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Media Expo Mumbai

The exhibition boasts of 150 exhibitors, over 400 brands, 600 products, and 100 running machines

ASPA to unveil State of Counterfeiting in India 2025 report

In collaboration with CRISIL, ASPA will launch a sector-focused counterfeiting report at the Mumbai conference, highlighting risks and authentication strategies across pharma, FMCG and agriculture

Kongsberg to demonstrate digital cutting at Pamex

Kongsberg precision cutting systems is using Pamex 2026 to showcase how its digital cutting platforms support prototyping, sample-making, and flexible production workflows

Pamex 2026 Preview: Renuka Softec to Sri Vishnu Print Point

At Pamex 2026, exhibitors including Renuka Softec, SASG UV Solutions, Shreeji Corporation, S K Kumar Multiproducts, SP Cards, and Sri Vishnu Print Point will present ERP software, UV curing, digital printing, inspection, and finishing solutions.

Konica Minolta brings ‘Feel the Potential’ to life at Pamex 2026

The theme reflects the company’s belief that the real value of technology emerges when customers can see, assess, and apply it within practical production environments

Anil Madule of Pratham Technologies passes away

Anil Madule, senior business development leader at Pratham Technologies, passed away in Pune on 31 December 2025. He was 34

Konica Minolta to highlight digital growth, automation at Pamex 2026

At Pamex 2026, Konica Minolta will showcase a focused portfolio of digital production, label, embellishment, and workflow solutions aimed at helping Indian printers improve productivity, automation, and application-led growth across commercial print, labels, and emerging packaging segments

Print Summit 2026

This year’s line-up is set to bring a different energy

Pamex 2026

Pamex 2026 will showcase the latest in printing machinery, labels, flexible packaging, paper converting, corrugated packaging, textile printing, signage and allied industries

Kamal Chopra outlines roadmap for self-reliant print

Speaking to a packed audience comprising entrepreneurs, policymakers, and engineers, Prof Kamal Chopra outlined a vision of an industry growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%, driven by resilience and a move toward self-reliance.

Fire guts Bhagwati Paper Mill in Kaladera

Dozen fire tenders battled the blaze, it was reported that the factory lacked fire safety clearance

Three Indian plants receive Wan-Ifra certificate

ABP Kolkata and The Times of India’s Ahmedabad and Delhi-Sahibabad units recognised for verified greenhouse gas emissions reporting

Remembering Ashwin Basavar: The man who never stopped smiling

Ashwin Binding Works, a prestigious post-press unit established in 1960 by Shamaldas Vitthaldas Bhavsar in Ahmedabad's Shahpur area, was the foundation of Ashwin Bhai's life

Government likely to revise print media ad rates by 26%: Reports

If confirmed, this would mark the first major revision since 2019, when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) approved a 25% hike in rates issued by the Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC), then known as the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP).

Manipal Technologies wins PrintWeek Company of the Year; Check the full winners list

The 15th edition of the PrintWeek Awards 2025 honoured the finest achievers across India’s print, publishing and packaging ecosystem, celebrating innovation, craftsmanship and the spirit of collaboration that define the industry

Adobe rejoins the Ghent Workgroup

With Adobe rejoining, the Ghent Workgroup strengthens its position as a collaborative platform shaping the next generation of print and PDF standards worldwide

FESPA Middle East 2026

FESPA Middle East 2026 is a leading event uniting global print and signage communities, providing a platform for key industry brands to meet face-to-face in the Middle East

Siegwerk joins PrintWeek Awards as a sponsor

Siegwerk is joining PrintWeek Awards as a co-presenting sponsor for the Green Company of the Year category.

Heidelberg joins as a sponsor for PrintWeek Awards 2025

Heidelberg is co-presenting the PrintWeek awards 2025 which will be held on 13 October at the Westin in Powai, Mumbai.

Brother unveils six ink tank printers

On 10 September, Brother International India launched six new ink tank printers in New Delhi

Jury Meet Day Two: A world of possibilities in digital printing

The focus of the day was on digital printing, pre-media, photo digital albums, fine art printing, and the innovative packaging converter of the year. From fine art reproductions to wedding albums, the jury praised the creativity, binding quality and innovative use of substrates that defined this year’s submissions.

Jury Meet Day One: Innovative printing takes centre stage

The jury concluded that printers are experimenting with different papers for different types of books, enhancing the printability of substrates and raising the overall quality of book production.

Print in Andheri continues to accelerate

Andheri in Mumbai is a digital printing powerhouse. The print firms in this busy suburb of Mumbai have a unique approach to print. Prabhat Prakash and Sai Deepthi report

Women to Watch Awards: Celebrating excellence and inspiring future leaders

From packaging professionals to sales champions, graphic designers and CEOs, the awards showcased the diversity of talent and how their achievements cannot be underwritten. There is a growing need for promoting women in printing and packaging, and these women are leading it. Anhata Rooprai and Sai Deepthi write

Diamond Agencies' 20-year journey with Bindwel’s BW2500 V24

The company, led by Ankit Arya, recently installed the Bindwel BW2500 V24 to meet growing production needs.

Federation of Indian Publishers joins Digital Print Asia 2025 as Knowledge Partner

Digital Print Asia 2025 scheduled for 21–22 August 2025.

The reinvention of Magic International’s print legacy

With roots dating back to a small Delhi press, Magic International has grown into a book and stationery powerhouse. Now operating in Greater Noida, the family-run business blends scale, and innovation to meet both domestic and global demand. Ashish Batra, the executive director of the company talks to Rahul Kumar and Treya Sinha

Indian innovation occupies centerstage in Beijing

The event was attended by over 150 global industry leaders, spotlighted sustainable, intelligent, and integrated innovations.

Industry reacts to Trump’s tariff decision

The tariffs are among a spate of tariffs announced for 180 countries that have sent global markets into a freefall.

Eklavya Foundation awarded Publisher of the Year 2024

The Publishing Next Industry Awards ceremony was held in New Delhi where awards were presented in eleven categories.

Labelexpo India 2024 preview: Elkem South Asia - GEW

PrintWeek spotlights the Top 55 exhibitors at Labelexpo India, the boutique event at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, taking place from 14-17 November 2024. Here is the third lot.

Post Script: Ketki Sute

Ketki Sute works as a deputy general manager (sales and marketing) at Jupiter Laminators

CMPL Expo 2024

CMPL, the FMCG contract manufacturing and private label sourcing event is set to take place at Yashobhoomi Convention Centre, New Delhi on 28 and 29 November, 2024.

