Essel Propack, a producer of laminated tubes, has begun commercial production at its new unit in the Indian state of Assam.
Image: Essel Propack’s first commercial dispatch from Assam unit. Photo: courtesy of Essel Propack Ltd.
Under phase-I of the project, the company has invested Rs60 crore and developed the new unit in Kamrup, which will produce 200 million tubes per annum.
With around 70,000ft² of space, the total project is expected to be completed over a span of 18 months and will have a production capacity of 750 million laminated tubes per annum.
The new unit will serve as a strategic sourcing site for the company’s customers in North East of India.
The Assam unit will serve and develop its customer base in North East of India in short term and neighbouring countries for laminated tubes in the medium term.
Essel Propack has developed the new unit to support the new form of distribution, and respond more effectively and efficiently to the customer’s requirements.
The investment will allow the company to employ around 200 people, of which about 90% would be locals from the region.
Essel has recruited skilled employees from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), a nationally recognised technical training institute.
Essel Propack chairman and managing director Ashok Goel said: “The new unit in Assam is a strategic investment, in-line with our stated objective of ‘go and grow’ with customers.
“Several of our customers have set up units in Assam and our presence near them will facilitate servicing them better, besides opening up opportunities for developing markets in North-East India and surrounding countries.
“This shall be the first Unit in our system which is equipped & designed to effectively service the ever dynamic market demand, owing to new form of Delivery/Distribution system.”
Essel Propack, part of the $4.2bn Essel Group, is a specialty packaging global company that manufactures laminated plastic tubes suitable for FMCG and pharma applications.
With around 2852 employees, Essel Propack has operations in countries such as the US, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Germany, UK, Egypt, Russia, China, Philippines and India.