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AipmA At work

of Plastic Ban in Maharashtra. ‘Mr. Haren Sanghavi is for inviting him to such a great interactive session. He
the Immediate Past President of the All India Plastics also added that we should have such interactive sessions
Manufacturers Association (AIPMA). He is also the Co- more often and that he is looking forward for some more
Chairman of Environment and Recycling Committee in sessions like these. After listening to his thoughts, Mr.
AIPMA. Along with it, he is also the Managing Director Rambhia opened the house to raise their questions if any.
of GMS Plastic Machinery Pvt. Ltd.’ he added. Mr. Haren A variety of questions were answered during this session.
Sanghavi then gave a brief on the situation of Plastic Ban After the floor interaction, Mr. Rambhia requested Shri.
in Maharashtra and started his presentation on Plastics Ban Arvind Mehta to summarise the days Interactions. ‘Mr.
in Maharashtra. The presentation was very encouraging Arvind Mehta is former President of AIPMA and has held
and ended on a positive note.
office from 1998 to 2001. He is currently the Chairman,
Mr. Rambhia then addressed the issue of Waste management Governing Council of AIPMA. He is also the Chairman &
and made everyone aware that this is the biggest issue Managing Director of Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd.,
that our industry is currently facing. He then requested Mr. Manufacturers of Master Batches, PVC Medical Compounds
Akhilesh Bhargava, Chairman, Environment Committee and & Tubes. He is also the President of PlastIndia International
Mr. Haren Sanghavi, Co-Chairman, Environment committee University’ he added.
to shed some light on the issue and explained everyone the Mr. Arvind Mehta firstly thanked everyone present for
importance of implementation of EPR Systems and possible coming and making the session a huge success. He then
solutions. ‘Mr. Bhargava is the Managing Director of AVI summarized the complete event shortly and said that he
Global Plast Private Limited which is ranked among India’s believes a solution can be obtained for the above problem
largest and top-most Rigid Packaging solution companies. with more interactive sessions like this. He also said that
He is also a member of Chief Minister’s Task Force for
implementation of EPR in Maharashtra’ he added handing
it over to Mr. Bhargava and Mr. Sanghavi.Mr. Akhilesh
Bhargava and Mr. Haren Sanghavi then gave a brief on
importance of Waste management while agreeing to Mr.
Rambhia’s point that waste management was definitely the
biggest issue that the Plastic industry is currently facing.
They then presented their presentation on Implementation
of EPR Systems & Solutions. The presentation was highly
educating and clearly stated a solution to the issue of
waste management.
Mr. Rambhia then thanked Mr. Bhargava and Mr. Sanghavi he is looking forward for more interactive sessions like
for the presentation and took the session ahead by handing this one. Mr. Rambhia then thanked everyone present
it over to Mr. Akshit Ladha, Utkarsh committee member for making the interactive session a success and handed
to express his views regarding Lead stabilizer ban in PVC over the proceedings to Mr. Jagat Killawala, VP finance,
Pipes. ‘Mr. Akshit Laddha has been actively involved in the AIPMA to extend his Vote of thanks. ‘Mr. Jagat Killawala
PVC lead ban case. Along with this, he is also responsible is the Vice President for Finance of the All India Plastics
for Business Development Activities in Anant Extrusions Manufacturers Association. He is also the Managing
Limited’ he added.Mr. Laddha gave a brief about the issue Director of Shrikrishnashray (India) Pvt. Ltd.’ he added.
and gave a presentation on Short Life PVC and phasing out Mr. Jagat Killawala then gave his vote of thanks.
of lead in PVC pipes. The presentation had all the details He thanked the officials from DCPC, officials from
and covered every aspect of the issue.
Government of Maharashtra, Delegates of AIPMA along with
After the presentation, Mr. Rambhia requested Shri Representatives from various Organisations and Experts of
P.Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, DCPC, to address the the Plastic Industry for attending the interactive session
gathering and give his thoughts on the above subjects. and making the event a huge success.
Mr. Rao took notice of all the issues discussed earlier and He also thanked Hotel Taj for its service and management.
gave his thoughts on the same. He also thanked everyone

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