2019 – India

Three days before the final stage of the India Road Show, the Drink Technology India (DTI) trade fair in Delhi, December 12-14, 2019, we had another appointment 1400km away, in Mumbai. In sweltering 35C heat and after nearly a year of trying to co-ordinate diaries, an appointment was finally scheduled with

After some really hot and dry weeks we have reached Mumbai again, having collected another clutch of interesting PET visits along the way. Now that we are back in the tumultuous city of Bollywood, with the prospect of the start of the monsoon season, it is time to take a late

The Editourmobil roadshow rolls on from Delhi to Mumbai via Rajasthan, the hottest spot in the whole of India. We are sweating in 50-degree Celsius heat in the shade! It is unusually hot even for this desert area; which brings us nicely onto the subject of water in India! In recent

We arrive almost on time, and have to wait for Aditya from Ruptex Mineral who is coming back from his factory in Bhiwadi just for our visit, around a two and a half hour drive from New Delhi. It turns out to be a very interesting and honest discussion. Aditya talks

The next destination is Delhi, the industrial belt around the sizzling capital New Delhi. While our Editourmobil generally makes a positive, impressive appearance, especially in the rural areas, Delhi is somewhat different. The General Election is still going on  in India and our vehicle seems to be attracting suspicion amongst the

Cyclonic storm Fani was one of the strongest tropical cyclones to strike India in recent years, causing severe damage, traffic chaos and closure of Kolkata airport. With the airport closed, no Editourmobil around and appointments waiting for us in Uttar Pradesh state, there are not many options left. We decide on 

Here we are at the next stage of our Indian Road Trip in Kolkata, covering Eastern India, the fastest growing PET region in India. First we visit leading edible oil producer Emami Agrotech and learn that PET has not taken over as the leading packaging material for edible oil yet. This

After an eventful end to last week, it’s now time to leave Bangalore and make our way in the direction of the East Coast, more specifically to Chennai. Unfortunately, we’re having more bad luck on the Editourmobil front. Although the vehicle rental company has tried frantically to get the situation in

When looking through old tour blogs, it’s clear almost without exception that there have been difficulties on every single tour. Overland journeys in remote parts of the world are almost predestined to offer surprises, both positive and negative. Now our short break is over and the next section of our tour

During the night of Saturday, 16 March, I landed in Mumbai. My first steps are to the hotel, as our Editourmobil is currently still being completed and should be available shortly. I was able to sleep reasonably well in the plane and am now struggling with a small but persistent jet

The Editourmobil returns! 2019 we will be undertaking what is probably our biggest road show to date: we will be hitting the roads of the Indian subcontinent!  With the start in mid-March in the city of Bollywood Mumbai, PETplanet Editors will be travelling  throughout India and visit a variety of locations,