Ref. No. : CA - 26349 - (Marketing Sales Service - Plastic Raw Materials – with 30.2 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Ph.D. (Polymer Blend) From Rubber Technology Centre, IIT, Kharagpur in 1995

M.Tech (Polymer Science & Tech.) From University College of Science & Technology, Calcutta in 1987

B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) From Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission College, Calcutta in 1982

Skill Sets

Field of specialization: Polymer Science & Technology, Speciality Polymer Compounding, Specialty Masterbatches, Thermoset Phenolic Resins, etc. Working areas : Product Development, Application Development, R&D, Quality Assurance, Business Development, Marketing, Technical
Service, Projects, etc.

Work Experience

Marketing and technical services for masterbatches
Marketing, technical services and development for compounding industry

Associate Head - Business Dev. & Mktg
Since Mar 2012
Company Profile: Manufacturer of dispersions, preparations, concentrates, emulsions, pastes, colorants, elaborations, master batches and tinters in various forms.
Job Profile :
Business development & marketing of existing Thermoplastic Masterbatches.
Technical support / guidance to Sales & Marketing team.
Product development/modification for existing Masterbatches.
Product development, Appln. development & Business development for Specialty Thermoplastic Compounds for niche markets based on various engineering plastics & their blends e.g. Polyesters, Polyamides, PC, ABS, PS, PP, PE, EVA, Acrylates and so on.
Application areas are Wire & Cable, Automotive, wire coatings, Injection moulding, Blow moulding, extrusion products e.g. sheets, mandrels, automotive tubes, & so forth.
Development of alternate material for appliances, electrical components, etc.
Developed & accomplished an import substitute order of specialty compound worth INR 10 Lacs per month.
Major customers handled : Uniflex Cable, Eureka Forbes, PZ Cussons, DBind Wire Products, Mandhana Polymers, Telecom Wires & Cables, Maharashtra Plastic & Industries, Venus Safety, Quality Flexi pipes, Al-Aziz Plastics, etc.
Company MR for ISO certification.

Dy General Manager-Marketing
2011 to 2012
Company Profile : Manufacturer of Engineering Thermoplastic Compounds.
Job Profile :
Marketing / Business development of Engineering Thermoplastic Compounds - based on Nylon
6 & 66, PPO (Noryl), PBT, ABS, PP, etc.
Application Development in the field of automotive, fluid engg., electrical, electronics, appliances
& so on.
Liaison with customer, R&D / production dept., technical services, for product promotion.
Major customers handled : Moulders for Automotive, Fluid pumps, Electrical & Electronics,
Industrial appln., etc.
Business handled : apx. 50 MT p.m.

Senior Manager – Business Dev.
2006 to 2011
Company Name : Techno vinyl Polymers India Ltd.
Job Profile :
Marketing & Business development of Thermoplastic compounds based on Polyolefins (PP), Vinyls, TPEs, TPRs and TPVs.
Application Developments for Moulded Automotive components, Soft-touch over moulding
applications like Grippers, Seals & Gaskets, Household appliances and so on.
Key Responsibilities involved handling national & multinational automotive OEMs. Worked
extensively to lead the team successfully to develop PP compound business in
Automotive sector specifically and Appliance sector as well. New revenue generated for
automotive PP business apx. INR 24 lacs p.m.
Also taken the additional responsibility of Quality Assurance. Led the team successfully for ISO
certification audit as the Management Representative.
Major customers handled : TATA Motors, TATA Autocomp, Visteon, TATA Ficosa, Supreme
Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Volkswagen India, General Motors, Minda Corp., Bright Brothers, Fiat India, Bajaj Auto, Racold, Videocon, Godrej appliances, Time Technoplast,
Avesta Polymers, PPAP, Colgate, etc

Senior Manager – Marketing
2004 to 2006
Company Name : SCJ Plastics Limited + Rajiv Plastic Inds
Job Profile :
Marketing & Business Development of Speciality colour & additive Masterbatches for various
Commodity & Engineering Plastics, application areas include flexible packaging films, woven
sacks, injection mouldings, blow mouldings, wire & cable, etc.
Major customer handled : Castrol, Samsonite, Jhaveri Polymers, Vista Paper & Chemicals, etc.

Manager-Technical Marketing & Services
1997 to 2003
Company Name : Poddar Pigments Ltd.
Job Profile :
Marketing & Business Development of Speciality Thermoplastic Colour & Additive
Masterbatches for various films e.g. monolayer/multilayer/CPP/BOPP, woven sacks, wire &
cable, blow moulding, roto moulding and various Extrusion and Moulding applications e.g.
tarpauline, sheets, tubes, luggage shell, furniture, drip irrigation components, appliances, etc.
Technical services, co-ordination between customer requirements & development of products,
marketing of existing products & new market development.
Major customers handled : Samsonite, VIP Inds., Gujarat Propack, Jindal Polyester, Oriental
Container, MH Packaging, Gujarat Telephone, Marvel Inds., VFC Inds., Vista Paper &
Chemicals, Netlon, Billion Flex, Dhoot Compack, Exide Inds., Siltap Chemicals, Gaurab
container, etc.
Business achieved : upto a maximum of 40 MT p.m.

