Cosmo Films’ Export Oriented Unit (EOU) has entered into its second expansion phase. The announcement comes after the company recently installed two additional lines in its EOU plant in Shendra, India. The EOU can now manufacture the entire gamut of speciality films offered for packaging, label and lamination applications, all under one roof.

The first addition is a 2 meter wide state-of-the-art chemical coating line. The company intends to shift its entire top of the line coated products, like facestock for self-adhesive labels, velvet and scuff free lamination films and high barrier films, to this addition. A line camera has also been installed to detect any manufacturing defects during production, thus ensuring only quality output. With this latest addition, Cosmo now has five chemical coating lines, taking the annual coating capacity of the company to 10,000 tons.

The second addition is a 2.4 meter wide metalizer, which would augment the company’s capability to produce the complete range of metalized films, including the high barrier metalized films. This addition would take the annual metalizing capacity of company to 15,000 tons.

These additions in the EOU, coupled with the existing extrusion coating lines, would complement the 8.7 meter BOPP line, making Shendra EOU 100% self-sufficient. “We are excited by these new additions in Shendra,” says S Satish, global head of sales and marketing. “Shendra’s self-sufficiency will have a significant impact on the turnaround times and productivity of our value added films, thus improving our service standards for global customers.”

These additional investments have been made in the wake of the buoyant response received by the company while servicing all its export customers from the BRC certified EOU. The facility is also the benchmark for Cosmo’s commitment to sustainability. The plant has been designed to maximize the usage of natural light, leading to significant energy savings.

The plant also has a sophisticated ETP, which ensures zero discharge of effluents. The products coming out of the plant conform to all global compliance standards.