Q. With a product portfolio which has tapped most avenues, what is next?
innovation
and
upcoming
technologies,
and
continuously evaluate them and immediately
We are diversifying into non-woven-technical
adopt the suitable technologies. We have been
to offer more sustainable products to the society.
auto sorters, segregators, grinders and many
textile, filament yarns, B-2-B and renewable energy
Q. As regards your raw material availability and quality, what challenges do you face? How do you overcome the same?
Ease of
technology
transfers, R&D
machinery
have
certainly
new products.
we were facing the problem of cutting the
sharing the
and
Improved
helped us to expand our capacities and think of
as PCR waste has a mix of polymers. Since
policies for
more European technology suppliers. technologies
Quality control at the source is important
projects and
continuously adding advanced machinery like
Q. Are you looking beyond PET waste as raw material? If yes, please elaborate. If not, tell us why?
higher IV quality part from PCR PET bottles,
We are already working to convert 100% PET waste
intermediaries etc., we decided to set up our
fetch polyolefins and MLP waste from the market
of input feedstock to our recycling units to
also exploring converting mixed complex plastic
So, we are setting up the waste management
energy forms.
addition of sand / dust / moisture and
content into usable products. We are going to
own collection centre to maintain the quality
to convert them into sustainable products. We are
provide a better quality of finished goods.
waste, paper mills’ waste, industrial sludge etc. into
at both the
vertical and developing waste collection
private levels can
Q. Please share your take on ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘vocal for local’.
Q. The pandemic has thrown open a lot of opportunities for many who have the grit to dive deep. What are your thoughts about this and how has the group dealt with it?
knowledge and manpower,
and exchange and training
programmes
centres under it.
government and speed up the growth of
We have been working additionally during these
We find both these schemes to be useful
days to keep up the pace as we were confined
are certainly beneficial for our nation’s
have worked hard to maintain the momentum as
of policies supporting R&D projects, technology
was invested in pending discussions, networking
promote these concepts.
introduce with some concrete plans.
this industry.
and beneficial for the nation. The concepts
to our homes. All the key management people
economy. The industry needs support in terms
there were many limitations. The time spent idle
transfer
and studying innovations and best practices to
and
infrastructure
development
to
Q. What role has technology played this far in your success? In our field, it is a very dynamic world. Technologies are
upgrading
rapidly.
We
always
look
for
Q. If it was not the plastics or recycling industry, which would have been your alternate choice of business? We have been into trading of yarns / cloth since 1979. We have also been into manufacturing of
HDPE pipes and cloth, and import and sales of
It is very important to understand the requirements of brand owners and end users to offer them sustainable products. We are open to setting up of new infrastructure and machineries to fulfill specific needs of our clients.
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various commodity items; probably that could have scaled up.
Q. Where do you see the group in the next 3 years as regards the recycling business? We should achieve the capability of recycling about 2,50,000 MT of feedstock on an annual basis by 2023. We expect our PET recycling capacities to To know more, please subscribe to Polymers Communiqué at
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