or should we say ‘see’!
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R. S. Sodhi Managing Director, Gujarat Co-Op Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., Anand
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9 7 9
Rajiv Sanghavi Chief Executive Officer, Satellite Plastic Industries, Mumbai
1
Honing his management skills in London, Rajiv shares his college days’ picture.
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Shirish V. Divgi Managing Director, Plastics Machinery Asia, Ahmedabad
1
Injecting himself into a profession; Shirish at Windsor; the start of a very successful career
9 8 9
Makarand Dixit Head - Marketing, OPaL, Vadodara
Unbelievable, Makarand in ‘cricket whites’ at the pacy WACA cricket ground in Perth, Australia; life beyond (actually before!) plastics! POLYMERS Communiqué l June - July 2018
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GREEN ALL AROUND
People Demonising Plastics
Overlooking Benefits to Humanity All plastics can be recycled or their latent energy recovered. Thus, today’s negative perception about plastics is
scientifically inaccurate needs to be changed; resolute
P
industry efforts required.
lastics have become ubiquitous in
taken the first pragmatic step of acknowledging
in terms of volume and is growing.
intertwined with solid waste management. The
our lives. Demand has outpaced steel
Reasons for this impressive growth are their
favourable properties, low cost and convenience in use. Global annual usage of plastics at present is approximately 300 million tonnes.
habits of littering and mismanagement of waste.
Petrochemical and the downstream industry
Along with growth has come challenges of
investment.
Prevailing
narratives
have
the
non-biodegradable
and
has
future investments. The cascading effect of
prevailing
discourse
demonising
are closely linked to the plastics industry like
plastics waste management. The waste being
potential to severely impact both, existing and
attracted global attention. As a consequence,
this would also be felt in other sectors which
plastics, overlooking the benefits it has brought
agriculture, food processing and, in particular, the
public
highly
is
visible,
Growing volume of wastes in cities, towns, villages,
packaging industry. It would impact employment and earnings in all these sectors.
water bodies and even in pristine locations
All plastics can be recycled or their latent
concerns. Graphic depiction of the impact of
management of plastics waste. There are technical
the negative image. Shrill narratives in electronic,
Mixed plastics waste can be co-processed in
image of plastics and the industry. There is very
be used in blast furnaces or incinerated to recover
based on science.
in road construction with bitumen. Alternatively,
In a closely-knit world of instant connectivity
or gaseous hydrocarbons through pyrolysis.
of mountains, lakes and forests are genuine
energy recovered. Recycling is the first choice in
plastics waste on flora and fauna has magnified
solutions to end-of-life mixed plastics waste.
print and social media has further tarnished the
cement kilns supplementing coal. Similarly, it can
little tangible counter narratives from the industry
energy. Co-mingled plastics waste can be used
through internet, this negative perception is now
a global discourse. Depending on geography and culture, the hue may vary, but the general
perception about plastics is the same - it is harmful to human life and environment. Both these are,
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problem gets aggravated with the faulty social
has made and continue to commit substantial
to humanity.
S. K. Ray Hon. Secretary ICPE, Mumbai
the problem. The plastics waste management is
however, scientifically inaccurate.
Overlooked issues now need to be factored in any future initiatives from the industry. The industry has
plastics wasted can be converted into liquid and Management of plastics waste has gained urgency in India with the recently concluded event WED 2018 - hosted by India on 5th June, 2018.
India took the pledge of eliminating all ‘single
use’ plastics by 2022. The industry has a relatively short window of opportunity to shift the narratives from negative to neutral zone. This is critical to the future well-being of the industry.
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SIVARAM SPEAKS
Macro-porous PE made
by a monoaxial or biaxial stretching process have large interconnected
pores with diameters in
the range of 50 - 1,000 nm and has the ability to
Macro-porous Polyethylene as Heat Dissipating Comfort-fabrics
Fascinating World of Invisible Polymers
transmit over 96% of the human body radiation
compared to only 1.5% for cotton.
E
xcessive consumption of energy
by
humankind
has many consequences.
It is unsustainable since fossil fuels
finite
are
a
non-renewable
resource.
Additionally,
increasing use of hydrocarbon
fuels results in greenhouse gas
emissions causing global warming.
