Uflex’s Films Business showcased numerous innovative products starting with three polyester films.
F-PRP, a 12-micron BOPET film is designed to meet the critical needs of bulk packaging. It is ideal to use for low density, high volume packaging like large bags of atta, sugar or rice packaging.
Similarly, in ready-to-eat food packaging, F-TFP a thermofoming film with 15 micron, 23 micron and 36 micron was developed for semi-rigid packaging suitable for take-away food items like trays, so that the brand identity of the product is retained till the last piece of the product is consumed and not lost with the lid being thrown. This product could be used for replacing OPA film where oxygen transmitting rate (OTR) barrier is not important and modified version of F-TFP is available with improved OTR barrier property.
Whereas F-FTC, the fast-to-tear film overcomes the challenge of tearability in multi-layer packaging which makes the films easily tearable in both directions, enabling consumer ease of accessing the product. This film is applicable for sachets and one-time use food packaging like ketchup, confectioneries and snack and will be launched in Indian markets soon.
Above all, PETG Resin was introduced, an amorphous polymer that does not crystallize making it an excellent replacement for transparent polymer offering high performance properties including transparency, clarity, gloss, glaze and printability in applications. Echoing Make in India, Uflex is the first and only producer of PETG in India and will offer huge opportunities to substitute PETG Resins that are imported into the country till now. PETG will replace transparent polymers in applications like personal care, signage, sheet extrusion, LED profile, medical devises, home appliances, consumer goods and 3D print technology.
In BOPP segment, two variants of ultra-high barrier film were introduced – Ultra High Oxygen Barrier Metallized BOPP film B-TUO-M and Ultra High Barrier & High Seal Strength Metallized BOPP film B-TUH-M. B-TUO-M has outstanding barriers with less than 10 OTR and sealing functionalities with excellent metal bond strength and metal cracking resistance; and superlative substrate for extrusion lamination; whereas B-TUH-Mhas outstanding barriers with less than 15 OTR and high seal strength with excellent hermetic seal;better metal bond strength and nitrogen flushing capabilities.
Lastly, Ultra High Barrier with robust seal performance and high metal bond metallized CPP film C-CLM addresses the challenge of sustainable extrusion bond, barrier and seal performance faced by the flexible packaging industry by replacing three layers with two thereby enabling advantages of lesser carbon foot print.