Fruitful Interactions
KET hosted a fruitful and interesting Interactiv Evening at Mumbai on November 21, between the visiting CEOs and the luminaries of the Indian Plastics Industry. Mr. Kabra welcomed the gathering and reiterated KET’s commitment to the Indian Plastics Industry. He spoke about KET’s collaboration with Battenfeld as a benchmark of successful and long term Indo- German co-operation. He ouched upon the Globalization phenomenon and the opportunities for the industry. He glowingly referred to the nnovative technology advantages now on offer to the processors, due to BEX and AMC joining KET as Partners.
Global Trends in Plastics Extrusion
Mr. Studener made an educative presentation on major global trends in plastics extrusion, indicating large pipes, specially thermoplastic pipes as the growth market. He showcased the product advantages of composite pipes and its specialized manufacturing technology. He presented the burgeoning business of drip irrigation tubes as critical, due to water conservation needs. He indicated extrusion lines for non -pre-dried PET processing, film and sheet extrusion, profile extrusion, corrugated and spiral high areas. He discussed the finer points of new
extruder technologies
and then gave a composite view of SMS Group activities.He presented the finer points of new extrudertechnologies and also gave a composite view of SMS Group activities. He proudly expressed that the manufacturing units of American Maplan in USA, BEX and
SMS Kempen in Germany, Battenfeld Extrusion Systems in China and KET in India as the five critical production sites of the SMS Group world wide. |
He gave a clear picture about the total market size of extruded products, the strong growth segments, the market potential and growth rate in 2006.
Technology Benefits
Mr. Waldhauer then made an insightful presentation on the total extrusion solutions offered by them and the technology benefits, especially in areas like PVC pipe tooling and superior extruded plastic piping products. He explained how these tooling offerings reduce material usage and facilitate precise process control, leading to cost savings and good product quality. He also presented details of their sophisticated co-extrusion lines and tooling for Fence Systems and the composite extrusion process for natural fiber (wood)composites.
Valuable Business Interactions
The presentations were interspersed with valuable interactions on various issues related to advancements in manufacturing, technology and machinery related to plastic extrusion.Over sixty luminaries from among leading plastic processors attended, providing a wealth of experiences, technological insights and a plethora of industry related issues. In fact nearly 53% of India’s total PVC pipes resin consumers were represented in the session.
Exciting Growth Prospects
At the end of the visit, the honoured visitors were of the unanimous opinion that India’s potential and very exciting.
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