PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2017

PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 03/17 www.petpla.net 41 TRADE SHOW REVIEW This should go into production at the end of January. Since we are operating in this corner of India for the very first time, we expect that we will need half a year to win over the cus- tomer clientele there. PETplanet Insider: I wish you the best of success and thank you very much for the interview, Rajat! www.manjushreeindia.com Rajat Kedia: Yes, in theory. We need to gradually bring the newly- acquired plant, machinery and the factory overall to Manjushree’s standard, along with our people and the former Varahi employees. We will make some changes to the existing equipment and centralise the systems in order to increase output and input over the next several months. A few people from our management are already on site there, for this purpose. PETplanet Insider: Does this mean that you will continue to employ the Varahi staff under Manjushree? Rajat Kedia: Absolutely. Manjush- ree has not planned any changes in local management or site staff so far. On the contrary, we want their exper- tise to flow into the production in a targeted manner. PETplanet Insider: Will all pro- cesses be channelled through Banga- lore? Rajat Kedia: All non-operative matters will remain centralised at our head office in Bangalore. We have established our Northern marketing office in the former Varahi office in Delhi. PETplanet Insider: Let’s talk briefly about the forecast outputs. What growth rates are expected with the acquisition? Rajat Kedia: We expect an approximate growth of 12,000 metric tons per annum of material in the blow moulding area. As Varahi only had a very small preform business, we will see material change of around 5,000 metric tons per annum. But this is not the only forecast increase in our output and capacities. It is worth men- tioning that we are currently erecting a completely new factory in the north- east of India, in Guwahati in Assam. This is independent of the Varahi project and involves around seven or eight machines. W W W . I N T R A V I S . C O M Sample-PreWatcher ® Comprehensive sampling analysis inline and offline High speed 100 % inline and offline inspection Color inspection right above the tooling plate Non-destructive layer inspection PreWatcher ® III ColorWatcher ® Integrated LayerWatcher ® Preform Inspection Today.