Cosmo Films

{{Short description|Indian multinational corporation}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Cosmo Films Ltd.

| logo = Cosmo Films Ltd

| image =

| image_size = 320x194px

| image_caption = Cosmo Films Global Footprint

| type = Public

| traded_as = BSE: [http://www.bseindia.com/stock-share-price/cosmo-films-ltd/cosmofilms/508814 508814]
NSE: [https://www.nseindia.com/live_market/dynaContent/live_watch/get_quote/GetQuote.jsp?symbol=COSMOFILMS&illiquid=0&smeFlag=0&itpFlag=0 COSMOFILMS]

| founder = {{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmofilms.com/board-of-directors|title=Cosmo Films Ltd. Board of Directors}} Ashok Jaipuria

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = *Pankaj Poddar (Group CEO)

• Neeraj Jain (CFO)

| industry = Manufacturing, plastics

| foundation = {{start date and age|1976}}

| location_city = New Delhi

| location_country = India

| website = https://www.cosmofilms.com/

| products = BOPP Film, Polypropylene Film, Synthetic paper, Packaging and labeling

}}

Cosmo Films (Now Cosmo First Limited{{Cite news |date=11 July 2022 |title=Cosmo Films Limited re-brands as Cosmo First Limited |work=ANI News |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/cosmo-films-limited-re-brands-as-cosmo-first-limited20220711130500/}}) is an Indian multinational corporation that manufactures bi-axially oriented polypropylene films (BOPP) for packaging, label, lamination and industrial applications. The company is headquartered in New Delhi, India.{{Cite news|url=http://www.printweek.in/news/packaging-firms-12742|title=Packaging firms in numbers}} Its manufacturing units are situated in India and South Korea. The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE){{Cite web|url=http://www.bseindia.com/stock-share-price/cosmo-films-ltd/cosmofilms/508814/|title=Cosmo Films Ltd.|last=|first=|date=c. 2016|website=|publisher=Bombay Stock Exchange|access-date=25 July 2016}} and National Stock Exchange (NSE),{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nseindia.com/corporates/content/eq_research_reports_listed.htm|title=NSE - IPFT Sponsored Company Reports|last=|first=|date=c. 2014|website=|publisher=National Stock Exchange|access-date=25 July 2016}} India. Mr. Ashok Jaipuria founded Cosmo Films Limited in October 1976 and set up the first production plant at Aurangabad, Maharashtra in the year 1981.{{Cite book|title=Opportunities and Strategies for Indian Business: Preparing for A Global India|last=Phansalkar|first=Sanjiv|publisher=SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd|year=2005|isbn=978-0761933335|location=|pages=154}} In 2001, Cosmo Films acquired a 76.51% stake in Gujarat Propack Limited.{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cosmo-films-picks-76-guj-propack-pie-for-rs-17-crore-101101601058_1.html|title=Cosmo Films Picks 76% Guj Propack Pie For Rs 17 Crore|last=|first=|date=16 October 2001|work=|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=10 June 2016|via=}} In 2009, Cosmo Films acquired US-based GBC Commercial Print Finishing for USD 17.1 million (about Rs. 82 crore).{{Cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-06-11/news/28477165_1_thermal-lamination-acco-brands-cosmo-films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825214426/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-06-11/news/28477165_1_thermal-lamination-acco-brands-cosmo-films|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2016|title=Cosmo Films completes acquisition of US based GBC for $17.1 mn|last=|first=|date=11 June 2009|work=|publisher=Economic Times|access-date=10 June 2016|via=}}