Company
Background:TCPL
Packaging Ltd., (formerly known as Twenty-First Century Printers Ltd) was
promoted by the Kanoria family, and began commercial production in April 1990.
It is one of India's largest manufacturers of printed folding cartons, and one
of the few listed packaging companies in India.
Today, TCPL Packaging Ltd. operates out of its six manufacturing
units ; three in Silvassa, 180 kms from Mumbai in Western India ; two in
Haridwar, 200 kms from Delhi in Northern India ; and one in Goa, 600 kms from
Mumbai in Western India. All the plants are ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 22000: 2005
certified and are also compliant with BRC/IoP Global Standard-Packaging Issue
3, which is suitable for direct food contact. In addition, plants at Silvassa
and Haridwar are also FSC certified & SEDEX Compliant.
TCPL is one of the largest exporters of printed cartons from
India. It regularly caters to consumers in countries like UK, The Netherlands,
UAE, Bangladesh etc. Exports constitute about 17% of TCPL's annual revenues.
TCPL is the country's second
largest carton manufacturer after ITC. While ITC manufactures carton for captive
consumption, TCPL biggest clients are Godfrey Philips India, Nestle India,
Colgate, Godrej, HLL, Seagram and Jagatjit Industries. TCPL prints Shells and
Hinge Lid Blanks required by cigarette manufacturing companies and Cartons,
Boxes & other packaging material for various companies in the booming
liquor, FMCG, Food & Beverages segment and others.
TCPL won several awards for excellence in printing
from Paper, Film & Foil Converters Association for cartons manufactured for
various customers. TCPL has core manufacturing business and enjoys reputation
of a reliable packaging company for supply of various types of packaging
materials to large foreign and domestic companies. It is presently
consolidating its operations and working on new product offerings.
Production
Facilities
1. The
Silvassa Factory
TCPL Packaging is now operating three plants at Silvassa. Of the
three plants, one houses the web fed gravure machines, the second houses sheet
fed offset machines and the third is a dedicated facility for corrugated
cartons. As a result the Silvassa operations are extremely versatile allowing
TCPL to offer printing on a variety of substrates and combinations thereof, as
also capability to cater to a variety of requirements depending on the nature
of the job in terms of volume and print appearance
Gravure
Packaging Unit: This exclusive gravure printing facility was set-up in January
2010 and houses three 10 colour gravure presses all with inline die cutting
facilities. Of the three presses, two have been imported earlier from Komori
Chambon and the third and latest one is imported from ATN Industrie, France.
Two of the above three presses have the capability to rotary die cut and emboss
inline besides printing in one operation. The plant is also equipped with a
specialised Bobst offline die cutting and foil stamping machinery besides
facilities for lamination of film to board. The printing machines are also
equipped with online defect detection camera to guarantee 100% defect free
supplies.
Offset
Packaging Unit: This unit houses three MAN Roland 700 offset presses all of which
are six colour with inline coaters. The plant is also equipped with multiple line
Bobst folder-gluers and die-cutters as well as window patching machines.
Besides, the facility also has equipments for hot foil stamping, automatic film
lamination and every other conceivable finishing capability. Of the three
offset machines, one is equipped with interdeck UV driers capable of printing
on plastic and non-absorbent substrates. The die-cutter and folder gluers are
also similarly equipped to handle plastic substrates. In addition, a sheet fed
gravure printing machine has also been recently commissioned, enabling the
plant to print by both offset and gravure or in combination thereof.
Fluted
Carton Unit: This unit set-up in March 2010 is a dedicated facility for
production of E / F fluted cartons. It houses 2 lines of E/F fluting
corrugation single facers, Litho Laminator, three special die cutting equipment
designed for fluted cartons and specialised folder gluers from Bobst equipped
for gluing/folding of fluted cartons. The plant is also equipped with a hot
room for control of moisture and is fully equipped to handle sophisticated
requirements of E / F fluted cartons.
2. The Haridwar
Factory
TCPL Packaging is now operating two plants at Haridwar. Of the two
plants, one houses the sheet fed offset machines, and the second one is a
dedicated facility for corrugated cartons.
Offset Packaging Unit
Printing: Haridwar plant is equipped with two Mitsubishi LX six color sheet
fed offset printing machines, one KBA 106 six color sheet fed offset printing
machine equipped with in-line coaters besides a sheet-fed gravure printing
machine to enable it to print offset-gravure combination jobs.
