UFlex unveils India’s first U-shaped paper straw production as government bans plastic options
19 Apr 2022 --- UFlex is setting up India’s first U-shaped paper straw manufacturing line for its aseptic liquid packaging business at its packaging plant in Sanand, Gujarat, India.
The flexible packaging material solution and polymer science company’s paper straw manufacturing line will employ fully automated Dutch technology, delivering a production capacity of approximately 2.4 billion straws annually.
Ashwani Kumar Sharma, president and CEO, Aseptic Liquid Packaging Business, UFlex, tells PackagingInsights: “Paper straws are environmentally friendly products and 100% recyclable and renewable. Our U-shape paper straw is food-grade, moisture resistant, sustainable and compatible to aseptic liquid cartons for portion packs.”
UFlex-Asepto is importing the machinery and equipment from Dutch technology company Tembo Paper.
The U-Shape paper straws will be available in 145 mm and 165 mm sizes and be attached to and utilized for portion packs for juices and other beverages. UFlex paper straws will be food grade, moisture-resistant and made from environmentally sustainably sourced papers, which are 100% recyclable.
UFlex Asepto says it sets up the world’s fastest and India’s first U-shape paper straw line for aseptic liquid packages. Regulation compliance
Commenting on the launch of the new line, Sharma says: “In the wake of prohibitions on the use of single-use plastic coming into force across the world, including Indian government upholding its decision to not exempt some plastic straws from the impending ban, this move by UFlex is not just significant but also timely.”
“With the launch of U-shaped paper straws, we are ready to change the dynamics of the industry. We are constantly looking for strategic ways to improve the environmental performance of our products and create avenues for superior, convenient, and [environmentally] sustainable packaging.”
“We aim to attain 100 million straw production in the first month and raise it to 200 million in the next couple of months. We aim to produce 2.4 billion straws annually,” adds Sharma.
Long-term potential
Meanwhile, Pierre Mousson, managing director at Tembo Paper, says with global restrictions on single-use plastics changing, a long-term solution is urgently required.
“By combining our significant knowledge and strengths, we are enthusiastic to work together to promote and execute [environmentally] sustainable solutions. In the long run, this cooperation would carve out a significant position in the Indian market for mutual business success,” he says.
Earlier this year, UFlex had launched a host of flexible packaging solutions focused on brand optimization, user experience and environmental sustainability. Up until then, UFlex had recycled almost 30,000 metric tons of plastic waste per year with a target to reach 100,000 metric tons.
By Natalie Schwertheim
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Over the last three decades, UFlex has earned an irreproachable reputation defining the contours of the ‘Packaging Industry’ in India and overseas. Since its inception in 1985, it has turned into an over billion dollar turnover company with 9000+ workforce focusing on trust, value creation for customers, quality innovation and customer satisfaction. UFlex has grown from strength to strength with large manufacturing capacities of packaging films and packaging products providing end-to-end solutions to clients across 150 countries spanning USA, Canada, South America, UK, Europe, CIS countries, South Africa and other African countries, Middle East and the South Asian countries. It enjoys a formidable market presence and is today India’s largest flexible packaging materials and Solutions Company and a leading global polymer sciences corporation.
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Integrated within its core business profile of Flexible Packaging & Packaging Films are allied businesses like Aseptic Liquid Packaging, Engineering, Cylinders, Holography and Chemicals which further gives UFlex a superior edge over competition. It has a vast production capacity for Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Teraphthalate (BOPET), Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films, Cast Polypropylene (CPP) films, facilities for Printing & Coating Inks, adhesives, Holography, Metallization & PVDC coating, Gravure Printing Cylinders, Gravure Printing, Lamination and Pouch formation.
UFlex serves as one-stop-shop flexible packaging solution provider serving varied sectors spanning FMCG, Consumer Product Goods, Pharmaceuticals, Building Materials, Automobile and much more. The company offers technologically superior packaging for a wide variety of products such as snack foods, candy and confectionery, sugar, rice & other cereals, beverages, tea & coffee, dessert mixes, noodles, wheat flour, soaps and detergents, shampoos & conditioners, vegetable oil, spices, marinates & pastes, cheese & dairy products, frozen food, sea food, meat, anti-fog, pet food, pharmaceuticals, contraceptives, garden fertilizers and plant nutrients, motor oil and lubricants, automotive and engineering components etc. Since COVID-19 pandemic, it has also been manufacturing consumer facing products like N-95 masks and sanitizers.
UFlex enjoys a global reach with unhindered speed making it truly multinational. Headquartered in Noida (National Capital Region, New Delhi), it has state-of the-art manufacturing facilities for packaging films in India, UAE, Mexico, Poland, Egypt, USA, Russia, Hungary & Nigeria. It has a new packaging films plants coming up in Dharwad in South India. In India, its plants are located in Noida & Jammu for packaging products and allied businesses & in Sanand for aseptic liquid packaging. UFlex manufacturing facilities enjoy ISO & HACCP accreditations and its products are approved by FDA.
Some of UFlex’ clients on the global turf include P&G, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Mondelez, L’Oreal, Britannia, Haldiram’s, Amul, Kimberly Clark, Reckitt, Dabur, ITC, Perfetti, GSK, Agrotech Foods, Mars Wrigley, Amcor, Mondi, UPM Raflatac amongst others.
The company is a winner of various prestigious awards for its products’ excellence, innovation and sustainability from reputed forums like Dow, AIMCAL, WPO, FPA, and more. UFlex became the ‘first company in the world to recycle mix plastic waste’ for which it earned recognition at Davos Recycle Forum in 1995.
UFlex has over thirty years of experience in polymer technology. Setting milestones of success and innovation, the company is known for manufacturing and supplying products, delivering customised flexible packaging solutions and services across the globe to become an inextricable part of customers’ life.
Being a trend-setter in plastic waste recycling, UFlex stands committed to the industry by providing its technical know-how in sustainable packaging solutions thus help creating a circular economy through its global sustainability campaign ‘Project Plastic Fix’.
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Flexible Packaging Business: Flexible Packaging Laminates | Pre-fabricated Pouches | FlexiTubes | Pharmaceutical Packaging | FlexFresh™Modified Atmospheric Packaging | Big Bags | N-95 Masks | Injection Moulded Products
Packaging Films Business: BOPP Films | BOPET Films | CPP Films | Metalized Films | Alox Coated Films | Asclepius™PCR Films | Speciality Films | Polyester Chips
Engineering Business: Packaging Machines | Converting Machines | Recycling Machines | Specialty Product Machines
Aseptic Liquid Packaging Business: Brick Packs | Pillow Packs | Trio Packs | Ultra Lean, Crown and Square Packs| Holography Packs | Embossing Packs | Lens Effects Packs | Foil Stamping Packs | Aseptic Liquid Filling Line
Chemicals Business: Printing Inks | Ink Binders | Laminating Adhesives & Coatings | Specialty Chemicals as Polyols
Cylinders Business: Electromechanical Engraved Printing Rotogravure Cylinders | Embossing Rotogravure Cylinders | Robotic Laser Engraved Rotogravure Cylinders | Specialised Rotogravure Cylinders | Flexo Elastomer Plates and Sleeves
Holography Business: Holograms | Security Documents | Holographic Aluminium Lidding Foil | Holographic PVC Blister | Holographic Films | Holographic Thermal Films | Paper & Board Transfer | Hot Stamping Foils | Sequins Films | Glitter Films | Hot Melt Foil Films | Registered Lens Technology
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