Celebrating an Evergreen Bond

Innovation in the manufacturing process and excellence in services define Greenply Industries Limited as a brand. As the largest plywood manufacturing company in India, Greenply has managed to gain the trust and confidence of countless consumers across the nation. The journey that it had started, over three decades ago, has flourished into one of the most successful ventures known to the plywood manufacturing industry. But excellence in the manufacturing process isn’t the only reason why Greenply enjoys such popularity.

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Trends in Décor Paper

European based décor paper and plates producers influence design trend in High Pressure Laminate and Flooring industry worldwide. Emerging social, economic and design trends from around the world influence interior designers as well as producers of surfacing.Because there is high chance to recreate and design any visual in Laminates and Flooring through décor paper and plates, so Interzum is very much important show for décor paper and moulds manufacturing companies. World leading décor paper manufacturers such as Schattdecor, Chiyoda, Surtco, Interprint, Impress, Lamigraf, Toppan, Decotec, Technocell, Munksjo, Idecor etc will showcase the new design trend in the show.

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Amulya Group sets double export growth target by 2020 Mr Rakesh Agrawal, MD, Purbanchal Laminates Pvt. Ltd

Gandhidham, Gujarat based leading laminate manufacturing company AMULYA MICA, Purbanchal Laminates Pvt. Ltd will show case its different ranges of Interior & Exterior grade products and at the same time its new venture AMULYA WPC – Purbanchal Composite Panel India Pvt. Ltd., product WPC & PVC foam Board and PVC bending Laminates will be showcased in Inerzum-2017 at Cologne, Germany during May 16th-19th, 2017. The products in ranges include: Synchronised Laminates – 1.25 mm, Amulya Cladding -6mm, Amulya Plus Laminate (scratch Resistance), Seven Wonder Exclusive series from Chiyoda Japan – 1.25mm, WPC LEAD free Foam Board, PVC LEAD free Foam Board and PVC Bending Laminate. They are participating in Interzum the second consecutive year.

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Greenlam maintains No. 1 Position in HPL export

Greenlam will showcase the latest offering in Laminates and Compacts. The other offerings such as Engineered Wooden Flooring & Doors will also be displayed. Distressed Veneer and Mikasa’s new collection will be launched there. Greenlam Laminates brings to the table a legacy of exceptional artistry, unsurpassed quality and unyielding passion and myriad of colours and designs. Greenlam Industries Ltd. is amongst the top three producers of laminates globally. With a production capacity of 12.2 million sheets every year, Greenlam has always ensured that superior quality products are available to you. Innovative technology and creative solution has been Greenlam’s guiding principle since day one.

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HPL EXPORT - OPPORTUNITY AHEAD

HPL Export is not as promising as perceived; in fact, it depends on how you see. Sustaining in export is a tough fight where if a company grows, then its resources and expenses also grow. It is the fact that most of the HPL companies try to sell their products to end users in international market rather than investing in market awareness. The world market is very huge, but if a company really wants to grow, it has to do lots of investment in resource development, marketing, and stock. Greenlam is a right example in this case, which is having 10 company owned depots/offices globally, and very aggressive to serve end customers. Greenlam has been maintaining its lead position in HPL export market among all Indian companies since last 5 years and they are far ahead of others in terms of value.

INDIA @ INTERZUM 2017

Since globalization, the entire world has become the common market place, where anyone can sell/buy the products from everywhere in the world. Being the world’s second largest populated nation and increasing disposable income, India has now become an important destination globally. In this edition of Interzum 2017, there are 28 Indian participants and approx. 800 people are supposed to visit, who are decision makers, manufacturers, showroom owners, influencers and potential buyers of high-quality value-added products. High-Pressure Laminates and Decorative veneers industry players are prominently taking part in this show, and they are buyers of international companies as well as they supply their products to global market. More than300 people of HPL and Veneers manufacturing segment are reported to visit the show, who will learn the latest global design trends and would be a potential buyer for décor paper, base paper, tissue paper, press plates and decorative veneers flitch etc.

