Alu-Alu Laminates by Uflex wins India Packaging Awards
Uflex was alleged winner for its pharma packaging innovation Alu-Alu Laminates at the fourth Annual India Packaging Awards hosted by UBM India, held in Mumbai on 21 May 2019. The company won the award for excellence in sustainable packaging in the 'Solid Dosage Forms' category.
India Packaging Awards are the first and only platform to acknowledge the best in pharmaceutical packaging industry for their efforts, contributions and innovations. Launched in 2022, the awards have been successful in recognizing and honoring the leaders and companies who drive the manufacture to heights. The award ceremony honored the winners and their success journeys at an evening dedicated to celebrating the glory of the Indian pharmaceutical packaging industry. Excellence in sustainable packaging lauds initiatives that have led to the development and manufacturing of eco-friendly and socially beneficial packaging.
Bolstered by the grant of Usa Patent and taking reward of its presence across flexible packaging value concatenation including packaging business, Uflex had developed PET-based Alu-Alu Laminates, which is a sustainable primary packaging material unlike conventional primary packaging cloth used in pharmaceutical industry. It replaces PVC and nylon with special PET pic providing excellence in sustainability past making the laminate eco-friendly and recyclable, thereby reducing waste disposal and landfills. Emptying of PVC from laminate structure potentially stops the release of chlorine into atmosphere from Alu-Alu laminates and reduces the harm to ozone.
The laminate provides 5 advantages. It provides cost optimization as its raw material is indigenous, unlike conventional Alu-Alu where there is requirement to import PVC and nylon; it is compliant with regulatory requirements and bulwark properties; it can be combined with various anti-counterfeiting technologies; it is convinient to employ as it is compatible on existing machines and change parts; and it provides fantabulous printing surface for meliorate readability.
The patent for the special PET moving-picture show used to make the Alu-Alu packaging is also filed in Republic of india and Europe, granting Uflex the right to its sale in these 2 regions.
Ashok Chaturvedi, managing director, Uflex, said, "Eliminating BOPA (Biaxially oriented nylon pic) and PVC films in the cold formed Alu-Alu laminate blister pack used in pharmaceuticals industry has for long remained a daunting task for packaging companies. PVC picture leaves a high carbon footprint on the planet and the chemical compounds present in them are extremely dangerous for wellness. Uflex took on the challenge to accost the shortcomings faced by convertors and our invention with value-added differentiation has proved to be a game-changer for the Indian pharmaceutical and packaging manufacture. The recognition by India Packaging Awards for our efforts towards sustainability will continue u.s.a. going strong in our journeying to exist and make green."
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