PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

PACKAGING / PALLETISING 55 PET planet Insider Vol. 18 The company has two plants in Karnataka. The unit in Bidadi, which is the crown jewel of the packaging industry, is a LEED Gold Certified Green factory. Unit 2 in Bommasandra manufactures PET, PP and HDPE bottles and jars for customers across various consumer and healthcare verticals. The unit also manufactures closures and carries out labelling (shrink sleeves, adhesive labels, in-mould labelling and screen printing). The company’s in-house technical design centre specialises in the design development, engineering and deployment of rigid packaging solutions for its customers. They focus on practical, manufactur- able designs which can be realised with maximum cost benefits for customers. Manjushree’s R&D depart- ment is recognised by the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India. Manjushree was the first in India to introduce short- neck PCO 1881 preforms for single and multi-serve soft drink packaging. These ‘green engineered’ marvels save both on plastic weight and cost per preform as well as cap. In 2016, Manjushree forayed into flexible pack- aging with the installation of a multilayer blown film line for the production of LD shrink film. This is being used as a substitute for paper carton primarily for the packaging of plastic bottles, metal cans, glass packages, paper composites and Tetra Pak cases. Equipped with new generation machines from Reifen- häuser, Germany, one of the leaders for shrink film, the plant is capable of extruding 650kg of plastic blown film every hour. As new technologies scale the frontiers of rigid plastic packaging, Manjushree Technopack is commit- ted to making innovation practical and relevant for consumers. www.manjushreeindia.com Interior of the Manjushree Technopack Areal of the Bidadi factory