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Resins, Resin-Optimisation & the Glue Kitchen in Plywood Industry<\/strong><\/span>
\nImpacts on Material Cost & Wastage Costs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As India powers into the mid-20s of 21st century, rising against all external influences created due to various geo-political disturbances across the world, the plywood industry sector of our country is also in its growth stage. But the question remains \u2013 can we take advantage of the increasing demand for plywood and panels in the domestic as well as export sector? The answer is a complicated one.<\/p>\n

Growth is a choice of the manufacturer. Either a manufacture can visualise the demands ahead and learn to make a good team for themselves, or they can remain in their own closed mindset. Where to place themselves in the coming years of growth, is left to manufacturers themselves.<\/p>\n

Competition \u2013 Past & Future<\/strong>
\nUntil the Covid19 pandemic struck the world and took us all like a tsunami, plywood in India used to be sold on the basis of colour, ‘Gurjan’, carpenter advice, and misleading claims. The Covid19 pandemic period gave time for many educated people to contemplate on many things in life \u2013 especially on health, vulnerability and awareness-generation in particular. This has led to many companies taking advantage of health aspects and launching anti-viral surfaces & low formaldehyde emission (LFE) plywood in the domestic market.<\/p>\n

As requirements for consistent quality plywood from the corporate & organised sector buyers continue to rise, future competition in the plywood industry in India will gradually be intensified on the basis of quality, low formaldehyde emissions and ability to retain credibility & consistency of commitments to customers, clients, dealers and institutional buyers. Only those factories manufacturing ‘specifications-based’ plywood & panels will be able to retain buyers respectfully and consistently.<\/p>\n

Significance of Resin-Optimisation & Glue Kitchen<\/strong>
\nSo far, resin making in Indian plywood manufacturing sector has been the most ignored and secondary aspect of process standards. If one goes to the resin-making area in a plywood factory (glue kitchen), we will be shocked and taken aback by the way resin making is practiced under some of the most in-human conditions of chemical exposures and labour-work. It is high time owners accept their mis-handling and insensitive approach to resins and chemicals. People with reasonable levels of decency and senses will not be able to accept the general situation of a resin making area in our plywood and panel manufacturing plants \u2013 big or small. Factories rarely have material-handling systems, exhausts and facilitation for resin-making labour. Materials are thrown all over the place. There is no proper storage of acids, alkalis and raw materials. Workers are forced to work under extreme conditions of heat, fumes and low roof-clearances.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I personally regard any manufacturer (almost all) who disregards the function of resin-making as a person who is unethical, unhygienic, insensitive and very close to in-human. I have only one simple question to ask all the plywood manufacturers \u2013 small or big, in India \u2013 How do you maintain the kitchen in your house\/residence?<\/p>\n

Resin-Optimisation<\/strong>
\nAs much as the resin-making area is ignored and given secondary attitude, so is the relevance and significance of resin-optimisation for plywood manufacturing. Resin-optimisation is the aspect of making sure that the resin is made at the least required solids content (SC) and best possible cooking, with the right kind of additives as appropriate.<\/p>\n

For example, if a factory is able to make a top-quality resin at 42% SC, conforming to all standards and mechanical strength requirements, the factory would be saving enormous amounts of money and resources for our country. Whereas current levels of SC in resins range from 46% to 49%, a 42% standardisation of resin SC would save costs and resources in the range of 6% to 10% from current consumption levels. If a factory uses 100 MT of resins in a month, that is a whopping savings of 6 to 10 MT of resins & raw materials every month. These aspects are not given priority and relevance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Material dis-respect is Mother Nature dis-respect. We have ‘lakshmi pooja’, ‘saraswathi pooja’, ‘bhumi pooja’, ‘ayudh pooja’, and ‘office pooja’. Why not introduce ‘samagri pooja’, to signify the importance of raw material handling and savings, during a particular day of every year?<\/p>\n

Glue Kitchen<\/strong>
\nOne of the most ignored and dis-respected areas of a plywood and panel manufacturing unit in India \u2013 Glue Kitchen. I have tried to initiate discussions on having a clean, hygienic and decent glue kitchen with few owners in India. Spontaneous reaction \u2013 you should go and see in China. They don’t give a damn to this aspect and this is how they also keep their resin area.<\/p>\n

This confirms that we have no sense or awareness on our own, nor we want to be ourselves with self-respect and pride. On one side, be emotionally anti-China. On the other side, do whatever they do, and claim to be a China visitor every month. False emotions, false pride, false respect.<\/p>\n

Whether our powerful, rich, and indifferent big & small factory owners agree or not \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n