Uflex launches film for candy packaging

It is a low opacity, gloss white anti-static twist wrap polyester film, and J K Sharma, deputy general manager, technical service and new product development (Films) at Uflex, commented: ‘Convertors catering to candy and confectionery brands had been asking for a white glossy substrate with low opacity for imparting superior aesthetics to their packaging.

‘The daunting challenge however was that, if you make a white opaque film the gloss quotient goes down. Owing to our special proprietary resin formulation we have been able to engineer a white background film which is translucent and offers high gloss. It is for our FDA approved food compliant antistatic coating recipe that the film exhibits excellent machinability on printing and twist wrap machines. The film can be surface printed or can be metalized as per the requirements. The unprinted substrate can also be readily used by the brands to twist wrap their candies and confectioneries.’

Pramod Sirsamkar, president, technical and new product development (Films) at Uflex added: ‘Besides having superior handling and high mechanical properties, the film has excellent twist retention and is eco-friendly. Since the density of the new substrate is lesser as compared to the conventional white twist wrap film, its yield is more. Further the film has a monolayer structure so it can be easily recycled. There is a promising demand for this new film in the European and CIS Countries and is gradually picking up in other continents too. Here one must note that the conventional white twist wrap film in its own right also has a great demand. It will be incorrect to say that the new film is a replacement of the conventional white twist wrap film. Both the films have well defined mutually exclusive markets. We formulated this film at our manufacturing plant in Dubai and can manufacture it at any of our locations.’

Ashok Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director Uflex, concluded: ‘Low opacity, good gloss white anti-static twist wrap polyester film adds a whole new dimension to candy and confectionary packaging.’