UFlex Blog - Flexible Packaging Industry in India

A leading flexible packaging solution provider with customers across FMCG, consumer product goods, pharmaceuticals, and other sectors. A leading flexible packaging solution provider with customers across FMCG, consumer product goods, pharmaceuticals, and other sectors. Established in 1985, UFlex has become one of India's most reliable flexible packaging companies. The company offers an extensive range of manufacturing capacities of packaging films, flexible packaging, printing, and other value-added packaging applications, that cater to its customers spread across 140 countries. The services include technologically superior packaging for various products such as snack foods, candy, confectionery, sugar, rice and other cereals, beverages such as tea and coffee, and more. Read more

 Clocks highest ever revenue in FY23 at INR 14,784 Crore and 11.4% YoY revenue growth. UFlex , one of India’s largest multinationals in flexible packaging and solutions company, announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year that ended March 31, 2023. The company’s unaudited results were approved by the Board of Directors in a meeting held 2 June 2023. FY23 Highlights 1. Consolidated revenue grew by 11.4% YoY to INR 14,784 Crore 2. EBITDA (Before currency devaluation/fluctuation gain/l oss) at INR 2068 crore 3. Profit After Tax (PAT) is INR 480.7 crore 4. Highest-ever packaging (Flexible and Aseptic) sales volume; up 32.6% YoY Read more at

"They had no choice but to reduce their consumption for some of the things which are nice to have. And that is what affected the packaging industry because the demand for the energy, especially in the winters, is quite a bit and they had to reallocate their budgets based on the current energy prices," says Rajesh Bhatia,CFO, Uflex. Wanted to begin by asking you about the outlook going forward because FY23 of course was a bit of a dull year for the entire sector given a lot of headwings but going forward what is the outlook looking like for FY24 Read more at

  An average supermarket carries over 40,000 items, creating a daunting task for brands when it comes to attracting customers to their products. The array of choices on the shelves allows shoppers to make the majority of their buying decisions in the supermarket or store itself. As a result, the packaging is what makes a product stand out in the eyes of the consumers! Packaging design is no longer just about aesthetics, but also encompasses improving consumers’ perception about the product’s quality. It educates the shopper about the product, leading to an interaction between the consumer and the brand. For instance, more and more brands are using minimal sustainable packaging to attract eco-conscious consumers and highlight their commitment to the environment.  Read more

  The difficulties that ensue from counterfeiting result in a broad spectrum of negative after-effects for businesses, governments and consumers. The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) describes counterfeiting as a crime, involving fraudulently manufacturing or distributing goods under someone else’s name, without their permission. Evolving into a worldwide challenge over time, counterfeiting incurs heavy losses on companies as they try to combat duplication and undermines the brand image as well as the consumers’ trust they have worked so hard to build over a long time.  As per a study by Supply Chain Resource Co-operative, the counterfeited goods market has grown from $30B in the 1980s and exceeds $600B today. With rising counterfeiting incidents this number could soon rise to over $1.8 trillion, which is more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of many developing countries around the world.The rapid development of the internet and the proliferation of vari...

  Why did UFlex participate at Beauty World? This is not the first time we participated at Beauty World. This is possibly our fourth participation at the event. We have been here quite consistently to meet our target customers and show off our innovative products. The event allows us to meet customers from GCC, South East Asia, Europe, and so on. This event makes a lot of sense for out flex tube division and what we do is high-end tubes. And I can assure you that we will be here at least for the next 7 years as I can see. Tell us about your presence in the Middle East region. UFlex is the largest flexible packaging company in India, we are totally backward integrated. We do polyester chips, films, polymers, and so on. We have film factories in India, USA, Mexico, Poland, Egypt, and UAE. We also do lots of activities that are related to packaging, such as tubes, laminates, and so on. We also sell these laminates to brands such as Nestle, Coke, Pepsi, Cadburys, P&G, and so on. Fr...

  India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials and solution company Uflex Limited has declared the earnings for the Quarter ended 31 March 2018. The Consolidated Total Revenue for Q4 FY 2017-18 stood at Rs.1815.6 Crore as compared to Rs. 1625.7 Crore in the last quarter of the previous fiscal thereby registering a 12% growth. At the operating level, EBITDA for the Quarter ended 31 March 2018 stood at Rs. 229.3 Crore as compared to the Quarter ended 31 March 2017 when it was Rs. 225 Crore thereby up by 2%. The Consolidated Net Profit for Q4 FY 2017-18 at Rs. 71.1 Crore dropped by 28% w.r.t. the same quarter in the previous fiscal. This is primarily due to increased depreciation cost on account of commissioning of Aseptic Packaging Plant and higher tax outgo. Consolidated Top Line for FY 2017-18 stood at Rs. 6720.5 Crore recording a 9% Y-O-Y growth. EBITDA for the fiscal ended 31 March 2018 remained more-or-less muted at Rs. 902.6 Crore. During FY 2016-17 the EBITDA sto...

  Flex Films, the global film manufacturing arm of Uflex, has launched two new state-of-the-art BOPET Films, at its manufacturing centre in Kentucky, U.S.A. FlexFilms Launches Two New Advanced BOPET Film An Aluminum Foil Replacement Metallized High-Barrier BOPET Film FLEXMETPROTECT™ F-HBP-M A Puncture Resistant, Nylon Replacement BOPET Film FLEXPET™ F-HPF 1.FLEXMETPROTECT™ F-HBP-M: An Aluminum Foil Replacement Metallized High-Barrier BOPET Film FLEXMETPROTECT™ F-HBP-M is a metalized biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) film with a superior gas barrier that offers high moisture and oxygen barrier for virtually all applications including Aluminium foil replacement. High barrier comes from patented BOPET film technology, with high optical density specifically suitable for most flex pack product offerings. This film is 100% web inspected; using our advanced web metalized surface inspection system. Read More

  Emphasizing the need for recycling of multi layered plastic packaging as a sustainable solution for flexible packaging industry, Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman & Managing Director, Uflex Limited expressed his concrete views at Pack Vision 2018 hosted by Flexible Packaging Entrepreneurs’ Welfare Association recently. Flexible packaging, a 100 billion dollar industry, comprises the largest part of the total packaging industry growing at an average of 4.5 – 5 % globally. There is a great deal of misconception on plastic being the mere culprit to cause harm to the environment by choking the gutters, affecting the Marine life and harming the birds and animals which consume the littered plastics floating around both on the land and sea. Multi layered plastic packaging is 100% recyclable and consumes minimum amount of energy in the process as compared to glass jars and metallic containers which consume 20 times more energy and causes much more pollution while converting glass into glass...

  Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 28.05.2020: UFlex Ltd. India’s largest multinational Flexible Packaging Company and a global player in Polymer Sciences has recently developed a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Coverall ‘Flex Protect’ in joint collaboration with IIT-Delhi and INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. Flex Protect that comes with Four-layered Protection and Anti-microbial Coating has been approved by The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for use by the front-line health workers who are fighting the battle against COVID-19. The protective coverall is made from a combination of Non-Woven Polypropylene Fabric and further impregnated with Anti-Microbial PP Coating through a special process to increase breathability. As compared to other PPE Kits, the Flex-Protect Coverall Standard is made of 70 GSM which makes it very comfortable and flexible, and fit to be worn for long hours as well. Read More