PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2020

BOTTLE MAKING 46 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 05/20 www.petpla.net From pharma bottles to hula hoop rings by Michael Maruschke Privately-owned company Himalayan Packaging Industries first produced PET pharma bottles in Selaqui (Uttarakhand state) in 2006. The PET line was followed by PP, PC, LDPE and HDPE containers for a wide range of industries, including pharma, FMCG, lubrication and alcoholic beverages. Today the company produces bottles and containers for food and personal care, and sports goods such as ABS thermoplastic fishing rods, hula hoop rings, ab wheels, children scooter covers, PVC skipping ropes and cricket stumps. Himalayan Packaging Industries Pvt. Ltd. - May 20, 2019 We met: Mr Santosh Shrivastava, Vice President - Operations Himalayan Packaging is a contract manufacturer; it does not sell anything under its own brand name. The com- pany exports to markets across the world, including to companies such as Tupperware and Decathlon, to whom it supplies PP bottles, food boxes and sports goods. Wide range of production technologies Pharma bottles remain the compa- ny’s main business; it supplies more than 100 customers all over India. With about 500 tonnes processed per month, PET is still the predominant material. Around 200 tonnes of other plastic raw materials are processed each month, in addition. Apart from injection moulding (IM) and single stage injection stretch-blow moulding (ISBM), the company also offers extrusion, injection blow moulding (IBM), extrusion blow moulding (EBM), and both heat transfer and shrink sleeve labelling. The manufacturing floor hosts just over 60 production units: 20 injec- tion moulding, IBM, extruder and EBM machines from Windsor, Ferromatik, Toshiba, CMP, JWM and others; and 43 stretch-blow moulding machines for converting various polymers. General development PET is used in “traditional” bottle applications such as pharma, FMCG Tour Sponsors: and food and beverage. The company actively promotes all types of plastic polymers for new packaging applica- tions. Conversion of various types of PET bottle is an established strength of the company; it is now expanding to offer more processes and polymers such as TRP, TPU, Silicon and SEBS. Himalayan actively gets involved with and provides technical expertise and experience in R&D applications for new products, designs and poly- mers, depending on customer require- ments. Himalayan is a very young com- pany; it was started by first genera- tion entrepreneur Mr Suresh Singhal. It is his approach that has delivered strong growth from its foundation. The company’s revenues have increased steadily over the years, from US$ 1.4 million in 2006, when it had just eight machines, to US$ 18 million in 2019. www.himalayangroup.co.in Santosh Shrivastava (right) with Michael Maruschke at the Editourmobil Meeting with VP Santosh Shrivastava in his office