Huhtamaki PPL Limited or HPPL (formerly: The Paper Products Limited) is an Indian multinational company specializing in flexible packaging and packaging solutions, founded in 1935 in Lahore. In 1999, the company became part of Huhtamäki Oyj, Finland.[1] It has been involved in the field of packaging for over 80 years.
The company has its registered office in Mumbai, India; and as of 2016, has 14 manufacturing locations across India and sales offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.[2]
The company manufactures flexible laminates, films, specialized pouches, cartons, tube laminates, labels, shrink sleeves, rotogravure cylinders, packaging machinery etc. It caters to customers across sectors ranging from food and beverages, personal care to pharmaceuticals, industrial products etc.[3]
The company was founded in 1935 as ‘The Paper Products Limited’ by Mr. Sardarilal Talwar. The company’s first assignment was converting paper into paper products for the British Army Dairy, thus starting flexible packaging.
In the 1960s, the company moved from manufacturing packaging products using paper to using cellophane-based products for bread and biscuit packs, along with twist wraps.
In the 1980s, it started polymer-based packaging and created material for commercial use in the form of flexible packaging.[3]
The company offers solutions such as Flexible Packaging, Specialised Pouches, Thermoforms, Shrink Sleeve Solutions, Decorative Packaging, Value added cartons and Security Solutions and Promotions.[5]
HPPL has received several awards (as The Paper Products Ltd); recent ones being:
Huhtamaki, headquartered in Espoo, Finland is a global packaging manufacturer and supplier for various applications. Its primary outputs include cartons and containers for foods and other consumer goods, disposable tableware and films and laminates for uses such as adhesives, plasters and labels.
It has 71 manufacturing units in 34 countries and a support staff of 15,800 globally.[9] Its net sales in 2015 were approximately €2.7 billion.[10]