Uflex develops Freshflex EMAP packaging films

Packaging films claimed to retain the freshly-harvested appeal of fruit and vegetables significantly longer than previously possible are targetting large-scale growers and exporters. These help to reduce freight costs, prevent product losses and better satisfy customers and end-consumers. As Joanne Hunter reports, Uflex has now entered this segment globally – from Australia to Brazil. Already available to India’s fresh produce industry and marketed globally Uflex’s patented Freshflex technology is now being incorporated into liners and bags on every continent. The unique selling point of the new packaging film is seen as the ability to prolong the freshness of all types of produce, including those that are highly sensitive to transport conditions such as tropical fruit, prepared cut vegetables and flower stems. Dutch PerfoTec technology Uflex gives credit to its Dutch partner PerfoTec, whose technology has helped solve what it calls ‘the universal problem’ of condensation in packaged fresh produce. Uflex is using the technology under license in the Indian subcontinent. Siva Shankaran, head of business development at Uflex, speaking exclusively to Packaging South Asia, said…

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