• Gender: Male
• Age: 61
• Designation: General Manager
• Highest Education Level: Other
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Gujarat
• Work Experience: 27.9 Year(s)

Education

Gujarat University | Plastic Engineering

Skill Sets

Operation, Production & Manufacturing.
New Product Development (NPD) of Various House ware, Packaging (Industrial Pails ), & PET PREFORM Beverage Products( Still water, Soft Drinks, RTD).
Tool Room for Preventive Maintenance & Modification of Injection Moulds (Houseware, Packaging, including Hot runner, Multi Cavity, Husky PET preform Molds)

Work Experience

General Manager
From- 2010 - 2021
Company Profile- leading PET Preforms manufacturers; PET preforms

Job Profile-
Managerial,Operation, NPD & Administrative:
Foreseeing the growth of bottled mineral water in India owing to vast urbanization; and the rise in the number of nuclear
families and travelers, I took the administrative decision to begin manufacturing PET preforms via installing the
Husky PET Moldling System (worlds most renowned in this sector) in 2011.We mainly targeted packaged, still-water,
Soft Drinks manufacturers in India
Impact:
Rapidly developed local, regional & national clientele owing to the flawless preform quality and affordable prices
Introduced preforms suitable to carbonated soft drinks application with preform size 28mm PCO 1881 type catering from 150ml till 2000ml bottle capacity
Achieved production capacity to produce approximately 6000 kg preforms per day
Installed 2nd Husky System in 2013 with a higher version of 48 cavitation
Overall, with 2 Husky Systems & a Milacron, we were producing approximately a million preforms a day (15000 kgs /day)
Supervised and managed recruitments of Production cum Maintenance Engineers, Quality Personnel, Dispatch &
Housekeeping staff, and Production workers
Lead production planning in line with consumer and seasonal requirements.

Development:
Independently set up and handled complete polymer processing manufacturing plant.
Developed in house systems for smooth functioning and quality inspection, right from raw material till dispatch of finished goods(SCM) by implementing ISO 9001-2015, Six Sigma, Quality Assurance Plan (QA) & KPI in the company.
Developed preventive maintenance mechanisms(PMM) for all machinery installed in the plant, including utilities like cooling tower, air compressor, water pumps, RO plant, and overhead cranes.

Energy Conservation, Innovation & Cost-Cutting:
Installed only All-Electric versions of Husky Systems to give less carbon footprint
Built new and cost-effective New Products( NPD) Molds to manufacture low weight preforms
Impact:
Achieved uniform blow-ability and even distribution thus imparting even strength in blown bottles
Low weight preforms consumed less heat and brought down the running costs of blowing bottles.
Installed On-Grid solar rooftop plant of 150KW in 2016 with an invertor from Germany and solar panels from
Canada to generate electricity for our 24x7 running high tension plant
Developed in house OEM for the cost-effective spares for our Husky Systems, thereby reducing operating and maintenance costs by 40-60%
Developed systems to reduce power consumption by 25-30%
Gradually increased companys turn over by almost 25-30% starting from year 2011 onwards.

Marketing & Sales:
Built a great clientele through spearheading marketing & sales of our products. Our clients include but are not limited to
the following:
Regional: 200+; National: Bisleri, IRCTC, Sahara, Manpasand, Daawat, Parley Agro, etc.; Overseas: 30+ countries
Monitored purchases required for raw materials, packing bags, and machinery spare parts

Project and Exports Manager
From- 1996 - 2010
Company Profile- Manufacturer Exporter of Pet Preforms, Pet Preforms, Pet Preforms

Job Profile-
Strategy:
Met overseas plastic manufacturers engaged in Injection molded products, Edible Oil Mill owners, etc.
Proposed plastic machinery projects most suitable to their kind of infrastructure while taking their topography and related
conditions into due consideration
Shortlisted local vendors possessing the requisite competence and exposure to ably handle large orders for installation of
overseas plastic machinery projects
Ensured rigorous monitoring & timely inspection to aid timely and proficient deliverie

Impact of aforementioned strategy and marketing:
Found market in OPEC countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Iran, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and
Australia via a joint venture with Mold Manufacturing Tool Room, Mumbai, which specializes in making PAIL
container molds used in Automotive, Paint, Oil & Chemical Industries
Exported & installed 1000+ variants of injection molds across the globe

Projects offered and installed overseas on a turnkey basis:
Complete recycling lines, monolayer film plant, woven sack making plant, blow molding machines
Utilities like high-pressure air compressors, chillers, diesel generators, Thermax boilers (both diesel & wood-fired)
Complete mineral water manufacturing plants comprising injection molding machines, blow machines, filling, capping &
shrink films
PET preform injection molding plants

Production Manager
From- 1995 - 1996
Company Profile- manufactures and assembles plastic products for healthcare, consumer, personal care and automotive

Job Profile-
Supervised Vacuum Metallizing, Spray Painting, Camera Assembly, Hot Foil Stamping, Ultrasonic Welding
Worked with world-class injection molding machines - Negri Boss, Demagg, Nissaei, Windsor
Polymers processed: ABS, PC, PS, ACRYLICS, PP, HDPE, Glass filled Polymers etc.
Processed more than 300+different molds mainly of Industrial, Automotive & electrical applications.
Handled manpower cum assembly comprising of more than 200 +.