Although economically viable and
sustainable carbon-neutral renewable
energy, such as solar, hydrogen and wind,
A scanning electron micrograph of a knotted Dyneema® fibre.
offer the promise of a ‘greener planet’, the
process of transition to entirely new energy sources is
painfully slow and fraught with many unintended consequences. Therefore, in the short-term, more efficient use of energy is likely
Dr. S. Sivaram Former Director, CSIR-NCL Honorary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
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to bring greater benefits.
Cooling the Smart Way One of the large consumers of energy is the heating and
cooling of residences and commercial buildings. Comfort air
conditioning
in
hot
and
cold
weather
is
now
accepted as standard all over the world. Heating and cooling
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spaces is believed to account for about 50%
as polyethylene have only C-H bonds and do not
Thermal insulation, building design and smart
However,
of the total energy consumed in our buildings. indoor temperature and lighting control are
being increasingly advocated to reduce the
energy consumption. However, it is recognised that there has to be a smarter way to provide air
conditioning comfort to humans than by cooling
materials which are transparent
to IR (for better
heat dissipation) and opaque to
visible light (for application as
apparel materials).
films
are
transparent,
needed for a textile fabric such as air-exchange or
permeability
wicking capacity.
and
moisture
absorption
or
For the Right Fit with Macro-porous PE
a small portion of the total space. Just imagine
workers
individual space a person occupies, which is but
Yi Cui from Stanford University, USA and co-
the savings in energy, if the fabric you wear can
porous polyethylene (PE), of the type, widely
thermal energy (cooling) efficiently so that heating
to develop textile
polyethylene
and also do not have other desirable properties
the entire space of a building rather than the
retain the thermal energy (heating) or remove the
The challenge is
absorb in the IR region of body heat emission.
or cooling is available only to the small space surrounding your body.
Human body at 34° C emits mid-IR radiation
with a peak emission at 9.5 micron wavelength. This heat is dissipated by the human body by a
combination
of
convective,
radiative
and
have
recently
shown
that
macro-
employed as separator membranes in lithium ion batteries, can be appropriately tailored for
fabricating a self-cooling textile material1. Macro-
porous PE and their applications in a lithium ion battery have been described in the previous issues
of
POLYMERS
Communiqué
magazine
(October – November 2016 and December 2016 January 2017).
moisture evaporative processes. If there is a way
Macro-porous PE made by a monoaxial or biaxial
process in the summer or inhibit it in the
pores with diameters in the range of 50 - 1,000 nm.
by which we can enhance the heat dissipation winter, we will have an approach to individual thermal management.
Such ‘smart-textiles’ are the subject matter of recent advances in science.
One approach to local cooling is to make the
textile an efficient dissipater of body radiation. Most commonly used textiles strongly absorb human body radiation since they have functional
groups such as C-O (polyesters, cellulose) and C-N (polyamides) which strongly absorb IR radiation in the region emitted by the human body. The challenge is, therefore, to develop textile
stretching process have large interconnected These pore sizes are large enough to scatter visible light; hence they appear opaque and white to the
eye (Refer Figure 1). However, these pore sizes are much smaller than the IR wavelength and hence transparent to IR. The pores are interconnected, have slit-like structure and, hence, can offer
unhindered flow of air through the material
(Refer Figure 2). Such macro-porous PE has the ability to transmit over 96% of the human body
radiation compared to only 1.5% for cotton. The cooling effect was measured experimentally using
thermal measurement equipment. It was shown
materials which are transparent to IR (for better
heat dissipation) and opaque to visible light (for application as apparel materials). Polyolefins such
Figure 1: Macro-porous polyethylene used as separator membranes for lithium ion battery. Note that they are opaque.
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Figure 2: A scanning electron micrograph of the surface of macro-porous polyethylene.
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RIGHT FIT
I
n
2011,
Tanishq
launched
a
contest
‘My Expression’ soliciting ideas for a new brand
(Mia) of jewellery for young, working women.
Conducted online through social media, Tanishq wanted to get design idea inputs from among
the target market groups reflecting what they considered to be the most appealing factors. Ten winners selected by eminent jury were awarded
Rs. 1,00,000 each. Tanishq launched a seventyfive-design product folio of Mia and rest is history.
Tanishq, thus, co-created the product with
its potential customers. This classic example showcases the importance of listening to
customers, understanding their genuine needs and bring an ‘Outside In’ perspective to your business rather than an ‘Inside Out’ one.
