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1 2 Readers, At the juncture when 2016 is about to come to a close, we are pleased to present the 16th edition of Polymer & Packaging International Magazine, Pakistan s leading industrial magazine for the allied the New Year rings closer, statistics confirm a continued growth trend in Pakistan s polymer and packaging industry that is in tandem with technological improvements worldwide. From airtight wraps to shelf stable bottles and standalone pouches, plastic packaging is continuing to play an important role in delivering a safe food supply right from the farm to the table. Plastic is also becoming the material of choice when it comes to preserving frozen foods. Arguably driven by competition and the benefits of deploying cutting edge developments, healthier and environmental friendly plastic and packaging techniques are now being used locally more than ever as business owners are now looking for biodegradable plastics and packaging solutions.

2 In order to reduce the cost of the materials, plastics are also being produced in such a way that they can also be recycled easily which directly relates to increased environmental sustainability and increases the magnitude of plastic consumption patterns in terms of editorial content, previous editions of this publication included topics ranging from injection molding , Extrusion, Integrated and Flexible Packaging, PET and Food Packaging. In the current, the core discussion will be about injection Stretch blow molding and Smart Packaging that constitute current trends used by the polymer and packaging sector a representative of Pakistan s local industry, Polymer & Packaging International continues in its strive to bring the allied sectors closer to cutting edge technology and play our role in coordinating more business engagements between local companies and conglomerates worldwide.

3 Directed by this approach, we will continue to forge media partnership relationships with leading exhibitions in the world so that we can prove our mettle as the flag bearer of Pakistan s industry hope you will find this issue informative and would also like to thank all our advertisers, subscribers and contributors for their continued support and appreciation. Furthermore, we assure them of dissipating the latest happenings of the industry worldwide in the coming year. Happy Reading!Our TeamManaging Manager MarketingParas Ali AssistantKarishma CoordinatorM. Eijaz Uddin & VisualizationRehan A by:Thesis Publishing (Pvt) :Room No. 706, Business PlazaMumtaz Hassan Road, Karachi-74000, PakistanPhone: +92-21-3246-1722 Website: in Malaysia:Al-Shams Global Sources Sdn Bhd, Suite 33, 33rd floor Menera Keck Seng, 203 Jalan Bukit Bintang,Kuala Lumpur 55100 Tel: 603 21163444, Fax: 603 21164445 Printed at:Quick Process, Plot No.

4 20, Sector 24, Korangi Industrial Area, 3 EDITOR S NOTE 4 / EDITOR S NOTE05 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR06 / BARE ESSENTIALS07 | NEWS10 | TECHNOLOGY UPDATE11 | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS12 | COUNTRY IN FOCUS14 | INTERVIEW17 | COMPANY IN FOCUS18 | EVENT NEWS24 | HIGHLIGHTS 201626 | 5 MARK YOUR CALENDARPack Expo East 27 February - 01 March, 2017 Philadelphia, USAA rabplast 8-10 January, 2017 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHealthPack 20177-9 March, 2017 Denver, USAIC Packaging Technology Expo18-20 January, 2017 Tokyo, JapanUPAK ITALIA 201724-27 January, 2017 Moscow, Russiainterpack4-10 May, 2017 Dusseldorf, GermanySino-Pack 20171-3 March, 2017 Guangzhou, ChinaInternational Plastic Fair24 28 October, 2017 Tokyo, JapanOmanplast 21-23 March, 2017 Muscat, OmanChinaplas16-19 May, 2017 Guangzhou, China 6 BARE ESSENTIALSP olymers (material and machinery) trade reviewJan Sept 2016 Source: Federal Board of 7 ANNIVERSARY IN JAKARTA: TEN YEARS OF THE ARBURG SUBSIDIARY IN INDONESIAA rburg s Indonesian subsidiary celebrated its tenth anniversary together with 50 invited guests, subsidiary employees and a representative from the company headquarters.

