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Skipper Ltd commissions second plant in Guwahati

The plant has capacity to produce 30000 MTPA of engineering products & 7000 MTPA of plastic pipes

Skipper's manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Skipper's manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad, Gujarat
BS B2B Bureau Kolkata
Last Updated : Mar 29 2017 | 1:28 PM IST
Skipper Limited, one of the leading players in power transmission & distribution and plastic pipes & fittings sectors, has commissioned its second plant in Guwahati having capacity to manufacture 30,000 tonnes of engineering products and 7000 tonnes of polymer products. The company has invested approximately Rs 70 crores for the new plant.

The current capacity of the engineering products division is set to increase from 200,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) to 230,000 MTPA and the polymer division will grow from 41,000 MTPA to 48,000 MTPA. The manufacturing plant, situated in Palashbari (Assam), is spread over nearly 7.40 acres more or less of land, and caters to both the engineering & polymer fittings unit.

Sharan Bansal, director, Skipper Ltd. said, “Our new plant in Guwahati shares Skipper’s stringent quality standards with other plants around the country. At Skipper Limited we are constantly in pursuit of innovation and have dedicated our resources to expand our cutting-edge products and value-added propositions to the rest of the country.”

He added, “Our confidence in the state of Assam and the city of Guwahati has been a tremendous driving force behind our manufacturing scale-up in the region. Our local employees and partners have worked hard to start up this facility in an extremely fast timeline; we are excited to expand our manufacturing presence in this part of the country.”

Currently, Skipper has three manufacturing units in Howrah for its engineering products segment in West Bengal and five units for polymer segment in Uluberia (Howrah), Guwahati, Sikandrabad, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

Skipper Limited established in 1981 is one of the leading companies in the power transmission & distribution and polymer pipes & fittings segment. Under the brand name of Skipper, the company manufactures high-quality polymer (PVC & CPVC) pipes which serve both the agricultural as well as plumbing sectors.

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