So, What Does This ‘Co-creation’ Really Mean? Co-creation is an act of creating value together
The future will belong to those who walk the extra mile to understand customer’s needs, his application and even go
beyond that to jointly designing him as a
market leader. The process of ‘co-creation’ will then be a ‘win-win’ for both and create a long-term partnership.
My Product v/s Your Application Co-creation
Shailesh Sheth Corporate Strategy Adviser Management & Manufacturing Technology, Mumbai
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COMING UP
INDIAPLAST 2019
Leveraging Digitisation
Being technology savvy
themselves, the organisers are leveraging digitisation to the
hilt and making the exhibiting as seamless as possible. While continuously evolving newer features for convenience,
adaptation of digitisation already is in place for space booking,
visitor registration and business matchmaking and more...to
help both exhibitors and visitors derive maximum benefits from the mega exposition.
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reparations are in full swing for INDIAPLAST 2019, being organised
by the Plastics Machinery Manufacturers Association of India (PMMAI) and Triune Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. between 28th February,
2019 and 4th March, 2019 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR.
In the vein of important exhibitions, INDIAPLAST 2019, is all set to give the much-needed fillip to the Indian plastics industry. Technology and
equipment are a lifeline to most industries and plastics is no different; the event will extrude and mould the future of this industry as visitors
will flock to the show to understand how they can continue to stay relevant in today’s competitive times. With 70% of the space already sold; companies (be it raw material manufacturers, technology providers,
manufacturers of machines and axillary products, services providers etc.)
continue to book by the day as none would wish to miss what could
be a very meaningful industry gathering with business being the high focus. For an update; not only big names, but also small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) having already booked space in the machinery and non-machinery segments.
Wanting to decide on your participation or see who else has booked
the space with you, simply visit the official website of the show at www.indiaplast.org which displays prominently the names of exhibitors
participating. If you are not on your computers, there is the INDIAPLAST
mobile application (app) that can be downloaded which provides details
of the exposition, names of exhibitors, visitors’ profile and floor plan, Cyril Pereira Managing Director Triune Exhibitors Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru
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among others.
See Before You Book In a first, exhibitors can log onto the website (or download the app) and click on the category under which they want to book their space
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i.e.
masterbatches,
moulding,
additives,
technology,
blow
machinery,
finished goods etc. Further, what was hitherto an offline preserve is now very
There will be Life at INDIAPLAST 2019 as Machines would be Live... Quite certainly, seeing in believing and technology has the most crucial role to play
in the growth of the plastics industry; INDIAPLAST promises to be a true showcase in this regard.
much online, and exhibitors can pick
The industry response to INDIAPLAST 2019 is overwhelming...over 70% of the space
book their space; subject, of course, to
equipment companies have booked very large spaces. With quality crowd expected
and choose exactly where they want to
availability. For instance, companies that are into a particular kind of raw material
can opt to be close to similar such firms.
Or, smaller companies specialising in any particular technology, finished good or machinery can book space in the
is sold out! With an intent to showcase their technologies and capabilities live, in numbers, space in the mega-machinery halls was lapped up as it opened.
“We are very excited about the forthcoming INDIAPLAST 2019. It is indeed a good opportunity for us to showcase our latest new generation press - redefining high
productivity with excellent print quality, fast job change-over and lower conversion cost. The press is suitable for small, medium and large run, all well integrated into
one solution; come to witness this innovation,” says Bharat Shah,
neighborhood of bigger firms having
CMD, Pelican Rotoflex Pvt. Ltd., Rajkot.
the same area of expertise. A simple and
Adding to this sentiment further, Nirav
clear approach...isn’t it...and all this online!
Shah, Managing Director, Shubham Extrusion
As mentioned earlier, while nearly 70 per
Technik Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad enthusiastically
cent of the area has already been booked,
highlights,
bookings for the remaining space is in
progress and the online feature aims to
live
2019 platform to highlight our expertise.”
The online payment gateway is an
The industry waits with bated breath for this mega event...
integral part of the seamless experience.
travel and hotels are witnessing an unpresented spurt during
Pay online, get you receipts online,
those days already. The indications are clear, visitors will get to see
online...
what they are looking for – new equipment, new technology,
guess you are all set to participate. The
unprecedented automation; and that too live. INDIAPLAST 2019, living up to
dynamically updated layout, once your
your expectations, literally!
stall booking is complete, the online
layout will continue to help exhibitors
(and visitors) familiarise themselves with the neighbourhood.
