Plastics News India

India may be a part of the developing nations, but any activity which happens in India has a global impact, and therefore, even the most developed nations of the world like the US and UK, are always keen on building stronger ties in all fields with India. Just like the importance of India in the … Continue reading Plastic News India Reports The Formation, Objectives And Activities Of Gupa

New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI-NewsVoir): Alankit Ltd, a leading e-Governance service provider in India announced that it is going to beef up printing of PVC Aadhaar Cards across the country through its offices. The company is going to make this facility available for people at their convenience. Authorized representatives from Alankit would be printing plastic … Continue reading Alankit Ltd to beef up printing of plastic Aadhaar cards in India

First ever PLASTIC PIPES in India were installed in early 1960s at Chhatrapur, Uttar Pradesh. In this span of just over 5 decades, the plastic pipes industry in India has grown leaps and bounds and is catering to practically all the end use segments including water & waste water transportation, plumbing, agriculture, electrical and telecommunication, … Continue reading Plastic Pipes 2015 Conference

New Delhi Jan 30 (KNN) The Government is set to increase the anti-Dumping duty up to 44.7 per cent on imports of certain kinds of plastic processing machines from four countries-Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. The industry does not seem to be happy with this upcoming move. Talking to KNN, President of All India Plastic … Continue reading Let’s do Make In India without duties: AIPMA

Global economic growth is generally interlinked to petrochemical consumption where plastic is an important partner. Plastic processing is the pillar of economy in most of the advanced economies. Per capita consumption of the world is 28 kg whereas India’s 11 kg and China 38 kg, Brazil 32 kgs. USA, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Australia, Japan, … Continue reading Current scenario & way forward for Indian plastic industry

New Delhi: The city government is open to allowing “biodegradable” plastic carry bags in the national capital and may convey this to the Delhi High Court which had stayed a complete ban on their use in 2012. The Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government had issued a notification in October 2012 banning manufacture, sale, storage, usage, import … Continue reading Delhi Govt open to use of ‘biodegradable’ plastic bags

Start-ups being acquainted with the idea of generating varied and distinguished products are finding it difficult to compete in the domestic market owing to the tax imposed on imported raw materials  which are unlikely to be available in India. In a brief conversation with Anubhav Goel, Managing Director, High street lighting Pvt Ltd, KNN gets … Continue reading Taxation on imported raw materials disturbing manufacturers

Perstorp, a world leader in specialty chemicals has been participating in the event “Make in India”. By signing an MoU with MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation), the company initiates the process of evaluating the opportunity to invest in a new world scale production plant for Penta in India. The related market for coatings is growing … Continue reading Perstorp signs Memorandum of Understanding at “Make in India”

In a bid to curb the flow of black money and to push the ambitious ‘Digital India’ scheme, the Narendra Modi government might announce some incentives to promote the use of plastic cards for business transactions. If you prefer to use credit cards or debit cards in place of cash transactions, this budget might bring … Continue reading Modi government might offer incentives for use of plastic money

New Delhi: Mars, one of the world’s largest chocolate makers, has recalled some of its products here because of fears that consumers may find pieces of plastic in them. After a piece of red plastic was found in one Snickers bar in Germany on Tuesday, the US-based company announced that it was launching a voluntary … Continue reading Mars recalls chocolates in India over plastic fears

The National Test House (NTH), based on whose tests the Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) had taken a decision to phase out polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for pharmaceutical packaging, has clarified the tests were conducted on samples provided to them by clients for their own use. Responding to an RTI application filed by the PET … Continue reading Ban On PET Bottles For Medicines Questioned

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is slated to pronounce on Monday on whether plastic packaging of products including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers is safe or not. Uttarakhand-based NGO, Him Jagriti, has petitioned the NGT that given India’s extreme variations of temperature, it fears that PET containers leached harmful chemicals like phthalates and heavy metals. It … Continue reading Green tribunal to rule on safety of PET containers on Monday