Pallippuram Sajith: We democratised the trade

We ensured that exceptional quality and precision were within reach for everyone in the industry, says Pallippuram Sajith of Bindwel-Stelda group, which is the Platinum Partner of PrintWeek Awards 2024 (Bindwel and SigLoch)

Sun Chemical to showcase sustainable solutions at Infoflex 2024

A pioneer in the development of sustainable solutions for the packaging industry, Sun Chemical will unveil its latest innovations at Infoflex 2024 in Kansas City, US.

Fumbh Designs becomes first in J&K to get HP Latex 730W

Kashmir-based Fumbh Designs has installed the HP Latex 730W wide-format printer, supplied by HG Solutions, expanding its application portfolio with white ink-enabled premium signage and canvas printing

Pamex 2026 Preview: NBG Printographic to Pratham technologies

Exhibitors at Pamex 2026 are presenting solutions across substrates, consumables, inspection, automation, and end-to-end packaging lines, reflecting the industry’s focus on productivity, quality, and operational efficiency

Pamex 2026 Preview: Gayathri machinery to Minosha india

Exhibitors at Pamex 2026 are focusing on solutions that help printers and converters improve efficiency, quality, sustainability, and long-term profitability.

Pamex 2026 Preview: 3S Graphic Solutions to Finsys Infotech

From automation and embellishment to chemicals, substrates, ERP, and finishing, a diverse group of exhibitors at Pamex 2026 is showcasing technologies aimed at productivity, quality, and future-ready print and packaging operations.

Pamex 2026 Preview: True Colors Solutions to Webtech International

Pamex 2026 is serving as a platform for live demonstrations and new launches, as exhibitors present digital, flexo, and finishing solutions designed for speed, flexibility, and premium output

ITC seeks CCI nod to acquire ABREL’s pulp and paper business

The proposed INR 3,498-crore transaction marks ITC’s move to expand its paper and packaging segment, while ABREL sharpens its focus on real estate.

Digital Print Asia 2025 set for August in Jaipur

Digital Print Asia 2025, organised at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre (JECC) in Jaipur, on 21-22 August, will explore advancements in digital printing.

GSE to present ink dispensing and software solutions at Labelexpo Europe

Labelexpo Europe 2025 will be held in Barcelona from 16 to 19 September 2025

ITC’s Gujarat factory in the June issue of PrintWeek

The cover story of the June edition of PrintWeek is how packaging has galvanised ITC’s Gujarat factory.

Bobst signals India shift with India-built NovaFFG 1024

At its first flexo folder gluer open house outside Europe, Bobst put the spotlight on its made-in-India NovaFFG 1024 and the region’s growing role in corrugated board packaging. Prabhat Prakash and Sai Deepthi report from Bobst plant in Pirangut, Pune.

Vapi Products Industries receives EcoVadis silver rating for sustainability

VPI is an Indian manufacturer of specialty chemicals, including resins and emulsions used in water-based printing inks and coatings. The company operates an in-house R&D facility and has over four decades of experience in the specialty chemicals and packaging industry.

Havas Media India announces senior leadership elevations

Ramsai Panchapakesan has been elevated to president for investments and partnerships. Binu Thomas has been elevated to managing partner for investments and buying. Lastly, Manish Sharma has been elevated to president for Arena India, which is part of Havas Media Network India.

Preserving art through prints: The journey of Kedar Bhide and Nature Works

Kedar Bhide, founder of Nature Works, has built a fine art printing studio in Thane (Maharashtra) that is much more than just a business. Born from his passion for photography and conservation, Nature Works offers archival prints for artists and photographers, combining technical expertise with a deep appreciation for art. Vimal Parmar takes us through Bhide’s unique journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship, and his vision for the future of fine art printing in India

Labelexpo India 2024 preview: Acme Rolltech - Baldwin Vision Systems

PrintWeek spotlights the Top 55 exhibitors at Labelexpo India, the boutique event at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, taking place from 14-17 November 2024. Here is the first lot.

PrintPack India 2025

The Indian Printing Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) is set to hold the 16th edition of PrintPack India at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR from 1 - 5 February, 2025.

Paperex South India 2024

Organised by Hyve India, the 7th edition of Paperex South India is to be held at Chennai Trade Centre from 5 - 7 December, 2024.

Inside Optima: Exploring DIC India's plant in Gujarat

In an exclusive interview with PrintWeek, Paul Koek, regional managing director, and Manish Bhatia, managing director India at DIC, shed light on the future of manufacturing and the role of Optima in this journey

Spotlight on women in the industry on jury day

The Women to Watch jury day is underway. Six jury members will scrutinise the entries that will celebrate the clout of women in the print and packaging industry. As Naheed Sorabjee, director at HaymarketSac said, “It is very important for women to see role models. Today there are women selling plates and chemistry or operating digital presses.”

Product of the month: Fujifilm Revoria Press PC 1120

The new Revoria Press PC 1120 from Fujifilm is a high-speed digital colour production printer poised to transform the production printing market with its value addition, efficiency and precision, Kentaro Imafuku of Fujifilm India tells Rahul Kumar.

Canon India launches mobile services 

Canon India has announced the launch of Canon Care and Mobile CMP mobile applications along with the introduction of WhatsApp services.

Fespa’s Coffee Break webinars to return in May

Fespa has announced the return of its popular ‘Coffee Break’ webinars. Hosted by Fespa’s head of associations and technical lead, Graeme Richardson-Locke, this second series will offer the opportunity for printers to hear from industry experts on relevant topics that sit under four content pillars: process control, sustainability, colour management and automation.

VA Mathew of Anaswara passes away

VA Mathew (68), director, Anaswara Offset in Kochi, member of KMPA passed away on 9 July 2019 after a brief period of illness.

INS asks govt to withdraw customs duty on newsprint

The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has requested the Centre to withdraw the 10% customs duty imposed on newsprint, uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers, and lightweight coated papers used for magazines, the organisation said on 8 July. The move comes in the wake of the imposition of customs duty announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union budget on 5 July 2019.

Industry insiders react to Union Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her first presentation of the Union Budget on 5 July 2019, imposed 10% import duty on newsprint and 5% import duty on printed books. The rationale behind the 5% custom duty on imported books was “to encourage domestic publishing and printing industry”. Meanwhile imported newsprint, uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers and lightweight coated paper used for magazines will attract 10% custom duty.

HP acquires workflow partner OneFlow

HP will acquire workflow software developer OneFlow Systems in a deal set to deepen an established working partnership.

Report says digital print to be 21.1% of market share by 2024

Smithers Pira in its new market report, The Future of Digital vs Offset Printing to 2024, discusses how digital print has risen from 13.5% in 2014 to 21.1% or USD862.7bn by 2024. In 2019, the total market share by value for digital print is 17.4%.

