As the Purnendu Chatterjee-led consortium starts taking over Basell Polyolefins, the multinational polymer giant is spreading its wings in India. | |
| The company has started hiring technical manpower in India from first week of May to strengthen its Indian operations. |
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| Basell, the joint venture between BASF and Royal Dutch Shell, operates in India from its office at Nariman Point in Mumbai. |
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| The company has already issued advertisements in select English newspapers in Mumbai for hiring experienced technical people in polymer fields for its marketing and technical team in India. |
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| Sources in the industry said the company was looking to increase its strength in India by almost 50 per cent in next 2-3 months. |
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| Basell currently has a manpower of around 10 for its marketing and technical operations in India. |
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| Globally, Basell has an employee strength of around 6,600. |
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| "It is likely to hire 4-5 people for its Indian operations shortly. The company will hire people in the field of packaging, film and industrial applications," said sources. |
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| The existing technical and marketing team of Basell in India is headed by M S Dodi, a former Nocil and Reliance man who joined Basell around two years back from Reliance. |
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| Basell mainly sales polypropylene and polyethylene in western markets. |
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| "Polypropylene is the main commodity sold by Basell in India so far, which is also its core strength. There is a huge opportunity for polypropylene in western India as there are many plastic units," said sources. |
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| Basell sells around 2,500 ton of polypropylene and around 1,200-1,500 tonne of polyethylene in the country, according to plastic industry sources. |
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| "The company is probably hiring technical people for future expansion of Indian operation in other region too," added sources. |
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