While welcoming the CEOs and the august gathering of luminaries, Mr. S.V. Kabra, Chairman & M.D reiterated KET’s sincere commitment to the Indian Plastics Industry. He spoke about KET’s technical collaboration with Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik (BEX) as a benchmark of successful and long term Indo - German co-operation. He touched upon the Globalization phenomenon and the opportunities opened up for the industry due to this. In this context, he glowingly referred to the innovative technology advantages KET is now able to offer to the processing industry, due to Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik and American Maplan joining KET as Joint Venture Partners

Mr. Kurt Waldhauer then made an insightful presentation on the total extrusion solutions offered by them, alongwith the technology benefits especially in areas like PVC pipe tooling and superior extruded plastic piping products. He explained how these tooling offerings minimize material usage and facilitates 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.

Mr. Wolfgang Studener made an educative presentation on major global trends in plastic extrusion. He pointed out that large pipes are the growth market of the future, especially thermoplastic large pipes with its manifold advantages. He showcased the product advantages of plastic - metal composite pipes like aluminum composites and the specialized manufacturing technology involved. He presented the burgeoning business of drip irrigation pipes 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 wound pipes, PVC and PO pipes as high growth areas, due to the great number of applications. He presented the finer points of new extruder technologies and also gave a composite view of SMS Group activities. He