PrintPack 2011 Preview: Exhibitors (A-M)

A buoyant Indian print industry is set to showcase trends and technologies during the six days of the show. Somya Kedia and Noel D'cunha preview PrintPack India and the stalls to watch.

12 Jan 2011 | By Rahul Kumar

Abhikruti Digi-soft
Hall 12A / Stall 68
Abhikruti provides pre-press solutions in the shape of ready to use instant colour images, designs and artworks for DTP units and graphic designers.
Products to watch DVDs of colour images and designs, ID making software, face finishing, colour correction and print management softwares.
Contact S Vijaya Sarathi, +91 866 2439327/abhikrutidigisoft@gmail.com


Acme Machinery Company
Hall 11 / Stall 39
The company since 1961 has been manufacturing and exporting machinery plants used in the creation of finished products like corrugated boxes, exercise notebooks, grocery paper bags and packaging, and print finishing machinery. The company started its export with a corrugated box making plant installed in Bangladesh. Since then it has been exporting to countries like Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, East and West Africa, USA and China achieving "a turnover of over a million dollars".
Company speak According to Hemang Shah of Acme, the company’s team of professional engineers and technicians have been developing new lines and allied machinery to match the modern age requirement. "We are very excited to display our latest machinery at PrintPack India 2011."
Products to watch Automatic and semi-automatic corrugated board and box making machinery plant; exercise notebook making machinery and printing finishing machinery.
Contact Hemang Shah, +91 22 2551 8978/info@acmemachinery.net/ www.acmemachinery.net


Acme Machinery (India) Pvt. Ltd
Hall 12A / Stall 18
Acme Machinery (India) has been serving the industry since the last 50 years. The firm manufactures and exports a wide spectrum of paper and board printing, packaging and converting machines.
Company speak Dipti Ketan Shah, director, Acme Machinery says: "Our firm is a recognised and trusted name in paper and board printing along with packaging and converting industry. We make sure we participate in the top-notch domestic and international exhibitions, one of them being PrintPack."
Products to watch Carton folder and gluers; exercise notebook making; automatic double reel ruling; paper cutting machine.  
Contact  Dipti Ketan Shah, +91 22 2403 7398, 2403 8823/ acme@acmeindia.com/ www.acmeindia.com


Anil Agencies
Hall 2 / Stall 5  
The firm is a trading group which specialises in paper. Product range include paper from national and inter-national manufacturers for printing, packaging and binding boards, covering and binding material; adhesives, printing inks, binding accessories and box making machines.
Company speak Anil Agencies is committed to providing a one-stop solution by offering a wide range of products for the graphic industry. Participating  in PrintPack "gives us the desired exposure," says Sanjeev Sharma, deputy manager of Anil Agencies.
Products to watch The firm will have on display BILT, Conqueror, Smurfit Kappa paper products, covering material, binding accessories, adhesive, box making machine and eco-friendly inks.
Contact Sanjeev Sharma +91 11 41704555, 41705046/hr@anilagencies.com t


Century Machines
Hall 12 / Stall 24,24A  
The Mumbai-based Century Machines manufactures and exports die-cutting and creasing platen punching machines.
Company speak The company’s 60x100 inch platen press are, according to the company, extra heavy duty, and boasts of an impressive customer base.
Products to watch Die-cutter and creasing platen punching machines.
Contact Jesbir S Dadila, +91 22 32420001/66949412 century@century-machines.com  www.century-machines.com

Excel Graphic Machinery
Hall 5 / Stall 2
Established in 2004, the company manufactures products under hydraulic machinery such as edge squaring press; book and board press; nipping press; nipping and mashing press; round corner cutting press; waste paper baling press.
Company speak A company communique says: " The company will exhibit its new product launches at PrintPack India 2011, thus looking forward to a great business at the show. The firm will stand a good position in wining new clients and strengthen its market share."
Products to watch Programmable/hydaulic paper cutting machine; semi-automatic case making machine; hydaulic dual press which is for producing stationery products.
Contact Jeetendra Ghude, +91 7104 325941/ sales@excelgrafic.com


