Founded in 1967, KLJ is not only the largest manufacturer and the market leader in plasticizers and polymer compounds in South Asia, but also an outright leader in the secondary plasticizer – chlorinated paraffin segment as the largest manufacturer across the globe. Their ultra-modern manufacturing facilities in Silvassa, Bharuch, Agra & Kutch in India, Rayong in Thailand, and Mesaieed in Qatar are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and equipment, producing a wide range of products to meet their customers’ requirements. The group has a combined manufacturing capacity of 1.4 million TPA. Recently, KLJ Group participated in the 5th International Cable & Wire Fair 2023. In the interaction with Wire & Cable India, Mr. Sanjay Mittal, Business Head – Cable Compounds, KLJ Polymers & Chemicals Limited, shared about the group and products and talked about their experience at the Cable & Wire Fair 2023.
WCI: Briefly tell us about your product portfolio.
SM: Primarily for the cable compound SBU, our core focus revolves around cables and wires. We stand as the leading players in cable compounds within India, also exporting to various countries across the world. We provide innovative solutions as per market requirement, having a wide range of compounds – XLPE both Sioplas and CCV, PVC, ZHFR, EPR and XLPOs and a range of masterbatches, both functional and color in different polymer bases.
In addition to cable compounds, we are actively involved in manufacturing medical-grade PVC, elastomeric compounds for footwear, automotive and many other applications as well as a range of engineering plastics. Looking at the entire product portfolio at KLJ, it’s highly unlikely that any other company globally can boast such a diverse range, all within a single campus, that satisfies a wide range of applications and offers the highest value proposition in the marketplace.
Specific to the wire and cable industry, recently, we have successfully launched and commercialized many products to meet the emerging industry demands and as part of import substitution. Our new launches include track resistance compounds, tree growth retardant compounds, complete solutions for solar cables including regular and e-beam cross-linkable compounds, FR HDPE compounds, various PE compounds including high speed extrusion for communication cables, complete range of thermoset and thermoplastic semi-conductive compounds for power cable including bonded and strippable and many more. We are looked upon as the industry’s torch bearer for offering solutions as required by the industry.
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WCI: Shed some light on your exhibit at the Cable & Wire Fair 2023.
SM: We have displayed a complete range of wires and cables produced from a wide range of our product portfolio. That shows our technical strength, which helps industry to come out with innovative solutions for both local and global requirement as well as import substitute (working towards Make in India campaign)
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WCI: How was your experience at the Cable & Wire Fair 2023?
SM: It’s always been a wonderful experience participating at the Cable and Wire Fair. It is a focused place to showcase our product folio and to be looked upon as a solution provider to the industry with an innovative and wide range of products. Since it’s industry specific, we find this fair as one of the best places for networking with customers and also get some insight about new products and applications.