A tale of two millennials

The PrintWeek India team speaks to Omkar Labhade and Janice Coutinho of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, to understand how the millennial perceive the Indian print industry.

GMG and Farb seminar demystifies colour

GMG and Farb hosted a full day seminar on colour management and colour measurement at the JW Marriott in Mumbai for more than 50 packaging professionals and brand owners. The aim: to underscore the importance of colour control and seek to demystify complex terminology and standards

It's time for book printers to invest in better equipment to stay ahead

P Sajith of Impel-Welbound charts the current state of book printing in India, with a special focus on educational books.

Cannes Lions 2019: India brings home 18 metals; a gold, five silvers and 12 bronzes

India took home a total of 18 Lions, including a gold, five silvers and 12 bronzes metals at the 2019 edition of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity held from 17 to 21 June 2019.

Digital only – not a solution to save trees

Uday Kotak, managing director of Kotak Mahindra thinks going digital saves trees. But does it? Not really, say leaders in paper and paperboard industry

NSIC to aid MSMEs in PackPlus participation

National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), a government of India enterprise working to promote, aid and foster the growth of MSMEs, has extended its support to PackPlus 2019

Pressman Solutions’ K Panthalaselvan delivers lecture on ‘Quality of Printing Industry’

Sivakasi-based Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College organised a guest lecture on ‘Quality of Printing Industry’, which was delivered by K Panthalaselvan, managing director of Pressman Solutions, Chennai and Idealliance South Asia on 28 June 2019.

The flood aftermath – is print back in business?

Nine months after the catastrophic deluge in Kerala, Raju N Kutty, treasurer, Kerala Master Printers Association visits seven printers to tell their tale of survival and courage

Women in Print: Nazreen Wadia

Nazreen Wadia works as a vice president- operations at Arrow Digital. She follows cricket and loves listening to music while cooking

DJ Bangara: Screen printing is very high-tech

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek India asks 15 questions about print and beyond

Startup Scentials raises Rs 25 cr from Unilever Ventures

Beauty and wellness company Scentials has announced that it has raised Rs 25 crore in a Series A funding led by Unilever Ventures, a venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever

Product of the Month: Novacut 106 3.0 flatbed die-cutter

You never know what sort of packaging product your customer is likely to entrust you with, at any time. Having the equipment to get the job done becomes vital, and Bobst’s newest version of the Novacut 106, the version 3.0 is a must-have, Venugopal Menon, business director, BU sheetfed – Indian subcontinent at Bobst tells PrintWeek India.

Me & My: Siegwerk Tempo Vibrant

Amol Borkar, director, Borkar Packaging has been using Siegwerk India inks for the last 15 years, but says the Tempo Vibrant range, is even better

Duty on imported books could restrict flow of knowledge

The Budget 2019-20 imposed an import duty of 5% on foreign-made books. I have been working in the publishing industry since 1974 and have not seen any customs duty on import of educational books. As part of the budget, the Minister of Finance has announced Rs 400-crore for higher education institutions (much appreciated by these institutions) to be “world class” but in the same breath, a 5% import duty on books has been imposed.

INS urges government to scrap customs duty on newsprint

The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has urged the government to withdraw the 10% customs duty imposed on newsprint, uncoated paper and lightweight coated paper used in printing newspapers and magazines.

Publishers unhappy with 5% duty on imported books

The government's decision to levy 5% customs duty on imported books has failed to find support among the Indian publishers. Publishers feel that if the government wanted to help the publishing industry, it should have eased the process of claiming GST-related benefits and make cheaper paper readily availability.

Entries start to trickle in for PWI Awards 2019

Days after announcing the launch of the 11th edition of PrintWeek India Awards 2019, entries from several print companies have started trickling in for the sought-after Awards in the Indian print industry.

The elements of a business plan

While most business schools and corporate houses / heads of businesses advocate business plans as a detailed document that covers every aspect of what a potential investor (either internal or external) may want to know, there are a number of softer aspects that rarely find a place in such a document. A business plan according to me has two parts – Part A deals with mental and attitudinal preparedness and Part B deals with market level and organisational preparedness. Most people focus excessively on Part B but seldom cover Part A because a certain level of confidence/enthusiasm/exuberance leaves little room to question the psychological preparedness required to walk through a maze of decision making and unforeseen circumstances.

Me & My: Rotoflex VSI online inspection device

Harish Gupta, director, Sai Com Codes Flexoprint, explains to Rahul Kumar how Rotoflex VSI helps him finish the job faster and more accurately

Tackling productivity challenges with packaging automation

FMCG manufacturers face an ever-expanding list of challenges, and no matter what product, the label has a crucial role to play. It affects everything from tracking capabilities to regulatory and legislative adherence. By optimising business processes, automated labelling could be the key to closing the productivity gap between businesses and their competitors. Charles Bryan, national accounts manager at Domino Printing Sciences, looks at five ways businesses can benefit from packaging automation.

PWI Awards 2019: Making photo albums a visual treat

Choosing the right substrate for albums and cover to provide the photograph with the necessary touch and feel, adhering to the trending customer demands, is a facet the PrintWeek India Jury team would be interested in for presenting the Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year Award 2019.

Shifting spotlight on paper

The industry celebrated Paper Day, organised by FPTA, on 1 August, with the agenda to meet the challenges the Indian paper industry faces, and to clear the misconception among the public that paper is harmful to the environment. Dibyajyoti Sarma and Rahul Kumar report

Amazon acquires 49% stake in Future Coupons

In a development, which has the potential to be a game-changer, eCommerce giant Amazon has taken a step forward to secure its presence in the brick-and-mortar retail space by acquiring a 49% stake in Future Coupons, a group entity owned by India’s second largest retail chain, Future Retail. This was announced by Future Retail in a regulatory filing on 22 August 2019.

Made in India: Pixeljet UV wide-format series from Monotech Systems

Manoj Garg of Monotech Systems explains to Rahul Kumar how its Pixeljet UV wide-format series of printers help signage service providers meet their demands

YesGo announces Esko workshop in Mumbai

Chennai-based YesGo will be conducting its first Esko workshop in Mumbai for Esko advanced software training for premedia, pre-press and packaging courses. The week long workshop will be hosted from 16-21 September, 2019.

Are the ‘big six' holding companies at risk of becoming obsolete?

As a journalistic conceit, a headline predicting the death of something is one of the oldest tricks in the book (just ask Tess Alps at Thinkbox how many times she’s had to rebut the accusation made at TV).

