Kunststoffe Industries Ltd

Kunststoffe Industries Ltd

Kunststoffe Industries (KIL) was incorporated in Nov.'85 as Western Leasing. The Company initially carried out leasing activities but subsequent to 1987 changed its line of business into the manufacture of HDPE pipes and HDPE/PP tanks and vessels. Its name was changed to the present one in Aug.'87. KIL was promoted by Pravin Sheth. Presently the Company is engaged in manufacture of Spirally Bound HDPE/PP Pipes Vessels Tanks etc. The manufacturing facilities of the Company are at Daman U.T.Kunststoffe Industries are the leading manufacturers of large diameters HDPE/PP pipes ranging from 300mm to 3600mm internal diameters. The pipes are manufactured by using a unique spiral Winding technology. The process operates on the principle of Computer-aided-design (CAD) and computer- aided - manufacture (CAM). This enables them to design manufacture and supply pipes to meet the specific needs of customers.This process is completely different from the normal extrusion process used in the manufacture of HDPE and PP pipes. In the standard process the extrudate comes out in the shape of a pipe which is subsequently cooled and cut to the required lengths. As against this in the spiral winding process the plasticised melt is wound on a rotating mandrel to produce a pipe.In the spiral winding process the pipes are not supplied off- the- shelf but are designed on the basis of operating conditions at site. Factors like soil type overground or underground application depth of burial traffic loads internal pressure etc. are taken into consideration in recommending the appropriate pipe.The company made a rights issue in Mar.'95 of 39.5 lac equity shares at a premium of Rs 5 aggregating Rs 5.92 cr. The issue was made to part-finance the expansion of its production facilities for solid and profile walled HDPE pipes and to repay the long-term foreign currency loan to IDBI. The estimated requirement of funds was Rs 6 cr. KIL has a technical collaboration with Troisdorfer and Kunststoffe Germany.Pursuant to an order dated 18-01-2007 of the Hon'ble Bench of BIFR the Company was declared as a sick industry and IDBI was appointed as the Operating Agency. As per Rehabilitation Scheme approved by the BIFR dated 8th March 2013 the Paid Up Capital of the Company was derated by 60% i.e. from 1185 lacs to 474 lacs. Further the Company made preferential allotment of 21 50000 shares of Rs.10/- to promoters & their group and strategic Investor M/s. Gayatri Pipes & Fitting Pvt. Ltd..