Printers showcase their strength at PackPlus 2015

Usually, at a print show, printers/converters are seen as visitors, with machine manufacturers going all out to woo them. At PackPlus Delhi, however, printers have always joined the show as participants. This time at PackPlus Delhi, which was held from 31 July to 2 August 2015 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, print converters from across the country ruled the roost at the show.

03 Aug 2015 | By Rahul Kumar

While at first, the overwhelming presence of printers as exhibitors was a slightly strange sight, we soon found an emerging trend: Over the years, PackPlus has consolidated its place not just a show for converters but also a show for print buyers.
 
Among others, we had big name companies like Noida-based Any Graphics, Hyderabad-based Pragati Pack India, Gurgaon-based A&A Labels, Delhi-based Anupam Art Printers and Palwal-based PR Packaging. It was the first time for Anupam and PR, while the rest of the three are regular exhibitors at the show.
 
Any Graphics, a rising name in label printing, surprised each and every visitor, who came to its stall, with its innovative product samples. Naveen Goel, second generation of the family owned business, said, “We always received good responses at PackPlus. We expect the same from this edition of PackPlus. We have new labels, boxes and other print samples for our customers to see.”
 
Established by Kuldip Goel, Any Graphics has invested in an array of equipment, including a Heidelberg XL 75 seven-colour press, Bobst die-cutter and folder-gluer and Emmeci rigid box-making machine.
 
Another award winning company, Pragati Pack, the sister concern of Hyderabad-based Pragati Offset, also showcased its print samples, including rigid boxes, different kind of labels and other packaging materials.
 
Maneesh Divetia of Pragati Pack said, “We are here with our latest innovations and products for our customers. PackPlus is one of the perfect places to showcase such kind of products. Yes, print buyers seek innovation and demands will increase in future.”
 
Pragati Pack has invested in an MPS EB 370, an eight-colour narrow-web label printing press recently. The machine will be shipped in September.
 
Established in 1995, A&A Labels is a regular exhibitor at PackPlus. Owned by the Jain family, the company recently installed India’s first Lombardi, a 17-inch eight-colour full servo UV press. The company’s label printing facility is equipped with Mark Andy and Multitec narrow-web presses, including a dome label-making machine, and fully equipped pre- and post-press facility.
 
Anubhav Jain, second generation of the family-owned business is clear about his vision for the future. “We want to cater to print buyers directly and this is what we do. We always work for profit, not for volume,” he said. “We invested in the Lombardi for several reasons. One of the main reasons is the single-man operation facility of the machine.” Jain believes that demand of labels in India will grow with more and more brands coming to the country.
 
Anupam Art Printers, established 1972, was the only commercial printer who showcased its services and products at PackPlus 2015. Vaibhav Jain, the young mind at the helm of Anupam Art Printers, said, “We want to cater to the market which wants quality work and innovation. Clients want something interesting. There is no sense in running your machines for simple four-colour jobs.”
 
The company has established ‘Fusion Design Studio’ at its facility and Jain said perhaps the company is one of the few initiators or only initiator who took this kind of initiative. “We felt that it was a necessity and now, we can monitor the product from conception to delivery, and it gives us the strength to play with each and every corner of the product,” he said.
 
The Fusion Design Studio is equipped with professional photographers and designers. Anupam Art Printers has three units in Delhi and recently installed two automatic cutting machines from Heidelberg, Polar 115.
 
A&A Labels and Anupam Art Printers are owned by the Jain family. The print production business was started by Vijayendra Kumar Jain in 1972.
 
Another first-time printer-exhibitor at PackPlus was PR Packaging. Established in 1991, the printing packaging company has diversified into lamitubes. Ravinder Gupta of PR Packaging said, “This is our first show as an exhibitor. We have entered into lamitubes now. Thus, we are into rigid and flexible packaging. We are also expanding our existing print production facility.”
 
Apparently, the packaging print production company has also invested in a new multicolour German made sheetfed printing press. PR Packaging also manufacturers A- to E-flute corrugation boxes.