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The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple premises linked to packaging major Uflex as part of an alleged tax evasion investigation against the company, officials said. Around 60-70 premises, including the company offices and linked premises in Delhi, Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, are being covered, they said. No immediate reaction from the company on PTI's queries was available. According to the company's information available on its e-portal, it is "India's largest flexible packaging materials and solutions company and a leading global polymer sciences corporation.
With the patent period for flexible liquid packaging ending, Indian packaging major Uflex Limited has commissioned its first liquid packaging facility at Sanand for an investment of Rs 5.8 billion. With an annual production capacity of seven billion packs from Sanand, Uflex has begun talks with major soft drink, juice and other FMCG players for supply. Already, Delhi-based Bankey Bihari Foods' Fresca brand of juices have already begun using the holographic packaging from this month.Apparently, leading global packaging player Tetra Pak held the patent which expired recently, paving way for Uflex to foray into the same. "We already package powder, semi-liquid (viscous), solids, semi-solids but not liquids so far. With Sanand, we have ventured into flexible liquid packaging. We waited for patent period to get over and this was the right time to enter. However, we have also brought in innovation in form of Asepto Holographic Packaging," said Ashwani Kumar Sharma, President & CEO, New .