Mumbai, Nov 1: India needs to double up its high density polyolefins (HDPE) processing capacity from 150,000 tn to 300,000 tn in order to meet the growing demands of optical fibre piping by leading telecom and information technology (IT) companies.The institute engaged in the field of plastics education, training and manpower development, said that over two lakhs optical fibre cable network with an estimated investment of over Rs 25,000 crore would be required by 13 major companies to set up piping network for communication system. These companies are Reliance, Huges Telecom, Siticable, Indian Railways, Punj Lloyd, Power Grid Corporation, Enron Corporation, Tata Power, BSES, BPL, WorldTel, Bharti Telecom and the Hindujas group.
To enlighten the manufacturers and users in processing and installing polyolefins piping system, the institute is organising a two-day international conference in Mumbai beginning from November 10. Leading companies like Reliance, Nocil, Gail, Battenfeld from Germany, Solvay from Belgium and Borougue from Singapore will participate in the conference.Reliance president Mr Kamal Nanavaty will deliver the key note address at the conference.
(UNI)
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