Uflex commissions new line at Egypt plant

Packaging major Uflex Ltd has commissioned an AL-OX coater for packaging films at its Egypt plant. As part of the expansion plans, Uflex is also ramping up production capacities for BOPP films (Bi-axially Oriented Poly Propylene film) to 35,000 TPA; 30000TPA of PET (Polyester) and 12,000TPA of CPP films aggregating a total capacity of 77,000 TPA.

The company’s planned investments in Egypt are pegged at $135 million. The first line of this expansion involved adding capacities in BOPP films. The second line includes setting up facilities for CPP films whereas the third line to produce 30,000 TPA of PET film will be operational by December-end or January 2012.crackcrack