19 Apr 2022 --- UFlex is setting up India’s first U-shaped paper straw manufacturing line for its aseptic liquid packaging business at its packaging plant in Sanand, Gujarat, India. The flexible packaging material solution and polymer science company’s paper straw manufacturing line will employ fully automated Dutch technology, delivering a production capacity of approximately 2.4 billion straws annually.Ashwani Kumar Sharma, president and CEO, Aseptic Liquid Packaging Business, UFlex, tells PackagingInsights: “Paper straws are environmentally friendly products and 100% recyclable and renewable. Our U-shape paper straw is food-grade, moisture resistant, sustainable and compatible to aseptic liquid cartons for portion packs.”
