The emergent market for frozen foods in India is to be introduced to packaging that offers impact strength at low temperatures and dimensional stability at high temperatures. The new packaging will be competitively priced at the rate of aluminium foils that are widely used at present.
Chennai based Futura Polyesters Ltd. plans to introduce the concept of Crystalline Polyethylene Terephthalate (CPET) packaging to the Indian market. Futura currently produces CPET containers, but only for the export market.
CPET is ideal for packaging a wide variety of food products- frozen, refrigerated, pre-cooked and fresh, because of their tendency to resist temperature extremes from -40 C to 220 C. CPET trays can be taken directly from the freezer and heated in microwave or conventional ovens, including fan-assisted ovens.
CPET trays can be reused for secondary, non-food purposes. When incinerated, CPET produces more energy than it consumes, and can re-enter the natural cycle.
07-Dec-05 
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