Manager-R&D and Product Developmet
1996 to 1997
Company Name : Machino Plastics Ltd., Gurgaon
Job Profile :
Development of various modified & filled PP based Thermoplastic compounds for different
automotive applications e.g. Bumper, Dashboard, Trims, etc.
Handled compounding project for automotive applns. Raw materials selection & processing,
standardization of Twin Screw compounding, setting up Test Laboratory, interaction with the raw
material suppliers & customers, validation of compound for end-use, etc.
Major customer handled : Maruti Suzuki

Manager – Polymer Technology
1994 to 1996
Company Name : Inventa Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Job Profile :
Business development in Plastic compounding line set-up (complete production lines &
turnkey projects).
Special assignments in the field of a) Plastic compounding & process technology (filled &
unfilled PE, PP, PS, PET, Nylon etc.), b) Developing Power (XLPE – sioplas & peroxide) &
Telecommunication cable compounding & process technology.
Special Activities a) Technology transfer, Interaction with collaborators, suppliers & clients., b)
Preparation of technical documents / files for new product line,
Development of Plastics Recycling Technology from mixed Plastics.
Major customers handled : Kalpana Industries, Flex Inds., Machino Plastics, etc.

Development Officer
1988 to 1990
Company Name : IVP Ltd.
Job Profile :
Product development based on thermoset Phenolic Resin as green binder for Foundry and
Refractory applications.
Technical services, Quality Assurance, Production management.
Special achievements :
grabbed an important business segment (Mag Carbon) by providing technical solution for
Refractory appln., Business acomplished : apx. INR 3 Cr per annum.
increased productivity to the tune of 5% thru’ recovery of r/m from effluent treatment.
Major customers handled : Bharat Refractories, TATA Refractories Ltd., etc.

Research Activities
1990 to 1994 :
Worked on the topic “EVA based Polymer blends with special reference to cable application” as
Senior Research Fellow sponsored by DST, Govt. of India at Rubber Technology Centre, IIT,
Kharagpur.

Publications:
Published in International Journals : 8 nos.
Conference Papers : 3 nos.

Annexure
Skills / Experience:
Processing & compounding of Thermoplastics e.g. LDPE, HDPE, PP, PS, HIPS, PET/PBT, PA, PC, ABS, PES, PPS, etc. in single/twin screw extruders.
Processing & compounding of NR, EPDM, EVA, PVC, LDPE, Neoprene, etc. in tworoll mill.
Processing in Brabender Plasticorder & Rheocord.
Handled extensively & well acquainted with testing equipments like Universal Testing Machine, Dynamic Mechanical Analyser, Dielectric Analyser, Thermal Analysers like DSC, TGA etc., X-ray, Electron microscope, Infrared spetroscopy, Viscometer,
Rheometer, MFI, Impact tester, HDT, Spectrophotometer, High resistance meter,
Breakdown voltage meter, Limiting Oxygen index, Smoke density measurement and so on.
Development of various speciality compounds for Automotive, Wire & Cable, Industrial, Appliance sector alongwith various other niche applications from filled and modified Polypropylene, PA, PET/PBT, PC, ABS, PES, PPS, & so on.
Silane & Peroxide based XLPE compounding & processing in Extruder for power cables.
Extensive studies on EVA-LDPE & EVA-EPDM blends for different cable components e.g. insulant, semi-conducting & sheathing.
Studies on Radiation curing of Polyethylene & EVA.
Raffia processing from Polyolefins in extruder.
Recycling of mixed Plastics in extruder.
Development of Foundry & Refractory grade Phenolic resins in reactors & Business development.
Marketing of Polyolefins based colour & additive Masterbatches for plastic films (mono/multi/CPP/ BOPP/), extrusions (raffia/cable/filament) & mouldings e.g. injection, blow, roto, etc.
Product development for Plastic Masterbatches.
Development of PBT based speciality compounds for Optical Fibre Cable, Flexible Mandrel, Wire coating applns. etc.
Product development & business development of HDPE based compounds for application in blow moulded container.
Business development/Marketing of TPEs, TPVs and TPRs for seals & gaskets, soft touch overmoulding, medical appliances, automotive, construction, etc.
Product dev., Business dev. & Marketing of PP compounds for automotive & appliance sector.
Business dev/Marketing of Engineering Thermoplastic Compounds for automotive, electrical & electronics, fluid engineering, appliances, etc.
Undergone 8 weeks plant training at NICCO India Ltd., W.Bengal. Undertaken 16 weeks project at Bengal Waterproof Ltd. (Duckback), W.Bengal
on “Heat Resistant Neoprene based Adhesive”.
Participated & delivered in various conferences & exhibitions including the internationally acclaimed ‘K’ Fair.
Qualified internal auditor for ISO certification.

Expertise
Expertise in the field of Polymer compounding with unique combination of processing knowledge, product application area for various industrial domains (e.g. automotive, wire & cable, white goods, tubes & hoses, coating, etc.) along with customer management. With solid foundation of knowledge in Polymer material science + functional Additives + Fillers & Polymer processing, providing quality technical services to customers while driving strong technical interaction with reputed r/m suppliers to deliver best solution to customer.
Hands on experience in product development & marketing of Polymer compounds of Engineering &
performance Plastics (PP, PC, ABS, Nylon, Polyesters, etc.), TPEs & blends, marketing of Plastic Masterbatches. Key technical accomplishments include :
Developing & marketing tailor-made filled & modified PP compound solution for automotive, white goods & other moulding applications. Substitution of higher end ABS by PP.
Marketing of Colour & Additive Masterbatches for various products e.g. flexible packaging
films, woven sacks, blow moulded containers, moulded luggage shells / furniture's, wire & cable, tarpaulins, etc.
Development of Engineering Plastic compounds intended for different applications e.g. thin
wire coating, OFC loose tube, flexible mandrel, automotive tubes, etc.
Long experience & excellent personal network across parts of India with number of r/m suppliers &
customers from different industry domains.

Future Goals

Growth

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