IRS 2019 Q2: TOI leads Mumbai, HT Delhi

The Indian Readership Survey data, released by the Media Research Users Council on 14 August 2019, revealed that the total readership of newspapers (read in last one month) is holding steady while the average issue readership (read yesterday) is on the decline. The survey found that the consumption of news on digital platforms has also been increasing.

Deccan Herald gets a revamp to attract younger readers

Karnataka-based English daily Deccan Herald introduced a new look this month, with a new masthead in aqua blue to attract younger audience. The new crisp, clean and contemporary layout has been designed by the Edinburgh-based Palmer Watson Words and Pictures Design Agency.

Ravinder Gupta: Every day we strive to improve

PrintWeek India in conversation with Ravinder Gupta, managing director and CEO of PR Packagings, Haryana.

TP Jain: Embrace the change and success will be yours

Rahul Kumar chats up with TP Jain, the owner of the Chennai-based company, Monotech Systems and charts its mercurial growth in the last two decades

PrintWeek Awards 2019: Registrations close on 30 August

For ten years the PrintWeek India Awards has been adding lustre to the reputation of the winners as well as the shortlisted firms. The meticulously chosen entries reveal the vibrancy, innovative streaks and surprises in our industry.

IRS 2019 Q2 reveals the fear of declining newspaper readership

It was always a murmur that the health of print media in the country is not in the finest of shape. The findings of the IRS 2019 Q2 (April-July 2019) only shines the light on the uncomfortable truth. That the readership was low even during elections, during which the fieldwork for this edition of the study would have taken place, shows that the readership is moving steadily to the digital media or consumption of news is going towards television.

PrintWeek India Awards 2019: Label printers will have to up the ante

Due to the changing market trends in labels, and disruptive labels being introduced year in and year out, selecting the real winner in this category has become a tough task for the PrintWeek India Awards jury members.

Preeti Vyas appointed president of Amar Chitra Katha

Amar Chitra Katha, the publishers of Amar Chitra Katha comics, Tinkle and National Geographic Traveller India, has announced the appointment of Preeti Vyas as president. The publisher has also signed a licensing deal with FunOKPlease, a venture founded by Vyas.

Product of the month: Horda ZDH-700 collapsible box forming machine

Packaging is an effective tool for storing marketing and establishing abrand value. But, storing the boxes especially in the retail stores is a challenge. Rohit Rajpal, director, Zhongke India says that China-based Horda, has that solution.

Kapil Gupta: Prices should remain stable in 2019

Kapil Gupta of Narisingh Dass & Co shares his insights on the latest trends in the paper market and predicts the changes in the paper price for 2019

Hiren Karia: The prices shall remain soft throughout 2019

Hiren Karia of Jay Raj Trading shares his insights on the latest trends in the paper market and predicts the changes in the paper price for 2019

Sagar Java: I expect the price level to be more or less same

Sagar Java of Java Paper Group shares his insights on the latest trends in the paper market and predicts the changes in the paper price for 2019

Nimesh Vora: There’ll be an upward movement of prices from May-June onwards

Nimesh vora of Srinivas Papers shares his insights on the latest trends in the paper market and predicts the changes in the paper price for 2019

The fastest growing paper market in the world

As cyclical paper prices continues to be the bone of contention, Sriraam Selvam studies the scenario

Avinashilingam University: Empowering the next generation

TKS Lakshmi Priya, Professor and HOD of printing technology at Avinashilingam Institute, Coimbatore talks to Printweek India about the vision of the Institute for the coming academic year.

Women Power: Gayathiri Madheswaran

With an intention to stand out from the crowd, Gayathiri Madheswaran considers print as her passion. She works for Rashid Printers, UAE as a manager- QC and lead auditor serving clients like Porsche, Toyota, Lexus, ICC (International Cricket Council) and various pharmaceuticals in UAE.

Bookwatch: Preeti Gill shares her favourite books on Partition

Preeti Gill, an independent editor and literary agent, shares her five favourite reads, including Partition stories, detective stories, and a novel on mental illness.

Women Power: Ramalakshmi Nizam

With experience of over 16 years in project management, administration and packaging development, Ramalakshmi Nizam works for GM Pens International as a manager- packaging development, SCM. She plays a major role in coordinating between the brand and manufacturing team and monitors the packaging development activities.

Women Power: Pavithra Kumari

Pavithra Kumari works as a print sourcing specialist for Williams Lea Tag, Chennai . She takes care of L’Oreal and DHL projects, supporting onsite team in order creation and print sourcing for EMEA region. Top names from her clientele include Elseiver (DACH), UBM Advanstar (US), Colgate (Asia Pacific).

Women Power: Shyamala Viswanathan

Shyamala Viswanathan works for Tech Mahindra as a manufacturing controller for Cambridge University Press and carries out the duties of validating product quality issue and maintaining manufacturing quality standards. She is a part of India Procurement team and manages the Global Print Vendor.

Made in India: Vijaya Veenine folder-gluer

After years of trial and error, Delhi-based Vijaya Grafiks has developed a folder-gluer that is ready to tackle any jobs, Prashanth Kumar, director, Vijaya Grafiks explains to Rahul Kumar

Lithopone market to reach USD 235-million by 2025

According to a recent study by Global Market Insights, the lithopone market is set to grow from its current market value of more than USD 175-million to over USD 235-million by 2025. The report said growing construction activities owing to increasing urbanisation will propel paints and coatings demand, which will further increase lithopone market size. The product, owing to its utilisation in sealing and jointing compounds is widely used in the paints and coatings industry. Increasing paints utilisation for decorative purposes will boost industry growth.

Pratin Kumar: Cost reduction is key to profitability

Pratin Kumar Khanra, CEO at Saraswati Print Factory, Kolkata in conversation with PrintWeek India

Manu Choudhury: We are a new born baby in the massive world of packaging

CDC Printers is set to chart a new path by boosting the litho and post-press capacity with technology spend. One tip that Manu Choudhury took to heart was,don’t do anything half heartedly

Product of the month: Gallus Labelmaster 340/440

Digital is giving flexo technology a run for its money, but computer technology incorporated into the flexo presses has made it even better. Pravin Mahajan, AGM for Gallus, describes why Gallus’ latest offering is the best in its class kit

BARC's Partho Das Gupta elected as The Advertising Club president

The Advertising Club has announced its managing committee for the FY 2019-20. The new committee will be helmed by media industry veteran Partho Das Gupta of BARC India who has been elected as the president.

Join us for some ITC trivia 

Aultrin Vijay has a quick test for you to see how savvy you are about the life and times of YC Deveshwar. Like did you know about his rise in ITC? A factory head at 28, a division head by 31, and by 37, he was a director on the company’s board

Sethunath Padmanabhan: Coatings will replace lamination

Sethunath Padmanabhan, managing director - Asia Pacific of Reproflex 3 speaks to PrintWeek India about print and beyond

Webinar exclusive: Will India roar at Cannes Lions 2020?

