The new series of products has been launched as Omegawrap - for flexible packaging, Omegabarr - for folding Cartons and Omegabev - for disposables. The omega series is available in terms of base paper between 54 and 210 gsm.

In an interview with PrintWeek India, S N Venkataraman, international sales and product development manager at ITC had said: "A strong product development focus has enabled us to create and launch one major new product each year. Raising customer productivity has always been central to our mission and our products have kept pace with the requirements of the industry."

The company claims that these products have been treated with a proprietary coating developed in partnership with Harita NTI and their principals Northern Technologies INC USA and conform to ASTM D6868 standards for biodegradability and ASTM 6400 standard for compostability.

According to a company spokesperson: "Business customers in the Indian market now have a genuine option in packaging their products with a paper + biopolymer substrate meeting the standards of biodegradability."

PSPD is a supplier of paperboards, fine-papers and specialty papers to the Indian print and packaging industry.

The business has four state-of-the-art plants located at Bhadrachalam, Kovai, Bollarum (near Hyderabad) and Tribeni( near Kolkata) with a total capacity of 550,000 tpy. The sales network reaches out to a customer base which comprises: food, beverages, FMCG, cosmetics, pharma, decorative laminates, cigarettes, safety matches, agarbathis, books, stationeries, catalogues, on demand print etc. The ISO 9000/14000/18000 company employs 3,000 people.

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