UFlex has been riding the waves  of product development to build packaging products, applications and solutions that will further enhance the role of packaging as a value-added responsible packaging.

In the quarter ending December 2021, UFlex unveiled a range of new products and solutions that meet various packaging needs of brands while aiding the consumers with added convenience and features. These developments affirm UFlex’s 360-degree focus on brand needs, user experience, and commitment toward the environment.

Ashok Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director UFlex Limited, says, “UFlex has been walking the green path by recycling post-consumer MLP mixed plastic waste, upcycling recycled resins into our PCR films range, and also creating solutions that use lesser amount of virgin plastic at source. The new high value line of products and solutions are aimed at adoption of responsible packaging and mirrors our increased focus and investments in R&D. We have already been recycling almost 30,000 tons of plastic waste per year with a target to reach 1,00,000 tons. The new recycling lines to be commissioned in our Mexico and Poland facility, and the proposed recycling infrastructure in Egypt, will help us realize our vision.”

The new products include 3D bags with perforation to give children an easy-tear experience. When opening the package becomes an arduous task, it dampens the child’s spirit. UFlex’s product development team responded to the brand’s ask for convenience that children need to access the toys or goodies inside the pack easily and introduced a smart solution by adding one extra attachment with a perforation line on the 3D bag enabling easy tearing of the pack. This concept has added convenience to joy and enthusiasm of children opening the package.

Meanwhile, with rising concerns around packaging waste, Tata Consumer Products wanted to make a switch to sustainable packaging for its brand “Tetley Tea” and collaborated with UFlex to supply its green tea bags in a paper-based packaging. For this, UFlex developed a packaging structure made of paper and aluminum foil with registered hot stamping features. These high energy curing chemistries deliver a high performance and low migration product system that supports cross-linking of inks and high gloss coatings. The advanced development process at UFlex, besides being environment friendly with no CO2 emissions, replaces the conventional process in which solvents were used. The paper-based packaging structure can be easily recycled, taking the brand a step closer to its green mission and giving consumers a sense of pride in using a sustainable packaging format.