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GST could be an opportunity to take you from < 100 cr to 500 cr Pragat Dvivedi

After demonetisation, market for wood panel product picked up across the sectors and geographical locations. Almost all building related products especially wood sector have fared well that can be termed as 20-30 percent higher than expected levels. Last quarter ending on March 31st i.e Jan-Mar 2017 spell has not only gave comfort to big brands but also to small and medium enterprises. The companies/brands from organised sector like Century Ply, Action Tesa, Greenlam, Merino, Duro, etc have hopefully grown their sales in double digits followed by a few who have missed it by a narrow margin and remained in single digit. Yet it is a very strong performance indeed (though it will be confirmed only after annual balance sheets).

Keeping a similar pattern the players from ‘Wish to be Organised’ category and small level wood panel producers too have more or less maintained a decent growth. It shows that despite of all hue & cry, there has been a moderate growth in building material space in 2016-17. Product wise Plywood, Laminate, Doors, Shuttering materials, Flooring, ACP, HPL etc have grown in single digits where as Particle Board, MDF, PVC Boards having an estimated growth in double digits.

‘It is expected that 2017-18 will have a smooth run for all these products’ on the basis of developments/initiatives being taken up by Central Government supported by states where Infrastructure Industrial & Rural growth and Housing thrust will help to bring good demand for wood panel companies during the next FY. Although, I personally feel that effect of demonetisation on ‘material consumption vs real estate growth’ equation has somewhere escaped to re-emerge and there could be a patch of 2-3 months of dull demand in coming time after the rainy season.

FY 2017-18 is set to witness GST, which will change the way wood material manufacturing companies work. Organised players are very clear on reducing price gap with unorganised ones hence launching economical brands to snatch the share of Semi-organised or smaller players, on the contrary Small/Semi-organised brands are yet to understand the opportunity they had after demonetisation and even at present. They must strengthen their fundamentals by readying with Capital, Capacity and Culture to work in organised fashion without any worry. If they are weak on few points they have huge potential too to win over new or maintain the existing markets.

Small companies or below 100 cr companies who are 95 percent of the wood panel industry space must recognise that it’s time to work with right quality, right price and right people. One must reduce unorganised working, reduce wastage and fuel consumptions, reduce idle factory time and increase the number of dynamic ally’s who have ambition to earn decent margins. Dealers Margin and regional branding will be the key to growth in new FY and forthcoming financial years in wood panel sector. Few of these 95 percent companies have been good at it and now many of them need to be better than others. It is advisable that grab the opportunity from today and create a strong foundation for your company in New India. Focus on increasing efficiency, working for dealers earnings and sales team along with marketing efforts and GST could be an opportunity to take you from 100 cr to 500 cr.

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Organized Plywood Distributors Gain as Orders Routing Through Them

The Indian market has witnessed a sharp rise in demand for wood panel products at organized distributors end. The demand from retailers to distributors is a shift of orders from direct manufacturers to marketing houses, say, retailers. On the contrary, many manufacturers see a drop in orders from retail points. Every developed market and metro city in the country has witnessed a ‘rise in the tendency of a number of orders being passed to an organized distribution house’ which is partly a shift from an unorganized manufacturing unit. The reasons behind this shift are appearing as pressure for quick payments and commitments of a fixed date by plywood manufacturers.

After GST, the market was very dull in demands and now when there is some movement happening, the conditional dispatches by factory owners in North India is making the small load buyers switching to organized distribution houses. In a similar development, the distributors and stockiest who have been dealing in branded items are witnessing demand for branded items because the demand on the bill is rising.

The distributors are exploring new brands and looking at new manufacturers who are economical and reliable with organized work culture because they are receiving massive inquiries for materials from this segment. The market for alternate plywood and Marine grade looks clearly benefitted in the south and western India where demands in renovation and industrial sector have witnessed growth.

The inputs received by The Ply Reporter team is showing some good prospects for emerging mid-size organized players who offer acceptable quality material at genuine price. And such distributors who have this combination are preferred because they are probably able to offer capital support. The hope for the reduction in GST slab has further pushed retailers to take material from organized distributors so that their load for payments and inventory will remain less.