MOULD MAKING PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 09/22 www.petpla.net 20 A growing Indian company with international interests Acme Disys, which was established in 2002, is headquartered in New Delhi, India, where its manufacturing and sales organisations are also based. The company’s 70-plus employees work in a modern production facility equipped with in-house design and engineering resources. It uses advanced high precision machine tools, sourced from leading German and Japanese suppliers, to manufacture high performance injection moulds. Its factory complex also houses mould testing resources, equipped with contemporary injection moulding machines from leading global companies. Acme Disys sells PET preform, caps and closures moulds across India and to more than 30 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, Cyprus and other countries. It has capacity for most light weighted preforms and caps, along with the latest neck finishes for water, juice, CSD, edible oil and wide-mouth jars for customers in India. Trends in moulds for preforms and caps Suppliers in India are working to become specialists in particular industries and offering dedicated, light weighted neck finishes. The latest varieties of necks and sizes are widely available for water, juice, CSD, edible oils and wide mouth jars for FMCG markets. Fridge bottles for household industries are also trending upwards. Decentralisation of production in India is accelerating, along with greater market spread and reach. Companies are establishing multiple production locations across the country, including in rural areas. The trend for PET preform moulds is towards higher cavitation, hot runner systems and quick interchangeability of stacks for various varieties and sizes to be offered. “In the cap and closure segments, we are observing a shift from compression moulding to injection moulding, with light weighting & tamper evident features as the key drivers. Adopting the post-moulding operation into the mould enhances the value proposition,” says Harbir Singh, Acme Disys’ Managing Director. Industries and market share Acme Disys serves packaging industry customers across all the main drinks sectors, including beverages, water, CSD, juices, food and FMCG. Although the fragmented nature of the industry makes it difficult to be absolutely precise, the company’s pan-India market share is estimated at 30-40% of the PET preform mould beverages segment. Preform and cap mould projects Acme Disys has delivered a number of special projects, in recent times. Among the highlights of recent projects were the delivery of a prestigious preform mould project for Parle Drinks in Nepal, to cater for their market for juice & CSD products, including Frooti and Appy Fizz, with PCO 2519 neck finishes. It also supplied one of the Indian market’s lightest preform and cap solutions, to a large mineral water company in Gujarat. Its 1 g cap for 26mm neck finishes, catering for 6.5 g, 9 g and 16.5 g preforms, is now an industry benchmark. The company supplied a high speed, productive solution for water preforms to a company in Gujarat that is an exclusive supplier to the Patanjali brand and the Rail Neer Mould assembly at Acme Disys Mr Harbir Singh, Managing Director Acme Disys
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