History of Plastic

Although the plastic industry is now in its second century, the most important developments have occurred in 1910. Since the creation of first man-made plastic by Alexander Parkes in 1862, plastic industry has evolved and broadly integrated into today's lifestyle by making a major, irreplaceable contribution to virtually all product areas.

Demand & Growth

• The size of the plastic processing industry stands at Rs8.50 billion (9 MMT), is expected to reach Rs.1300 billion (18.9 MMT) by 2015.
• Per capita consumption 9 kg
• Processing capacity 30 MMT
• Employing about 4 million people
• 2,000 exporters
• More than 30,000 operational processing units