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INTERVIEw

Milacron India- Following The JIT Philosophy

Sharing the secret of success of from automotive to electrical and
the company, Mr Divgi says, “Great electronics, packaging, construction
teamwork is the wholestory of our and beyond. We have a state-of-the-art
success. We have developed a very manufacturing facility here, including
strong team – in technical terms as well in-house part manufacturing. It’s
as systems- and customer-orientation – one of a kind in the country, both
which has really given us growth over dust-controlled and Industry 4.0
the years.” In the Interview, Mr Divgi compliant. The last few years have
explains how the company has kept brought great opportunities for the
pace with changing times with respect to Indian team not only in terms of
Mr Shirish V Divgi market trends and technologies and also manufacturing but also in terms of
Managing Director of Milacron India their effective management of safety and leading on the technology front. As
well being of the employees during the a result, a huge expansion is planned.
Mr Shirish V Divgi, the Managing COVID-19 pandemic. In three years, our manufacturing
Director of Milacron India, is one of capacity will grow to 5,000 machines a
the very few executives in the “Plastics Q: How has been your year. We have already started shipping
Processing Machinery” industry having journey with Milacron our machines to our parent company
received such a high level of professional in the USA and we have also started
achievements in India in a span of about A: As employee number one, I held exporting to Europe. But it’s just the
three decades. Joining the company as a variety of leadershiproles at beginning. We want to cater to this
a junior executive, Mr Divgi became Milacron India. In the first, Head of market in large numbers. Fortunately,
Managing Director in charge of Indian Design and Development, I oversaw we are in a business where our
as well as Asian operations. Under his the technology transfer between products go into several applications
leadership, the Company has grown at a ourAmerican parent company and and when you make the effort to
compound annual growth rate of 15 %. the new Indian manufacturing facility. visit and talk to your customers,
Today the company is seen as the leader Other key positions, including Head you learn that there are many other
in the field of manufacturing Plastics of Manufacturing, followed, as well opportunities for growth. We place a
Injection Moulding Machines, Low as a stint in sales to appreciate a lot of emphasis on developing trust
Pressure Injection Moulding (LPIM) different perspective, that of the with our customers. As Milacron has
Machines and Extrusion systems serving customer and the end applications. grown it has never lost sight of the
a variety of Industries including Medical In 2010, I became Managing Director customer needs. We have always been
Plastics / Medical Devices sector. for India, a role which was expanded a strong systems-oriented company
to cover all of the Asian operations and I think that also differentiates us
The Company, with a state-of-the-art in 2017. Great teamwork is the
manufacturing facility, has currently whole story of our success. We have from the competition. As businesses
manufacturing capacity of 3000 units developed a very strong team – in get bigger, there is a tendency to
per year and is expecting to grow to the technical terms as well as systems- overlook customer needs. Systems
output of 5000 machines a year which and customer-orientation – which has and people resolve many.
includes large scale exports to many really given us growth over the years. Q: What was company’s
countries including Europe and USA. Today, with 15 offices in India and a
For the Medical Plastics / Devices sector, market share approaching 30 per cent, experience then and
the company has recently launched Milacron India is the leader in its field. were any products
the All- Electric eQ series machines Our portfolio of products includes
especially for clean room applications. Injection Molding machines, Low developed during the
The machines have grease free tie bars, Pressure Injection Molding (LPIM) pandemic Covid 2019 ?
almost no hydraulic oil, high reliability machines and Extrusion Systems,
and dimensional accuracy – one of its which serve a variety of industries, A: Milacron has always been at the
kind made in India. forefront of innovation in plastics

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