Ajanta Packaging makes significant investments

The company has two plants in India, one each at Daman and Baddi, and a unit each in Sharjah and Amata City, near Bangkok, and although the company has always focused on the FMCG market, it is now diversifying into other segments like food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and durables. 

 

To enable speedy growth in new and existing markets, Ajanta Packaging has not only added significant capacities to its plants but also upgraded them to qualify as world-class manufacturing units. 

 

Chandan Khanna, managing director and owner of Ajanta Packaging said: ‘The company adheres to international working conditions and safety standard norms for its employees, and ensures international buyers qualify for responsible sourcing criteria which is increasingly becoming a decisive factor for selecting a supplier for most international companies.’

 

Ajanta Packaging is ISO 9001-2008 certified along-with GMP and RS audit certification for all its units. The Thai unit is also certified by FSC and UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to cater to the durables market. 

 

Shailesh Nema, chief executive officer of Ajanta Packaging, said: ‘We upgraded both our units in India in terms of infrastructure and added flexographic presses from Nilpeter at our Daman and Baddi plants in 2014. These are highly configured 10-color presses with flexo, screen, coupon and gravure printing capabilities along with hot foil stamping and other regular features.’ 

 

Ajanta Packaging has also upgraded its unit in Sharjah and invested in another high-end flexographic press. This was done along with investment in Grafotronic defect detection machines. More machines are expected to strengthen its operations. 

 

The company’s factory in Thailand houses high-end flexo and an Iwasaki presses alongside an array of finishing equipment. ‘With the capacity to convert one million sq m of labelstock in a month, we are well equipped to cater to that market,’ Nema said. 

 

Ajanta Packaging puts a lot of emphasis on training and improving the knowledge of its employees, and continually invests in professionals and industry experts for training on various subjects. ‘We also partner with our suppliers and service providers for this purpose. We hired a flexo guru from the US to train our operations team to learn finesse about printing labels using the flexographic printing process,’ added Nema. 

 

As part of its growth strategy, Ajanta Packaging is exploring investment opportunities in other parts of India. This is being done primarily to ensure sustaining world-class service for its customers. ‘We are committed to the label industry and will continue investing in people, printing capabilities and new locations,’ said Nema. ‘Strong top-line growth in the last financial year enabled us to enter new market segments and we are now focusing on new industries with innovative products.’ 

 

The company believes Labelexpo Europe 2015 will add value to its current capacity and expansion. ‘We will visit the show with our team and explore new technology, printing capability and raw material to cater to our plants at all locations,’ Nema concluded.