Business Matchmaking, Digitally Significantly, digitisation will serve the
purpose of business-matchmaking where not only exhibitors can get information on the kind of visitors they are interested
in, but also visitors can get data on the kind of exhibitors they are interested in
at the click of a mouse. The app (and the website) will facilitate chatting as
well as scheduling and rescheduling
manufacturing challenges etc. Truly, a business enabler!
As with most important exhibitions,
each day to the visitors. This will serve
the
beginning
of
register online till the very end and receive their QR codes for having their badges printed against their respective codes
at
dedicated
kiosks
at
the
exposition without having to stand in snaking queues.
possible, the organisers will continue to
e-invites can be sent out and interaction
can be facilitated between exhibitors
and technocrats to discuss on-floor
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regular intervals.
the show. Visitors can continue to
before
business
Furthermore,
be sent out to pre-registered visitors at
INDIAPLAST 2019 will have its high
months
The e-Channel
opportunities.
are afoot for full-blown e-bulletins to
stall bookings are scheduled to close
of appointments between exhibitors
and visitors, so as to make the best of
at
film line. We look to use the INDIAPLAST
mark their presence at the exposition.
forms
launch,
5-layer Polyolefin Dedicated (POD) blown
already ensured their participation to
and
will
performance, fully automatic co-extrusion IBC
help all those exhibitors who haven’t
documentation
“Shubham
INDIAPLAST 2019, its state-of-the-art, high-
In a bid to attract as many visitors as leverage the e-channel created to send
out regular updates to pre-registered visitors via email and SMS. Indeed, plans
profile Show Daily that will be distributed as a launch pad for the exhibitors. This communication platform will also be made available on the event website (and the app). To add, the Show Daily
will also be emailed to the exhibitors as well as pre-registered visitors, each day.
With INDIAPLAST 2019 positioned to be India’s flagship event in the field
of plastics, raw materials, processing, machinery
and
finished
goods;
digitisation will surely help expand its reach exponentially, both in India and abroad.
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CoPolymers
Choose Your Best Answer
Mastermind: Prof. (Dr.) D. D. Kale
A quick check on how updated you are, a few not so difficult questions. A 3-minute quiz...give it a try! 1.
Copolymers are...
6.
a. Polymers of carbon monoxide (CO)
b. Mixture of two polymers c. Polymers made from more than
d. Polymers made from cobalt (Co)
7.
c. Ethylene and ethyl alcohol
8.
1: c; 2: d; 3: c; 4: d; 5: c; 6: d; 7: c; 8: c; 9: b; 10: c; 11: c; 12: b; 13: b; 14: c; 15: c; 16: a
b. Propylene and chlorinated
9.
10.
propylene
d. Acetone and ethylene
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diisocyanate
b. Ethyl acrylate, propylene and
diacid such as terephthalic acid
c. Ethylene, propylene and diene
a. Ethylene and pentadiene
d. Ethylene, propylene and maleic
such as butadiene anhydride
15.
d. Stearic acid and maleic acid
SIS is a copolymer of... a. Silicone and styrene b. Silicone and isophthalic acid c. Styrene and isoprene d. Stearic acid and styrene
interpolymers of...
b. Ethylene and silicones
SMA is a copolymer of...
c. Styrene and maleic anhydride
ESI are copolymers or a. Ethyl acrylate and styrene c. Ethylene and styrene d. Ethylene and stearic acid
b. Styrene and methyl methacrylate
11.
EPDM are copolymers of... a. Ethylene, propylene and
a. Styrene and methyl acrylic acid
Polyketones are copolymers of...
c. Carbon monoxide and ethylene or
14.
d. Ethylene and acrylamide
styrene
ketone
styrene
TOPASÂŽ marketed and
c. Propylene and styrene
d. Acrylonitrile, butadiene and
b. Acetone and methyl propyl
d. Maleic acid and brominated
manufactured by Ticona is a
2-norbornene
ABS is a copolymer of...
a. Acetone and methyl ethyl ketone
and styrene
c. Maleic anhydride and butylstyrene
b. Ethylene cyclo olefin such as
b. Acetone, butadiene and stearic
5.
b. Methyl methacrylate, butadiene
copolymer of...
a. Acrylic acid and styrene
MBS is a copolymer of... a. Butyl acrylate and styrene
d. Styrene and sebacic acid
d. Propylene and vinyl chloride
acid
13.
c. Styrene and butadiene rubber
c. Propylene and ethylene
c. Acetone, styrene and butadiene
d. 1-Hexene and methacrylic acid
SBR is a copolymer of... b. Stearic acid and boric acid
ethylene
4.
