Flexible packaging specialist Huhtamaki-PPL Ltd (HPPL) has added a new 9-colour printer to its line of high-performance printers at its Rudrapur facility in Uttarakhand.

The inauguration on May 8, 2019 was attended by Charles Héaulmé, President and CEO Huhtamaki Oyj, Olli Koponen, Executive Vice President, Flexible Packaging Huhtamaki Oyj, Dr Arup Basu, Managing Director, Huhtamaki-PPL, India Senior leadership team and the employees of its Rudrapur plant.

Huhtamaki-PPL's Rudrapur plant is one of its 17 plants located across the country. It is equipped with state-of-the-art tools and machinery-from design to printing to laminating and slitting, including a Cylinder engraving facility.

There are more than 400 employees currently working in the facility and the plant has achieved 1138 accident-free days. Spread over an area of 38,268 Sq Mtr (Built up area- 13311 Sq. Mtr), the plant serves high value flexible packaging needs such as cold seal laminates, soap wrappers, shrink sleeves, battery labels applications of some of the biggest brands in the food and FMCG industry. It is one of the largest multi-product packaging locations within Uttarakhand and nearest such plant to NCR.

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