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Skipper Ltd commissions second plant in Guwahati

kipper Limited, one of the leading players in power distribution and polymer pipes & fittings segment. Under
Stransmission & distribution and plastic pipes & the brand name of Skipper, the company manufactures
fittings sectors, has commissioned its second plant high-quality polymer (PVC & CPVC) pipes which serve both
in Guwahati having capacity to manufacture 30,000 the agricultural as well as plumbing sectors.
tonnes ofengineering products and 7000 tonnes of
polymerproducts. The company has invested approximately
Rs 70 crores for the new plant.The current capacity of PT Chandra Asri to embark on
the engineering products division is set to increase from feasibility study for integrated
200,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) to 230,000 MTPA
and the polymer division will grow from 41,000 MTPA petrochemical complex in
Cilegon

T Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (TPIA) announces
Pthe company is going to start a feasibility study
for its construction and operation plan of integrated
petrochemical complex in Cilegon, Banten province,
Suryandi, Director of TPIA in a written statement,
explained the project site with an investment of billions

to 48,000 MTPA. The manufacturing plant, situated in
Palashbari (Assam), is spread over nearly 7.40 acres
more or less of land, and caters to both the engineering
& polymer fittings unit.Sharan Bansal, director, Skipper
Ltd. said, “Our new plant in Guwahati shares Skipper’s
stringent quality standards with other plants around the
country. At Skipper Limited we are constantly in pursuit
of innovation and have dedicated our resources to expand
our cutting-edge products and value-added propositions
to the rest of the country.”

He added, “Our confidence in the state of Assam and the
city of Guwahati has been a tremendous driving force of dollars will be adjacent to the complex which has
behind our manufacturing scale-up in the region. Our local been held previously in Cilegon. "The new complex will
employees and partners have worked hard to start up this consist of ethylene cracker with capacity of one million
facility in an extremely fast timeline; we are excited to tons per year and various downstream derivatives,
expand our manufacturing presence in this part of the sharing with existing supporting facilities," he said.
country.”Currently, Skipper has three manufacturing Chandra Asri will establish a new company to run the
units in Howrah for its engineering products segment second petrochemical complex and discuss with the
in West Bengal and five units for polymer segment in authorities concerning fiscal incentives to accelerate
Uluberia (Howrah), Guwahati, Sikandrabad, Ahmedabad the project. The shareholding structure of the new
and Hyderabad. Skipper Limited established in 1981 is
one of the leading companies in the power transmission & business is not yet completed and discussion with
various players in the industry is still ongoing.

19 April 2017 | Plastics News