Ref. No. : CA - 11646 - (Designer & Product Developer – with 27.2 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

PGD (Plastics Engineering) from Central Institutes of Plastics Engineering & Technology, Chennai in 2003.
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from VMKV Engineering College Salem, Madras University in Chennai.

Skill Sets

A competent professional with 14 years of rich experience in Rigid Plastics Packaging of Extrusion in Production Planning & Control, Project Management, Operations & Maintenance, Erection & Commissioning & Quality Assurance.

Work Experience

Plant Head
From : Aug 2021-to till date
Company Profile : Manufacturer of PET Sheet foil, PET Strap & Thermoforming Products

Job Profile :
Manufacturing plant operation (Project & Techno-commercial) Leading Chinese PET twin screw PET sheet for plant Installation, commissioning and setting up the plant in the targeted time line both Sheet Extruder rPET, Konarch PET Strapping
New Project Expansion of Thermoforming, Polar cutting machine. & PP sheet line,
Budgeting -Coordination & monitoring Annual budgeting and its implementation, cost control
Directs plant level support functions including Production Planning, Maintenance Engineering, Quality assurance, Vendor development material management and Human resources to ensure alignment with overall plant operations.

Production Manager
From : Sep 2018- July 2021
Company Profile : Manufacturer of Thermoforming products

Job Profile :
Leading manufacturing plant consists of 5 Extruders, 12 Thermoforming and 3 UV Dry offset printing machines, 4 Blown film MC overall production and reporting to GM operations
One of the largest Al Marai Dairy thermoforming products suppliers in KSA, coherently managing maintenance and supply chain department; holding daily plant meeting with production, maintenance & supply chain team and assigning daily tasks. Setting up yearly objectives and KPI’s for each department
Executed expansion project of new investment opportunity 12Mn SAR injection (Jonwai, Milacron), Blow molding (BMM SIKA),
Executed blown film Project of Taiwan lung Meng machine and Two lanes Vegetable & Fruits core less Bag on roll machine,
Successfully executed new Project of tamper proof Courier Bag hot melt with release liner machine technology, China Two color Flexo Printing m/c & Sheet Extruder Re engineering up gradation of existing MC.
Techno commercial PR presentation of new machines, molds and ancillary’s requirement to Investors with ROI.
Molds & develops new products as per custom demand.
Major Achievements: Successfully reduction in scrap/ wastage by 3.5% and reduced the overall cost of conversion for plant by 5% and introduced Silicone emulsion coating replacement of MB Additive resulting in generation of annual savings of SAR O.25 million annually
Product Development of NPD Thermoforming articles, Injection molding & Blow Molding Product Parts.

Asst Manager
From : July 2016 -Aug 2018
Company Profile : Precision Plastic products LLC

Job Profile :
Handled New project Reifenhauser 1.0-ton PET Sheet line, Designer China Twin Screw Extruder PET line, Amut Extruder PS line, WM 780 Four Station Thermoforming line & WM 700 tilting line, Machine Craft and Illig thermoforming machines. Van Dam 8 color UV dry offset printing, OSMO printing line,
Labelling machine (Egg Tray) and Mono Blown film Extruder machines.
Product categories as Dairy, Poultry Segments.

Sr. Manager
From : Nov 2013- June 2016
Company Profile : AVI Global Plast

Job Profile :
Handled new project Plant operations and Maintenance for European equipment BG Plast RPET Sheet & Four Station Yeniyurt Makina HS Thermoforming line.
100% PET Bottle Flakes RPET, APET, GAG, CPET in Line Silicone coating, Anti-static and Anti fog coating, Inline Lamination Barrier PE film with PET,
Punnets segments, kiwi tray & Egg tray maintaining tool room mold, insert, approval of engineering & technical drawing new mold and tools. Punnet, Strawberry, Clam shell, Egg tray
Scrap Management systems and MIS report, CAPA Coordinate with Marketing, Daily output to remedy shortfalls in Quality, Cost & Delivery Schedules

Technical Services Manager
Since April 2011 to Oct 2013
Company Profile: Is a world class supplier of Blown film and cast film Extrusion systems to the worldwide plastics packaging industry producing complete lines from mono to nine layers
Job Profile:
Handling the Entire New Project line for BLOWN film Extruder Multilayer machine look after the Erection, Commissioning and testing the line, Maintenance in all production equipment controls in India & Asia .
Technology development and Customer Services in India & Asia .

Production Manager - PET Sheet Extrusion
Mar 2010 –April 2011
Company Profile: World’s largest packing film manufacturer.
Job Profile:
Handling the Entire New Project line for Post consumer PET Bottle flakes Recycling Bandera Italy Twin Screw Sheet Extrusion PET m/c setup production line operation & machine process trouble shooting in the same, look after the maintenance in all production equipment controls.
Line is 1600 mm width PET Thickness ( 0.15 – 1.5 mm )
Inline lamination PET with PE Poly / Barrier films
Setup Auxiliary equipments of Silos, Dryer, and etc
Managing the post production of the Thermoforming machine production of PET disposable, cups, plate, tray mould release A-PET/ PET-G product for pharmaceutical, & food packaging wrapper and also non food packaging.
Setup utility as Chiller, Air Compressor, Material handling equipments, QA Lab equipments.
Gained knowledge with PET flakes, bottle grade polymers and polymer blends with fillers / additives.
Co ordinate with master batch Material manufacturer for product developments, Vender selection and cost control.
Involving in material planning & setting the production plans, the process of extrusion plant, and other related areas. Analyzing the production process and solve the production bottlenecks
Gained knowledge with PVC Rigid film Calender Processing.

