Jindal Films has announced capability additions in Europe (Virton, Belgium) and North America (La Grange, GA, USA). The two complementary locations will house state-of-the-art testing laboratories for film characterization, and they will be equipped to simulate customer conditions on packaging, printing and labeling machines.

A new Orientation Pilot Line will be centrally installed in Virton to better serve our new developments globally, have quick access to new film prototypes and accelerate new films ready to market.

This hardware capability will be combined with a skilled international team of scientists, engineers and technicians, who master all fields of expertise from polymer and coating science, down to processes and field applications.

“This is a big step and great way to celebrate more than 40 years of continuous leadership in innovation,” says Pascale Wautelet, global technology director. “We have embodied innovation with new products that have changed the flexible packaging and label industry and established the company as the innovation leader in the market place. This new global footprint will give us access to breakthrough technology and support our aggressive growth plans.”

“This underscores our long standing commitment to providing customers with next generation technologies,” adds Scott Van Winter, EVP Americas. “Our focus is on leveraging our global scale to deliver local advantages for our customers.”

“Our customers expect rapid innovation, and this new complementary global setup will enable us to solve more challenging packaging problems and deliver solutions in a faster time-to-market,” says Paul Griffith, EVP Europe and Asia.

Work will commence immediately and the labs plan to be fully commissioned by July 2016.