Cosmo Films’ Aurangabad unit becomes self-sufficient

This means, the EOU can now manufacture the entire gamut of speciality films offered by the company for packaging, label and lamination applications, under one roof.

 

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

 

The second addition is a 2.4mtr wide metalliser, which would augment the company’s capability to produce the complete range of metallised films, including the high barrier metallised films. This addition would take the annual metallising capacity of company to 15,000 tonnes.

 

These additions in the EOU, coupled with the existing extrusion coating lines, would now complement the 8.7m BOPP line, making Shendra EOU 100% self-sufficient.

 

“We are excited by these new additions. The plant’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” said S Satish, global head, sales and marketing.

 

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 maximise the usage of natural light, leading to significant energy saving. The plant also has a sophisticated ETP, which ensures zero discharge of effluents. The products coming out of the plant conform to global compliance standards.

 

Established in 1981, Cosmo Films is the largest exporter of BOPP films from India and is also the largest producer of thermal laminating films in the world with plant cum distribution centres in the US, Korea and Japan and global channel partners in more than fifty countries.