tube packaging founded mumbai india 1982 founder subhash chandra area served worldwide number of employees 2700 2014 website http www.esselpropack.com essel propack is a global tube packaging company headquartered in mumbai in india . it is part of the essel group and is a specialty packaging manufacturer of laminated plastic tubes for the fmcg and pharma space . 1 2 in 2013 essel propack employed more than 2 600 people and operated 24 facilities in 11 countries 3 selling more than six billion tubes each year . at that time globally the company held a 33 % share of the oral care market in terms of volume and was the world s largest plastic tubes manufacturer . citation needed history edit the company was formed from the merger of two pre existing companies essel packaging and propack ag led by then ceo cyrus bagwadia . 4 5 in 2002 essel propack set up a 60 000 sq.ft us 15 million manufacturing plant in danville virginia to make toothpaste tubes for procter & gamble s north american market . 1 6 7 that same year the company set up its fourth plant in china . 8 references edit a b a tale of the tubes . chief execuitve.net . chief executive group llc . 1 october 2003 . retrieved 1 september 2013 . james buckley jr. 2005 . the bathroom companion a collection of facts about the most used room in the house . quirk books . p. 133 . isbn 978 1 59474 028 2 . the big squeeze . business today . living media india ltd. retrieved 1 september 2013 . essel packaging in merger deal with propack . the hindu . uni . 16 november 2000 . retrieved 1 september 2013 . essel packaging announces merger with swiss major . indian express . 16 november 2000 . retrieved 1 september 2013 . essel propack setting up unit in usa to expand facilities in china egypt . projects today . 20 april 2002 . retrieved 1 september 2013 . deborah orr 27 october 2003 . coming to america . forbes . retrieved 1 september 2013 . epgl s fourth unit in china . the hindu mar 31 2002 . this article about an indian company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title essel propack & oldid 688996831 categories multinational companies headquartered in indiaplastics companies of indiacompanies based in mumbaiessel grouppackaging companiesindian company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from september 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 november 2015 at 08 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view