Fujifilm India
Hall 12A / Stall 30A
Established in 1934, Fujifilm started as a photographic film manufacturer and gradually expanded to manufacture consumables and equipment for the graphic art industry. The company has completed 75 years in 2009.
Company speak "The Luxel V6e, which is an entry level CTP allows the level of automation and productivity to be tailored, even after initial investment, with field upgradable options. The latest Zac technology can save 80% of chemical usage in Fuji thermal plates," says Padmakar Ojale, country general manager graphic arts at Fujifilm India.
Products to watch Pro V (low chemistry violet plates), Pro T2 (thermal processless plate), XR 2000 (waste reduction unit of violet developer and replenisher), Zac technology (to save the chemistry usage on thermal plates and Luxel V6e platesetter.
Contact Padmakar Ojale, +91 22 42364000 / padmakar.ojale@fujifilmindia.com


Fortec Binding Systems
Hall 2 / Stall 1B
Established in 2006 in Coimbatore, the firm manufactures hard-case binding and other book finishing machinery with desired forms and perfection. It aims to provide the global market with superlative quality machines by making use of the latest technology and innovations. The Coimbatore-based company also has two other manufacturing units in India running successfully with the R&D department.   
Company speak Rohin Kumar, managing director, Fortec says: "We aim to offer the printing industry with total solutions for the book finishing as one-stop-shop which ensures that clients opt for us." The company targets customers facing manual problems like low investment capacity, labour problems along with others.  "Hence, our products are specially designed in this segment. Being a visionary and a strategic organisation, we believe in growing together with our valuable customers."
Products to watch Fortec will showcase its latest model Fortec Casing-in along with products like Fortec 600, 800 FT, 1000 Foto, 4 Fold with PLC systems – case making machines, JF 450 joint forming machine, Fortec board-to-board pasting machine.
Contact Rohin Kumar, +91 422 2439006/ 4384515/ rohin@fortec.in/www.fortec.in / www.casemakingmachine.com


Galaxy Printers
Hall 3 / Stall 2  
Galaxy Printers is an importer of spare parts especially for Heidelberg offset machines.
Company speak According to Major H R Chopra of Galaxy Printers, the spare parts supplied by the firm are not t manufactured by Heidelberg. "These are manufactured by other manufacturers abroad, who make quality spare parts," says Chopra.
Products to watch The firm has a wide range of parts including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and consumables.
Contact Major H R Chopra, 011 26388302/03 gal_printers@yahoo.co.in


Grafik Machinery Exchange India
Hall 10 / Stall 1B  
Established in 1989, Grafik Machinery Exchange India has been manufacturing and exporting automatic coating devices, UV curing systems, carton pasting machine, carton folding and gluing machines, cache cover folder gluer and screen printing machines. The company also imports cutting sticks for all types of paper cutting machines, ink cleaning knives for printing machines and UV lamps from USA.
Company speak Grafik believes that gaining trust is important and that can be achieved by delivering quality and satisfactory after-sales service. Vimal Jain, co-partner of Grafik, says: "The demand for printing business is growing, particularly in the packaging segment, which is easier to cater to because your clients and the job parameters are fixed and rarely change."
Products to watch Print Plus Coat, a coating device for sheetfed offset presses. The company will also introduce a roller-coater with electronic coating control, which it claims is a first in India.
Contact Kanishk Jain, 011 26918696/26312650 www.grafikmachinery.com


