Satnam Singh

At Plastindia 2023, exhibitors said they expected extended producer responsibility policies to benefit the plastics recycling sector.

At the Plastindia 2023 trade show, there was talk of India as a global supply chain alternative to China. But one executive says the country needs to tamp down on plastics bans to be more appealing.

Interviews at the Plastindia show, and a report from the fair organizer, offer projections for strong demand for plastics machinery in the country.

At the Plastindia 2023 show, the first since the start of the pandemic, Asian injection machine makers said they were expanding in the country to meet demand for large tonnage machines.

Indian blow molding equipment supplier Jagmohan plans to expand capacity at a factory in suburban Mumbai.

Authorities in India have recovered a third body after a Jan. 1 explosion and fire at a large Jindal BOPET and BOPP film plant.

Compounder and masterbatch maker Blend Colours is expanding capacity at two factories on its headquarters campus in India.

India has expanded its anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made injection molding machines, putting new financial penalties on presses above 1,000 tonnes clamping force.

The company may locate new seating plants in India's Western and Southern automobile hubs of Pune and Chennai.

Auxiliary equipment maker Nu-Vu Conair Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between U.S. firm Conair Group and an Indian partner, recently opened a $2 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Gujarat.

Indian plastic extrusion machinery and equipment manufacturer R.R. Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd. is tripling the size of its existing plant in Asangaon, about 45 miles from Mumbai.

India's Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd. has opened a sales office in Barcelona and is exhibiting at K 2019 to support that.

India's largest flexible packaging firm Uflex Ltd. is launching two environmental initiatives, investing about 50 million Indian rupees ($700,000) in a pyrolysis plant at its Noida site to turn plastic film waste into oil and gearing up to open a plastic recycling facility.

Private equity fund Blackstone Group is paying between $310 million and $462 million for a majority stake in Indian packaging company Essel Propack Ltd., which says it's the world's largest maker of laminated tubes.