ASA is a copolymer of...
a. Styrene and bromine
from...
propylene
c. Vinyl chloride and acrylic acid
d. Acrylic acid and stearic acid
PPCP is a copolymer made a. Propylene and chlorinated
b. Ethylene and acrylic acid
c. Acrylate, styrene and acrylonitrile
d. Ethylene and vinyl acetate
3.
c. Styrene and anhydride of maleic
b. Acetone, styrene and acrylonitrile
a. Ethyl alcohol and vinyl alcohol b. Ethyl alcohol and vinyl acetate
as sodium) of copolymers of...
a. Ethylene and acetic acid
a. Acetone, styrene and acrylic acid
EVA is a copolymer made from...
Ionomers are metal salts (such
b. Styrene and nitrile rubber
d. Styrene and acrylonitrile
as a catalyst
2.
12.
acid
one monomers where they are chemically bonded
SAN is a copolymer of... a. Stearic acid and nitrile rubber
16.
Teflon FEP is a copolymer of... a. Fluorinated (ethylene and propylene)
b. Fluorine, ethylene and propylene c. Formaldehyde, ethylene and propylene
d. Formaldehyde, ethyl acrylate and propyl acrylate
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MENTORING
Empowering
Through Mentoring People who can do great
things are wonderful assets.
Mentoring can help in
retention of these high
potential and ambitious employees, significantly
benefitting organisations.
C
ompanies invest considerable amount of money and time
in training, orientation and other activities to improve the performance and efficiency of their human resource. Most of the
training is structured and targeted to achieve certain goals in terms of doing things better. Teamwork exercises are often part of retreats and
short programmes. It is usually difficult to assess the value added by some of these games and interventions.
Why Mentor? The secret of building truly high performing organisations lies largely on the culture in place and the sense of belongingness and commitment the employees have for the company’s goals. In any
eone, it for som p m la path. ght a r own If you li ten you h g ri b verb o ist Pro will als Buddh n do you ca good t s hare te a just s The gre is not r e him th o veal to for an t to re u b , s e ch your ri aeli n. w o in Disr his Benjam
case, individual high performance of all employees
is naturally the bedrock of the overall performance of the organisation.
While training personnel to perform individual tasks
is largely a matter of procedures, the organisations also have far more complex processes that make them work. People have to learn them and they
extend into many directions, often across functions. Networks, relationships, communication, decision making, crisis and conflict management and many
other factors create the environment in which
the employees and the managements must operate. In addition, as people begin to move up in their lives to explore greater challenges and shoulder bigger responsibilities in the organisation, they find
themselves in those more complex environments wherein they need
superior interpersonal skills, greater vision, enhanced ability to see Rakesh Shah RS Coaching and Consulting New Delhi
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beyond the immediate tasks, think laterally and manage resources across functions. In this journey, they need inputs and support that
helps them to expand their intrinsic resource and abilities to effectively deal with these new, often unstructured situations.
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Identifying Your Mentor Mentoring
Indra Nooyi,
to
Chairman and Chief
help
full
Executive Officer, PepsiCo
people
potential
themselves
says, “If I hadn’t had mentors,
more
I wouldn’t be here today. I’m a
centre
utilise
and
to
effective.
stage
their
develop
become
Typically,
therefore, mentorship is a
product of great mentoring, great
relationship in which a
coaching... Coaches or mentors are
more
very important. They could be
more
anyone - your husband, other
experienced
or
knowledgeable
person helps to guide
family members or your boss.”
takes
One of the pitfalls in these extended relationships
a less experienced or less
knowledgeable
person.
The
mentor may be older or younger
than the person being mentored, but she
of you.” A classic example of mentorship, which
is usually an extended or long-term relationship
is India’s centuries old Guru-Shishya Parampara
(Tutor-Pupil tradition).
