UFlex Continues Focus on Innovation and Sustainability with New Products and Solutions in Q3 FY23

15 February 2023: UFlex Ltd. demonstrated another quarter of path-breaking innovations across business verticals. Continued focus on research-led innovation resulted in a number of new product launches.

Packaging Films
1. ‘F-TFE’ Thermoformable BOPET Film: ‘F-TFE’ Mono or Co-extruded transparent Biaxially-Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate or BOPET film is specially designed for thermoforming applications for depth formation and this film is recommended to be laminated with a sealant layer. Its outstanding properties include high tensile strength, chemical stability, dimensional integrity, and transparency. It is an updated version of our existing grade of F-TFP. Additionally, this film can be corona treated on both sides or on a single side to enable wettability for ink adhesion while printing.

2. ‘F-POX’ Excellent Oxygen and Moisture Barrier Transparent BOPET Film: This is an excellent oxygen (0.5 cc/m2/day) and moisture barrier (2.0 gm/m2/day) transparent BOPET film with optical clarity. This is a more superior product than PVDC coated PET film and EVOH PET film. It is also thermally stable and achieves exceptional processability.

Chemicals Business
1. Flexseal HSL 1025 (G) and Flexseal HSL 1024 (F): Adding to the long list of green solutions offered by UFlex’s chemical business, UFlex developed water-based heat sealable coatings in Q3, 2022 for Kraft paper bags for their e-commerce business. With its base being water, the product is environment-friendly.

2. Flexgreen Sprayable top coat gloss coating: This LED coating is made for fiberglass-reinforced optical polymer materials, adding to its visual appeal. It is based on radical chemistry wherein the coating instantly cures in UV LED lamps of 385-395 nm wavelengths. With diverse applications in the construction industry, this considerably flexible coating offers excellent curing capability on high-speed machines.

3. Flexcure Super Matt: It’s been designed as a free radical UV coating for absorbent and non-absorbent underlayers like paper, polythene and polypropylene. This coating has applications in product labels and mono-carton packaging for materials like cosmetics, bottle labelling, pharma, and health and wellness range of products.

4. Flexcote MH 785: For a durable bond and excellent seal strength, UFlex has developed a solvent-based adhesive with high solids and low viscosity for medium to high performance in flexible packaging applications. It is a cost-effective solution offering excellent bond and seal strength.

Holography Business
1. 3D Optics as a superior security feature for product authentication: UFlex developed a 3D Flipogram material to authenticate genuine products from counterfeits, protecting consumers from spurious products. Using complex micro-optical technology, the material creates a unique lenticular visual effect. As a result, a simple glance at the product and its 3D visual imagery effect ensures that consumers are purchasing genuine products.

In addition, this technology is unique and cannot be duplicated. This product can find applications in domains such as automobiles, electronics, FMCG, pharma, tobacco, identity cards/certificates, and in the Government excise business. The flexible 3D Flipogram material can be transparent, translucent or opaque as per customer requirements, with the processed film being supplied in 40 and 70-micron versions.

2. Floating lens film with customized brand logo: Another great innovation in the quarter ended December 31, 2022 was developing a new and advanced brand protection packaging product consisting of customized emboss film designed for laminates, paper board and UV offset printing on mono cartons. A slight rotation and tilting in light reveals the brand logo, and this has critical applications in the pharma industry to protect from counterfeit drugs.

Flexible Packaging Business
1. Enhancing consumer engagement via variable data incorporation in packaging: To enhance consumer engagement, UFlex developed a new packaging solution for Mondelez’s Cadbury Choclairs sachet in Q3, 2022 wherein variable data was incorporated using laser coding in white MasterBatch induced PE film.

2. Eco-friendly Chotu Pack: With brand owners continuously looking at reducing environmental impact caused by non-recyclable packaging, UFlex launched a fully recyclable spout pouch using BOPP (Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene)/PE films for Kissan Chotu Pack. The new packaging solution developed by UFlex provides more homogeneity and ease of recycling in the value chain for the Chotu Pack.

3. 3.2 Litre re-closable stand-up pouch for Surf Excel: In another demonstration of excellence in providing eco-friendly flexible packaging solutions for storing liquids, UFlex developed a large format re-closable stand-up pouch for Surf Excel. This re-closable pouch can store up to 3.2 litres of liquid laundry. This pack was extremely well received with the rising class of environmentally-conscious consumers. This pouch also consumes less shelf space than its rigid counterpart, making it a clear winner.
Printing Cylinders Business

1. Embossing Effect on Fabrics: While embossing has found broad applicability in advertising and marketing industries, it has remained a challenge for the Indian textile businesses. The embossing technique can help create three-dimensional images and patterns on a product’s surface through heat and pressure. But when it comes to embossing on fabrics, the challenge for the Indian textile market has been in getting the three-dimensional effect right and the availability of easy-to-use and cost-effective equipment.

2. Attal Promotional Bags: Attal Promotional Bags developed by UFlex are set to benefit many brands. The product packs some unique features like two layers metallic effect in halftone without using metallised film. UFlex has also introduced special security features in this product, like micro text, dot security and line security. These security features will support brands in promoting genuine products and encourage them in their fight against counterfeiting.

Engineering Business
1. LPFS-4U: Innovation is part of UFlex’s strategic vision and the company continues to make great strides in developing innovative products and solutions. The packaging sector continues to witness new innovations and it is imperative to strengthen its core and ancillary business process segments. To cater to the fast-growing and significant pouch sealing and filling segment, UFlex launched a machine in Q3, 2022 called LPFS-4U or 4 UP Linear, Pick, Fill, and Seal that guarantees speed, performance, safety, hygiene and caters to environment conscious brands.

2. Quick change over in Rotogravure Printing: Rotogravure printing involves a rotary press with cylinders typically rotating at high speeds used for printing various substrates for packaging/magazines. However, one of the significant drawbacks that professionals face with this technology is the time taken during job changeovers. To solve this, self-shaft chucking, trolley systems and sleeve-mandrel methodologies came into existence.

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