Finolex is continuously adding new SKUs to expand its product range both in the agriculture and non- agriculture segment.
Nitin Kulkarni, President – Sales and Marketing, Finolex Industries Ltd

Finolex Industries Ltd is India’s one of the leading manufacturers of uPVC pipes and fittings and the second largest manufacturer of PVC resin. The company has state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Pune that serves as headquarter, Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Masar in Gujarat. Finolex Industries also carry out distribution from its warehouses in Chinchwad, Cuttack, Delhi, and Indore.

Finolex PVC pipes and fittings are available in numerous sizes, pressure classes and diameters making them fit for diversified applications in both agricultural as well as non-agricultural sectors including housing, industrial and construction. The company has been providing superior quality uPVC and CPVC pipes and fittings all across the country through its 15,000 direct and indirect retail outlets. Nitin Kulkarni, President – Sales and Marketing, Finolex Industries Ltd speaks to B2B Purchase and gives an overview on the demand for uPVC pipes in coming times and its latest offering. Edited excerpts:

How do you see the demand for uPVC pipes in the near future?
Finolex is upbeat with the overall demand for PVC pipes in the coming years, which is sure to grow. There are various growth drivers including few government initiatives like smart cities, Housing For All, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Also, the fast-tracking of infrastructure projects has spurred the overall demand in housing and construction industry. Further to this, many structural reforms have been introduced like, GST and RERA, which will surely help companies like Finolex, whose prime focus is providing the best quality products and doing ethical business.

Under one of the provisions of RERA, customers are entitled to get post sales service of up to five years for quality related issues. This will ensure that the players in the construction industry will go for a brand with the best quality and time tested products. All these will have compounding effects in overall increase in demand for quality products and trusted brands like Finolex in uPVC pipes.

What is your latest offering?
Our latest offering is Finolex FlowGuard Plus CPVC pipes and fittings, which is distinctly superior to Non-FlowGuard CPVC pipes and fittings on various parameters, one of it is that Finolex Flowguard plus CPVC pipes withstands 25 per cent more pressure for the same wall thickness as compared to Non-Flowguard CPVC pipes. Besides this, Finolex is continuously adding new SKUs to expand its product range both in the agriculture and non- agriculture segment.

How are your products benefiting customers?
Finolex’s corporate philosophy and the underlying policy are to provide the best quality to its customers. We have our own PVC resin manufacturing plant and a 43MW thermal power plant in Ratnagiri. Finolex manufactures its pipes and fittings by using the latest state-of-the-art technology and has an excellent distribution network to complement this. Hence, Finolex is self-reliant from raw material to the finished product. This helps us in our endeavour to give our customers the best in terms of uniform and consistent quality resulting in durability and reliability of our pipes and fittings.

For more details, visit www.finolex.com