Guru Nanak Printing Machines
Hall 11 / Stall 62, 72
Since 1962, the company has been the leading manufacturers and exporters of machines in paper cutting, die punching, hot foil printing, film lamination, wire stitching, rotary sticker half cutting, creasing cum perforating and paper corrugating. With the firm’s outstanding performances in productivity, quality and innovation, it has obtained a great deal of credibility in the domestic and International market.
Company speak Amit Pal Singh, marketing director, says: "For the last 50 years, Guru Nanak Printing Machines is known for its quest for quality and technology enhancement in their products. PrintPack is a great platform in the current market scenario wherein the companies get an opportunity to showcase their latest and innovative products at the domestic and international levels."
Products to watch Automatic paper cutting machine, die- punching machine, film lamination machine, rotary sticker half cutting, creasing-cum-perforating machine and paper corrugating plant and machinery.
Contact  Amit Pal Singh, 0183 2582511, 2580914/ gurunanakmachines@vsnl.com/www.gurunanakmachines.com


Hi-tech Systems
Hall 12A / Stall 20,22  
Established in 1989, Hi-tech is one of the leading names in the short-run, on demand and quick print solutions business. Hi-tech has more than 600 machines installed across India and operates from four locations.
Company speak "We at Hi-tech Systems see PrintPack India 2011 as an ideal opportunity to showcase our wide range of post-press equipment," says Parag Shah, managing director of Hi-tech. Shah believes that providing solutions on how to improve ROI with ease and speed, is the way to go. "We have already launched our campaign to invite all our contacts to visit the show, and as usual, we expect a good crowd to see our
new launches."
Products to watch Hi-tech will be launching the Easy fold t machine from Bacciottini, Italy; Photobok solution from Opus, Poland; and low cost visiting card cutters for A3 size substrates besides displaying a wide range of post-press machines.
Contact Parag Shah, +91 22 4004 9889/hitech456@gmail.com


Indo Poly Machines Corporation
Hall 4 / Stall 4
An ISO 9001: 2008 certified company has ten years of experience in the manufacturing industry. The firm, a leading manufacturer and exporter in India to produce Poly-Master grinding machines, efficiently works in India as well as abroad. The company is also engaged in the supply of other machines which work for printing, packaging and binding industry.
Company speak Gaurav Mahajan, marketing manager, says: "PrintPack provides us with a platform to meet the needs of pre-press, press and post-press equipment, all under one roof. We will also get an opportunity to get familiar with other products related to printers, publishers and stationery manufacturers."
Products to watch Poly Master automatic knife sharpening machine; Poly Master automatic surface-cum-edge grinding machine with electro magnet chuck application; Poly Master paper cutting knives/blades for all Indian and imported paper cutting machines.
Contact  Gaurav Mahajan, +91 183 5068174, 5095174/ gmahajan@indopolymachines.com


KMI Business Technologies
Hall 7B / Stall B8  
KMI Business Technologies is one of the authorised national distributor for Konica Minolta (KM), Japan for over 15 years. KMI distributes the Bizhub presses in India. KMI recently launched the C6000 and C7000 series in Mumbai and Chennai. Besides, it has a customer base of over 50 installations of KM’s Bizhub Pro C6500 and C6501 presses. KMI also represents Develop brand of copiers and MFPS.
Company speak According to Nilesh Shah, managing director of KMI, "The Bizhub Press C6000 series is comprised of big-iron production systems that will meet rising production needs in corporate, commercial and print-for-pay applications, and print professionals will see an immediate difference with the brilliant, natural image quality."
Products to watch The firm will have on display the KM C6000 and the Bizhub 164 presses; and Develop model INEO +280.
Contact Brahmendra Pathak, +91 971153180, Pravesh Dakoria 9910773555/ sales@kmi.co.in


Manugraph India
Hall 4 / Stall 1
Established in the year 1972, Manugraph India, is India’s largest manufacturer of web offset presses. It is the first Indian company to have achieved a breakthrough in exporting "Made in India" printing machines to advanced countries such as Germany, France, UK & USA as early as in 1994-95. Manugraph has significant presence in the international market and publishers from South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and the CIS countries have invested in Manugraph presses.
Company speak Sanat Shah, chairman at Manugraph India, says, "We have received overwhelming response for our Smartline 4x1 machine which is the double width machine along with F1270 folder designed by Manugraph DGM featuring 2:3:4 cylinder configuration. This will play a significant role in revenue generation in the coming years. sets technology benchmarks for the industry."
Product to watch Cityline Express with integrated autopaster, a space saving design and Smartline 4x1 with a speed of 70000 copies per hour along with the F1270 folder designed by Manugraph DGM featuring 2:3:4 cylinder configuration.
Contact I K Dogra +91 22 22874815 / ik.dogra@manugraph.com


