Zircon to invest three million USD in 2014-15

This will see it open a new plant in Dehradun that will sit alongside its existing headquarters in the same city and an established factory in Chennai.

Sanjeev Sondhi, director of operations at the company, said: ‘This includes machinery and construction of the third plant in Dehradun, mainly for shrink sleeving. The new plant will be spread across an area of 29,000 sq ft, which will take the production area to about 65,000 sq ft across three plants.’

Zircon Technologies has ordered two slitter rewinders for its new factory in Dehradun, with a Rotoflex VLI 440 inspection, slitting and rewind system to be installed this month. The VLI 440 has a 100 percent inspection system and is suitable for unsupported films such as shrink sleeves, which are highly elastic. The equipment comes with multiple slitting options and gap control rollers. A Rotoflex VSI 330 inspection and rewind machine has been ordered and shall be installed in the next two to four months.

Both these units have been sold by Flexo Image Graphics (FIG), the Indian representative for Rotoflex machines. There are 33 Rotoflex machines installed in India of which five were installed in the last financial year.