Rathna Packaging Invests in W&H

Rathna Packaging India is a leading name in the packaging industry, known for its high-quality and sustainable solutions. With over 25 years of experience, the company has established itself as a trusted partner for customers across various sectors, including food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Rathna’s focus on customer satisfaction, and eco-friendly practices has made it one of India’s most reliable companies in flexible packaging.

The Optimex II blown film lines support a wide range of applications, making it ideal for producing high-performance films tailored to various industries.

The machine also comes equipped with advanced features like EASY2 Change assistance system, a game changing for blown film lines which supports the operator during every step of a product changeover and leads to never seen before repeatable performance. Compared to an experienced operator, the number of necessary clicks for a product change is reduced by more than 70 % and the time needed is cut by more than a half, thanks to an intuitive HMI. With this innovative technology the operator maintains full transparency and control throughout a changeover, as the technology detects the bubble shape and frostline, ensuring reproducible high film quality.

On the printing side, the Alphaflex CI flexo presses bring unmatched precision and quality production to the forefront. The new press offers better print stability and bounce free printing even for most difficult jobs at speeds of 400-m/min. Designed for printers of all scales, the Alphaflex is engineered to meet the toughest industry challenges, including cost pressures, productivity demands and sustainability goals. Both the presses include W&H’s fast, reliable and reproducible color matching solution called the EASY-COL. This module is fully integrated with Alphaflex and gives guaranteed colour matching results, considerably reducing the time and re-runs needed for the process.

The Alphaflex is the newest addition to W&H's CI flexo portfolio, launched at Drupa 2024. These two presses will be among the very first installations in India, marking a significant milestone for both W&H and Rathna Packaging.
The machines are also integrated with W&H’s IoT platform called RUBY which is used to monitor data, automate and improve packaging production. This investment is a key enabler of Rathna’s ambitious expansion plans of scaling its operations while maintaining its reputation for quality and sustainability.

“We are proud of the fact that we have invested in the most advanced technologies from W&H. With these new technologies, we are prepared to deliver superior packaging solutions and continue our journey of growth. With the right planning and practices, we wish to plan another big expansion soon,” Sudhakar Reddy, managing director, Rathna Packaging, said.

“This is one of the large investments that W&H has witnessed in the recent past in India. I must acknowledge their passion to deliver the best which also reflects in their investment which was extremely well planned we look forward to implementing the project,” Anuj Sahni, sales director, W&H, concluded.