Ahmedabad-based Chiripal Poly Films has expanded operations to south India with a new manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. Spread across an area of 30 acres, the new plant will be equipped with a state-of-the-art 10.4m BOPP line from Germany, expected to be installed in April 2021, and an 8.7m BOPET line to be installed in March 2022. ‘These two lines will have combined production capacity of 100,000 tons per annum,’ says Sumant Singhal, CEO at Chiripal Poly Films. ‘The new plant will also house three metallizers ranging from 2.85m to 3.65m web width and production capacity of 35,000 tons per annum.’ The company’s headquarters in Ahmedabad already runs two BOPP lines, one BOPET line, four metallizers and one off-line coater. With this expansion, the combined production capacity at both plants will reach 218,000 tons per annum.