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COMPANY NEWS
Avro India Installs New
Plastic Recycling Units
vro India Limited, a preeminent manufac- Once the production starts, the increased recy-
turer of moulded plastic furniture under cling capacity will help the company in its sus-
Athe brands Avro Gold and Joy Furniture, tainability efforts. The company will be able to
has today reported the installation of two plastic increase the use of recycled plastic in its furni-
recycling extruder machines, which are part of ture products and reduce dependency on virgin
the company’s capacity expansion plan. Com- materials.
mercial production has not yet started.
About Avro India Limited
The announcement follows the company’s pre-
vious announcement, which happened on Janu- Avro India Limited is an Indian company that
ary 31, 2025. The previous announcement was manufactures plastic moulded furniture. It is
about the company’s plan to double its plastic headquartered in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh,
recycling capacity from 500 MT to 1,000 MT per and was founded in 2002. The company has a
month. The company has successfully complet- strong network of dealers and retailers, exceed-
ed the trial runs. ing 20,000 in number.
- (Source - https://hdfcsky.com/)
Balrampur Chini Mills unveils
India’s first PLA brand
ast year, the company has also announced estimates to invest INR 28,5 billion (€294,3 mil-
plans to build India’s first industrial-scale lion) into the plant, located adjacent to its exist-
LPLA plant ing sugar factory in Kumbhi, Uttar Pradesh.
Balrampur Chini Mills (BCML), one of the larg- The new PLA brand is called ‘Balrampur Bioyug’.
est sugar manufacturing companies in India, has Balrampur is the region where the company is
launched the country’s first polylactic acid (PLA) located. In Sanskrit, yug’ (;qx) means ‘age’, ep-
brand. och’, or ‘era’, referring to a significant period of
time. ‘Bioyug’ therefore stands for ‘bioage’, sig-
Last year, the company has also announced nifying BCML’s wish to move India into an era of
plans to build India’s first industrial-scale PLA bio-based circularity.
plant. The planed facility will have a capacity of
80,000 tonnes per year and is expected to be “Today, we didn’t just unveil a brand — we
completed by mid 2027. Balrampur Chini Mills launched a transformative movement,” said
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