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Overview
Ecoplast Ltd is one of India’s most respected and largest suppliers of multilayer co-extruded polyethylene and co-polymer films to the flexible packaging industry as well as a variety of other specialty applications around the world. Since over the last two decades, Ecoplast has also proved its expertise in designing and manufacturing Surface Protective Films which protect products such steel, aluminum panels/profiles, carpets, tiles, glass, and all kinds of substrates from dusts, scratches and other environmental impacts.
Ecoplast was incorporated on 7th May 1981 as a private limited company. Then by offering its shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange, to finance a major expansion Ecoplast became a public limited company, in November 1994. Since over four decades, Ecoplast has been setting standards on high quality and innovation of multilayer film structures to provide the required film properties critical to pack, preserve and display a wide range of products world over. The annual production capacity of multilayer films at Ecoplast is 9000 MT/ year, with a turnover of approximately Rs. 100 crores for the year ended March 2019.
With 20 years of experience, Ecoplast has evolved into an enterprise that lives by its loyalty values. Our innovative solutions are a result of satisfied employees, and a consistent employee retention rate. These two factors contribute to higher productivity, helping us serve our clients better.
Close proximity to multiple ports allows us to cater to even the minimum order quantity (MOQ). Our expertise has enabled us to go global with points of contact in the USA to cater to the markets in North America.
Vision and Mission
Ecoplast strives be the preferred brand for Multilayer Polyethylene Films and Surface Protective Films in the Indian Domestic and the Global Export Markets. We focus on building and maintaining a growing business which seeks, encourages and develops Excellence in People and Excellence in Performance while ensuring the Highest Quality of Product and Customer Service.
Our Strengths are our employees, who are well educated, experienced, competent and trained to focus on customer’s needs and wants. Having employees working with Ecoplast for more than a decade, we are committed to be a global leader for all the ranges of products that we manufacture and supply to various industries and segments.
Management of Ecoplast strongly believes in Ethics, hence we encourage participative work culture among every individual working at Ecoplast, in order to deliver excellence to our customers and employees in terms of product quality, value and service.
Our Philosophy
- To focus on multilayer films for: flexible packaging, industrial and specialty applications, with manufacturing or process technology that provides Value to customers and an edge over competition.
- To search and provide innovative solutions in existing and potential applications, for multilayer films, which either reduces cost or provides better value to customers.
- To progressively increase global market penetration.
- To search for strategic alliances, where the partnership can provide leading technology, and or access to new products and markets
- To be a law abiding corporate citizen; to comply with all statutory regulations, including guidelines on Corporate Governance. To be truthful and fair in dealings with all Stakeholders.
- To make a responsible effort to improve the environment and to the extent feasible, contribute to the well-being of the community in which we operate.
Corporate Milestones
Ecoplast Ltd is recognized by the industry and customers as a knowledge driven enterprise with a clear focus on customer satisfaction. Ecoplast has built its reputation based on its ability to develop jointly with customers, multilayer film structures, based on the critical end use performance characteristics. Some of the evolutionary milestones and multilayer film development for various applications over the four decades are:
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1982-1993
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1994-2003
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2003-2012
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2012 onwards
YEAR 1982-1993:
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Ecoplast is the first Company in India to provide multilayer blown films for lamination to replace cast mono layer films, with significant advantages in the packaging process, bond strengths in lamination and significantly better mechanical properties.
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Nestle’s MAGGI brands standardized on Ecoplast films integral with the laminate.
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Proctor & Gamble approves a high moisture barrier film for high speed vertical FFS packaging of Vicks Vapour Rub
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Cadbury India approves a high abrasion resistance film integral with the paper laminate for Bournvita on a cekatainer Swedish packaging system.
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Ecoplast becomes the first approved supplier of lami-tube films to Essel Propack Ltd
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Film for an 8 ml shampoo sachet packed on a five track Hassia packaging line was developed for Hindustan Unilever. Films for shampoo packaging remain as one of the largest application for Ecoplast films.
YEAR 1994-2003:
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Ecoplast is recognized as one of the largest supplier of film for packaged refined salt for state-of-the packaging lines from Bosch and Rovema, Germany.
