Plastech Autosafe Pvt. Ltd. (PAS) is a socially responsible, environmentally conscientious, technology oriented engineering company. Our journey started in 1991 as we became the first company in Pakistan to manufacture seat belts under a Technology Transfer agreement with Autoliv Inc. The sponsor and owner of Plastech Autosafe played a key role in legislation that mandated installation and use of seat belts in Pakistan.
In 2012, Plastech Autosafe again played a pioneering role in changing the direction of the plastic closure industry for carbonated soft drinks in Pakistan. At that time all manufacturers offered only two piece closures with liner weighing 3.4 grams over the proceeding 15 years since 2012. Two piece closures are not recyclable due to the addition of the liner in the production process and were much heavier than the latest closures available. Plastech Autosafe was the first closure manufacturer in Pakistan to introduce 2.4 gram single piece closure designed by UK based Universal Closures Limited which completely changed the direction of the industry in Pakistan. Customers were offered a lower cost alternative with better performance, a lighter closure which saved on plastic use and which was 100% post consumer recyclable due to the single piece nature of its design. Within one year, every closure manufacturer in Pakistan had re-tooled to introduce a 2.4 gram single piece closure.
Since 2012 due to Plastech Autosafe’s lead in changing the industry, over 50,000 Metric Tons of plastic has been saved.
Plastech Autosafe now wishes to repeat the pioneering move it made in 2012 and become the first closure manufacturer to introduce a light weight 2.1 gram closure which will be Post Consumer Recycled resin-use ready in Pakistan. This new closure will also be more environmentally friendly and enable saving on plastic use of 2000 Metric Tons over 5 years. In a country like Pakistan where energy is expensive our objective to using energy efficient tooling and machinery from Austria will lead to upwards of 1.2 million KwH saved. We are also exploring possibilities of taking this package to MENA .
Huge importance is also laid on HSE, Plastech Autosafe was the first company in Pakistan to obtain ISO-45001 to prioritise worker health and safety and developing a culture of social responsibility amongst team members. Plastech Autosafe is also ISO-14000 certified to ensure environmental safety and responsibility amongst the organisation, all its stakeholders and team members. Implementation and execution of these international standards require vision, policy drive and consistent oversight from the highest level of Plastech Autosafe’s management and is a testament to their commitment to the important values of today.
Plastech Autosafe has demonstrated itself to be a company committed to reducing plastic use, a vision to use recycled plastic resin whilst giving its customer products that are of the highest quality made using the latest and best in class tooling and machinery. Plastech Autosafe is committed to being an environmentally responsible company in the packaging industry constantly engaged in ideas to reduce its environmental footprint. This track record started with the core idea of being socially responsible engineering company in 1991 as well as environmentally responsible over 10 years ago in 2012 with the first ever introduction of single piece UCL closures in Pakistan.
UCL will be joined by z-moulds and Coca-Cola Amatil in presenting at this year’s event, which will take place on 3-5 June at the Hilton Hotel in Barcelona. Once again this event will bring together leading industry professionals and experts.
Our talk will be focused on development journey of our 3-piece sports closure through to commercial production. Providing insight into the opportunities that initiated the project, the challenges encountered along the way and the synergies between the key stakeholders, you will get a unique view into what it takes to deliver world class closures solutions.
In addition to presentations from many leading industry experts, the show is a fantastic opportunity to network and discuss the evolving caps and closures industry. We look forward to seeing you at the show.
The team at Westfall Technik bring a wealth of industry expertise to complement their high levels of energy, professionalism and commitment to the customer. They are building a world-class group of plastics experts and combining the synergies of each to provide optimum engineered solutions throughout the plastics manufacturing process. To find out more, please visit www.westfall-technik.com
