On 2nd December 2022, 61 Students of second year D. Pharmacy along with 5 faculty members of Habib Educational and Welfare Society visited EPL private limited manufacturing unit in wada , Palghar. We reached by 11:00 am.We travelled in the comfortable bus with students and teaching staff Ms. Varsha Ghodake, Ms. Priyannka Bhusara, Mr. Abhishek shelar Ms. Mehreen Falke, Mrs. Tarannum Sathi to guide them.
EPL Industry
EPL is a global specialty packaging company. They delivered extraordinary packaging solutions that cater to the FMCG and Pharma space. With a 33% share of the worldwide oral care market and many successful forays into wider verticals such as Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharma & Health, Food, Home, and Oral we are the world’s largest producer of laminated and plastic tubes.
We arrived at 11:00 am in EPL industry after security check we enter into the company then students are assembled in Yantrashala (conference room). Tushar Wakale sir (Deputy Manager EPL Limited) briefing of rules and guidelines followed by everyone inside the industry.
We were divided in to two batches and at 11:15 am We were escorted to Assembly line by Haraprava patra (HR Maanager) and briefly explained about the process and operations undertaken by the plants and machinery like Graphichs department were they made graphical design on the tube , production area were they Prepared the tubes with the plastic granules, Printing on tube were the plane tubes get printed according to the command ,Lamination machinery were after packing they applied lamination on container to protect printing materials.
They also adhere to recycling of the plastic and reuse it for the production. During the visit students had asked the questions to the Tushar sir and Haraprava madam they answered each and every question patiently.
Industrial visit to EPL packaging company enriched our knowledge and experience and also provided a great opportunity to learn practically through demonstration, intereaction, exchange of information and employment practice which will help the students in their further career growth.
