The Indian operations of privately owned and Chandan Khanna lead Ajanta Packaging has been acquired by Mumbai headquartered Huhtamaki-PPL. Ajanta packaging has been a leading provider of labels with units at multiple locations. They have factories at Daman and Baddi.

Huhtamaki-PPL Ltd. or HPPL (Previously known as Paper Products Limited) is a Rupees 2200 Crores flexible packaging company in India and is listed on the Indian stock Exchanges since more than 50 years.

They are providers of flexible packaging, labels, tube laminate webs, thermo formable laminates, promotional materials, and gravure cylinders. The parent company Huhtamaki OYJ is a NASDAQ listed packaging company with a turnover exceeding 3 Billion Euros. 

In November 2012, they acquired Amar Chhajed lead Webtech labels and with this move they became market leaders also in the label segment besides Shrink Sleeves, Wrap Around and Wet Strength Labels as well as IML making it the only true and complete Labeling solutions provider in the country. Amar Chhajed now heads all the labeling businesses of Huhtamaki-PPL as President.HPPL has entered into a business Transfer Agreement for acquisition of the business of Ajanta Packaging India as a slump sale at an enterprise valuation of Rupees 1003 million, on a cash free debt free basis.

The merger will enable customers to get benefits of new technologies and stronger innovation capability. This partnership will further consolidate HPPL’s position of being the leader in labeling market in India.

Chandan Khanna says, “this move will make the label market in India to grow in a healthy way. The expanded market reach and size of HPPL will help them serve the customers better with further enhancement on service quality. Moreover the enhanced capabilities will help them offer superior and innovative products.”

Reported by Harveer Sahni, Chairman Weldon Celloplast Limited New Delhi March 2018.