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INTERVIEW
Interview glass manufacturing technology
are produced from Indian manu-
facturing plants.

GMP&A: How important is

for container glass manufactur-
ers?
Vijay Shah: Glass manufac-
turing technology is very impor-
tant for container glass manufac-
turers. Though the basic glass-
making concept hasn’t changed
over the years, the whole process
has exponentially evolved through
new innovation and incorpo-
rating modern technology and
systems in place. On the other
hand, with the rapidly chang-
ing external environment as a
result of emerging technologies,
ubiquitous devices, and millenni-
als joining the workforce, many
industries are getting disrupted.
We are also quickly embracing for Smart Manufacturing across Vijay Shah: We have recently
this new paradigm and pioneer- our global locations, to increase invested around USD 85 million
ing digital transformation and efficiency, improve quality, and to modernize one of our premium
modern technology in the glass reduce energy consumption. This perfume bottle furnace and our
industry. is a cloud-based, IoT-enabled decoration facility in Kosamba,
We are strongly focusing on platform for real-time monitor- India. In addition, over the next
executing our digital strategy to ing. We are partnering with start- two years, we are planning to
transform every aspect of our ups and academia to solve com- invest over USD 70 million to
business, including people, pro- plex problems and enhance busi- further modernize and expand
cesses, supply chain, and cus- ness efficiencies using disruptive our manufacturing facilities. O
tomer service to become a more technologies.
agile organization. As part of our
data-driven approach and overall GMP&A: In Financial Year
Digital strategy, we have success- 2018, Cosmetic & Perfumery
fully implemented multiple digi- contributed around 37 per cent
tal initiatives, including a real- to your revenues, followed by
time plant monitoring system to pharmaceutical (40 per cent) and
improve production efficiency, SF&B (24 per cent) segments.
voice recognition and a video How has performance been in
analytics system to enhance pro- FY 2019?
ductivity, as well as a real-time Vijay Shah: Our Cosmetics
transportation tracking system to and Perfumery segment contrib-
enable supply-chain visibility. In ute around 50 per cent to our PIRAMAL GLASS
order to encourage innovation revenue, followed by pharma- LTD
across the organization, we have ceutical segment that is around
rolled out an enterprise-wide 30 percent, and specialty food & Piramal Tower Annexe, 6th Floor,
innovation platform that enables beverage segment is around 20 Peninsula Corporate Park, Off Worli Naka
crowd-sourcing of ideas from per cent. Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400 013
India
our employees and partners. We Tel.: +91 - 22 - 56636969
have gamified the complete end- GMP&A: Does your company Fax: +91 – 22 - 24908824
to-end process, from idea gener- have any expansion plans in the E-mail: p.mohanty@piramal.com
ation to implementation. We have pipeline? If yes, could you share www.piramalglass.com
implemented a Digital Platform them with our readers?

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