Three Indian advertising leaders share their key takeaways from this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

CII awards 38 firms with GreenCo rating

As many as 38 companies have been awarded with GreenCo rating for their excellent performance in resource conservation and environmental management at the annual GreenCo Summit held on 4 July 2019 in New Delhi. Instituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the GreenCo Rating System assesses companies on its environmental performance and suggests the way forward in addressing the climate change concerns.

Vietnam & Asia Flexible Packaging Summit 2019 on 26 and 27 September

The Vietnam & Asia Flexible Packaging Summit 2019 is scheduled to be held on 26 and 27 September at Sofitel Saigon Plaza Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Mumbai hosts second edition of ProPak India

The second edition of ProPak India will be hosted in Mumbai’s Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre from 22-24 October 2019. The inaugural edition of the show was held in Greater Noida last year.

Mumbai rain woes: Printers face loss due to waterlogging

At least thirty people were killed in over 24 hours, as incessant rainfall battered the business capital of India in the second-highest single-day rainfall in July in 45 years. It is said to be one of the heaviest rains since the 2005 deluge in Mumbai.

The evolution of advertising at Goafest 2019

Hosted by the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), in association with the Advertising Club, Goafest is an annual three-day celebration of the best advertising and media work, honouring creativity and campaigns across markets, mediums and languages. We bring you the highlights from this year’s event held from 11 to 13 April.

Fujifilm leading the eco-friendly pursuit with Acuity printers

In an era where sustainability has become a buzz word in the signage and graphics industry, SM Ramprasad of Fujifilm India talks about the eco-friendly solutions offered by the Acuity wide-format printers

Asia’s oldest newspaper turns 198; Mid-day celebrates 40th anniversary

While the print media across the world has been showing signs of fatigue, two Mumbai-based newspapers are celebrating their decades of success in the field of printing; a testimonial to the power of print.

Update from paper bigwigs: UPM, Sappi and Stora

The paper manufacturer are realigning their mills with an aim to further increase cost competitiveness of the paper business and tweak their paper capacity.

Ajit Singh: There is more to pharma than sustainability

Ajit Singh, chairman and co-founder, ACG Worldwide, shares the nitty gritty of of packaging films for pharma and his views on sustainability

Challenging year for education section, but future looks good

While the last 12 months were testing, Himanshu Gupta, managing director S Chand and Company, tells Rahul Kumar how education publishers are waiting for students to start using books based on NCF by the end 2020

Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019 to be held from 16 - 20 October

The world's largest trade fair for books, based on both the number of publishing companies as well as the number of visitors, Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019, is slated from 16 - 20 October, at the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Campaign Asia-Pacific unveils Asia's Top 1000 Brands 2019

Campaign Asia-Pacific in partnership with Nielsen, has released the 16th version of Asia's Top 1000 Brands 2019, an in-depth and definitive annual assessment of consumer brand sentiments in the region. Top 1000 Brands is a survey of consumer opinions across 14 markets in Asia-Pacific, assessing brand preference in 15 product/ service categories.

Cannes Lions 2019: 13 shortlists for India across Design, Film Craft, Health & Wellness, Print and Publishing

Indian agencies received a total of 13 shortlists across the Design, Health & Wellness, Print and Publishing and Pharma Lions

Michel Caza: What you say is impossible, I do it every day in my company

Graeme Richardson-Locke visits Brighton to interview Michel Caza. Michel shares his views on screen and digital printing and the opportunities available for promoting these printing processes

Vimal Parmar spreads the joy of photography

Not every day that you get an opportunity to combine your day job along with your passion. Vimal Parmar, general manager, marketing, digital print media at TechNova Imaging Systems is a happy exception, who has found a way to marry his passion for photography with his day job of promoting digital printing.

Sphoorthi: From typesetter to print operation

N Narayana Rao started off his business as a typesetting firm 25 years ago. In 2012, the managing director of Sphoorthi Printers entered print business with the installation of a pre-owned Komori Lithrone 426 four-colour press.

Upendrakishore Raychoudhury The Multifaceted Print Genius

Kolkata-based Pratipranjan Ray brings to fore U Ray & Sons – the family press of the Rays – and shares gems about Upendrakishore Raychoudhury, a forgotten icon of the industry

Commercial print sector in Hyderabad losing steam?

Even as print volume and margins continue to fall in the commercial print segment of the Hyderabad print sector, quality service and packaging are the two silverlinings, Rushikesh Aravkar and Noel D'Cunha find out

Five websites for sustainable packaging

Janice Coutinho, a third year student of Media Technology at Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), surfs the world wide web for websites that offer material and services for sustainable packaging. Following are the top five sites that caught her attention.

Clariant to increase outreach with Halal certification

Clariant, a specialty chemical company based in Muttenz and with India headquarters in Navi Mumbai, announced that its production site at Bonthapally in Telangana under the Business Unit Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) has received Halal certification

Punjab increases minimum wages, printers unhappy

The government of Punjab has increased the minimum wages vide notification No 13591 issued on 28 May2019. Now the minimum wages, in accordance with the said letter, for an unskilled person (gate-keeper, peon, chowkidar, sweeper, helper, mazdoor, etc) will be Rs 8,451.95 per month. For semi-skilled persons like assistant machine man, junior operator, book-binder, book-stitcher, attendant etc, the minimum monthly wages will be Rs 9,231.95. For skilled labour, the minimum wages will be Rs 10,128.95 whereas for the highly skilled workers, the minimum wages as per the new circular are fixed at Rs 11,160.95 per month.

Die-cutting specialist Wink to make India debut with Technovation partnership

German-based die-cutting specialist Wink Stanzwerkzeuge has appointed Technovation as its representative in India.

Cannes Lions 2019: Gold still eludes India, but the silver streak continues

Awards were presented across six categories including Social and Influencer, PR, Direct, Media, Creative Strategy and Creative Data; View all the Indian winning work here

India bags eight shortlists in Outdoor at Cannes Lions

At this year’s The Cannes Lions international festival of creativity, India has bagged eight of the 263 shortlists that will compete for the top honours of the Outdoor category at Cannes Lions 2019.

Capexil offering exhibition stand for Indian participants at FBF 2019

Capexil, the non-profit making organisation under the aegis of the ministry of commerce, government of India will participate in the Frankfurt Book Fair to be held in Frankfurt from 16 to 20 October 2019. As part of this, the organisation will offer space to Indian exhibitors participating at the Fair through Capexil.