5 At the time of its foundation in 2006, Arburg was the first European injection moulding machine manufacturer with a fully-owned subsidiary in this Mulyono, Subsidiary Manager of Arburg Indonesia, warmly welcomed the guests to this happy occasion. On behalf of the Partners, Managing Directors and the entire parent company, Regional Sales Manager Rainer Kassner then thanked customers for the trust they had shown, and the entire Arburg Indonesia team for their great commitment and tireless highlights of the evening festivities were the traditional Tumpeng thanksgiving ceremony as well as the presentation of the 10 Years of Arburg Indonesia anniversary sculpture to David Chan, who is responsible for the Arburg organisations of the entire ASEAN has been active in Indonesia since as far back as 1993, initially through a representative office.

6 And with a fully-owned organisation since 2006. It is continuously investing in the Indonesian market. The principal applications are high-quality packaging, precision technical parts and LSR team, which now counts ten members, offers an extensive range of services, expert advice and prompt local support. This includes machine commissioning, fault rectification and preventive TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES EXPANDS TRISTAR RANGE OF FLAME RETARDANT POLYCARBONATESC lariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is presenting new AddWorks additive solutions that support the evolving needs of major segments of the plastics introducing AddWorks at K 2013, Clariant has expanded it to several ranges of innovative, tested and ready-to-use plastic additive solutions to cover specific needs for key segments of the plastics industry.

7 Clariant selects the most appropriate form-giving technologies and the obtained solutions contribute to making conversion processes lean and cost-effective for customers. Martin John, Vice President Polymer Additives at Clariant, comments: AddWorks underscores Clariant s company-wide commitment to providing Value for People our chosen theme for K 2016 and beyond. Over the last three years we have developed the concept to support the industry s requirements for sustainable and innovative solutions as the Megatrends influencing society create new opportunities for plastics. At K 2016, Clariant features latest solutions for customers in the automotive, agriculture and packaging market segments, including: Automotive interiors: AddWorks ATR 146 is a new light and heat shield for automotive interior plastics that responds to the emerging OEM trend for improved durability and a low VOC environment.

8 The sulfur-free solution provides exceptional light and heat stabilization in filled PP compounds, setting the new benchmark in performance by almost doubling the duration of thermal stability and in sustainability by reducing VOC emissions. AddWorks ATR 146 successfully passes the heat ageing standard test of no surface cracking after 700 hours at 150 C at low dosage with minimal VOC emission. Agricultural films: AddWorks AGC 102 is a cost-effective solution to extend the service life of greenhouse films and to optimize the light transmission required to grow UV sensitive flower crops. Films based on AddWorks AGC 102 and its food-crop counterpart AddWorks AGC 104 is proven to perform even in the presence of high concentration of packaging: AddWorks PKG 902 allows polyolefin film manufacturers to incorporate a higher amount of recycled resin in their film process, resulting in significant raw material cost savings.

9 It allows the resin to withstand the high line speed, and maintain the film quality with reduced breakages and significant gel and black spot reduction. Stabilizer for plastic resins: AddWorks LXR 568 is a high performance process stabilizer that combines outstanding color and melt flow protection with a good resistance to hydrolysis. The product s hydrolytic stability helps processors to prevent degradation of plastic resins used to produce a wide range of end-use applications including packaging films, ensuring that consistent product performance is PETCHEM EXPORT TO REACH 20 MILLION TONSThe Director of the Planning and Development Department at National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NPC)

10 Farnaz Alawi made the remarks in a press will increase export of petrochemical products abroad to 20 million tons till the end of this Iranian calendar year, she noted that the nominal capacity of Iran s petrochemical industry has increased to 64 million tons till this Iranian calendar referred to production of million tons of petrochemical products worth of billion dollars the last year (ended March 19, 2016) and said in the first 7 months of this Iranian year, 29 million tons of petrochemical products were predicted promotion of production of petrochemical products during this Iranian year to 50-51 million tons till the end of year. Iran presented million tons of petrochemical products to the foreign markets and 14 million tons to the domestic market, she official said that Iran exported tons of petrochemical products abroad and million tons were sold in the domestic referred to export of billion dollars of petrochemical products abroad during the previous Iranian calendar year and said we have already exported billion dollars of petrochemical products in the first seven months of this year.