Indra Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
PepsiCo says, “If I hadn’t had mentors, I wouldn’t be here today. I’m a product of great mentoring, great
coaching... Coaches or mentors are very important.
support that
They could be anyone - your husband, other family
expand their
The peer and boss-associate relationships are often
helps them to intrinsic resource and abilities
to effectively
deal with these new, often
unstructured situations.
outside professional he holds in high esteem. The
mentor needs to let the personality of the mentee bloom and help him take full control over himself.
He needs to build the mentee’s self-confidence
and make him see and open up his full potential. I love the statement of the legendary film maker Steven Spielberg that says, “The delicate balance
of mentoring someone is not creating them in your image, but giving them the oportunity to create themselves.”
assess the mentee and offer the mentee the
you, than you see in yourself and helps bring it out
need inputs and
may be his boss or another person, including an
someone with vast experience and someone who
is someone who sees more talent and ability in
their lives, they
feel enamoured enough to ape his mentor who
A good mentor is also an advocate for his mentee.
wants to learn. As Bob Proctor aptly says, “A mentor
to move up in
a mentee like his own clone. The mentee also may
or he must have a certain area of expertise. It is
a learning and development partnership between
As people begin
undoubtedly can be that the mentor tends to see
members or your boss.”
informal and need not be very structured. However, depending upon the needs of target groups, there
can be organised or formal mentoring programmes that are somewhat structured.
The Role of a Mentor A good mentor must also be a good listener. He should be open-minded and be willing to listen to the mentee’s views and support him with inputs that would improve the mentee’s perspective. On
the other hand, the mentee should be motivated
and willing to work on himself in a serious way and must have clear objectives set for his career
growth. The mentor needs to be sensitive to the
mentee’s learning style and the mentee should feel
He needs to be sensitive and able to dispassionately appropriate rewards and incentives.
Lucia Ballas Traynor says, “The mediocre mentor tells. The good mentor explains. The superior mentor demonstrates. The greatest mentors inspire.” It is important that a mentor inspires the mentee. The
essence of building confidence and empowerment of the mentee is in inspiring him to move forward
and work relentlessly for his own development. Indeed, a mentor may need to be tough at times
and a mentee may well even expect that. One
needs to challenge the mentee in various ways and help him to work on more complex and difficult targets progressively. A good mentee would then stand the chance to build a great career.
The Role of a Mentee
From the viewpoint of the employee, it is of critical
importance that he finds a good mentor for himself early in his career, for it is then that he needs to
understand who he is and what his potential is. It is then that he needs the learnings and finer
understandings and imbibe values that will shape up his career in the long run. It is often said that the first boss is the most important one for a worker.
The behaviour and methods of the first boss can impact the personality and, thus, the career of an
employee in far reaching ways. Good bosses are usually good mentors too and actually believe that they are normal people themselves. They enjoy
encouraged to understand and take advantage of
the mentor’s style of mentoring. Trust can play an important role here.
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Weekend Delights Friday night to Monday morning, a time to unwind, rejuvenate and be geared to face another grueling week. Each one of us use this ‘my time’ is different ways. And why not, weekend is a time for expressing ourselves. We all have known the personalities featured here as astute business stalwarts; as life is more than just business, we at POLYMERS Communiqué, have started this section called ‘WEEKEND DELIGHTS’. Live life...
Geeta Goradia
Managing Director
Jewel Consumer Care Pvt. Ltd.
My weekend is all about spending quality time with near and dear ones, giving green energy a boost through gardening and listening to music. What I love the most is singing ‘Bhajans’ for an hour or more, ushering me into extraordinary spirits, soothing the tackles of week days, a great stress buster that gets me charged for the coming week.
Brajesh Kumar
Country Manager - Performance Plastics
Radici Plastics India Pvt. Ltd.
I work few hours on Saturday and rest of the weekend is family time. I dedicate Sunday to switching off from work and connecting with family and friends. It’s off from routine walk & exercise, but extended sports time gets added with the kids and have fun. Weekend breakfast are leisurely and sometimes I with my wife make special breakfast. Mid-day nap on Sunday is a most pleasing and deserving thing for me. It usually ends with dinner out with family. I take weekend as an opportunity to relax and recharge again for another working week.
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Malini Hariharan
Head of South Asia Markets ICIS
The weekend is when I take time to experience the transformative power of yoga. Regular practice has helped improve my agility, flexibility and made me stronger and more balanced. Yoga helps me relax and increase my awareness of the mind-body connection. I eagerly look forward to my weekend sessions to rejuvenate myself after a hectic week of work and travel. The journey on this path of well-being is long and I am just a beginner.