Megabound
Hall 3 / Stall 8,8A  
The company was established in 2001 and is a manufacturer of case binding and perfect binding machines for various post-press and binding operations. The company provides the machine according to the customer needs and specifications – and caters to the clients in Nepal, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand and Malayasia.
Company speak "Megabound has experienced tremendous response from the printing industry. The finishers have shown great interest in our product. The indigenous design of the machines which are very simple to operate and maintain has been our main advantage. Besides the  machines are not very expensive. At the show, we will demonstrate our strength, covering complete range of  t machinery," says Srinivas Reddy, managing director at Megabound.
Products to watch Case-making machines, casing-in machine, joint forming machine, edge squaring machine and single-clamp and three-clamp perfect binding machines.
Contact Srinivas Reddy, +91 80 2328 2520, 2328 4540/ megabound.blore@gmail.com


M D Engineering Works
Hall 4 / Stall 3A
The firm manufactures programmable paper cutting machines under the brand name of Microcut and the range include fully automatic, computer-controlled, high-speed paper cutting machines which are available in a variety of dimensions and capacities.
Company speak The company has been manufacturing paper cutting machines. Raval Kunal, partner at M D Engineering Works, says: "We are now targeting to reach our product across the nation and hence have chosen PrintPack India, the biggest platform in India for buying and selling of printing and packaging machinery."
Products to watch High speed ‘Microcut’ programmable paper cutting machine.
Contact Raval Kunal, +91-79-29292097/microcutindia@hotmail.com/ contact@microcut.co.in/
www.microcut.co.in


Micro Mechanical Works
Hall 4 / Stall 7  
Micro Mechanical Works manufactures and exports corrugating machinery. Established in 1963, Micro claims to have pioneered the manufacture of paper corrugated packaging machinery, which till then were imported from developed countries like Japan.
Company speak Micro has won national awards for its innovative products in 1978 and 1985; Export Promotion Council Awards in 1981 and 1986 and the Indian Institute of Packaging’s Panmach Award in 1992 and 1996 for design and development of its three-colour flexo printer-slotter cum rotary die-cutter. "At the show we will be demonstrating our strength, covering complete range of machinery including the single/double wall corrugators," says Surinder Bhurjee, partner at Micro.
Products to watch Range of high speed facers, shaftless mill roll stand, rotary sheetcutters, die-cutters, flexo board printer, semi auto flute laminator, thin knife creaser-slitter, auto stacker, slotters, glueing machines, platen die-cutter and auto folder gluer.
Contact Surinder Bhurjee, +91 22 25704446, 25704447, 25704448/ info@micromechworks.com


Multi Hitech
Hall 12A / Stall 72
Multi Hitech is a team of printing machine engineers and professionals who have been in the trade for over 20 years. Its areas of specialisation include printing machinery spares, maintenance and marketing. The firm launched its Straight Gripping Attachment (SGA) at Ipex 2006 and is available for all models of Heidelberg presses.
Company speak D K Garg of Multi Hitech, says: "The recurring wear and tear of the ‘pincer gripper’ and it’s financial burden on the owner gave us the idea of developing an alternative." The firm has till date converted 24 machines, three of which includes conversion from repeat clients.
Products to watch Attachments and equipment for Heidelberg presses
Contact D K Garg, +91 9810201637/multihitech@gmail.com & dkgarg45@gmail.com

PrintPack 2011 Preview II: Exhibitors (L-Z)