We recently met Manoj Agarwal, Managing Director at Kanpur Plastipack (KPL) to get an insight into the global flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC) market and the company's role in the value chain. KPL is a 45 year old enterprise engaged in the manufacturing of FIBC (66% of sales in FY16), which are largely exported across Europe & the US for bulk handing and transportation of commodities. The company has an installed capacity of 14000 tonne for manufacturing FIBC and operates at ~97% capacity utilisation levels (sales at 13627 tonne in FY16). With...