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AIPMA’s AMTEC organises first Physical International Conference on “Innovations in

Plastic Industry” on 24th March, 2022, Hotel Courtyard by Marriott, Mumbai

IPMA’s AMTEC (AIPMA’s - Arvind Mehta Technology and Technology for funding innovations.
A& Entrepreneurship Centre) organized first Interna- Prof. (Dr.) Shishir Kumar Sinha – DG, CIPET assured his
tional Conference on “Innovations in Plastic Industry” on full help in connecting CIPET with the industry. He appre-
24th March, 2022 in Mumbai which attracted a large par- ciated the services of AIPMA’s AMTEC in the area of prod-
ticipants creating a pathway to the upcoming entrepreneurs. uct design and new product development. He also assured
The International Conference was supported by Ministry of that CIPET will always be there for AIPMA.
MSME, Government of India. One of the main agenda of
the Centre of Excellence for Plastic Product Innovation and The eminent speakers from the Industry upraised excel-
Application is to facilitate proper understanding and knowl- lent points, making everyone in the audience outline the
edge on verticals like product design, reverse engineering, process of using this innovative technology and how the
3D printing, plastics in packaging and management con- products can be easily manufactured in India rather than
sulting. importing from other countries.
The first physical conference brought together 25+ distin- Mr. Arvind Mehta – Chairman, AIPMA’s AMTEC em-
guished national and international experts and 250 indus- phasized the role of Centre of Excellence in the Indian
tries (mostly MSME’s). MSMEs becoming Atmanirbhar by way of import sub-
The objective of organizing this International Technology stitution. He mentioned that there is a huge potential
Conference was to bring best national and international ex- of reducing import of Finished Goods in India which
perts together to discuss the application of these technolo- currently stands at Rs. 40,000 crore per year.
gies and how this would help the industry is manufacturing
high quality products in shortest possible time. The speakers Mr. Kishore Sampat – President, AIPMA mentioned
in the programme discussed & highlighted the key points, that this conference is going to pave the way for the re-
trends & reforms in the system for the audience. It was a quired training and education for the students and in-
platform to hear from experts about the innovations and ad- dustry professionals. He also mentioned such initiatives
vancements happening in the different fields of plastic and are highly required for generating large number profes-
its application industries. sionals.

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak – IP&TAFS - Secretary, Tech- The conference organized by AIPMA’s AMTEC has un-
nology Development Board, Department of Science & leashed potential with just one part of what is shaping
Technology – Government of India was the chief guest and up to be the most exciting with the world finally open-
inaugurated the International Conference on “Innovations
in Plastic Industry”. Mr. Pathak emphasized that it is the ing up, and being reimagined in a post-pandemic world,
need for the Indian industry to continuously innovate and with a perfect time by bringing this incredibly innova-
manufacture high quality products. He assured full support tive conference and achieving peak performance.
of Technology Development Board, Department of Science

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