Hatsun Agro Product Ltd engaged Windmöller & Hölscher India Pvt. Ltd for their Dairy Packing Film Unit
Pune,28th September 2017: Hatsun Agro Product Limited (HAP) – a Chennai based leading private dairy company has a diverse range of dairy and ice cream products under several brands such as ‘Hatsun’, ‘Arokya’, ‘Arun’, ‘IBACO’. In a move to meet the requirements for milk and curd packaging, HAP is establishing an automated Greenfield project at Wallajabad near Chennai.
Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H), a German based multinational is a world leader in flexible packaging equipment manufacturing and has presence across 150 countries. W&H has bagged the order to commission the machines for the Greenfield project on a turnkey basis through its Indian subsidiary. The overall project cost is estimated around Rs. 65 crores.
The customized and tailor made machines for HAP are inclusive of all system components and are driven by the goal to deliver perfect film quality and to optimize productivity, flexibility, ergonomics and sustainability. The two machines “Varex II -2600 mm / 3 Layer – Blown Film Line” and “Miraflex AM 8, 1270 mm / 400 mpm – CI Flexo Printing Press” and their components was manufactured at Lengerich Plant of W&H, Germany. HAP has also equipped the printing press with‘Easy Col system’, a state of the art technology. The system allows HAP to fully automate the colour matching process in their printing requirements which otherwise is a tedious process when done manually.
According to Mr. Shri Prakash W. Gupta, Managing Director, W&H India “We are proud to be part of this important project for HAP. Commissioning of these machines for HAP’s Greenfield plant is a remarkable milestone for us here in India which is also helping us to consolidate our leadership position in this sector.”
The orders were booked in the 2nd quarter of 2016 and HAP proposes to commence commercial production during October 2017.
