AIPMA Strives to Ensure the Benefit of the Mainstream Indian Plastics Industry

The AIPMA (All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association) has been playing a vital role in the betterment and development of the Indian plastics industry, encompassing plastic manufacturers, entrepreneurs, exporters, plastic raw material suppliers, chemical manufacturers and SMEs engaged in this field. The AIPMA was established by several pioneering visionaries in the industry around 73 years earlier, making it one of India’s biggest and oldest plastic industry apex bodies without a doubt. Over the last few years, AIPMA has scaled up its area of influence while also setting up head offices at prime locations in the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. The AIPMA has already successfully crossed the Diamond Jubilee of its inception while working towards its Platinum Jubilee in the near future.

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AIPMA is characterized by its insistence on making India a global sourcing base as far as mainstream plastics are concerned while promoting plastics sustainably in sync with global and national standards and also other certifications such as ISO, BIS, Lean Management, Six Sigma, Reach, National Manufacturing Competitiveness and others for extensively tapping Global Information Technology likewise. An export cell has also been established for offering more support and information to all AIPMA members while it also strives to combat any global or domestic challenges that the industry faces with regard to its future growth. Membership is promoted via the SME and MSME sectors and also throughout various zonal areas. Training programs are organized readily for blue collar workers in addition to other skilled professionals working in the Indian plastics industry. IITs are also being adopted for the promotion of plastics cluster development while the entity also remains fully alert on multiple environmental aspects and any anti-plastic campaigns too. 

There are 130 affiliate associations under AIPMA along with 22,000 indirect and 2,500 direct members via these affiliate associations. There are 9 plastic parks present along with several technology, skill development and e-learning centers. There are road-shows, seminars and workshops organized throughout the year along with job fairs, global and domestic business promotion initiatives, delegations, industrial study and research based initiatives, consultation clinics for existing and new entrepreneurs, global and domestic exhibitions, publications and even business to business (B2B) meetings. There are four zonal offices spread throughout the metro cities along with a couple of technology centers as well. AIPMA is also an authorized agency for issuing certificates of origin (CoO).