FMN | December 23rd, 2019

Omet India Opens In New Delhi

Constantia Flexibles Celebrates Grand Opening Constantia Flexibles unveiled its new plant,Constan- tia Ecoflex Ahmedabad, at a opening ceremony on No- vember 20. More than 300 guests, including the Austri- an ambassador to India, Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofe, and RS Sodhi, Managing Director of Amul industries and expert in the field of sustainability,as well as select- ed media representatives, attended the grand opening. Following the official part of the opening, including speeches and the ribbon-cutting, guests and media representatives attended a guided tour through the new plant.They had the opportunity to take a look at the technology that produces the packaging solution EcoLam by Constantia Flexibles. Ecolam is high barri- er flexible packaging that combines the resource-ef- ficiency of plastic with recyclability back into new packaging films, said Achim Grefenstein, SVP Group R&D, who drew the development of the EcoLam de- velopment in close collaboration with the Indian team. The Ecoflex plant opened after more than two years of intensive preparations.Test runs started in Septem- ber 2019. It has an area of 24,500 square meters and currently employs 50 people.The number is expected to triple by the second quarter of 2020.The plant will supply customers worldwide.

Omet India, the new Omet technical-commercial subsidiary headquartered in New Delhi, India,was offi- cially inaugurated on November 29, in the presence of more than 80 members of the Indian printing industry, including printers, suppliers and brand owners. With the India facility,Omet added a new element to its group of branches around the world: Omet Ameri- cas in Elk GroveVillage, Illinois;Omet Suzhou in China; and Omet Iberica in Barcelona, Spain. Local agentWeldon Celloplast has led the installation of more than 30 Omet printing machines in the region. Many Omet customers attended the presentation of the new offices,includingAny Graphics,Zircon and Re- nault,who already works with several Omet machines. Harveer Sahni,Chairman ofWeldon Celloplast,spoke about the birth of the collaboration with Omet since the 1990s, when he met Angelo Bartesaghi, founder of Omet, during his visit to India. Marco Calcagni, Omet Sales and Marketing Director, spoke about the Omet group and officially introduced his son,Andrea Calcagni,who recently joined the company as International Strategy and Business Development Manag- er,and is currently in India to work with Pawandeep Sahni to develop the new Omet business in New Delhi.

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