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Interview

Rajeev Chitalia, Chairman National Executive Cuncil, PlastIndia 2018

he 10th Edition of PlastIndia to be What are the concurrent events that
Theld during February 7-12,2018 Q will happen at PlastIndia 2018?
at Ahmedabad, will showcase the
innovations and the future of the A: Plastindia 2018 concurrent events would include the
Plastics Industry. Speaking to Plastics 5th edition of PROPLAST showcasing India’s growing
News Rajeev Chitalia, Chairman – plastics processing capability. We will also have the 10th
National Executive Council, PlastIndia International Conference that would host some of the most
2018 said that this edition will be renowned experts on plastics. The conference would be
living upto its expectation and one held on 8-9 February 2018 wherein Global leaders in the
should not miss it. The digitalization has helped them to industry would be sharing their experience, knowledge,
connect across the world. Mr Chitalia anticipates business expertise and innovations s with international audience
transactions worth over Rs 3000 cores at PlastIndia 2018. through this conference. We also have the 8th Plasticon
Excerpts of the interview.. Awards that would be held to felicitate the best from the
Q excellence on February 7,2018.
Indian plastics industry for their accomplishments and
If you could brief about Plastindia 2018
A: The Plastindia 2018 is all set to create new Are there any incentives for the
milestones, and scale newer heights as has been the Q exhibitors?
tradition of every Plastindia exhibition. The strong
growth that the plastics industry is seeing will help in A. Yes, we do have. In its continuous commitment to
making this Plastindia a resounding success. The venue Empower Growth and to add value to the Exhibitors,
is internationally acclaimed Mahatma Mandir Convention PLASTINDIA 2018 offers special subsidy rates on Electricity
Centre, spread over a sprawling 125,000 sq. mts. at consumed during the Live Demo of the Machinery - which
Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The exhibitors of Plastindia will result in direct savings for Exhibitors. Say like 15% off
2018 will witness this expansive infrastructure and the on 3 Phase Power Upto 40 KW and 25% off on 3 Phase Power
convenience. The ultra-modern venue has air-conditioned Above 40 KW. We would like to encourage and empower
halls that are quite spacious with a convenient layout, our exhibitors to have more and more live demo machines
created for ease of crowd movement. Ample parking space to increase their chances of acquiring new business. It’s
is also available at the venue. like higher the demo higher is the waiver. Consumption of
How many countries are participating electricity by live demo machines and its cost was a bit of
Q in this edition of Plastindia 2018? a concern of the exhibitor. We are happy to address their
concern by facilitating savings on their electricity bill.
A: We have around 2000 Exhibitors from 43 countries across . We have learnt Banks also have some
the globe participating at Plastindia this year. Qoffering?
What is the highlight of this edition of
Q Plastindia 2018? A. Yes, indeed HDFC Bank will be offering pre-approved
loans for exhibitors and visitors in case they need. This
A: As said earlier, this year we had been using technology could be for spot finance to buy machinery, or to pay as an
to promote the show and we’ve had decent turnout advance or to avail any financial support for the business.
during the Road shows. We were able to have successful There will be officials from the bank to help the customers.
road shows in 67 towns across India and over 23 cities Also the loan would depend on individual category
abroad; this has helped us to have more exhibitors. We Have you received support from other
have this Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet (RBSM) specially
conceptualized for facilitating direct meeting between Q quarters?
the international buyers from over 32 countries and Indian A: Yes, we have received support from all of our partners.
seller for their business requirements. Actually there is a Emirates and Jet Airlines have already supported us with
software (APP) based system wherein they can pre plan their increased flight operations for Ahmedabad and they
and choose who they want to meet. This would be basically would be offering 10% discount as well. We have received
a focused group of 600individuals and we plan to have it support from hospitality sectors as well with most of them
in two groups of 300 individuals. assuring comfortable stay at their five star properties at
special rates.

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