Packaging is both a symbol of societys consumption habits and reflection of its progress. The user expects it to have better strength, easier handling, to be lighter, more aesthetic, safer from a hygiene point of view, etc. The manufacturer undertakes research and development to meet these demands and to offer a high quality product. In addition to its standard attributes, today's packaging just also contributes to protecting the environment, and certainly must not damage it besides being friendly to human health. PP oriented strips are becoming increasingly popular in India & have caught the eye of many end users for their requirement of packing materials. They have become popular on account of their inertness towards chemical, moisture & excellent resistance towards rotting & fungus attack. They are non toxic. Lighter in weight & have more advantages than conventional bags. Polypropylene Bags Polypropylene is a form of plastic. It’s available in a wide variety of forms but is essentially a flexible resin polymer. While the formal chemical name for the material is polypropylene, the generic layman’s term is non-woven simply because it’s really a large sheet of plastic and not a woven fabric. The material has been debossed to give it the appearance of woven cloth, yet it is really a non-woven material. Polypropylene bags are made from virgin polypropylene plastic. Polypropylene bags are versatile, attractive bags most commonly used for packaging small items such as beads and lollies. These bags can be sealed with a heat sealer like many other plastic bags. While polypropylene is similar to cello, polypropylene bags are much clearer with neater seals, and have the advantage of being less expensive than cello bags. ? Uses It is used for Packaging of Cement, Fertilizers, Tarpaulins, Sugar, Plastics Polymers, Food grains, Chemicals, Salt, Bale Coverings & sand. Market Survey Woven bags enjoy a good market in India and will continue to do so in the coming years. Plastic woven sacks are rapidly replacing jute bags because they have often various advantages over the conventional jute fabrics as packaging materials. They have excellent chemical resistance; they are light in weight and more suitable for packing of various chemicals in the form of granules and powder. They are also: stronger and can withstand much higher impact loads. Their elongation at break is 15 to 25 per cent compared to 3 per cent for jute; they are much cleaner, both in use and production and can be used to handle food products as they are resistant to fungal attack. Because of such superior properties of plastic woven bags, it has high demand everywhere. Cement industry is increasing day by day. The packaging industry is estimated at Rs 150 bn and is growing at 14-15% annually. This growth, according to industry watchers, is expected to double in the next two years. It is estimated that more than 80% of packaging in India constitutes rigid packaging and the rest being flexible. The per capita consumption of the packaging industry is only 3 kgs as compared to 100 kgs in developed countries. This is an indication of the market potential of the packaging industry. In the packaging segment, laminated products are the fastest growing segment, which was growing at a rate of 15%. In order to meet the expanding demand, cement companies are fast developing new plants. The cement industry is poised to add 111 MT of annual capacity by the end of 2009 to 10 (FY 2010), riding on the back of approximately 141 outstanding cement projects.