In addition, the company plans to expand its presence in the region with a new facility in Chennai.
John Galt, Husky’s president and CEO, said: “The technologies we’re showcasing at Plastindia and the investments we’re making in our new Chennai facility demonstrate our commitment to our customers in India and throughout the SAARC countries.
“With the most extensive service and support network in the industry, our new facility in Chennai will allow us to provide faster time to market and even better support to customers in this rapidly growing region.”
Plastindia marks the public debut of Husky’s H?PETTM AE (all?electric) preform manufacturing solution to the Indian market. Running at Husky’s booth is a 32?cavity H? PET AE 180 workcell producing a 19g EcoBaseTM preform for a one litre still water bottle application.
Also being shown for the first time in India will be Husky’s Ultra SideGateTM and UltraSyncTM hot runners. Ultra SideGate offers molders the opportunity to horizontally direct gate parts that cannot be effectively gated with a regular nozzle.
The primary focus of the company’s new 5700 sqm Chennai facility is mold conversion as well as mold and hot runner refurbishment for local preform manufacturers. The Chennai site also includes a Technical Centre, which provides a venue for Husky to work with customers to demonstrate and configure solutions to meet their requirements.
With the opening of this facility, Husky has also expanded its engineering capacity for hot runners and preforms in order to handle increased demand from customers in the SAARC countries. This means reduced lead times and faster time to market which is a significant competitive advantage for these customers.
Source: Husky
© FoodBev Media Ltd 2024