Asst. Manager - Production
Oct ’08 –Feb 2010
JRD International Co.
Job Profile:
Handling the SML Sheet Extrusion PET, SML PP & PP Foam & Reifenhauser HIPS / GPPS Sheet Extrusion Multilayer Austria m/c , MEAF m/c production line individually operation & machine process trouble shooting in the same, look after the maintenance in all production equipment controls.
Supervising the Sheet Extrusion Plant & setting up sheet line processing trials 150mic-1200mic PET / PS, PP 250-2000 mic sheet line production).
Handling the advanced drying systems & Auxiliary equipment for polymer supplied by L&T- Moton dryer 3 -4 tons capacity (A-PET, G-PET)
Gained knowledge with sheet grade polymers AA LEVEL PET, APET/GPET/HIPS/GPPS/SBN/PP/PP foam and polymer blends with fillers / additives
Responsible for material planning & handling, output, quality, waste, yield, safety, and other related areas. Analyze the production process and solve the production bottlenecks.
Managing the post production of the Thermoforming machine TSP Korea, Illig, Meaf, Wonder pack m/c production of PET/PS/PP disposable, cups, plate, tray mould release A-PET/ PET-G product for pharmaceutical , Pharma & food packaging wrapper.
Knowledge of PET Bottle Preform m/c like SIPA, AOKI, In mould Labeling Injection Molding m/c, Vandem Offset printing of forming cups,
Knowledge of thermoplastics material and ASTM testing method and silicone coating process method.
Handling Maintenance of extrusion Plant. Handling the Plastics PET Recycling Erema Vacurema PET Extrusion Systems, Recycling PET Flakes Box Strapping (SIMA-ITALY) machine.
Handling the advanced drying systems for polymer supplied by Piovan crystallizing dryer 2 tons capacity (bottle grade PET flakes )
Managing the production line individually operation, overseeing the maintenance in all production equipment controls Mechanical, Electrical and machine process trouble shooting in the same.
Gained knowledge with PET flakes, sheets, bottle grade polymers and polymer blends with filleres / additives.
Involving in material planning & setting the production plans, the process of extrusion plant, and other related areas. Analyzing the production process and solve the production bottlenecks.

Production Head – PET Sheet Production
Jun 03–Sep 08
Neil Extrulamipack Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile:
Handling the Reifenhauser PET Sheet Extrusion Multilayer Germany m/c production line individually operation & machine process trouble shooting in the same, look after the maintenance in all production equipment controls.
Supervising the erection, commissioning in Sheet Extrusion Plant & setting up sheet line processing trials 150mic-1200mic PET / PP 250-2000 mic sheet line production).
Handling the advanced drying systems & Auxiliary equipment for polymer supplied by L&T-Moton dryer 2 tons capacity (A-PET, G-PET)
Gained knowledge with sheet grade polymers APET/GPET/PP and polymer blends with filleres / additives
Responsible for material planning & handling, output, quality, waste, yield, safety, production process of Extrusion Coating Kolsite plant, and other related areas.analyze the production process and solve the production bottlenecks.
Managing the post production of the Thermoforming machine Vacuum blister production of PET/PP disposable, cups, plate, tray mould release A-PET/ PET-G 300 & 400 mic product for pharmaceutical ,PP 350-450 mic for pharma & oil packaging wrapper.
Handling 6 color Rotogravure printing m/c & Solvent base coating Lamination m/c
Handling Utility equipment in Blue Star Chilling Plant.

Production Executive
Aug’98 – Sep’02
Victory Lamination Ltd.
Job Profile:
Serving flexible packaging line as a shift supervisor in Rotogravure 8 color (EXPERT), Nakajima, KOHLI 4 color m/c and solvent base/solvent less coating lamination Expert m/c to control print process of trouble shooting for printing doctor blade and print laminations.
Handling on pouching trouble shooting of heat sealability & Strength.
Testing of prints, print color shade matching, overseeing the physical prop of bond strength, seal strength, drop test, standard odor panel test, wet ability of surface tension.
Documenting all quality records as online inspection report printing, Lamination, Slitting, Pouching operation.
Possess knowledge with technical as Blown Film Co Extruder, PU based adhesive, inks (PA /Vinyl based/NC)

Core Competencies
Production Planning & Control
Managing overall operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of production targets within the time and cost parameters.
Day to day planning of the man power as per the available resources.
Overseeing Procurement activities, implementing effective techniques to bring efficiency in operations, improve quality standards & achieve maximum cost savings.

Erection & Commissioning
Ensuring effective Extrusion machinery SML –PET / PP Austria, Reifenhauser –PET / PS Germany, Bandera –PET line Italy, SIMA-PET Strapping Italy, EREMA– Austria, MEAF Extruder PS Line- Holland, PET Bottle AOKI, SIPA m/c, Thermoforming M/C, Expert Nakajima Printing m/c, site management and discipline to ensure safe execution of the projects.
Troubleshooting problems arising in the total execution of job with minimum time lag.
Taking stringent quality measures including preparation / maintaining necessary documents and to ensure compliance with standards.

Operations & Maintenance
Planning and implementing preventive maintenance schedules of various machineries and instruments to increase machine up time and equipment reliability.
Executing cost saving and energy saving techniques/ measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and work within the budget.

Quality Assurance
Monitoring adherence to quality systems & comply with ASTM, ISO along with maintaining the requisite documents as per the norms.
Implementing quality systems in the organisation to reduce rejections and ensure zero defect products.

Man Management
Managing a team of workmen and guiding them to address and resolve performance bottlenecks along with imparting in house training.
Planning effective manpower deployment & works scheduling of qualified workforce; addressing training needs of staff to enhance skills and productivity.
Supervising workmen on the Shop floor and ensuring the quality of products manufactured.

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