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Hi, I’m Nitin.I am aProduction Head, Chemical Engineer, Plant Builder, Team Leader.

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Black-and-white portrait of Nitin Khatri standing with his arms folded, in an open-collar shirt.
22+ yrs on the plant floor

Magic happens behind the doors

  • Behind this door · The Control Room

    Operations

    From furnace to dispatch, every shift

    • Float Line and Hot End
    • Sputter (vacuum) coater line
    • Warehouse and shipping
    • EH&S, quality and reliability
    • Business planning and cost

  • Behind this door · The Drawing Office

    Projects

    From specification to start-up, commissioned right

    • Greenfield commissioning
    • Furnace efficiency projects
    • Online camera quality inspection
    • Township and plant facilities
    • Expansion integration

  • Behind this door · The Lab

    Process & Quality

    Data first, then the fix

    • Process data monitoring
    • Preventive maintenance
    • Root cause analysis
    • Product cost modelling
    • Customer quality

  • Behind this door · The Team Room

    Leadership

    Respect first, results follow

    • Respect and humility
    • Empowerment and delegation
    • Accountability
    • Team development and engagement

‹ My story

Let’s go back in time.

  1. 2025 · May 2025 – Now

    Production Head

    Gujarat Guardian Limited · Senior Manager

    • Asset owner: Float Line, Sputter Coater Line, Warehouse and Shipping.
    • Concurrent Integration Manager for a co-located Float Line expansion.

  2. 2024 · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025

    Operations Transformation

    Gujarat Guardian Limited

    • Furnace efficiency improvement projects and advanced AI technology for furnace insights and control.
    • Latest online quality check gauges and camera quality inspection on the Mirror and Sputter Coater Lines.

  3. 2023 · Sep 2023 – Oct 2024

    Coater Technical Manager

    Gujarat Guardian Limited

    • Harmonized process data monitoring and preventive maintenance.
    • Substantially improved coating product yield and coater uptime.

  4. 2021 · Mar 2021 – Sep 2023

    Unit Production Head

    PCBL Limited · Mundra

    • Led carbon black operations across three lines.
    • Asset optimization, yield and cost improvement.

  5. 2015 · Jun 2015 – Mar 2021

    Manager Production

    Gujarat Guardian Limited · Ankleshwar

    • Led Float Hot End planning and operating performance.
    • Moved packaging from full-box to picture-frame.

  6. 2010 · Jun 2010 – May 2015

    Executive Production

    Gujarat Guardian Limited · Ankleshwar

    • Hot End, Cold End, Capping Line, scheduling and warehousing.

  7. 2004 · Jun 2004 – Jun 2010

    Graduate Engineer to SBU Process Incharge

    Hindustan Zinc Limited · Rajasthan

    • Zinc electrolysis, melting and casting.
    • Commissioned three greenfield zinc projects.

  8. 2004 · Graduated 2004

    B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering

    Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

    • First Class with Distinction

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Got a project?

A plant to run, a line to stabilise or an expansion to bring online. 22+ years across float glass, vacuum coating, carbon black, zinc.

nitinkhatri@gmail.com

B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering · Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat · 2004