Syrup bottles are increasingly making way for perfumes at Piramal Glass. With demand for amber glass bottles in India depleting, the Piramal group is shifting 20% of its pharma glass capacity to the cosmetics & perfumery (C&P) segment. Of its total 1,100/tpd capacity, C&P glass constitutes 330/t; 440/t is pharma glass, & the remaining 330/t is for speciality food & beverages. This will soon change to 580/t for C&P & 385/t for pharma, as overall capacity touches 1,265/tpd. Piramal supplies Procter & Gamble; Coty; L'oreal, Estee Lauder; Mary Kay, LMVH & others. The fancy bottles of perfume brands like Pur Desir; Chevignon; Puma Flowing & Dior, amongst others, come from Piramal's furnaces. "We have relationship with 17 of the 20 top customers who constitute 80% of the premium market (globally)." Said Mr Vijay Shah, MD.