Women power: Withering the storm

There are numerous dangers facing a business, but you have the power to act.Lalitha Aluri, managing director of Nampally-based Balaji Scan in Hyderabad did

Dachepalli Publishers: A peek into textbook publishing

Despite the slow growth of print in the market, competition getting tougher and the rising cost of producing print, it’s not all doom and gloom for the textbook publishing industry. Hyderabad-based Dachepalli Publishers, which publishes a wide range of educational and academic resources from scholarly works and higher education textbooks, to school courses and digital resources for teaching-learning, continues to benefit because of the growth of education

Product of the month: ITC Safire Graphik Duo

This new art board from ITC’s stable combines strength and beauty with a finish that is equal on both sides, says SN Venkataraman, the divisional head-marketing, ITC PSPD

Bookwatch: Dipankar Mukherjee names his favourite reads

Dipankar Mukherjee is the publisher and director of Readomania, an independent publishing house based in New Delhi, which, in the last four years, have published more than 60 books of fiction, non-fiction and children's fiction.

Sayoni Basu, primary platypus, Duckbill: In 25 years, multinationals will publish largely crap and exciting books will come from the indies

Sayoni Basu in conversation with Leonard Fernandes of Publishing Next, a conference which brings to the fore, unique voices in Indian languages, as well as small and medium-sized publishers.

Bookwatch: Priyanka Sarkar suggests five top reads

Priyanka Sarkar, a publishing consultant, translator and writer, who was editor-in-chief at Konark Publishers and managing editor at Random House, names five novels ranging from social dramas to chick lit, to fantasy.

The curious case of children’s literature

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, in association with SNDT Women’s University and Department of German, Mumbai University, organised a symposium on ‘Children’s literature: a curious case’ in 2018. The takeaway for books

Bookwatch: O Venugopal cannot stop gushing about Paul Zacharia

O Venugopal, the managing director of Anaswara Offset, started the company with Thomas PJ, and Mathew VA, in 1982, and over the years has worked towards making it a force to be reckoned with. An avid reader, Venugopal swears by the works of Malayalam author Paul Zacharia, whom he reads in Malayalam.

Bookwatch: Abha Thapalyal Gandhi shares her top reads

Abha Thapalyal Gandhi is the publisher and the publishing director of South Asia Press, an independent academic publishing company. The same vision also reflects in Gandhi’s choice of her favourite books.

Print in Bengaluru: BE Satish of Karnataka Offset Printers Association

Maya Shenoy, (third year, Media Technology) and Adwaith Raghunandan (third year Media Technology) from MIT, Manipal talk to BE Satish, president of the Karnataka Offset Printers Association (KOPA) in Bengaluru

Print in Bengaluru: T Rangaswamy of Bangalore Printers Association

Karan JK (third year, Media Technology) and Deepthi Salian (second year, Media Technology) from MIT, Manipal talk to T Rangaswamy, president of the Bangalore Printers Association (BPA)

Print in Bengaluru: Spotlight on VR Vasudevan of Glitter Printz

Maya Shenoy, (third year, Media Technology) and Suraj Prasad (second year, Media Technology) at MIT, Manipal speak to VR Vasudevan of Glitter Printz

ProPak India 2019 starts tomorrow in Mumbai

At the trade show, over a 100 exhibitors will showcase their products and solutions for the processing and packaging market.

Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo share the Booker Prize 2019

In a daring move with the judges breaking the rules, Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 Booker Prize. Atwood's The Testaments, the Canadian writer's follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale, was recognised alongside Londoner Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other. The pair will split the literary award's 50,000 pound sterling prize money equally.

Dibyajyoti Sarma's Red River prints groundbreaking literature

We rarely praise our own in-house stars. But PrintWeek India’s associate editor, Dibyajyoti Sarma, is also the founder member of publishing house Red River.

Orient Pack-N-Print doubles production after investing in Heidelberg presses

Indore-based Orient Pack-N-Print has bolstered its print production capacity after it added three new Heidelberg presses in the last three years.

Bengal’s digital powerhouse DN Mitra eyes the offset market with Heidelberg

In a story almost unique in the industry, the Ranaghat, West Bengal-based photo printing firm has undertaken a reverse journey from digital to offset. Rahul Kumar has the details

71st Frankfurter Buchmesse begins in times of fundamental change

The 71st Frankfurter Buchmesse, which begins on 16 October and is on until 20 October 2019, takes place against the background of global political and social upheaval. Concern about the world’s situation given the threat of an imminent climate catastrophe, and in view of the growing power of antidemocratic forces, has produced a new generation of activists. Their ranks include authors whose novels, nonfiction, biographies and poetry are inspiring and galvanising people worldwide. At the same time, our data-driven digital age has acquired new dimensions: the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and the trailblasing progress being made in all areas of research are harbingers of disruptive developments that herald a new chapter in human history.

A day in the life of Eef de Ridder

The vice-president of Ricoh Europe’s commercial and industrial printing group explains how, for him, no two days are the same and there is never an average week.

Print Innovation Exchange India 2019 on 25 November

The Association for Print Technologies (APTech), formerly NPES, in association with the Bombay Master Printers' Association (BMPA) will host the Print Innovation Exchange India 2019 on 25 November at Courtyard by Marriot, Mumbai International Airport.

Uday Grover: We produce so much wire, it can travel to the moon and back three times over

Uday Grover of Gayathri Machineries has forged a partnership with Switzerland-based Multigraf. The metallurgical engineer talks to Sriraam Selvam about high-end stitching, and wires

Me & My: DGM Smartfold 1100SL + G Pack folder-gluer

Siddharth Rawat, director, QOT Packaging, explains to Rahul Kumar why the company decided to invest in the DGM folder-gluer

Made in India: Anilox rolls and sleeves from Acme Rolltech

Parag Koradia of Acme Rolltech explains to Rahul Kumar why its ceramic anilox rolls and sleeves work for the Indian narrow-web market

Labelexpo Preview: Software

Exhibitors at the Labelexpo Europe 2019 to showcase their technological advancements in the software industry and machines for print and packaging.

Labelexpo Preview: Finishing and dies

Post-press process has undergone a transformation. If digital finishing is where all the action is, the conventional players have upped the ante too. There’s a lot of action in this space at the Labelexpo Europe show.

Labelexpo Preview: Inspection and Curing systems

The future of inspection and curing systems.

Labelexpo Preview: Digital presses

Printed labels are mainly used in food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic and other fields. The label printers now have to innovate more than they ever did. Braille, smart and tri-panel labels, are some of the technology and accessibility innovations. Flexo offers more flexibility in terms of one-pass production, reducing time to market. Can digital kit compete with the USPs of a traditional flexo?

