Visionary, experienced and passionate leaders

Mr. Prabhakar Rao Bantwal, Chairman & Managing Director

A chartered accountant turned industrialist, and a well-known name in corrosion prevention and packaging. Starting with a team of just eight people, Mr. Bantwal worked through research and development, production, testing, marketing, sales and accounts, and trained a hand-picked team to lead the organisation.

At a time when Indian industry imported VCI paper for export consignments at an exorbitant cost, Mr. Bantwal introduced natural and organic VCI made in India and offered it at a very affordable price.

Contributions to corrosion prevention in India

• The concept of Life Cycle Protection: mitigating corrosion at every stage from raw material receipt to final dispatch, transit and storage.
• Natural clay-based desiccants as a replacement for silica gel.
• Corrosion audits conducted free of cost to help thousands of Indian companies find and fix the root cause of corrosion.
• Cost-effective Seaworthy Packaging Systems recognised with IndiaStar, WorldStar and AsiaStar awards; the system packed the Make in India lion shipped on open deck to Hannover Messe in 2015.
• Treatment of entrapped atmosphere with natural clay-based and VCI desiccants.
• Compostable VCI film, and compostable coated high-strength paper as an alternative to packaging plastic.

Women empowerment

A fabrication section at the Saswad factory employs over 400 women from the surrounding villages, trained in VCI bag cutting and bag making with modern tools and equipment.

Recognition

CA Business Achiever (SME) Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Lifetime Achievement Award at RESPACK ’24 from the Foundation for Innovative Packaging & Sustainability. Suprabha received the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award 2012 from the Bureau of Indian Standards.

Through The Prabhakar Bantwal Foundation he supports schools and children from economically weaker families, including ‘Aapulki’, a school for special children in Wai, Satara.