Vinu Chavda
Managing Director
ECON Machinery Pvt. Ltd.
Weekend comes with many pending plans from family like social visits, sports activities, kids shopping, one day family outing and many more. But, for me, the most important part of my weekend is sitting together with the entire family and discuss about exciting moments of the week. Playing tennis or badminton with friends is another activity I cherish.
Vivek Kale
Head - Marketing and Business Development
Imerys Minerals India Pvt. Ltd.
Trekking is my weekend delight. I cannot say that I make it every weekend. But I make sure that I explore atleast one of the nearest forts (‘Killa’ in Marathi). This is an independent adventure sport and once it starts, it becomes addictive. I started this from my college days and now we have a group of 8 - 10 guys who join me in this short expedition almost once in a month during weekends. In life, we come across so many things that appear improbable, just like the insurmountable peaks; there are goals that we feel are impossible to achieve. However, nothing is impossible. If you really have the desire and determination to do something, no one can stop you - and trekking helps me find that drive within myself. I am so happy that now my 11-year old son has started enjoying it. Hope I can pass on this good habit to the next generation.
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LITTLE ACTIONS BIG RESULTS
Be Empowered
for Tomorrow If anyone wants to achieve excellence, all that is needed is to ‘Live that Dream’!
I
n recent years, we have seen India
While some great organisations are
manufacturing sector, but we still
many
as a great potential base for the
need to strive hard to be on the top
when it comes to global markets. And it is possible! Visiting our own Indian companies like Tata Motors, Mahindra
&
Mahindra
and
many
others, we can see if anyone wants to achieve excellence, all that is needed is to ‘Live that Dream’! We can see
many islands of excellence all around us, even in small and medium scale
industries. Looking in to the little details while walking through the factories and talking to the people,
we see an intense sense of passion to attain this excellence. We can learn so much from these passionate people,
not just the owners or CEOs, but also at the shop floor and office level. We
feel a sense of pride when they make Shirish V. Divgi Managing Director Plastics Machinery Asia Ahmedabad
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a name for their organisation, and for
progressing very well internationally, small
and
medium
scale
companies are struggling to build
excellence within. In today’s digital
world, I do not think there is any dearth of knowledge or guidance available.
We simply need to have the willingness
and passion to learn. Getting better by collaborating and learning from the
people involved - both owners and the employees, will take all of us to a ‘world-class’ status.
Thus, training becomes a very important
strategy for any organisation. We find many organisations focus on getting
more productivity and output from the machines and employees but spend
very little amount of money and time
for training. Any organisation giving importance to training at all levels, on a continuous basis, are bound to
the country.
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Deep Plast Industries
Ramesh Patel, Partner
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n Injection Moulding Machines Nu-Vu Conair Pvt. Ltd.
Pradeep Chudasama, Assistant Manager
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n Extruders & Extrusion Lines
Toshiba Machine (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd.
V. Padmanaba Bhat, Joint General Manager
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n Mixers
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Econ Machinery Pvt. Ltd.
Vinu Chavda, Managing Director
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T: +91-7046263000 M: +91-96240 91901 E: v.chavda@econ-in.com W: www.econ-in.com
Luk Plastcon Ltd.
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n Ancillary Equipment
Nordson Corporation Polymer Processing Systems
Mrunal Sanghvi, General Sales Manager (India)
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n Polymer Processing Machinery Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd. M. A. Khan, Vice President
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THE BIG GAP
Moving Higher Up the
Skill Scale Finding skilled labour is the biggest
challenge confronting the growth of
this sector; thereby, creating a huge skill gap. Here are few thoughts on the way
forward for skilling the workforce in the plastics industry.
I
am writing this article in context of skill development
landscape in India and in particular to the plastics industry, the challenges faced in skilling at a macro
level as well as the way ahead. I hope this article will help raise more questions and thoughts that will channelise deliberations for skill development.
Need for Skills Skill and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any country. Countries
with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities. As India
moves progressively towards becoming a ‘knowledge economy’, it becomes increasingly important that the
country should focus on advancement of skills and these skills have to be relevant to the emerging economic environment. In order to achieve the twin targets of
economic growth and inclusive development, India’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) has to grow consistently at 8% to
9% per annum. This requires significant progress in several Dr. Naveen Malhotra Group Head HR & CC Sintex Industries Ltd., Kalol
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areas, including infrastructure development, agricultural
growth coupled with productivity improvement, financial sector growth and a healthy business environment, ably supported by a skilled workforce.
