Nataraj Tholasi, chairman at Tholasi Prints India, said, “We are already running out of space in our two printing plants located in the city. The new plant which is located in Peenya industrial area will be ready by May 2013. The 25,000sq/ft will house all the brand-new equipment.”
The commercial printing firm has plans to foray into packaging with CD 102 press and investment in die-cutter and folder-gluer machine.
He added, “We are traditionally commercial printing firm but we are also planning to venture into packaging segment. We see tremendous growth opportunity in packaging. Keeping this as a target, we have already invested in Heidelberg CD 102 which is being installed and commissioned and are planning to invest in die-cutter and folder-gluer machine. For post-press machines, we have not finalised the manufacturer.”
The recent blast in Bengaluru took place behind Tholasi Prints India’s unit in Malleshwaram but according to the firm it did not have any effect on its operations.
Established in 1984, apart from having hotel, jewellery business, Tholasi Prints India is also into publishing business and publishes ‘What’s up Bengalore’, a lifestyle magazine which is the official city guide partner for Bengaluru international airport.