Ess Dee - IFL combine is the leading packaging solutions provider to Pharmaceutical, Food and FMCG sectors

ESS DEE (ESS DEE ALUMINIUM LTD) and India Foils Ltd. (IFL) combine is a leading provider of packaging solutions - with core competency in aluminium packaging - for the Indian pharmaceutical and Food & FMCG industry. With over 100 years of collaborative operations, we are poised to redefine the packaging canvas by expanding horizons and exceeding expectations. We have established ourselves as a leading supplier of primary packaging materials and as a specialist in providing tailor made aluminium foil based flexible packaging laminates and PVC & PVdC coated PVC based thermoforming solutions. Today, we have a long-standing relationship of trust and comfort with key Indian and MNC Pharma and Food & FMCG companies.

ESS DEE was the first in India to manufacture dedicated high-end Pharma packaging products like cold form blister and child-resistant-blister packaging. The quality of the product portfolio has significantly enhanced by sophisticated and technologically advanced products. The new pharmaceutical applications include cold form blister packs, oral rehydration salts, PVDC-coated PVC, child resistant packs, cough lozenges, and anti-TB combo packs.

ESS DEE also established presence in the prophylactics segment and have been entrusted with the task of providing specialized aluminium foil based laminates for large contraceptive brands. Facility at Daman has been approved by contraceptive manufacturing companies like TTK and Hindustan Latex.

Additionally, Aluminium sheet is the major raw material which is imported from GARMCO, Bahrain. ESS DEE has been felicitated with the Best Customer Award for two consecutive years.

Equipment incorporating state of the art technology, facilities at par with the cGMP expectations of the user industry, skilled and empowered team members are at the core of our manufacturing activity. The new plant in Daman also offers cost-effective aluminium foil based laminates to the food and FMCG sectors. Most of the products are import substitutes and will facilitate usage expansion.

• A battery of rolling mills including Achenbach & Fata Hunter equipped with automatic gauge control and strip flatness control systems. This is backed up by Kampf separators
• Fleet of printing machines including Rotomec & Cerutti
• Supported by converting equipment from Rotomec, Nord Mechanica, Schiavi, Windmoleer Holscher
• Precision slitting through TITAN, KAMPF
• Equipped with both electronic engraving (Datwyler & Ohio) and Chemical etching of cylinders (Think)

The new plant at Daman has received the Food Safety Management System Certificate in compliance with the ISO 22000:2005 from a renowned accreditation body, CERMET, Italy. ESS DEE is one of the first packaging solutions providers in India to receive such a certification.

• Stringent quality checks at all nodal points of production
• Implementation of quality systems, Latest laboratory equipments, focus on empowerment and man power training, driven by the desire to continuously improve and exceed expectations

ESS DEE is the first Indian Company to follow the cGMP norm (current Good Manufacturing Practice) which is recognized worldwide for the control and management of manufacturing and quality control testing of foods and pharmaceutical products.

Furthermore, Pharmaceutical companies are faced with the threat of counterfeit packaging solutions from the spurious suppliers. We have been endeavoring to provide innovative packaging solutions to pharmaceutical companies to thwart the menace of spurious drugs.

With a combination of the best minds in the country, the best technology and resources, we are at the threshold to become a prominent global player. With more than 750 employees that form the core foundation of ESSDEE in 10 sophisticated plants spread across India, our vision is to constantly exceed customer expectations by providing our partners with optimum, innovative and customized packaging solutions.

• Plain and Printed Poly backed foil for strip pack
• Plain and Printed Lid Foil for Blister Pack
• Thermoforming PVC films
• Barrier Thermoforming PVdC coated PVC films
• Cold form Alu Alu and Tropical Laminates
• Innovative Child Resistant laminates
• Laminates for oral re hydration salts, cough lozenges, effervescent powders and antacids