Die-cutting: Multiple number of state-of-art die cutters from Bobst with
in-line stripping facility.
Folding & Glueing: Multiple lines of high speed folding and glueing facilities from
Bobst equipped with crash lock bottom devices. Folding & Glueing equipment at Haridwar plant is equipped with
a Code Reader Xtend Series from Baumer HHS in combination with lower glue line
detection.
Window Patching / Liner Capability: Three Heiber
& Schroder Window Patching machines with liner capability.
Fluted Carton Unit
This unit set-up in March 2012 is a dedicated facility with
state-of-the art technology for production of E / F fluted cartons. It houses
one line of E / F fluting corrugation single facer, Litho Laminator with all
latest and automated features, special die cutting equipment designed for
fluted cartons and specialised and renowned folder gluer equipped for
gluing/folding of fluted cartons. The plant is also equipped with latest
testing equipments for quality assurance and a hot room for control of moisture
and is fully equipped to handle sophisticated requirements of E / F fluted
cartons.
3. The Goa
Factory
TCPL
operates one plant at Goa. This unit set-up in July 2012 is a dedicated
facility for production of E/F/N fluted cartons. It houses 2 lines of E/F/N
fluting corrugation single facers, Litho Laminator, three special die cutting
equipment designed for fluted cartons and specialized folder gluers from Bobst
equipped for gluing E/F/N and straight line glued cartons at high speed. The
plant is also equipped with a hot room (de- humidifier) for control of moisture
and is fully equipped to handle sophisticated requirements of E/F/N fluted
cartons.
The Prepress
Centre
TCPL always put best of its efforts to exceed customer
expectations. It is with this objective that TCPL has promoted a company viz.
Accura Reprotech Pvt. Ltd., (ART) based out of Mumbai which is responsible for
prepress and repro activities of the company. ART has been set-up to focus on areas such as
structural and graphic design, use of varied raw material and suggesting to
customers, different types of finishes to be incorporated in their packaging.
This centre is located in heart of Mumbai making it easy for
customers to visit the centre and experiment with different possibilities. ART is equipped with Esko Graphics Suite 10 PDF enabled workflow
and has all facilities under one roof geared up for designing, editing and
processing of jobs. The facility is also equipped with the latest Kongsberg
Sample Table for the production of printed / unprinted cartons including
complete proofing facility. ART is connected to both manufacturing plants by dedicated leased
lines and to customers via FTP (File transfer protocol).
Today, TCPL Packaging operates out of its six manufacturing units: three in Silvassa, two in Haridwar, and one in Goa.
The company prints and finishes 3,600 tonnes of carton every month or
43,360 tonnes per year. Its sales have risen from 1.31 million USD at
the start of the 1990s to 69 million USD today.
The new 8-color KBA Rapida 106 press with coater ordered by TCPL
Packaging is equipped for printing board and film. It will be set-up for
UV mixed operation allowing the firm to offer maximum flexibility in
terms of in-line finishing. The press which will be raised by 450mm
(17.7in) is equipped with features typical for packaging printing, such
as non-stop automatic facilities at the feeder and delivery, a coating
supply and cleaning system, IR/TA/UV drying systems in the delivery
extension, as well as four VariDry UV interdeck dryers.
Automatic plate changers, impression cylinder, blanket and roller
washing units for conventional and UV printing and EES exhaust-air
cleaning system round off the press’ kit, which KBA said boosts
productivity.
It is the third KBA Rapida 106 press installed by TCPL Packaging in
Silvassa, where it operates three plants, and follows a 6-color model
with coater installed in 2013 and a 7-color and coater version in 2014.
The new KBA Rapida 106 will go live in 2015.
In addition, a KBA Rapida 106 with six printing units, coater and
delivery extension mainly for handling plastic film has been in
operation at the company’s plant in Haridwar for three years. Products
combining the sheet-fed offset and sheet-fed gravure printing processes
are also produced there.
TCPL’s Guwahati plant will convert 750 tonnes of paperboard per month The eight-acre campus with 85,000 sq/ft build-up area, which is located
in the Industrial Growth Centre of Chaygaon in the outskirts of
Guwahati, is spacious enough to accommodate multifold expansion and
addition to the production base.
EXPECTING COMPANY COULD GROW 20% ANNULALLY NEXT 5 YEARS .THIS YEAR EXPECTING 40 EPS. STOCK COULD TOUCH 3 DIGITS IN NEXT 1 YEAR
