Meech Shavotech: Bridging the readiness gap with smart static control

“Unmanaged static can cost a business as much as INR 16-lakh per month in wasted materials and lost production,” says Ravi Shinde, all India sales manager at Meech Shavotech. This stark figure, highlighted during Plastindia 2026, underscores the shift in the Indian market from “educational selling” to an urgent demand for high-performance contamination control.

The 30-year joint venture between UK-based Meech International and the Shavo Group is currently addressing a critical “readiness gap.” As Indian manufacturers invest in high-end processes like MDO to optimise materials like PE, they are discovering that the associated heating and stretching phases generate massive static charges. Without intervention, these charges attract dust, cause operator shocks, and in solvent-heavy zones, pose a severe fire risk.

The readiness of the Indian market was underscored at Plastindia 2026 by a significant show-floor deal between Meech Shavotech and The Printers House (TPH). The deal involves a CyClean non-contact web cleaning system, marking a strategic move for TPH. 

This installation is set to enhance production quality on TPH’s digital inkjet lines by removing unbonded particles down to 0.5 micron without physical contact, effectively protecting high-speed digital print runs from dust and contamination.

The move to smart monitoring

The centerpiece of the Meech stand was the Hyperion SmartControl Touch. Aligning with Industry 5.0 trends, this system provides centralised oversight of a factory's entire static control ecosystem.

“Many processors have static bars installed but have no way of knowing if they are actually performing until a fire occurs or a batch is rejected,” Shinde explains. The SmartControl system monitors connected Hyperion ionising bars in real-time, alerting operators immediately if performance drops. This approach has seen customers successfully slash rejection rates from 20% down to just 2%.

Clean substrates for high-performance converting

For the converting and labelling sectors, Meech is showcasing its CyClean non-contact web cleaning system. Using computational fluid dynamics, the system removes unbonded particles down to 0.5 micron without touching the substrate—critical for maintaining hygiene in food and pharma packaging.

For narrow-web applications dealing with thin or sensitive materials, the company highlighted the CyClean-R, which uses positive and negative airflows to clean at low tension without risking web damage.

Detecting the invisible

Medical-grade packaging is another key focus, with the demonstration of the Hyperion 994CPD, a compact perforation detector. Using automated baseline current detection (ABCD), the system detects perforations in sterile materials in real-time without physical contact, ensuring total barrier integrity.

“India's manufacturers are ready to adopt the technologies that will define the next decade,” Shinde concludes. “Our goal at Plastindia was to show them that investing in static control is the best way to protect that investment from day one.”