plastemartjobs.com Email: jobs@plastemart.com, hr@plastemart.com Download Date: 2/6/2025 6:32:22 AM ________________________________________________________________________________________ RefNo: CA - 8748 Gender: Male Age: 61 Designation: Department Head Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree Notice Period: Days Education Details: M. Tech - Polymer Engineering, IIT From Kharagpur, 8.72/10 (CGPA) In Dec 1988. M. Sc. - Polymer Science, AC Tech From Madras University, In April 1987 Skill Sets: Raw Materials: Structure-Properties relationship and applications of PE, PP, PS, EVA, EAA, Barrier resins EVOH, Nylon, & PVDC Paper, Foil, Tin, Inks, Adhesives & Coatings Packaging Conversion Processes: Blown Film, Blow Moulding, Injection Moulding, Thermo forming, Printing, Coating & Laminations, bag & Pouch making, slitting? Printing: Flexo (UV, WB, SB, Narrow & wide Web), Rotogravure, Offset, Dry Offset Letterpress, Screen Printing, Hot stamping foil Labels: Self-Adhesive Labels, Wrap around Labels, Stretch & Shrink Sleeves, Packaging Format: Flexible ? Poly bags, FFS & Stand up Pouches, Laminates, Stretch & Shrink films, Barrier films/laminates, rigid containers (plastics, glass, metal), Aseptic Liquid Cartons, Duplex Folding cartons, Corrugated boxes, Crates, pallets, drums, pails, pots? Testing: Testing equipment, methods & standards for raw material & finished packaging materials. Work Experience: 35.3 Work Experience Details: Packaging Development (Category Head) Since Aug 2008 Company Profile: Engaged in the production, processing and sale of three main product categories Beverages, Pots Foods. Job Profile: Providing innovation and technical expertise to drive top line growth and support major cost reductions. Establishing packaging standards via factory trials to ensure that proposed packaging materials are fit for purpose. Developing solutions for existing and future product packaging needs across the portfolio of products Technical Manager April 2006 - Aug 2008 Company Profile: Manufacture rolls by means of injection moulding, blow moulding, film blowing . Job Profile : Introduced low cost CaCO3 fillers while keeping acceptable quality in Blown Film, Injection & Blow Moulded products thus saving USD 1 mln pa. Reduced number of customer complaints from 230 to 120 and then to 65 in 3 years by revamping the QA processes. Involved in mould qualification of new bottle design for P & G, right from mould qualification at Mould maker, first hour product validation, 8 & 24 hours and successful commercial launching. Involved in developing new Blow Moulded bottles for Petromin Lube Oil & inline label material development for applying label on fresh blown bottles (Cost & Labour saving 300 K / yr). Improved the performance of heavy duty valve bags & Petrochemical FFS Bags, down gauged FFS film from 160 to 120 micron with same final packaging properties. Localized HMHDPE resin used in 200 L Drums thus saving USD 200/Yr and improving the sales volume 200%. Manager - Technical March 2002 - April 2006 Betts Packaging India Ltd., A 100% subsidiary of UK based company, manufacturing Lamitube. Manufacturing stages involves Blown Film Extrusion, Extrusion Lamination, Printing, Injection Moulding, Tubing and CappingTubing and Capping. Job Profile : Reduced the Laminate Cost by 15% by optimizing the use of costly Acid Copolymer (annual saving to the company USD 300 K) Down gauging of laminate (Reduction in foil thickness from 20 to 12 or 9 micron and total thickness from 275 to 175 or 200 micron), resulting annual saving of USD 500 K / year Developed New Vendors form scratch - 3 Blown Films producers, & 2 Laminate producers (with new investment than USD 3 Million for foil laminate, EVOH/Nylon Barrier films & Laminate. Installed & implemented a fully computerized SPC method for Moulding, Printing, & Tubing processes. Project cost over INR 3 Million. Later on implemented the same in other Betts group companies in Asia. Actively involved in development/ qualification of packaging material for new & re-launches for customers like P & G (Crest), GSK (Aquafresh), Unilever (Close up, Pepsodent, Fair & Lovely Brand) Henkel etc., QA Manager March 1997 - March 2002 Tetra Pak India Ltd Company Profile : Tetra Pak is world No 1 (80% market Share) in manufacturing and marketing systems for the processing, packaging and distribution of liquid food. Tetra Pak currently has 77 market companies around the world, 59 packaging material manufacturing plants, and 12 packaging machine assembly factories. Tetra Pak products are sold in over 165 markets. Job Profile : Undergone training in Paperboard manufacturing mill in Sweden, Tetra Pak Carton manufacturing processes in TP factories in Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Singapore. Involved in the development and global introduction of new packaging system Tetra Fino Aseptic System for Milk Packaging (growth from Zero to 2 billion packs in 3 years.) In Co-ordination with Central Group Purchase, Switzerland and Central R & D, TP Sweden, Led projects of Selection, Plant Auditing, Evaluation & Testing for introduction of new local suppliers for Paperboard, Aluminum foil, Lamination films, this improved cost & logistic and reduced inventory levels from 3-6 months stocks to 2 weeks. Associated with World Class Manufacturing, introducing best practices such as autonomous maintenance, Kaizen practices for reducing machine down time, waste and cost. Sr Executive Prodn Jan 1989 - March 1997 TechNova Imaging Systems Ltd Company Profile: TechNova manufactures a full range of offset PS printing plates in technical collaboration with Agfa-Howson ? Formally DuPont ? Howson. TechNova's manufacturing facility consists of fully automated coil lines equipped with in line electrochemical graining, anodizing, and sensitizer coating and laser inspection system. It also Manufacture a wide range of Polyester film coated imaging products. Key Trainings: Pulp, Paper, & Paperboard Manufacturing training at KORSNAS, Sweden Oct 1999 Tetra Pak Manufacturing System training at Tetra Pak in Switzerland & Singapore 1999 WCM/Kaizen training courses in Tetra Pak Singapore, 2001 ASI DataMyte SPC Software Training in Betts UK, Oct 2002 Polymer Compounding & Blending, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, May 2007 Blow & Injection Moulding Processes & Trouble Shooting, SABIC, KSA, May 2008 Finance for Non-Financials & Cash Flow management, March 2009. E-training courses for Glass Container from Glass Packaging Institute USA, Mar 2009 E-training courses for Metal Containers from MPMA, UK, Mar 2009 Future Goals: Accomplished, hands-on, technical professional, having passion for Technical Challenges and to excel and lead Packaging Development function ________________________________________________________________________________________