Avnflex Packing debuts at CMPL with laminated pouches for food, agro sectors

Hyderabad-based Avnflex Packing attended CMPL 2026 for the first time this year, presenting its range of laminated flexible packaging formats to an audience that the company found to be predominantly domestic, and largely drawn from the food and agro industries.

Om Prakash Yadav, assistant manager, sales and marketing,  Avnflex Packing spoke to WhatPackaging? at the stall, describing a business that has been operating for 33 years across three manufacturing plants in Hyderabad, covering extrusion, printing and pouching. Current monthly output stands at 500-tonnes, with an expansion said to be under way.

A wide format portfolio

Avnflex's product range spans laminated pouches and rolls in two, three and four-layer constructions, including aluminium foil variants, as well as PP woven sack bags in load capacities of 25-kg, 30-kg and 40-kg. On the pouch side, the company produces stand-up pouches, flat-bottom pouches, three-side seal formats, centre seal pouches and shaped liquid pouches, including cap and bottle profiles, serving segments ranging from food and dairy to cosmetics, herbals and agro products.

At the show, visitor interest was concentrated on packaging for dry and frozen foods, oils, pastes, snacks, namkeens, sweets and dairy products such as cheese and butter. Agro packaging, particularly for seeds and vegetables was cited as among the company's most significant sectors.

Flat-bottom and digital formats draw attention

Two formats generated particular interest on the stand. Flat-bottom pouches, which feature a three-sided gusset construction, were on display with both centre and side windows, the latter offers consumers a lateral view of the product inside. Yadav noted the growing appeal of window pouches as a point-of-difference on the shelf.

Two formats generated particular interest on the stand. Flat-bottom pouches, which feature a three-sided gusset construction, were on display with both centre and side windows, the latter offering consumers a lateral view of the product inside. Yadav noted the growing appeal of window pouches as a point-of-difference on shelf.

Digital printing was also a talking point; Yadav observed that enquiries for digitally printed pouches now outpace those for rotogravure. The minimum run for digital sits at around 2,000 to 3,000-pieces, making it accessible to start-ups and smaller brand owners for whom rotogravure's minimum order of 500-kg per run is impractical.

"Rotogravure is for very big quantities and big business," Yadav explained. "Digital is for starting a business, even a small order of 1,000 or 2,000 pieces is possible."

A first outing at CMPL

Yadav described the show's feedback as positive, though he noted the visitor profile skewed towards smaller and emerging businesses rather than large-volume clients, and that international visitors were less present than at some other shows the company attends.