Tech Plaastic Industrie

Enplas Corporation is a 50 year old injection molding company out of Japan. Enplas currently supplies to Automotive, Office Automation Printers, Copy machines, Mobile Phone), SemiConductor (Test/Burn-in Sockets), Communication (Optics for Storage Area Networks, Local Area Networks, etc.) in US, Japan, and China markets.

Enplas Team, consisting of their President Mr. Daisuke Yokota,Asia Pacific Director Mr. Yazuburo Baba and Mr Venky Gangu, from the USA office, visited Tech Plaastic Industrie facilities ( both thermoset and thermoplastic ) on April 21, 2011.

Enplas is looking to enter India as a commercial production group, and is holding discussions with TPI who have both product and market knowledge and can add immense value to the partnership.

TPI has donated Rs 1 Lac , 2 AC’s and a Sony TV to Karunai Villa Trust as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.

The goal of TPI’s Social Responsibility is to encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment, employees and the communities in the near vicinity of the factory. Furthermore, TPI believes that Socially Responsible businesses would proactively promote the public interest by encouraging community growth and development, and voluntarily eliminating practices that harm the public sphere.

Inspite of being a small scale unit, TPI has made it a habit of practicing SR as a part of our core business , and the honouring of the 3P’s : people, planet, profit.

Apart from supporting the immediate needs of TPI’s own team members – education, marriage, medical etc – TPI has supported needs of physically and mentally challenged children through organisations like the Rotary Clubs , Leo Clubs and now, the Karunai Villa Trust .

About Karunai Villa ( means Mercy Dwelling ) Trust :

Founded by Ms Lizamma Mathews, a usual school teacher for six years till an accident in1996 changed her life. On her way back home from the School one day, she came across several boys throwing stones at a15 year old unclothed girl. The girl was clearly not in her sense, was just a piece of flesh- a laughing stock for the boys. Lizamma admitted the girl in the Hospital for the mentally ill, where the girl showed marked improvement in 15 days.

Little realizing that this voluntary act of kindness would be first of many to come. She realized the need of the time, spent a month at the Institution learning the basics of mental care. As she puts it, “There are so many in the teaching profession, but very few take up this work”. She also spent a year at NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) in Hyderabad and also took up several honorary jobs in private hospitals in Kerala. Then in 1998, she started Karunai Villa meaning Mercy Dwelling.

A registered non-profitable organization founded in the year 1998 recognized by Government of India. It has dedicated its services for the rehabilitation of Physically challenged in particularly mentally challenged individuals, irrespective of their caste, religion, creed or age.

The trust is having its home at Mugallivakkam, a suburb of Chennai and very close to TPI factory. Currently , the trust has over 83 inmates of varying ages, and physical and mental afflictions. .com

To support the home, TPI has donated a sum of Rs 1 Lac plus airconditioners ( 2 nos) to be used for the physiotherapy room and a Sony TV for the Children . TPI is also working with Rotary Club of T Nagar, Chennai, in improving the infrastructure of the building and upgrading the play area.

To know more about Karunai Villa Trust and how you can support this good cause, visit :www.karunaivilla.com

Tech Plaastic Industrie has continued supporting under privileged children in their pursuit of education. Miss B.Revathi, studying in Std. XII at Fathima Matriculation School, is the daughter of Balaraman and Pushpa. Mother is a flower seller while father works as a daily wage earner. Inspite of all difficulties faced by her, Revathi has scored a very high percentage in the Board exams and is now looking to become a commerce graduate. To help achieve her dreams, TPI has gifted her a lap top (used) .

Revathi receiving the laptop from our CMD Mr M.S.Parthasarathy
while her proud mother Pushpa is looking on.

TPI is committed to supporting the needs of special children as well as children coming from financially weak backgrounds. This is achieved through the support we provide through our employees and through voluntary
organizations such as Lions Club and Rotary Club.

