Our Businesses

Overview:

Our Packaging Films Business produces 3, 00,000 TPA of BOPET films on its ten State-of-the-art lines. These films come in thickness range of 6.5 – 75 microns and are available in plain, surface treated, chemically coated, matte, heat sealable, metallisable, green, clear and extra clear varieties.

Special Innovations:

1. Green PET films (containing 30% of Green Input): Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) constitutes 30% of the input Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) resin from which our BOPET films are made. In Green PET films, conventional MEG that is made from scarce non-renewable petro based feedstock has been totally replaced by green MEG that is sourced from bio-ethanol made from renewable agro inputs. Green PET films are approved for direct food contact by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and European Union Authorities and have the same properties as conventional BOPET films. This is world’s first green polyester product that has won several international awards for sustainability.
2. rPET films (contain up to 30% of Post Consumer Waste Recyclate Resin): This is another green innovation which contains up to 30% post-consumer recylate PET (rPET) resins obtained by re-processing post consumer PET waste like used PET bottles. This waste would otherwise be consigned to landfills. rPET films are also compliant with US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and European Union authority norms for direct food contact and have the same properties as films made from virgin PET resins.
3. Down-gauged Conversion Substrates: We have developed world’s first 6.5 micron BOPET film that is suitable for printing and lamination. These run at the same speeds during conversion as conventional higher thickness films and provide significant source reduction ranging from 33to 47%. They have much lower carbon footprint than the films they replace.
4. Bio & Oxo Degradable BOPET Films: To support our sustainability drives, we have developed various grades of Bio & Oxo Degradable BOPET films.
   • Biodegradable Films: These are made from agricultural sources or fossil fuel sources & One – step bio-degradation (ASTM 6400/6868 & EU 13432)
   • Oxo-biodegradable Films: These are made from conventional fossil fuel sources & modified with additives for ‘controlled life’. The process entails two steps: disintegration and then biodegradation (ASTM 6954 04)
5. Universal Coated PET Films: Converters normally use 7 or 8 different customized coated films for operations like printing, laminating, metallization, extrusion coating/ lamination) or subsequent end-user processing conditions like dry filling, liquid filling, hot filling, pasteurizing / sterilization, retorting, frozen storage, boiling, microwave heating/ cooking etc. to achieve and retain adequate bond strength. Our Universal Coated film is a single drop-in replacement for all the different coated grades doing away with the complexity and costs of stocking and managing multiple input film substrates. It also provides higher bond strength.
6. Antimony-free PET Films: Conventional PET products have a residual antimony content which is minute but nevertheless a concern for packaging liquid products like drinking water and fruit juices. This variant of the film has no antimony content whatsoever.
7. Antistatic PET Film for Twist Wrapping: This film has excellent twist wrapping operations. It delivers 50% higher packing speeds than cellophane and more than double of those obtained from Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC films) besides being much more environment friendly.
8. Direct Extrusion Coatable PET Film: Can be directly used for extrusion coating and lamination without priming thus simplifying machine design and substantially reducing operational costs.
9. Special Heat-sealable PET Films: One side of this printable film is specially modified to seal to itself, Amorphous Polyethylene Terephthalate (APET) and Crystalline PET (CPET) over a wide sealing temperature range with high heat-seal strength.
10. Coloured Metallised PET Film: This is a high barrier metallised film that comes with a special customized overall background for special market requirements.
11. White PET Films: PET film with excellent opacity in various thickness ranges suitable for lids, labels & surface printing where white background is required.
12. Isotropic PET film: This is prepared from special isotropic resin, ideal for lidding application in dairy products especially yoghurt cups.
13. Extrusion Coatable BOPP Films: These are suitable for direct extrusion coating and extrusion lamination operations without priming.
14. Direct Embossable PET Film: This film is co-extruded with a special surface layer that can be embossed directly without any off-line coating, an expensive process. The embossing can be carried out at lower temperatures (lower energy costs) and leaves deep and sharp impressions. This surface can be metallised with excellent metal adhesion and is ideal for holographic applications.

Overview:

Film Business at UFlex produces over 68,000 TPA of BOPP films on its three State-of-the-art lines. These films come in the thickness range of 8 – 75 microns and are available in plain, heat-sealable, metallisable, matte, pearlised, cavitated, overwrap, white opaque and speciality film grades variety.