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Plastindia Foundation:
New Team of Office Bearers for the term 2006 – 2009
During the Managing Committee
meeting of the newly nominated members of Plastindia Foundation held on
September 26, 2006, Mr. Arvind M. Mehta was elected as President, Mr. Amar Seth as
Vice President and Mr. Hasmukh Patel as Honorary Treasurer for the term
2006-2009.
Plastindia Foundation is the Apex
Body of major Associations, Organizations and institutions connected with
plastics, with common objectives to promote the development of the plastic
industry and to assist the growth of plastics, its related materials and their
products. The foundation is dedicated to the national progress through plastics.
Mr. Arvind Mehta
Mr. Arvind Mehta is the Managing Director of Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt.Ltd. He
was the Hon. Treasurer of thee Foundation during the period 200-2003 and later
the Vice President for the term 2003-2006. He is a Past President of The All
India Plastics Manufacturing Association (AIPMA), The Bombay Foundation Pen
Manufacturers and Traders Association, Society of Plastics Engineers Inc. (India
Section) and has served as an office bearer with other leading Plastic
Associations and Trade Bodies more precisely with CII as a National Council
Member for the Indian Plastic Industry. He has published a number of articles
and authentic reports on his visit to a number of countries abroad. He is widely
traveled and has conducted and attended Conferences and Exhibitions at National
and International level. Mr. Mehta has been associated in the development of the
Indian Plastic Industry and trade for around four decades and is closely
associated with several social and cultural organizations.
Mr. Amar Seth
Mr. Amar Seth is the Jt. Managing Director of Rajda Sales (Cal) Pvt.Ltd. and was
an active member on the Managing Committee of Plastindia Foundation during the
term 2003-2006. He is a nominee of Indian Plastics Federation, Kolkata on whose
Executive Committee he has been a member since 1980.He is also Governing Council
Member and Past Chairman of Indian Plastics Institute, Kolkata Chapter.
Mr. Hasmukh Patel
Mr. Hasmukh Patel is the Managing Director of Winflex Ltd., Ahmedabad and was a
member of the Managing Committee of the Foundation during the term 2003-2006. He
has been nominated by Gujarat State Plastics Manufacturing Association (GSPMA)
Ahmedabad, for whom he worked as Executive Committee Member for around ten years
after which he served as its President during 1991-1992.
Mr. Arvind Mehta stated that one of the key goals of the Foundation was to
facilitate export led growth of the Indian Plastic Industry with a view to
double the plastic processing capacity and consumption by 2009. India is
expected to become 3rd largest consumer of polymers in the world. The domestic
scene in retail sector alone is going to offer historic business opportunities
for plastics industry for packaging as well as consumer products. Establishment
of Infrastructure & SEZs will also throw up new opportunities aimed at servicing
global markets. The plastics industry, therefore, has an unprecedented challenge
ahead to gear up for seizing these opportunities. Plastindia Foundation would
constantly work to assess the readiness of the businesses and provide boost to
different segments for gearing up. Requirements of skilled manpower and
processing machinery and dies & molds would pose formidable challenges. India
must have good product design centers established at the earliest to cater to
increasing demand for new product development for global markets. Countries like
Taiwan, Korea & Japan have succeeded in increasing their market shares on the
back of creativity & new designs. We have to work closely with educational and
technical polymer institutions in order to increase human development resources.
Plastindia Foundation would maintain focus on exhibitions & conferences as main
platform for bringing together the business houses in domestic as well as global
markets. While Plastindia 2009 would be held in New Delhi from January 31 –
February 5, 2009, there would be many opportunities in the interim period to tap
and organize overseas participation in international exhibitions to enable
businessmen capture the overseas opportunities for finished products, machinery,
molds and ancillaries. Projecting & promoting the capabilities of Indian
Plastics Industry overseas would lead to establishment of India as a sourcing
hub for the world in the field of plastics.
Mr. Arvind Mehta urged the Indian plastics industry to dovetail their expansion
plans to capture these opportunities.
Plastindia Foundation would continue to communicate on these events & programs
in due course.
MANAGING COMMITTEE –
FOR THE TERM 2006-2009
Mr. Arvind M. Mehta - President
Mr. Amar Seth - Vice President
Mr. Hasmukh Patel - Hon. Treasurer
Mr. Mahesh K.Shah - Immediate Past
President
Mr. Ajay U.Desai - Member
Mr. K.M.Tibrewala - Member
Mr. Ramesh Patel - Member
Mr. Gautam H.Gandhi - Member
Mr. V.K.Taparia - Member
Mr. J.R.Shah - Member
Dr. Y.B.Vasudeo - Member
Mr. Rupchand C.Lohia - Member
Mr. Vimalchand J.Rathod - Member
Dr. Sushil K.Verma - Member
Mr. S.K.Sharma - Member
Mr. V.M.Deshpande - Executive Director
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