On 9th February, 2008, TPI was proud to co-sponsor 16th HANDI PARK Sports meet for special Children held at YMCA Grounds,Nandanam, Chennai. The event was organized by Leo Club of Park Town, part of Lions Club of Madras Nandambakkam Dist. A324A5. The Club, headed by its President Leo Archana Joshi, have year-on-year conducted a sports meet for over 150 special children. To know more about how you can support the Leo Club please write to Ms Archana Joshi at ahj_147@yahoo.co.in

: : HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LTD SELECTS TPI'S LIGHT ENGINEERING UNIT FOR 100 PPM AWARD

Keeping in line with its objective of building world class automobiles in its Chennai plant, Hyundai Motor India Ltd , is pushing forward the 100 PPM initiative with all of its Tier 1 and Tier II suppliers .Focusing on the objective of its Customer, TPI’s contract manfacturing unit along with its Tier 1 partner Lucas TVS Ltd executed various improvements and training programmes to achieve this 100 PPM target. On 19th December 2007, Mr HS Lee, Sr General Manager, HMIL, along with Mr R.K.Anandaraj- Sr Engineer SQA, visited our factory to view the initiatives taken and award us the 100 PPM award.

: : ONE OF TPI'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS CUSTOMERS FROM USA, M/S ZF COMMERCIAL SUSPENSION SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS LLC VISITED TPI'S INJECTION MOLDING UNIT ON JANUARY 11, 2008

On Jan 11, 2008, Mr Dennis Dedrick - Chief Buyer, ZF Commercial Suspension Systems and Components LLC and Mr Vishnu Reddy - India Office visited TPI to review plans for the New Year. Mr Bandhu Chandhok, of Bhushan Associates, was also there to show Mr Dedrick the TPI operations and in particular the moulds developed for ZF. The relationship between TPI and ZF USA started in the year 2000 with the development of 1 component. Today over 15 different components are being shipped to LC5 plant every month.

With its vast experience in injection and compression molding, TPI now has started thermoset injection molding facility.

Faced with production pressures, TPI’s existing automotive Tier-1 customer SL Lumax Ltd was looking to enhance production without changing the material or dramatic increase in price . TPI’s team went into a huddle and worked with the raw material manufacturer as well the mold maker and suggested that the component be produced out of Phenol Formaldehyde ( injection molding grade) . Within eight weeks a two cavity mold was designed, manufactured and samples were submitted to our customer. TPI is in the process of adding more thermoset injection molding machines to meet increasing customer requirements.

: : TPI LANDS CONTRACT WITH ARD, FRANCE FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CARD READERS

ARD – a leader in the field of providing multi applicative solutions centered around smart cards – was looking for an injection moulding company that could provide high quality design and development of its smart card readers at the lowest cost . They contacted TPI, the leading injection moulding company from Chennai, India, who offered to work with the ARD team in designing the smart card readers. ARD has now awarded its first contract, for the design and development of moulds and components for its prestigious smart card readers . This is the first time TPI is working with a French company . To know more about ARD visit their website www.ard.fr .

Union Switch and Signal (US&S) has awarded a contract to TPI for development of critical thermoset and sheet metal components . The contract involves the manufacture of moulds for thermoset parts as well as parts supply including sub assembly.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Union Switch & Signal Inc. (US&S) is a leader in the design, manufacture and service of signaling, automation and control equipment and systems for the railroad and mass transit industries worldwide. US&S is a subsidiary of Ansaldo Signal N.V., a Finmeccanica company. Founded in 1881, the company marks its 125th year of continuous operation this year. For more information visit www.switch.com.

A Japanese delegation, consisting of multi disciplinary skilled professionals, from JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency, called on Mr. M S Parthasarathy on February 2, 2006, to discuss about the needs of SME in the private sector.

JICA provides official development assistance (grant and aid). In the past JICA was focusing on social development themes ( health care / education) while now they are focusing on providing assistance to the private sector development – (cluster up gradation) .

Mr. M S Parthasarathy, fondly referred to as the Father of the small scale industry in India was able to provide valuable inputs to this important delegation on the requirements of the SME sector, especially in the automotive industry.

This was JICA’s preliminary fact finding phase , to study a number of states / sectors which should provide inputs for discussion with JICA in Tokyo.

To get to know more about JICA please visit: www.jica.go.jp/english .

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On April 2, 2005, as part of the on going quality improvement programme, "Achieve 100 ppm" initiative was launched by Mr S C Kim, Managing Director, SL Lumax Ltd. Mr Kim launched the initiative in the traditional Indian way of lighting the kuthu villaku (lamp) and pinning the "Achieve 100 ppm" button on to Mr MP Shankar's shirt. Mr Kim addressed the entire Team on the importance of supplying defect free components to Customers consistently.

Mr. Kim, along with Mr Ramar, DGM manufacturing and Mr Saravanan, Manager Quality, on a plant tour.