April 27 2016, 18.49 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Patiala, April 27th 2016: Finolex Industries Ltd. India’s largest PVC manufacturer and second largest PVC resin manufacturer today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Patiala. Under the MoU, Finolex Pipes will now provide course literature and material for efficient training of the student registered for the Plumbing and Sanitation course in the college.
Through this MoU, students at ITI Patiala will get access to latest and up to date technical knowledge in the field of plumbing.With their superior product knowledge, market intelligence and product range, the company aims to provide ITI Patiala with best in class knowledge by providing them aspects such as:
a) Classroom/Practical training by Industry Experts and senior company employees
b) Product training using real time Finolex manufactured quality products
c) Product Literature in the form of catalogues, leaflets and description boards
Mr. V.K. Bansal, Principal ITI Patiala said on the association, “ITIis committed to provide the best of solution to its student. As the field matures, our emphasis is shifting towards best-in-class education for quality assurance. It is our objective to become the leading academic provider in the field of technical training. We are happy to tie up with a company like Finolex Industries. Through this tie-up we aim to provide students with practical learning knowledge and also ensure that they get trained by the very best known company in this field.”He further added, “With the growing network of ITI, we aim to disseminate knowledge and skill development training through our vocational training courses to an increasingly broader audience.”
Mr. Ali Siddiqui, AGM Marketing,Finolex Pipes said, “Finolex Pipes is strongly committed to the cause of Skill Development in the country. We are glad to be imparting quality training through ITI to the students enrolled for Plumbing & Sanitation course here. Efficient training and skill development is the need of the hour. With the focus of the government towards agriculture and development of smart cities in India, the need for superior plumbing and sanitation solution is expected to grow considerably. We wish to prepare the future workforce in a manner where they are ready for the modern workplace.”
Finolex Industries has also tied up with Kushal CREDAI Pune Metro to provide training to almost 100,000 plumbers and construction workers in the course offive to seven years. The company kick started the training program on March 11th 2016 on the occasion of the World Plumbing day and will train a batch of 500plumbers as the first leg of the program. Finolex Pipes has also launched a Plumbing Trade Film Video which will be an integral part of the training program. The 20 minute video training module will teach construction workers and unskilled plumbers the basic do’s and don’ts of plumbing; provide information on plumbing essentials like safety guidelines, sewerage systems, drainage Systems, septic pipes and the know-how of this industry. A textbook (handbook for plumbers and trainers) was also released during this event.
About Finolex Industries:
Finolex Industries Limited, headquartered in Pune, is the market leader in the supply of PVC pipes & fittings for the agriculture and non-agricultural sector that includes housing, industry and construction. Through our unique expertise, we have been able to focus on the concept of water management, which will become even more crucial in the coming years.
We are India’s largest backward integrated PVC Pipes and Fittings’ manufacturer with a production capacity of 2, 50,000 MT per annum. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing plants at Ratnagiri, Urse in Pune and Masar in Gujarat help us to provide significant resources to better serve our customers. Our own resin manufacturing facility in Ratnagiri, set in technical collaboration with Uhde GmbH, Germany with Hoechst technology, and spread across an area of 650 acres of land, provides a consistent supply of superior quality resin to our plants which guarantees top line quality products. Our open sea cryogenic jetty, the first of its kind in the Indian private sector, has been the hallmark of our PVC complex. We are the first Indian PVC Pipes manufacturer to have been awarded the IS/ISO 9001-2008 certification.
We consistently produce only the highest quality products and provide exceptional service in order to maximize customer satisfaction. We are marching ahead in innovation and technology bringing forth new products and solutions by continuously increasing our production capacity. This in turn aids us to meet our strategic goals for the future. We pride ourselves in being able to maintain and constantly improve living standards through our product offering as we serve the
growing needs of our nation by remaining committed to our core values of providing impeccable quality, products and services.
Our major strength lies in our skilled workforce. We recognize and attribute our operating excellence and success to our employees. We have an extremely strong presence throughout the country, with a wide network of over 16,000 dealers and sub-dealers who work as our extended arm in bringing our wide range of agriculture, plumbing and sanitation pipes, fittings and solvent cement to customers. Our core values of quality, trust and integrity help us build an unbreakable bond with our customers and stakeholders.
We believe in performance with purpose and are deeply concerned about society and our community. We have been actively working along with Mukul Madhav Foundation, our strategic CSR partner, in contributing to the social and economic development of the underprivileged sections of society in and around our plants in Ratnagiri, Pune and Masar with special focus on education, healthcare, community development, environment and self-development. Our focus is on women and children, thus, enabling the deprived to improve their quality of life through good education and accessible healthcare facilities. We strive to seek a way to connect our urban population with the rural and urge people to pledge to save water and the environment.
We have been awarded India’s most Trusted Brand in the category “Manufacturing - Pipes” by Brand Trust Report, “Excellence in CSR” by Amity Global School, “Support and Improvement in Quality of Education” by Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards and recently recognised by the Economic Times as “Top 100 Brands in the Architecture and Design Sector.”