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Production begins at new Tekni- HellmermannTyton to set up

Plex plant in China India facility in 2018

ekni-Plex Inc., has announced that its new state- lobal fastener and
Tof-the-art manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China, Gcable supplier
has begun production. A grand opening celebration was HellermannTyton Pvt.
organised ofr the same on September 19. Tekni-Plex Ltd. plans to set up its
announced the $15 million investment in the facility in fi rst production facility
June 2017 as part of its strategy to support the growing in India. The facility will
needs of the Asia-Pacifi c pharmaceutical and medical be in India's automotive
manufacturing hub in the
city of Pune. "We have
already bought land in
Pune to start building a factory by the end of 2017,"
said Anubhav Saxena, country manager, automotive.
"The plant will likely to be fully operational by [the
second quarter] of 2018. "We believe the time has
come to graduate to the next level when we have
to set up a production facility to cater to the Indian
market," he said, while declining to provide details
about the expansion.
Currently, the company has an offi ce in Ghaziabad,
near New Delhi, where it handles sales and service
for India. Saxena was interviewed at Plastasia, held
device markets. It represents the single largest recent
July 8-11 in New Delhi. The cable company started
investment made by the globally integrated company,
operation there in 2000 and continues to focus on the
The more than 140,000-square-foot facility has started
automotive industry. Parent company HellermannTyton
manufacturing products for Tekni-Plex’s Natvar, Colorite
plc is based in Crawley, England. "We have started
and Action Technology business units. The plant includes
focusing on two major auto OEMs in the north and
three Class 100,000 cleanrooms to accommodate medical-
southern part of India in 2006 onwards, and over
grade tubing and components production plus one Class
the years the auto business has grown 100 percent,"
10,000 cleanroom that will produce Natvar’s pharma-
Saxena said.About 80 percent of its sales in India
grade tubing. The facility is producing Natvar’s recently-
comes from the auto business, with the rest coming
announced silicone extrusion tubing for catheters, feeding
from appliance, telecommunciations and aerospace.
tubes, drug delivery and peristaltic pump applications.
Its automotive clientele includes global and domestic
Production for microextrusion tubing that targets a variety
manufacturers, including Tata and Mahindra.
of demanding neurovascular interventional therapies and
surgical applications is expected to be on stream early "With the plant coming in, the focus remains on India as
next year. it is one of biggest automobile markets in the region,
but HellermannTyton envisages catering to adjoining
The facility will also manufacture Colorite custom
country markets in Southeast Asia at a later stage," he
compounds for medical device applications, and Action
said. HellermannTyton is also a supplier of electrical
Technology’s dip tubes used in a variety of food/beverage,
cables and data network infrastructure. It has 15
pharmaceutical, personal care, industrial and household
manufacturing facilities and employs 4,500 worldwide.
pump applications.

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