Kamakshi Südpack, a joint venture between the Germany-based Sudpack and Ahmedabad-based Kamakshi Flexiprints has commissioned a new plant in India. The modern production plant was launched near Ahmedabad on 14 October 2022 in a ceremony attended by senior officials of both companies.
Südpack manufactures high-performance films for the packaging of food, non-food and medical products and for use in technical applications. Kamakshi Flexiprints produces printed flexible packaging materials and serve the food and non-food industry with innovative, and flexible packaging solutions.
The new site is a key component of Südpack’s internationalization strategy as well as a strategic hub for the intensified development of the growing market of the Indian subcontinent and for meeting the demand for high-quality flexible films in a broad range of industries with a comprehensive product and service portfolio.
Asia, in addition to Eastern Europe and Africa, is becoming increasingly important for food production as well as medicine and technology. The joint venture is thus an important element for Südpack in its internationalization strategy.
The opening ceremony was held for the new Kamakshi Südpack production site after approximately a year and a half of construction. Südpack’s managing partner Carolin Grimbacher and its managing director Tharcisse Carl, and the managing directors of Kamakshi Südpack, Harish Goel and Narendra Dhupar were present at the opening ceremony.
Grimbacher provided a brief overview of the company group’s strategy. The presentation was followed by a presentation about Südpack’s sustainability roadmap — a subject that is also of growing relevance in India. Carl presented his vision for Kamakshi Südpack and highlighted the outstanding cooperation in recent months among everyone involved.
The new Kamakshi Südpack plant is equipped with extrusion, printing, coating and laminating machines for the production and finishing of high-performance films. The company said the plant complies with the IGBC Standards for green building. The site will also comply with future international regulations and standards.
The complex covers a total area of approximately 47,000 square meters and is divided into areas for extrusion, printing, laminating and pouch production. In recent weeks, the individual lines were gradually commissioned and powered up to make it possible to already produce flexible packaging solutions at the site that meet the highest standards of quality.
“Our well-considered site concept is designed so we can gradually expand its capacities in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for multilayer films that are both innovative and sustainable for flexible packaging on the Indian subcontinent,” explained Carl who was responsible at Südpack for the new construction of the production site.
The company also shared its additional goals, including improved market penetration, more rapid response times to the shifting needs of the packaging industry and the prompt supply of local customers.
Goel said, “Südpack’s unparalleled and long-standing expertise in coextrusion and film finishing in combination with our excellent knowledge of the market opens up opportunities for us that we had not been able to exploit in such a way until now.”
“With our broad portfolio in the area of recyclable and particularly material-efficient high-performance films and packaging concepts, we are in an excellent position – and can therefore optimally support our Indian customers in meeting statutory requirements in terms of sustainability,” said Grimbacher, whose position also includes overseeing the R&D department at Südpack.