Cosmo Films plans to install a new 10.4 m BOPP line by early 2017 which will increase the company’s annual BOPP production capacity from 140k to 200k MT.
The new production line will be installed at the Karjan plant site near Vadodara, an existing facility with the company, which already houses BOPP lines, extrusion coating and chemical coating lines, and a metalliser. The new line that is yet to be installed is the most advanced line available in the market today in terms of its width and output. This high speed line equipped with automated changeovers will lead to an increase in power savings thus maximising overall operational efficiencies.
Pankaj Poddar, CEO, said, ‘We are anticipating a strong demand for BOPP films in the coming years especially from the FMCG sector which prompts us to expand our BOPP production capacity. The output for the production unit intends to be used for both domestic and export markets.’
BOPP-films (bi-axially oriented polypropylene films) which offers high strength, elasticity, high barrier properties, resistance to various corrosive environments, and inertness go into making of flexible food packaging, adhesive tapes, labels and lamination applications.
