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 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 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 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.

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