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Packaging samples designed and conceptualized at Constantia Flexibles. Photo PSA

Constantia Flexibles officially unveiled its new Constantia Ecoflex plant in Ahmedabad on 20 November 2019 with great ceremony and joy. Billed as a unique plant dedicated to the production of recyclable flexible packaging, over 300 guests including dignitaries, brand owner customers, and suppliers and well-wishers were given a tour of the plant. The Austrian ambassador to India, Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer spoke of the economic cooperation between the two countries and the opportunities for businesses to collaborate advantageously. RS Sodhi, managing director of Amul, the marketing brand representing the 3 million milk farmers of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, gave a rousing welcome to the sustainable flexible packaging venture. Citing the growth of the milk industry, he said, “With the growth and opportunity just in the structured dairy business, great expansion in flexible packaging is needed. Amul is also a producer of recyclable milk pouches that are collected after use by consumers. With the continued high growth of milk and other products of mass consumption, Constantia should already be thinking of expanding capacity in this new…

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Naresh Khanna
Editor of Indian Printer and Publisher since 1979 and Packaging South Asia since 2007. Trained as an offset printer and IBM 360 computer programmer. Active in the movement to implement Indian scripts for computer-aided typesetting. Worked as a consultant and trainer to the Indian print and newspaper industry. Visiting faculty of IDC at IIT Powai in the 1990s. Also founder of IPP Services, Training and Research and has worked as its principal industry researcher since 1999. Author of book: Miracle of Indian Democracy. Elected vice-president of the International Packaging Press Organization in May 2023. One of the judges for Packaging Sustainability Awards 2024 and 2025.