1. 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

2. 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..