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Henkel Invests In Blow Moulder To Increase RIL To Strengthen

PET Bottle Production Energy Business

eliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has
Rpledged to invest a massive Rs
6 trillion ($80 billion) in Gujarat over
10 to 15 years for its clean energy
businesses, as India’s largest fossil-fuel
refiner seeks to extend its dominance
amid a global shift to renewables.
RIL, which first announced plans to
diversify into clean energy in June, said
that it signed an accord with the Gujarat
government for a total investment of
Rs. 5.955 trillion in various projects
in the state, which is home to its
refinery complex, the world’s largest
such plant. “RIL will develop an
ecosystem for assisting small and
medium enterprises and encourage
ermany-based consumer goods “In the preferential heating method,
Gcompany Henkel has invested preforms are first heated in the heater entrepreneurs to embrace new
in a stretch-blow moulder from filling as they rotate. “In the downstream technologies and innovations leading
and packaging firm KHS, featuring section, rotation is then stopped, so that to captive use of renewable energy
preferential heating capabilities, in only certain areas of the PET preforms and green hydrogen," the company
an effort to increase its polyethylene are heated further.” The system also said, adding that the memorandum
terephthalate (PET) bottle production. features a heater box designed to transfer of understanding with the Gujarat
The company has installed the blow the required heating energy through government was part of investment
moulder at its site in Wassertrüdingen, opposite heater levels. Von Lengerke
Germany.Henkel will use the technology said that this ‘optimises the material
for its Fa body care brand, its first distribution and stability of the bottle’.
investment in a stretch blow moulder In another move this month Henkel
for the beauty segment. The KHS Adhesives Technologies India Private
system has the capacity to process up Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
to 21,700 bottles an hour. The bottles Henkel AG & Co. KGaA has launched
are made entirely from recycled PET, its new production facility in Kurkumbh,
25% of which is so-called ‘social near Pune. With a total investment of
plastic’ collected in partnership with the about 50 MEUR (INR 400 crores), the
Plastic Bank social enterprise. Henkel company aims to serve the growing promotion initiatives announced at
Wassertrüdingen site managing director demand of Indian industries for high- the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2022.
Christian Bauer said: “We’re planning on performance solutions in adhesives, The projects are expected to create
also increasing this percentage in other sealants and surface treatment products. one million direct and indirect job
containers in the future in order to make This state-of-the-art manufacturing opportunities in Gujarat, RIL added.
our entire portfolio even more eco- facility site admeasures 100,000 SQM RIL said it is scouting for land for
friendly.”KHS global product account and has a built-up area of 51,000 SQM. a 100GW renewable energy power
manager Björn von Lengerke said: “You This site is India’s largest adhesive project in Kutch, Banaskantha and
can make the respective containers for manufacturing facility. It will further Dholera in consultation with the state
the various products yourself. This increase Henkel´s capabilities to serve government and has sought 450,000
makes production plans more flexible. customers across market. acres of land in Kutch.

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