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Ecoplast becomes the largest supplier of films integral with the laminate to the high quality segment of the market covering large Indian corporations and multinational corporations in food, beverage, confectionary, bakery, detergent, personal products and pharmaceuticals
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Ecoplast exports films for lamination to UAE and Oman. Export volumes rapidly increase based on customer’s recognition on quality, service and price as compared to European suppliers.
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Significant development work over two years results in Tetrapack Converting India accepting Ecoplast films for lamination with paper and foil. Ecoplast becomes a dominant supplier in comparison with foreign suppliers of film to Tetrapck.
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Ecoplast receives an export award from PLEXCOUNCIL – Ministry of Commerce and industry for two consecutive years for record export volumes of multi layer films.
YEAR 2003-2012:
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Ecoplast develops a film for lamination to PVDC coated PVC sheet for blister packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. The film is accepted by the same company for export to Singapore.
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Ecoplast installs a protective film manufacturing plant capable of coating rubber based, solvent based and water based adhesives along with a printing and lamination plant.
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Ecoplast develops a multilayer film for depositing aluminium by the vacuum metalizing process for agriculture mulch.
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Ecoplast develops a thermally active film for bonding various substrates for the automobile industry, manufactures of aluminium composite panels, shoe uppers and high altitude thermal garments.
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Ecoplast develops and commercially produces it’s first adhesive coated peel able Surface Protection Film
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Ecoplast gets certified for ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System.
Management Profiles
Jaymin B Desai
Managing Director
A graduate in Chemical Engineering from Karnataka University. He joined the company as a Works Manager in 1985, and soon after was promoted as Director for his commendable efforts and achievements in not only improving productivity, but, for his leadership in developing personnel and a dedicated work culture. He was then promoted as Managing Director of the company in Oct’ 2007.
Atul Baijal
Whole Time Director
Joined Ecoplast Limited in Feb’ 2019 as COO and was elevated to the position of Whole Time Director in Feb’ 21. He is a Plastic Technologist from CIPET and has pursued MBA from ITM, with thirty five years of rich experience spanning right from Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Technical Services, Technical Development, Operations, Sales and Global Procurement in the Indian Flexible Packaging Industry.
Setu Rushi Parikh
Chief Financial Officer
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with a Master’s degree in Commerce. He has over 12 years of work experience in several areas including business management, treasury management, Taxations, Finalization of financial statements and system development. He comes with rich experience spread across industries such as plastics, power, logistics, manufacturing, project capitalization and FMCG.
Vikas Vashi
GM – Plant
A diploma electrical engineer, initially worked with Batliboi & Co. Ltd. for three years. He joined Ecoplast in 1993 in the engineering department and is now the General Manager.
Jatin Desai
DGM – Plant
Joined Ecoplast Limited in 1996 and has over 23 years of experience in the project execution and maintenance of blown film and surface protection film plants.
Ravi Mehta
Marketing Consultant
A graduate engineer and who has done his PG Diploma in Business Management. His total experience is 15 years spanning multiple industries like banking, telecom and now packaging. He has been handling sales related roles in the packaging industry for the past 10 years.
Kalpesh Bhatt
Manager – Plant
Joined Ecoplast Limited in Sept ’ 1995 as Production in charge and was elevated to the position of Manager Plant . He is a Master in Physics . with twenty five years of rich experience spanning right from production and Quality Control and Technical Development.
Aditya Patel
Senior Manager – Sales & Marketing
Graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He joined Ecoplast Limited in the Sales function in 2019 after working at Larsen & Toubro in the “Operational Excellence (OpEx)” team of the “Corporate Strategy & Change Management” vertical. This experience has also helped in the implementation of various efficiency improvement and cost reduction programs across our group of companies. He also has a Diploma in Packaging from the Indian Institute of Packaging.
Certifications
Awards & Recognition
Ecoplast has played significant role in boosting India's Image aborad as a reliable supplier of high quality products.
Ecoplast's accomplishments as an exporter have been recognized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and it has received the Best Exporter Award from the Plastic Export Promotion Council for the following years:
2001-2002
2002-2003
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2014
2014-2015
