(PlastEurope) -- Making its first foray into the biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film market, India's SRF has ordered a new 8.7 metre wide BOPP line from Germany's Bruckner. The new EUR 40m line will be located in Durban / South Africa.
SRF claims to be India's second largest thin PET film manufacturer, with overall capacity for 60 KTa. The group operates plants manufacturing technical textiles in Dubai / United Arab Emirates, Port Elizabeth / South Africa and Rayong / Thailand. Over the past four years, the group has invested roughly EUR 200m into expandings its Technical Fabrics, Chemicals & Polymers and Packaging Films business units.