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ILLIG celebrated the official opening of its new production
plant ILLIG India Pvt. Ltd. in Malur, around 30 km to the east of
Bengaluru, the economic epicenter and capital city of the south
Indian state of Karnataka. Initially founded in 2014, ILLIG India
is set to serve its Indian customers directly from India with the as-
sembly, delivery and service support of the vacuum forming ma-
chine RV 53. The opening ceremony included a traditional Indian
Agni Pooja (worship to fire), a Hindu ceremony, also known as
Jaggya or Homa. A good turnout of around 120 people atten-
ded the event, including many existing, as well as potential In-
dian customers. The first RV 53 assembled by ILLIG India was
handed over to its new owner at the opening ceremony: Ma-
harashtra Polymers from the metropolis Mumbai will soon be
producing trays and packaging on the ILLIG-India-assembled RV
53 for renowned multinational chocolate manufacturers. The
New Assembly Plant ILLIG India Ceremoniously Opened
First ILLIG-India-assembled RV 53 machine already sold at opening ceremony
decision may have been influenced by the positive experience
that Bioplas Industries, Mumbai, has had since acquiring their
first RV 53 at Plastindia 2015. Bioplas has enjoyed tremendous
success producing trays for TV dinners on their RV 53.
“ILLIG India is set to supply the Indian continent with the RV 53
vacuum machines. Everything from the assembly of the machi-
nes to after-sales service and on-site application consulting at
the customers’ production plants. With the RV 53 assembled in
India, we are well equipped to serve the growing Indian packa-
ging market with a very versatile thermoforming machine at a
very attractive price-performance ratio. We’re able to ensure
high-quality machine technology by supplying the components
and assemblies from our main plant in Heilbronn, Germany, for
assembly in Malur, which means they’ll carry the “made in Ger-
many” seal of approval,” explained the Heilbronn plant mana-
ger and board member of ILLIG India, Dr.
Hans-Peter Roth, at the opening ceremony.
The newly renovated assembly plant in
Malur currently has around 800 m2 of usa-
ble floor space. In addition to the assembly
area, the facilities also include modern of-
fice space and a large warehouse for spare
parts. There is also a showroom where cus-
tomer training can be conducted, among
other uses.
ILLIG has been well represented on the In-
dian continent for over 25 successful years
by HiTech International, Mumbai, sales
agency. HiTech will remain on board for
sales, service and spare parts for all other
ILLIG thermoforming machines and tools
from ILLIG Germany.
ILLIG RV 53 – highly attractive
for thermoforming packaging
The ILLIG RV 53 utilizes vacuum forming
technology on unsophisticated forming
tools. The automatic pre-blowing that pre-
stretches the material on a positive forming
mold ensures an evenly distributed wall
thickness even for high-profile formed
parts. The versatility of the RV 53 gives you
all the possibilities of forming, punching
and stacking thermoformed parts. It's ideal
for manufacturing technical parts like trans-
port pallets or tray inserts, but also for pak-
kaging products for both non-food and
food applications. In automatic operation
mode high packaging hygiene standards
can be met.
The standard parts system for manufactu-
Grand opening of the new assembly plant ILLIG India
with Open House on November 27 and 28, 2015
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