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- HCP Plastene Bulkpack Ltd. manufactures plastic packaging solutions in India, operating primarily in the woven sack and woven label segments. The company produces flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBC) bags and liners; polypropylene (PP)/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) woven bags and sacks; biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) laminated bags; AD Star bags; woven fabrics and multi-filament yarns; polypropylene woven geotextiles for filtration, soil stabilization, separation, and reinforcement in construction; garment labels and laces produced on imported Jacquard looms from Switzerland; and stitchless bulk bags, serving industries such as cement, sugar, food grains, fertilizers, chemicals, agriculture, minerals, and retail. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with two manufacturing facilities in the region strategically located near Mundra Port, the company was incorporated in 1984 as Gopala Polyplast Limited, listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in 1995, underwent corporate insolvency resolution proceedings in 2019 with resolution approved in August 2020, renamed HCP Plastene Bulkpack Limited in October 2021, and operates as part of the Plastene India Limited Group, India's largest FIBC manufacturer and exporter with eight facilities in Gujarat and one in Uruguay, exporting to over 50 countries primarily in the EU, USA, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. Recent developments include floating a 60%-owned limited liability partnership, HCP Plastene Bulkpack PLT, in Malaysia on July 12, 2023, with INR 5.51 lakhs investment to explore FIBC markets in Asia-Pacific; achieving minimum public shareholding compliance via an offer for sale on January 25, 2024, reducing promoter holding to 75%; entering a memorandum of understanding on July 2, 2024, with Saeed Ghodran Group of Saudi Arabia for a joint venture to manufacture BOPP woven bags and jumbo bags; investing in processes for products with recycled granulate to meet EU regulations requiring 30% recycled material; and reporting consolidated net profit growth of 164% to Rs 3.96 crore in the quarter ended September 2025, with sales up 68.86% to Rs 197.70 crore.