UFlex Reported Revenue at INR 14,784 Crore in FY 2023

UFlex Ltd, India’s largest multinational in flexible packaging and solutions  company, announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March  31, 2023. The company’s unaudited results were approved by the Board of Directors in a meeting held  earlier.  

The consolidated revenue of the Company grew by 11.4% YoY to INR 14,784 crore in FY23, driven by  32.6% sales volume growth in Packaging (Flexible and Aseptic). The Company’s Earnings before interest,  depreciation & amortization, currency devaluation/fluctuation gain/loss, and tax (EBITDA) for FY23 is INR 2068 crore. Profit After Tax (PAT) in FY23 stood at INR 480.7 crore. 

In FY23, the total Production Volume was 589,637 MT and the Sales Volume was 587,118 MT.  

Ashok Chaturvedi, Chairman and Managing Director, UFlex Ltd., stated, “In FY23, UFlex continued its  growth momentum and achieved the highest-ever revenue of INR 14,784 crore.  

The packaging films industry witnessed new capacity additions at a time when demand was impacted,  especially in the US and Europe, on account of global issues. However, the worst seems to be over, and  we are witnessing an increase in both demand and prices globally. The European energy crisis also  seems to be behind us, and gas prices have slumped.  

• EBITDA (Before currency devaluation/fluctuation gain/loss) at INR 421.7 crore 

• Packaging (Flexible and Aseptic) Sales Volume grew 19.6% YoY 

We are currently setting up PET chip resin manufacturing facilities in India and Egypt. Given the size and  scale of our PET films business globally, it was imperative that we integrate backward to manufacture  our own PET chips. 

Our BOPET Film Plant at Dharwad, Karnataka, with a capacity of 45,000 MT per annum, was  commissioned in March 23.  

Our Aseptic packaging business achieved significant growth in FY23 (sales volume growth of 116% YoY) and we continue to explore opportunities to debottleneck the existing plant at Sanand, India, and  increase the throughput and productivity.  

Overall, FY23 can be termed as a year of consolidation for the flexible packaging industry, and we  remain bullish on the flexible and aseptic packaging industry with continued focus on recycling and  sustainability”.  

Rajesh Bhatia, Group CFO, UFlex Ltd., said, “In FY23, despite all the challenges, UFlex achieved even  greater heights and clocked its highest-ever revenue. The challenges emanating from the Russia and  Ukraine conflict and the aggressive fiscal policies of the US Fed impacted the costs as well as the  demand for flexible packaging films but our diversified product portfolio which includes Flexible  packaging, Aseptic packaging, Inks & Adhesives, Holography, Printing Cylinders, and Engineering, helped  us keep our overall growth momentum intact in FY23. The profitability in FY23 was impacted by  unprecedented currency devaluation in Egypt and currency exchange loss on account of the US dollar strength against the other world currencies”.

Q4 FY23 Hall of Fame  

Awards and Accolades: 

• Silver Award - Technical Innovation at the Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards 2023, organized by the FPA, for our F-UHB-M Ultra High Barrier & High Metal Bond Metallized  Polyester Film for aluminum foil replacement.
• UFlex received the Best Employer Brand Award in the Global Best Employer Brands 2023 segment at the World HRD Congress 2023, presented by Times Ascent.
• The IIP’s National IndiaStar and PacMachine 2022’ Awards for Excellence in Packaging  o B-TGM Multi Layered Mono-material BOPP Film with Superior Oxygen & Good Moisture  Barrier for Pouch Packaging 

o Fully Recyclable 10 Kg Peacock Rice Pack in Mono PE format  

o Registered Lens Technology with Holography Solution to Prevent Counterfeiting and  Enhance Aesthetics 

o Transparent UV HRI Customised Holographic Film for Lamination 

o Water Based Printing Inks

Patents 

• The UFlex Packaging Films Business has been granted a patent for its innovative research  methodology to develop Thermoplastic Films Having Asymmetric Properties (Patent No.:  425294).