Andhra Pradesh Plastic Manufacturers Association (Appma)

We are tucked away in room 304 of Raghava Ratna Towers. If you know Abids, you know how busy Chirag Ali Lane gets during the day. It is a lot of stairs or waiting for the lift to get up here. Our space is mostly desks and stacks of papers because we deal with so many plastic manufacturers from across Andhra Pradesh. People come in to talk about their factories or the new rules for making bags and containers. It isn't a fancy setup. We have some old chairs and a lot of files from over the years. Being in this part of town means there is always a bit of noise from the street below. We spend our mornings checking emails and our afternoons usually involve some local factory owner stopping by for a chat. It is a place for the people who actually make the stuff you see in shops. We do not have a big marketing team or anything like that. Just a few of us here trying to keep everyone connected. Sometimes the tea runs out and we have to send someone down to the corner shop for more. It is just the daily grind of making sure the plastic industry in this region has a place to meet and talk. We have been in this building for quite a while now and the walls could probably tell a lot of stories about how manufacturing has changed since the early days.