COMPOUNDER OF THE MONTH


Calco Poly Technik, India Head office location:


New Delhi, India


Key management: Ownership: Sales 2018:


Vijay Kumar Gupta (Chairman), Varun Gupta (Managing Director) Private Limited Company $11m


Production 2018 (tonnes): 8,000 tonnes Plant locations: Profile:


Kundli and Bahalgarh, Haryana, India


Calco Poly Technik, part of the Calco Group, was founded in 2011 with the aim of becoming a leading player in the Indian technical compounding industry. Since its formation, the company has grown its capacity to 8,000 tonnes/year and developed a broad range of high performance polymer compounds. Calco continues to invest as it moves forward with its plans to build capacity to around 30,000 tonnes/year by 2023. The next step towards that goal will be the addition of a further 9,300m2 operation later this year.


of floorspace, which is expected to be in Product line:


Calco products include engineering compounds for the automotive and electrical industries, which account for around 90% of its output by value, as well as for electronics and industrial goods. The range of polymers handled by the company includes PA6, PA66, PBT, PC, PC/PET, PC/PBT and PC/ABS, which are offered in mineral and glass reinforced and flame retarded versions.


Product strengths:


Calco is particularly strong in PA and PBT compounds, which account for more than 70% of its annual product sales. It operates a flexible manufacturing strategy, which allows it to deliver on short leadtimes.


To be considered for ‘Compounder of the Month’ contact Elizabeth Carroll: elizabeth.carroll@ami.international


FORTHCOMING FEATURES


The next issues of Compounding World magazine will have special reports on the following subjects:


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