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In today’s age of globalisation and
create additional capacity in existing
the
is an important weapon to boost the
need to create adequate infrastructure
the mid-level skills requiring some
technically mutated world, skill building
efficiency and the quality of services for advanced productivity and economic
institutes, at the same time there is a even in small towns and villages.
Awareness, Mindset and Perception Issues
unemployment. Managed well, a larger
Skill development in India is way
growth and development. For India, our
awareness on the type of courses as well
economy
and
lead
to
higher
talent pool can contribute towards bet is on the latter. India
has
a
successful
entrepreneurship.
culture
Foreign
of
Direct
Investment (FDI) has surged in the last few years, which implies that investors share optimism. India’s young workforce only adds to the attraction.
However, sustained success is by no means guaranteed because the skills and employability of the people joining
the workforce over the next decade will be crucial.
Skill Development Challenges The
daunting
challenge
of
skilling
millions of youth entering workforce, we face a huge task of evolving a skill
development system that can equip
the workforce adequately to meet
the requirements of the industry. The workforce needs to be trained across all
levels, from the high-end specialised skills for ‘White Collar’ jobs to the low-level skills of the ‘Rust Collar’ jobs. Moreover,
these skills have to be adequately linked to
the
available
job
opportunities.
Several factors have inhibited the skill
development eco-system in India to scale up to the desired levels. The
skill development system in India is plagued with multiple issues related to awareness, perception, cost, quality and scale. I talk of these challenges from the ground zero perspective.
is
grossly
limited acceptance of skill development
courses as a viable alternative to formal education. Skilling is often viewed as the last resort meant for those who
have not been able to progress in the
formal academic system. This is partly
to do with the lack of integration between the two options and also due to rising aspirations for white-collar jobs
which necessitate higher qualifications. Moreover, skill development is often
associated with blue-collar jobs, which is largely perceived to be of low dignity
and provides low wages / salaries. ‘stigma’
associated
inadequate
skilled labour. While there is a need to
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expertise on handling of machinery.
is needed. The issue relates to the
quality of infrastructure, trainers, as well
as curricula and pedagogy. In terms of infrastructure, the institutes often lack
appropriate machinery to give students hands-on training. Even the course
curricula often are outdated, redundant and
non-standardised.
Additionally,
lack of industry-faculty interaction on course curricula leads to irrelevant
training modules. Availability of good quality trainers is also a key concern. The quality of trainers is affected due to
limited efforts towards re-training and skill improvement of trainers. There is
lack of focus on development of trainers with a clear career path which can make
this an aspirational career choice and can ensure regular and adequate supply of good-quality trainers in every sector.
Mobility Concerns
education courses.
education and vocational training in
low
enrollments
in
vocational
Skill development initiatives in India continue
to
be
largely
dependent
upon the government funds or publicprivate ventures. Owing to high capital requirements
and
low
return
on
investments, skill development is often
looked at as a non-scalable model and remains under invested. Additionally, a
fee-based model also faces challenges as
prospective
There is limited mobility between formal our education system, due to lack of
Cost Concerns
students
are
often
unwilling or unable to pay high fees for training. Even the bank’s willingness to
as high-risk products due to uncertainty
considering the projected demand for
educational
with skill development has resulted in
low as educational loans are perceived
The existing infrastructure, both physical human,
prospects. More importantly, there is
lend for skill development activities is
Inadequate Scale, Limited Capacity and
as information on the ensuing career
perceived
in
improvement on the quality of training
below the requirements due to lack of
The
imparted
To tackle this problem, considerable
growth. Managed poorly, it can strain an
skills
and training institutes, especially for
with respect to future employment.
equivalent recognition for the latter. A
student enrolled in vocational training often cannot migrate to institutes of
higher education due to eligibility restrictions.
Skill Gap in the Plastics Industry and Way Forward The plastics industry has been making significant contribution in the economic
development and growth of various key sectors in the country such as automotive, construction, electronics, healthcare, textiles and FMCG.
We must understand that plastics is one
of the fastest growing industries in India
Quality Concerns There is a serious mismatch between the
industry’s
requirements
and
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