MOSCOW (MRC) -- Cosmo Films is expected to commence a new line of production of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, according to sources, ahead of its earlier projection of March-end, as per Plastemart.
The new line is expected to have a capacity of 60,000 tpa, which will enhance the company’s overall capacity by 4%.
Cosmo Films’ overall BOPP manufacturing capacity will move up from the current 1.36 lakh tpa to 1.96 lakh tpa. The new line will be of the highest capacity in the world at the time of commissioning and will be the first 10.4 metre wide line in India.
As MRC informed before, Cosmo Films Ltd. may start chemical coating of films in the United States. Cosmo has two U.S. plants, in Addison, Ill., and Hagerstown, Md., plus five warehouses in the United States and Canada. It entered the market in 2009, when it bought the GBC Commercial Print Finishing business of ACCO Brands Corp., which specialized in thermal lamination film.
BOPP-films (bi-axially oriented polypropylene films) which offers high strength, elasticity, high barrier properties, resistance to various corrosive environments, and inertness go into making of flexible food packaging, adhesive tapes, labels and lamination applications.
Cosmo Films Limited Established in 1981, Cosmo Films Limited is one of the global leaders and manufacturers of BOPP Films. It is the largest exporters of BOPP films from India and largest manufacturer of thermal lamination films in the world. The films make their way into flexible packaging, labels and lamination industry.
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