Cosmo Films products win SIES SOP, IFCA Star Awards

Cosmo Films, a global leader in films for packaging, labeling and lamination applications, was one of the winners at the SIES SOP and IFCA Star Awards for excellence in its innovation and product development in flexible packaging.

06 Nov 2017 | By Dibyajyoti Sarma

The winning entries for SIES SOP Star Awards included a recyclable soap wrap film and an ultra high barrier film that can serve as a replacement of aluminium foil. The recyclable soap wrap film is a major innovation as it helps both brands and converters fair better on laminate structure rationalization and gsm reduction thus reducing the overall costs; better aesthetics because of pearl effect and of course recyclability quotient.

The winning entry for IFCA Star Award was the black velvet lamination film which offers intense black colour along with velvet touch to the laminated paper/paperboard or package, thereby enhancing its overall aesthetics.

IFCA Star Awards are conferred by the Indian Flexible Packaging & Folding Cartons Association. The SIES School of Packaging Star Awards, as the name suggests, are presented by the renowned institution that is credited with producing some of the finest professionals of the packaging industry.

Tapas Mandal, head, research and development, Cosmo Films, said, “We are humbled to receive these awards. Any form of recognition encourages us to only raise our product standards to the next level. These awards go on to further assure our customers that we have been developing some of the finest products with improved functionalities & aesthetics with cost effectiveness in mind.”

Established in 1981, Cosmo Films Limited today is a global leader in speciality films for packaging, lamination and labeling applications. Its films offerings include biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, cast polypropylene (CPP) films and soon to be offered biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) films.