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Skipper Ltd, which makes transmission towers and agricultural PVC pipes, has planned foray into PVC plumbing pipes, primarily for urban markets.
For this, it has entered into technology tie-up and supply agreement for chlorinated PVC compounds with Sekisui Chemicals Company of Japan. It has also entered into another supply and collaboration agreement with Wavin of Netherlands for piping systems.
Devesh Bansal, Director of Skipper Ltd said that the company planned to set up two manufacturing facilities – one at Gaziabad and another at Guwahati – at a capital expenditure of Rs 30 crore. Currently, it has an installed capacity of 22,000 tonnes of PVC pipes of different categories. The new units, which are expected to be commissioned by September, would increase the capacity to 40,000 tonnes. In 2014-15, the PVC pipe vertical of the company posted turnover of over Rs 100 crore.
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