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Technology Drives Business Opportunities In Plastic Packaging

he next webinar was organised Mr. R. Gopinath Rao, IEDS. Dy. Director segregation and recycling are considered
Tby AIPMA’s AMTEC along with MSME Development Institute informed to be " need of the hour" in compliance
Foundation Innovative Packaging all present about Government of India to environmental regulation and circular
& Sustainability (FIPS) with the Schemes for Growth of MSME Sectors. economy.
theme Technology drives Business Plastics are considered to be the most Considering the importance of these
Opportunities in Plastic Packaging on preferred packaging materials by the aspects, AMTEC-AIPMA in association
July13, 2021. The webinar began at modern consumers due to its numerous with Foundation for Innovative Packaging
4 PM IST with Mr. Deepak Ballani – advantages like easy availability, lighter in and Sustainability ( FIPS) is organizing
Director General, AIPMA, introducing weight, high mechanical strength, excellent One month Executive Development
Mr. Chandrakant Turakhia, President functional properties and economical as program on "Plastics in Packaging-
AIPMA and Mr. Arvind Mehta – compared to other packaging materials. Materials Enhancing Marketability"(
Chairman Governing Council AIPMA Over a period of time, the consumption Module-1) and "Plastics in Packaging-
who set the note for the program. of plastics packaging material has Environmental Aspects & Circular
The chief Guest for the webinar was Mr superseded all other materials like paper Economy"( Module-2), commencing
Ashok Chaturvedi – MD UFLEX Ltd., and paperboard, metal and glass. The from 2nd September,2021 to upgrade
while the subject experts for the webinar rigid as well as flexible plastic materials the knowledge of the participants in
were, Prof (Dr) N.C. Saha, Chairman, are extensively used for the packaging Packaging Science, Application of
FIPS, Prof (Dr) A.K. Ghosh, Director of a wide variety of products like Plastic in Packaging, New Generation
(Training), Mr M.K. Banerjee, Director foods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and materials & its Characteristics, " State of
(Innovation), FIPS, Mr. R. Gopinath Rao, health care, toiletries and oral care etc. the Art" techniques, Conversion process
IEDS. Dy. Director MSME Development But the important factors responsible & its optimization, Quality evaluation,
Institute. for the improvement of performance Regulatory Compliance, Recyclability,
The sessions were interesting indeed. properties of plastics materials are the Life Cycle analysis of polymeric materials
Prof (Dr) N.C. Saha, Chairman, FIPS, material Characteristics, processing Sustainability & Circular Economy.
spoke about Innovation in Plastic technology and its quality evaluation. In After the presentation by the experts, a
packaging whereas Prof (Dr) A.K. Ghosh, fact, these factors play the vital role for lot of the queries were answered during
Director (Training), FIPS spoke about the production of qualitative plastics the Q&A round. The webinar was
Technology & Business opportunities materials for packaging application attended by over 250 people from the
in Plastic Packaging. Mr M.K. Banerjee, in order to enhance the marketability Plastics Industry.
Director (Innovation), FIPS gave an which leads to business opportunity and
outlook on Career Opportunities in growth. In addition, the post-consumer Mr. Ajay Desai, Co Chairman – AIPMA’s
Plastics Packaging – Future Outlook and packaging waste in terms of collection, AMTEC delivered the Vote of Thanks.

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