Labelexpo Preview: Presses – Flexo & Hybrid

Flexo presses today have evolved thanks to the automation. Be it the print quality or the ability to integrate digital as a one-pass solution. So much so, flexo is now considered a viable option to offset or gravue. And it’s getting wider too. At the Labelexpo Europe see how flexo is playing the fast catching up game.

Labelexpo Preview: Pre-press – imagers and plates

As sustainability becomes a more important buying criteria for brands, label converters must look for ways to be more sustainable while still maintaining a reasonable cost structure. Plates have to use less ink, emit fewer VOCs in the press room. At the show, visitors can see such solutions, which in addition has the ability to reduce makeready waste and waste due to plate cleaning press stops.

Labelexpo Preview: Consumables – On-press

Low-cost on-press consumables may be a tempting option but they could increase costs in the long term. For a business, a pressroom consumable should be such that it is not only cost-effective (not low-cost) but effectively enhances the performance of the print operation, ensuring that the machines function properly. Find out which is best for you at the Labelexpo Europe show.

Labelexpo Preview: Consumables Ink/Coatings/Adhesives

The core issues being addressed in the development of new labels and packaging are driven by increased consumer awareness and demand for safe ink for direct contact with food medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Add to it the topics which nclude sustainability, crade-to-crade usage, compostability and recyclability. Consumables like ink, coatings and adhesives have to be optimised not only in safety but performance too.

Labelexpo Preview: Consumables – Substrates

At the show, visitors will find companies showcasing high quality, unique texture for the demanding sectors of food and beverages, cosmetic and fashion. Find solutions to the unappealing issues like label white backside and edge. Some companies have announced that they will be showcasing breakthrough innovations designed to drive growth for label converters in new market segments.

Gallus’ 30 years at Labelexpo Europe show

Ferdinand Rüesch, vice president at Gallus takes us down memory lane, discussing the Labelexpo journey, Gallus’ label presses and the changes labels have gone through over the years. Rüesch in this interaction with PrintWeek India says that labels will remain in demand but the sustainability drive will decide whether the these will be printed on paper or film

Made in India: LED UV system from SASG UV Solutions

The LED UV system consumes about 70% less power than a conventional Mercury UV system, and it is zero maintenance as well as heat-sensitive, Anil Saini of SASG UV Solutions explains to Rahul Kumar

Labelexpo Europe 2019: Screen launches a new, faster Truepress Jet L350UV SAI digital press

Screen has answered the growing calls to improve installation cost and other aspects of digital label presses by launching the Truepress Jet L350UV SAI.

Unified offering for newspapers

Amit Khurana of TechNova explains about TechNova Imaging EcoSystem (TIE) to Rahul Kumar

Labelexpo Europe 2019: BST Eltromat focuses on increasing performance in label and packaging

At Labelexpo Europe, BST Eltromat focused on increasing performance in label and packaging printing, under the slogan, ‘Perfecting your performance.

Labelexpo Europe 2019: Epson leads the way in sustainable inkjet innovation

Epson broke new ground with its latest range of inkjet label printers for on-demand, commercial and industrial label printing markets at Labelexpo Europe. An unusual highlight on the Epson stand this year is a visually stunning mural art installation created from labels printed by Epson’s SurePress and ColorWorks digital label printers.

PrintWeek India celebrates Mahatma Gandhi's print legacy on 2 October

What many people in the print industry do not know is, besides being the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi can also be called the father of Indian printing.

Mahatma Gandhi's print legacy alive and well at the Navjivan Press in Ahmedabad

Jitendra Desai, the managing trustee at Navjivan Press in Ahmedabad is no more. He passed away on 21 March. The PrintWeek India team remembers him as a true Gandhian.

Tushar Gandhi: The revolution in books will come when readers can switch between output options

Printing has been very integral to my family. For their honeymoon, my grandparents went to Phoenix Printing Press, which printed Indian Opinion. Many decades later, my father, Arun Manilal Gandhi, started a suburban weekly, Suburban Echo, which he edited and published.

Arun Mehta of Vakils launches book on Pranjivan Mehta

The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2014 (BTR 2014) said, Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, emerged as "The Most Trusted Personality in India"

Book Review: Gandhi’s Printing Press by Isabel Hofmeyr

PrintWeek India looks at books from varied genres which are informative, based on true events and inspirational, with print and its power as a medium central to all of them.

Gandhiji font unveiled to commemorate Bapu's birth anniversary

Mumbai-based advertising agency, Leo Burnett has launched its unique creation - the 'Gandhiji' font.

Alok Munot and his experiments with Gandhi

Alok Munot runs a family-owned print company. Joining the print business was the last thing on the mind of this amateur footballer until he saw a documentary announcingMahatma Gandhi as the Man of the Millennium. When the PrintWeek India team visited Prabhat Printing Works in Pune, Alok Munot talked about the significance of Gandhian thoughts

PrintWeek Awards 2019: Spectrum Scan wins Industrial Product Printer of the Year (Joint Winner)

The Cadbury stadium involved most of the departments of the company, from designing, pre-press, digital printing, wood-cutting, metal fabrication, thermoforming, structure assembly, all done in-house.

Epson bags iF Design Award

Digital imaging specialist, Epson was honoured with a iF Design Award for its large-format printers Surecolor SC-P7500 (24-inch) and SC-P9500 (44-inch).

Oswaal Books releases help books for IGCSE

Educational publishers, Oswaal Books, will be releasing help books for the IGCSE curriculum from the new academic session of 2020.

Informa Markets to host virtual exhibitions in India

Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India) has announced its return to virtual expos along with enhancements to its digital offerings with a series of virtual trade exhibitions, conferences and trainings this year.

Techkon announces new version of ChromaLT software

Techkon has announced the release of a new software version of ChromaLT, which has been upgraded to accommodate up to 12 colours per job.

Flint confirms business continuity during pandemic

Flint Group has announced that it will currently remain accessible to its customers despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Steve Dryden, COO Flint Group Packaging and CEO Flint CPS has confirmed that the company has taken the necessary steps to ensure that all its sites, products and services are safe.

INS lauds Gujarat CM for support, urges PM Modi to follow

Gujarat Government promises to clear all dues owed to print media for advertisements published till April 2020.

Vinayak V Patwardhan, past-president, MMS, passes away

Vinayak V Patwardhan of Prabhat Agency and Mangala Art Printers, and a past-president of Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS) passed away on 7 April 2019. He is survived by his two sons and a daughter. His wife Mangala passed away four years back.

