CAPS & CLOSURES 30 PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 03/22 www.petpla.net Interview with Mr Pankaj Bafna, General Manager at Nishant Mouldings Ltd. about Sacmi’s compression moulding technology “CCM is our calling card on the market” Based in Bangalore, the Indian company Nishant Mouldings has played a key role in the fast-paced growth of closure production in recent years. In 2019, the company decided to establish itself with a complete preform-cap solution on the market. PETplanet talked with Mr Pankaj Bafna about his experience with Sacmi’s CCM. Nishant Mouldings Ltd., founded in 2001, is a protagonist in manufacturing caps, preforms and container for the beverages & FMCG markets. The brand name is well renowned in the industry as Fortunapet. PETplanet: What is the reason for the company’s success in recent years? Pankaj Bafna: Three main factors, firstly – keen attention to customers requirements, constantly evolving to provide better products and services. Secondly – sixth sense in pre-empting the market requirement well ahead resulting in development of successful designs of products. Thirdly - the ideology of choosing the best technology available. Hence, the partnership with Sacmi for a compression made cap mould came into existence. PETplanet: Which points were particularly decisive? Pankaj Bafna: A key year for Nishant was 2012. We expanded our business and produced our own preforms offering a broad range of preforms from 25mm to 120mm to the market. The second big step came in 2019. Our decision to present ourselves in the market with a complete cap-preform product, keeping the highest industry standards. In the closures business, we’d had our sights set on Sacmi’s compression technology for some time. Indeed, we believe it’s the best competitive one-piece cap manufacturing system. That’s why, following meticulous cost-benefit analysis, we opted for this solution and installed the first 48-cavity CCM. And the results were exceptional. PETplanet: What products are made with CCM and in what volumes? Pankaj Bafna: We started off by producing the standard 27 mm Alaska, a water cap weighing 1.28 g. With CCM we managed to raise productivity to 70 million caps per month, improving both products and efficiency to an extent that allowed us to grow rapidly in this segment. We can now attend trade fairs and explain to our customers that we use Sacmi compression technology to make their products. It’s a valuable calling card, a guarantee of quality for our partners. PETplanet: In recent years, the industry has changed a lot. How has the management dealt with this? Pankaj Bafna: Accelerating change is a key feature of our time. More specifically, the issue of sustainability is increasingly important in cap and preform manufacturing, as are quality and an optimised consumer experience. It’s vital to know how to adapt quickly to customer demand, how to develop customised products and work on new standards and designs with the fastest possible time-to-market. For example, we were able to install and start up the Sacmi machine in very short time and work as a team with our own technicians, allowing us to get the maximum potential from the new line immediately. PETplanet: What about other projects? Pankaj Bafna: The first is to double line output capacity by purchasing an additional CCM press. In fact, we have the full scope of CSDs to consider and, here too, company’s aim to work with the major India-based international brand owners. Last but not least, our satisfaction with the partnership with Sacmi means we’re also assessing IPS preform production technology. PETplanet: Thank you so much for your statements, Mr Pankaj Bafna. www.sacmi.com www.nishantmouldings.com F.l.t.r.: Mr Ashish Narang, Sales Area Manager Sacmi Rigid Packaging Technolgies, Mr Pankaj Bafna, General Manager at Nishant and Nishant stuff member.
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