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Uflex Ltd.

adopts cricket initiatives of ‘Stairs’


Uflex Stairs Cricket Championship begins on 23rd December, 2010

India's largest flexible packaging company-Uflex Ltd., which has a long-


standing interest in responsible business practices, has adopted cricket
initiatives taken by Stairs, an NGO working towards health, education and
sports of underprivileged children. The association represents an extension
of Uflex’s Social commitment to bring about a positive change in the life of
underprivileged sections of the society through programmes in education,
health and sports, which incorporates values into day-to-day activities.

Stairs in association with Uflex Ltd. is organizing a Cricket Championship in


Una, Himachal Pradesh, on December 23, 2010. Dubbed as Reebok Stairs
Cricket Championship earlier, the UFlex Stairs Cricket Championship will
witness the participation of around 20 teams in Under-14 and Under-16
category from Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh.

Stairs has been organizing the Cricket Championships for the underprivileged
children for the last five years. These tournaments are aimed at providing a
platform to these children to hone their skills and showcase their talent
through camps. Stairs understands the amount of talent that exists among
these children and believes in creating opportunities so that their talent is
rightly tapped and nurtured. Talented children are chosen from these camps
and provided coaching, sports scholarship and sports gear.

As a part of association with UFlex, the company will bear a portion of the
sports scholarship, sponsor the training of children in training academies and
also take care of education expenses of a certain number of children.

“In a bid to provide exposure and develop skills of underprivileged children,


Stairs has been providing a platform to them where they are encouraged to
showcase their talent in the field of sports. Stairs taps this talent to give
these children an opportunity to climb up the stairs of social empowerment
and shape their character through sports. We help children believe in their
own power and that they are agents of their own change through sports and
hard work. It believes in a meritorious system to help children's development
and create opportunities for them to realize their own potential,” says Mr.
Anil Upadhyay, President, Stairs.

“This year we are associating with one of India’s leading business


conglomerate Uflex, which also shares the concern for the welfare and
development of the marginalised section of the society. Stairs team has
always fared well in the Championships despite the fact these children have
to compete with competent teams, having access to better infrastructural
facilities and training. We always want to highlight that irrespective of the
limitations that these children face they can rise above the occasion to prove
their talent,” he added.

Speaking on UFlex’s association with Stairs, Mr. R K Jain, said, “Every child in
our country irrespective of caste, creed or economic background nurtures
the dream of playing cricket for his country. But many of them have to give
up their dream due to lack of funds, training and ample opportunities. It is a
humble effort of Stairs to give a platform and further give shape to the
dreams of these less fortunate children. We are proud to be associated with
Stairs in its endeavor to bridge the gap between the privileged and
underprivileged children and help them realize their dream and contribute to
their development”.

Some of the students who have been identified by Stairs are already doing
well at the national level and are earning laurels for their state. Stairs also
organizes sports camps at regular intervals to promote youth talent.

About Stairs:

Stairs is a non-profit organization working in the field of development of


underprivileged youth through channelisation of their energies in sports and
education.

About Uflex Ltd.:

UFLEX Ltd (http://www.uflexltd.com) is the Bombay Stock Exchange (UFLEX:


500148) and NSE listed India's largest flexible packaging company with large
manufacturing capacities of plastic film and packaging products providing
end-to-end solutions to clients across more than 108 countries.

Synonymous with flexible packaging industry in the country, UFLEX group


has Gross annual revenue of Rs. 30 billion and Gross Capital Investment
across the world of about Rs. 26 billion.

UFLEX offers finished packaging of a wide variety of products such as snack


foods, candy and confectionery, sugar, rice & other cereals, beverages, tea
& coffee, desert mixes, noodles, wheat flour, soaps and detergents,
shampoos & conditioners, vegetable oil, spices, marinates & pastes, cheese
& dairy products, frozen food, sea food, meat, anti-fog, pet food,
pharmaceuticals, contraceptives, garden fertilizers and plant nutrients,
motor oil and lubricants, automotive and engineering components etc..

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