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AIPMA AT WORK

Preparing for Disruption: Managing Innovation

“Establishing an Industry Cluster in Plastic Manufacturing for

Aerospace Industry”

he workshop on Preparing for Disruption: Managing Plastics Industry explaining offset policy and emphasizing
TInnovation was held during 15-16th May 2019, aerospace user segement market trend.
AIPMA House,Andheri Mumbai. The worshop began with Few results/outcomes from workshop:
industry participants actively taken part during two days
● All participants agreed to form cluster for aerospace
industry.

● To form cluster, roadmap/basic structure to be formed
to understand cluster members expectations, needs
& requirements and formally to launch cluster with
given timelines.
● Cluster of 20-30 members to be formed which includes
expression of interest for cluster membership,
parameters for due diligence, user industry
integration, regulations/structure for cluster,

workshop; while workshop each participant exchanged agreement by the cluster partner, formal memebrship
their thoughts, ideas, challenges, knowledge and their and cluster roadmap.
expectations from the workshop.
The two-days workshop deliberated upon from idea to
disruptive innovation in plastics processing and what are
the challenges for supplying to the aeropspace industry,
innovation for becoming fit for furture, influences on
product design, current key trends in germany, KPIs in
innovation, leadership in the digital age, what is disruptive
innovation and why innovation, nucleus of ideas, innovation
management, idea & innovation management in practice,
integrated managememt & leadership and many such other
aspects to become key supplier or manufactuers to enter ● Cluster of Excellence Aerospace Mumbai will
in aerospace industry and leverage the opportunities in provide services to its members such as connecting
aerospace industry as user segment has to offer. with user segments, capacity building, individual
consulting by german expert, international study tour,
On Day 2, E&Y conducted special session with workshop workshop engagement, innovative performance based
participants and industry members & AIPMA MCM on benchmarking, etc.
Offset & Business Opportunities in Aviation sector for
● E&Y suggested to act as one STOP shop solution
provider/consultant.

● E&Y suggested, AIPMA as large plastics body should
initaite interaction with NAL, DRDO, BIS to brainstorm
on kind of materials requirement, composition of
polymers require, what should be the standards
of those materials and few other related subject
matters to explore.

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