Intelpack buoyed by 6000 visitors

The three-day Intelpack 2015 hosted at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, and organised by Intel Trade Fairs & Expositions was upbeat about packaging, as confirmed by the exhibitors.

20 Apr 2015 | By PrintWeek India & Rushikesh Aravkar

The packaging show, which concluded on 16 April 2015, attracted 6403 visitors in three days, informed Aditya Ashok of Intel Trade Fairs & Expositions in conversation with PrintWeek India.

Aditya said, “The number is quite high as we could  attract new packaging users from across the interiors of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.”

The major players at the show, which celebrated its Silver Jubilee, were end of the line packaging solution providers, who exhibited form-fill-seal machines, coding and marking systems, labelling machines, gluing systems, pouching machines, etc.

The key names were Bosch, Nichrome, Wraptech, Videojet, Hilda Automation, Multivac, Maharshi Udhyog, Electronica Finance, Robatech, Signode India, etc.

While the show featured exhibitors from the packaging fraternity, there were also several new companies wooing customers. PrintOMake and TechNova shared the stall space with Bhavmark Systems.
 

TechNova’s Parag Pimple was hands-on with the SmartJet digital label press flaunting its multi-colour variable data printing capabilities and bouquet of applications. “Many brand owners as well as flexo players saw a benefit in this machine during the three days,” said Pimple. “The Memjet-based system can be used for making proofs and labels for mock-ups and dummies, making it a must-have solution for converters as well as print buyers.”

Mumbai-based PrintOMake’s Jash Chokshi and Yash Mevada exhibited a 3D printing kit and extruded caps, closures and bottles prototypes live at the show.

Robatech, which is celebrating 40 years of operations in 2015, offered 40 months warranty on all hotmelt systems. Jijesh Bhaskaran manned Robatech’s stand showcasing hotmelt applicator heads for packaging applications.
 
Welbound India highlighted their newly developed Hotcase 500 hot-melt gluing machine which is yet to make a commercial launch in India. The made in India machine is supported by Nordson on the gluing system, and Henkel, which makes new generation adhesives for this system.

The exhibition also saw a host of inkjet experts boasting about their latest solutions in marking and coding segment. Domino, Condot, Videojet, Hitachi, Monotech, Mark Vi Trac Systems, Markem Imaje and Rea Electronic among others highlighted track and trace systems.

The Intel team now gears up for the PrintExpo. “The PrintExpo 2015 will be held from 12 to 14 June 2015 at Chennai Trade Centre. With 250+ exhibitors from India and overseas the PrintExpo 2015 and will attract over 12,000 trade visitors,” said Aditya.