# Packem Umasree opens Rs 300 crore rPET bulk bag plant near Ahmedabad

Packem Umasree, a Brazil-India joint venture, inaugurated its first Indian plant near Ahmedabad on 16 April 2024 to make 100% rPET bottle-based FIBC jumbo bags, with monthly capacity of 600 metric tons and about 700 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-04-16
- Where: near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Value: $36.0M (3.00B INR)
- Jobs: 700
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 600 metric tons per month
- Products: rPET FIBC jumbo bags, bulk packaging bags
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Packem Umasree](https://endata.com/companies/11783.md)
- [Packem](https://endata.com/companies/9897.md) (partner)
- [Umasree Texplast](https://endata.com/companies/9898.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [packagingsouthasia.com](https://packagingsouthasia.com/invest-ma-jv/packem-umasree-inaugurates/), 2024-04-24: "On 16 April, the company inaugurated its first plant in India near Ahmedabad."

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