PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2020

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 0/17 www.petpla.net 21 Edible oil in PET: East India holds out by Michael Maruschke May 2019 We met: Mr Raj Kumar Gupta (FCA), Associate Vice President-Procurement Emami Agrotech Limited is the edible oil business unit of Emami Group of companies, a business conglomer- ate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is a market leader in diversified industries including FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods), biodiesel and edible oil, paper, writing instruments, real estate, healthcare, retail, cement, solar power and contemporary art. Its edible oil business employs approximately 2,500 people in three plants: at Haldia, West Bengal; Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; and Jaipur, Rajas- than. With the exception of mustard, the company imports all its oil supplies for processing at these three plants. Tour Sponsors: Raj Kumar Gupta (right) and Michael Maruschke While Eastern India is the fast- est growing region in India for PET packaging in general, it has not yet penetrated its edible oil market. In contrast to most other parts of India and Asian markets more widely, edible oils in the East are still packed in tins, pouches and in rather old-fashioned and unappealing HDPE containers. Of Emami’s total oil production of around 6,000 tonnes per day, about half is destined for further processing and half is packed by the company: around 50% in tins, 35% in pouches, 5% in HDPE jars (42mm neck 5 l jars, and also 15 l) and cans; and only 10% in PET. Emami ships all over India: pouches are mainly destined for the North; PET and HDPE to other parts of the country. Bottles and caps are very price sensitive when it comes to the packaging of edible oil. The production department PET production capacity is around 125 million bottles per year: 20% of the total in 200ml; half in 500ml and the remaining 30% in 1 l format. Pre- forms, which weigh from 10 g (0.2 l) and 14.5 g (0.5 l) to 19.5 g (1 l), are currently sourced externally. A new, 2 l PET bottle is to be launched soon. Two hundred bottles a minute are blown on a Techlong SBM (stretch- blow moulder). Bericap supplies all of Emami’s 29/21 HDPE caps. A locally produced Jagmohan blow-moulding machine makes HDPE jars at the rate of 3,000 a day; an AKEI unit produces 14,000 a day. Total HDPE processing capacity around 200 tonnes per month. Personal care division Emami also has a personal and healthcare division, which packs Navratna Oil, its flagship product. This therapeutic cooling oil is formulated to provide relief from daily mental and physical stress, is filled exclusively into PET bottles, of 50ml, 100ml and 200ml capacity, the majority of the company’s PP butterfly hinge flip-top caps are sup- plied by Alpla. www.emamiagrotech.in product development caps & closures design high cavitation moulds multi-component moulds closure production systems after sales service competent – professional – inspiring Dr.-Walter-Zumtobel-Strasse 9 | 6850 Dornbirn | Austria | www.z-moulds.com SAVE THE DATE GULFOOD February 17th-20th, Dubai CHINAPLAS April 21st-24th, Shanghai