Piramal Glass Ceylon on expansion drive
Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC (PGC) inaugurated its new high capacity
Effluent Treatment Plant ( ETP ) under the patronage of P Kumaran, the
Deputy High Commissioner of India in Srilanka, and member of Parliament
Vidura Wikramanayake on Friday, along with Sanjay Tiwari , CEO and
Managing Director of Piramal Glass Ceylon plc in the presence of Ranjith
Fernando and Dr Bandula Perera, Directors of Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc,
as well as senior officials of the BOI, CEA , Pradeshiya Sabha,
Divisional Secretariat , local religious establishments and other
guests.
The ETP plant is one such venture that ensures the preservation of
water by recycling, whilst making sure that the water let out to the
environment does not harm the environment and the surrounding community.
Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC (PGC) inaugurated its new high capacity
Effluent Treatment Plant ( ETP ) under the patronage of P
Kumaran, the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Srilanka, and
Vidura Wikramanayake MP on Friday along with Sanjay Tiwari , CEO
and Managing Director of Piramal Glass Ceylon plc in the
presence of Ranjith Fernando and Dr Bandula Perera Directors
Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc, and senior officials of the BOI, CEA ,
Pradeshiya Sabha, Divisional Secretariat , local religious
establishments and other guests.Here Gowri Rajapakse, Senior
official from the BOI switching on the Plant. |
The Company has spent over Rs 25 million on this project. With the
installation of this plant the company will be recycling over 750 cubic
meters per day of its process water requirement in the manufacture of
it’s glass bottles .
Inherently PGC’s bottle manufacturing is an environment friendly
process. Broken Glass (known as “Cullet” in the glass industry) is also
used as a raw material in the manufacturing process. Piramal Glass
Ceylon annually consumes almost 20,000 tons of broken glass collected
from all parts of the country at a cost of over Rs100 Million. The
company collects all types of Cullet to help people get rid of this
discarded material from their homes and stores them in its premises till
recycled. Piramal Glass as an “Environment Friendly” company believes it
is their Corporate Social Responsibility to ensure that all cullet is
collected from the community, without merely restricting the collection
to only that which is required for their process. This is also a source
of income generation for the poorer segments in society.
PGC’s glass bottle manufacturing plant was originally situated at
Rathmalana, and was relocated in Horana under the patronage of the “300
factory program” of Mahinda Chintana. The Company had the privilege of
coming under the umbrella of the BOI since signing the agreement in July
2006. The Plant was commissioned in December 2007 with an investment of
over US $ 40 million. The plant has the capacity to produce 250 tons of
glass per day and in terms of bottles over 225 million bottles per year.
PGC is currently fulfilling the entire Country’s requirement of Glass
Bottles by selling almost 75% of it’s capacity in the local market,
whilst exporting the balance to niche markets, to the tune of US$ 10
million worth of glass containers annually in different parts of the
globe.
PGC supplies bottles as packaging materials to industries such as
Pharmaceutical, Aerated Water, Food & Beverage, Liquor, Wine , Agro
Chemicals and Cosmetics .
It is imperative that high levels of hygiene are maintained in the
glass bottle when such products are filled in them.
The company has also been accredited with ISO 9001:2008 and ISO
22000:2005 the food safety management systems. Further PGC is in the
process of implementing the new International Standard designed to
ensure Safe Food Supply Chain worldwide, thus fulfilling the
requirements of any organization in the food chain which provides the
framework of internationally harmonized requirements for the global
approach.
Thus PGC being a responsible corporate entity has invested heavily on
infrastructure to ensure compliance with the prevailing environmental
policies, in line with the group philosophy of “CARE”. |