Manufacturing Facilities
Permacel has 3 manufacturing units, all located at Ambernath in the Thane district near Mumbai.
Mother Plant encompasses the entire value chain starting with adhesive manufacturing to adhesive stock & tape coating to printing (whether it be flexography, letter press, digital or screen) to finishing operations – all under one roof.
Additional screen printing plant has been exclusively designed for screen printing and finishing
Advanced adhesive manufacturing and coating plant has been set up to make label stocks and expand the Pressure sensitive tape business. This makes Permacel Permacel the only fully backward integrated manufacturer in its business in India. This provides Permacel the flexibility required to be a “One-Stop-Shop” providing ‘cost-effective solutions ‘to its valued customers. Our facilities have received various safety and sustainability awards over the years
Research & Development
Central to Permacel’s core purpose of “Innovation” is its ultra-modern R&D unit, which has been allocated a place of pride at the Ambernath Facility. Since 2011 this R&D facility has been awarded recognition by the “Department of Scientific and Industrial Research” (DSIR), which operates under the Government of India Ministry of Science and Technology.
Permacel is one of the few companies in its field to have a fully-fledged dedicated R&D team, who continuously strive to imbibe new technologies in the fields of adhesive making, coating and printing, to develop innovative products and solutions. As a result, it has been granted several domestic and international patents.
Quality Standards
Quality has been an integral part of the value system of Permacel throughout its existence. The Quality Assurance Department at Permacel has highly qualified staff, a well-equipped laboratory and quality systems to ensure that Permacel products meet all customer requirements at all times.
In addition to testing of all self-adhesive products and printed labels, Permacel has established a new Thermal simulation lab and an Adhesive synthesis lab.
Permacel is the first company in India, in the field of pressure sensitive adhesive labels and tapes, to have achieved ISO 9001 certification for its Quality Management System in 1995.
Its facilities at Ambernath are currently IMS certified by SGS as an ISO 9001, 14001 and IS18001 facility. In 2021 Permacel also received the prestigious AS9100D certification.
The automotive manufacturing operations are certified for IATF 16949 and are also Ford Q1 certified since 2017. Permacel has been consistently receiving Quality awards and recognitions from its customers and Industry associations like IEEMA, ASPA, SGAI, SPAI, ACMA, FESPA among others
Sales & Distribution Networks
Permacel has one of the most comprehensive, India-wide sales & distribution networks in its industry. It has :
- A dedicated and trained sales force, with sales engineers spread across the whole country, who are in touch with over 3000 industrial customers for providing direct consultation and solutions.
- Shared Branch offices in the key cities of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, a sales office at Ambernath as well as representative sales offices in smaller towns to support the sales team.
- Over fifty channel partners, stocking material and providing in-time service to customers, thereby serving as Permacel’s second line of sales.
- Authorised distributors in Key Middle East and African markets to help in international business generation.
Employee Safety & Health
Safety is a core value for Permacel. The company has continuously emphasized the importance of safe working practices not only at its manufacturing plant but also at all locations across the country, and by ensuring continuous training of the staff. These steps and initiatives have, in the past, earned Permacel plants several National and State Government Safety Awards, including the coveted National Safety Award, instituted by the National Safety Council of India. Permacel has received these Safety Awards for criteria like ´Lowest Accident Frequency Rate´ and ´Longest Accident-Free Period´.
The Main Facilities at Ambernath are built with the latest, state-of-the-art safety features, which include:
- Smoke and heat detectors provided all over the plant
- Flame detectors in areas where solvents are used
- Pressurised hydrant system automatically starts the hydrant pump when the hydrant loses pressure. In case of power failure, a diesel pump is activated
- Carbon dioxide flooding system is provided to smother the fire within seconds in the adhesive manufacturing and coating areas
- Sprinkler system in the warehouse and transformer area
- Portable fire extinguishers in all locations
- Static eliminators on coaters and all related equipment
- Cameras across the entire plant
- Infrared sensors
- Log out Tag out switch ( LOTO switch)
- AutoRun indication lamps
- Machine guards on all machines
Permacel provides all safety shoes and needed PPE to all its employees along with continuous training on the following subjects
- Fire safety
- Use of personal safety devices such as safety shoes, earplugs, goggles, face and nose masks etc
- Static electricity checks
- Evacuation training and drills
- Safe use of cutting tools
The plant has its own Safety Committee and Emergency Response teams. Keeping the keen focus on its employee health
- Permacel has its own Medical center with trained doctors/ Nurses available during all its working hours. For medical emergencies an ambulance is available.
- Regular medical tests are conducted for all its Employees not only at the Plants but across the entire country. Consultations on Health are also provided to all employees
- In the COVID 19 impacted era Permacel ensures that regular provision of face masks is done for its employees and regular sanitization of the plant and transport vehicles. Foot-operated sanitizer dispensers are available across the whole plant
- Regular lectures on topical health issues including mental health are regularly organized
Environment
Permacel maintains an Environmental Management System that demonstrates its commitment to the prevention of pollution, thus promoting a clean and healthy environment.
Permacel was among the first companies in its industry to obtain ISO 14001 as early as 2001. Today the plant is certified by SGS as an ISO 14001 facility.
To support the environment Permacel
- Maintains a substantial garden and has planted a large number of trees in and around the Ambernath Facility.
- Works on a number of green technologies to reduce VOC emissions.
- Explores and promotes the use of renewable energy sources in its plant.
- Recycles all the effluent water generated in the plant for gardening and as toilet flush water and is qualified as a zero discharge company.
- Is actively using Solar energy generated from its roof-mounted Solar panels to meet part of its power requirements.
- Actively uses lower power consumption LED lights throughout and star rated equipment to save power.