The charm of Acrylic Laminates demand has attracted many new companies in India to set up manufacturing facilities, which produce clear acrylic sheets with coating lines and lamination. As per report, five manufacturing units are successfully operational in India for making complete acrylic laminates manufacturing lines, and five more will be added in another 6 months period.
As per Industry report, three manufacturing lines are operational in Morbi, Gujarat and two in northern India. Gujarat based Cristla Acrylic laminates has successfully run its unit with European technology, and offer a good quality product, similarly Skylite in north India also has claimed to produce good quality products.
Market reports that five new manufacturing lines are commissioning in India, with a complete set of acrylic laminates production. Skydecor and Advance laminates are going to begin their commercial production within a couple of months, besides three more units will be commissioned in the West and North part of India, and in 2025, there would be 10-12 manufacturing lines for acrylic laminates in India.
Although, India has more than a dozen Acrylic Lamination lines, who bring clear acrylic sheets and foil from overseas markets and paste here. Industry experts say that with the increasing number of SKUs, it is very much difficult to maintain the stocks, if you have the entire imported acrylic range but if you have lamination, at least you have maintained good service.
Brands like Advance, Skydecor, Meraki, Rang, Acro Decor etc have been capturing sustainable market share in these categories by offering good range and service supported with lamination lines in India. As per reports from machinery suppliers, they have received a dozen of orders of lamination lines from India.
Acrylic Laminates has noticed the huge acceptance of Interior application in Sheet and Boards both forms. The Ply Reporter’s recent survey indicates that there is a craze among retailers to keep acrylic laminates folders of different brands, because it gives a good profit margin to them. The showroom owners are keeping a certain area to display acrylic sheets. The study finds that gradually this product has reached tier 2 cities counters, which has mainly sold to big and metro cities just a year back.
With approx. 100 folders in the Indian Laminate market of Acrylic, the demand for acrylic laminate has improved at a fast pace in the surface decor panel segment. Seeing the surge in demand, a number of players ventured into acrylic laminate manufacturing and trading.
It is to be noted that acrylic sheets are available in different thicknesses in the market ranging from 1 mm to 2 mm. The OEM segment relies mainly on the 2.00 mm category whereas retail sellers prefer up to 1.5 mm segment. Retailers view that the most preferable thickness is 1.3 mm to 1.5 mm.