Academic publishing as a sector: innovations, challenges and policies

The prospects of the Indian academic publishing industry have never seemed brighter. Yet, is it ready to establish itself as a self-contained sector? Monica Malhotra Kandhari, MD, MBD Group, looks at the possibilities in terms of innovations, challenges and policies.

Roli Books playing with colours and concepts

As Roli Books completes 40 years, founder-publisher Pramod Kapoor shares the journey with Dibyajyoti Sarma and Rahul Kumar, and explains what makes Roli’s books stand out

Xeikon develops digital printing solution for pouches

Xeikon has announced its digital printing solution for pouches. This latest innovation has been developed for consumer goods markets – food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Emperial Films gets Bobst K5 Vision vacuum metalliser

In September 2018, Gujarat-based Emperial Films completed the installation of the Bobst K5 Vision 2450-mm vacuum metalliser to cater to its production of cast polypropylene (CPP) films.

Green inks: not so black and white

Sherry Washburn, Supplies Business Unit Manager at Videojet Technologies, takes a closer look at the green aspects of industrial printing inks and asks: can they ever be truly green? Body:

Global 5 Technologiess highlights its premium product range at Media Expo

Global 5 Technologiess booked orders worth Rs 8 crore at Media Expo hosted recently in Mumbai, when the PrintWeek India team of Abhishek Muralidharan and Sujith Ail spent time at the stall

The return of IRS has ended the data drought in print

Four panelists from marketing, research, media services and publishing — Abhishek Gupta, CMO, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance; Ashish Karnad, executive director, Nielsen; Himanka Das, CEO, Vizeum; and Malcolm Raphael, senior vice-president, Times Group — dissected the findings of the IRS 2019 Q1 and answered a range of queries from participants during the Campaign India Webinar organised last week.

PVG students teach bag making at school workshops

The problem of climate change is critical and it is worsening by the day. Human actions are to be blamed for the disaster of global warming. The governments across the globe are implementing remedial measures to curb the actions causing this environmental crisis. In India too, several states have initiated plastic ban in various forms.

MIT’s day out at Esko

As part of their ongoing initiative to strengthen the industry-academia relationship, the staff of Department of Printing and Media Engineering, MIT, Manipal spent a day at Esko’s Bengaluru facility.

New Business League: March 2019 update

The New Business League has been compiled with the assistance of R3. Data from a number of multi-national agencies is collected and collated on a monthly basis and the collated data is balanced against client estimates, Nielsen ADEX, discounted to appropriate levels and then converted to a revenue estimate by R3.

IRS 2019 Q1: India Today is the largest and fastest growing magazine

India Today English, India's most-read magazine, has recorded a remarkable upsurge in readership, adding 11.6 lakh readers in the last one year, according to the latest Indian Readership Survey (IRS). In the first quarter of the calendar year 2019, the readership of the magazine has shot up by 14.5% to 91.52 lakh from 79.92 lakh, beating the country's magazine segment growth of 8%. India Today English even went ahead of the magazine readership growth in the urban India, which is at 13%.

IRS 2019 Q1: The Times of India readership soars by 17%

The Times of India recorded a staggering growth of 17% on an already massive base, adding 2.2 million, or 17%, in total readership to 15.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, from 13 million in the same period in 2017.

IRS 2019 Q1: Top regional language dailies

In the regional segment of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q1 2019, released on 26 April, Daily Thanthi has emerged as the most read daily with 24054,000 Total Readership (TR) whereas Malayala Manorama takes the top spot in terms of AIR (9758,000).

Power 100 poll deadline extended to 2 May

PrintWeek India has extended its second edition Power 100 poll last date by two days.

Reed Exhibitions acquires PackPlus India

The organiser of IndiaCorr Expo, Reed Exhibitions, has announced the acquisition of Mumbai-based Next Events’ flagship packaging exhibition portfolio PackPlus.

75% area of IndiaCorr Expo already sold out

IndiaCorr Expo, exhibition for corrugation industry in India is going to take place from 5 to 7 September, 2017. According to the organiser, 75% of the exhibition area already booked.

IRS 2019 Q1: Dailies add 1.8 crore new readers, magazines 0.9 crore over 15 months

As the IRS Q1 2019 data was unveiled in Mumbai on 26 April 2019, magazine publishers would have pumped their fist in the air and indulged themselves for the first time in years. The study, which claims to be the largest of its kind, has announced that magazine readership has grown by 0.9 crore in the period between IRS 2017 and the latest round. The findings are even more impressive when one considers the larger pie of daily readership that has added 1.8 crore readers.

A humble family press in Kulshekar

Roshni D’souza and Sudhanva Prahaladraja of Manipal Institute of Technology spent time with Praveen Patrao in Kulshekar, approximately 8 kms from Mangalore city to understand how the Patrao family copes with the offset and digital ops

IRS 2019 Q1: Dainik Jagran retains lead followed by Dainik Bhaskar

Hindi daily Dainik Jagran is the most read newspaper in the country with a total readership (TR) of 7.37 crore in the last one month of the survey, up from 7 crore a year ago, followed by Dainik Bhaskar (5.14 crore), according to the IRS data released on 26 April 2019.

IRS 2019 Q1: Top newspapers and magazines

According to the IRS 2019 Q1 data, released by the Media Research Users Council, 39% of India read daily broadsheet in last one month as per the recently released Indian Readership Survey for Q1 of 2019. It was 39% in 2017 too, however, the number of absolute readers have grown from 40.7 crore in 2017 to 42.5 crore in Q1 2019. The penetration of dailies in urban India remained the same as it was in 2017 — 53%. However, in rural India it grew from 31% to 32%.

IRS 2019 Q1: AIR grows in absolute numbers, de-growth in terms of percentage of the universe

The Average Issue Readership (AIR) of newspapers in India has always been used for media planning and buying. However, until 2017, the Media Research Users Council (MRUC) only shared the top line numbers to the media on the basis of total readership (TR). Meanwhile, the AIR numbers were either de-growing or stagnant from last two surveys in 2014 and 2017.

Books for All spreads joy in Sivakasi

Books have lost none of its relevance in India despite the hullabaloo about digital and social media platforms.

Product of the month: Autoprint Checkmate 50

The latest version of Autoprint’s Checkmate 50 carton inspection machine continues to be a popular choice with its installation number touching 40 in the last 40 months

Niket Pandit: Our industry should lay more emphasis on education

Niket Pandit of Pratiroop Mudran in Pune shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Jay Raj and Galgo reveal the 10th edition of its calendar

Jay Raj Fine Papers, along with its partners Galgo Fine Papers, unveiled the tenth edition of the Galgo calendar for the year April 2019 to March 2020 at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai, on 12 April 2019.

Green inks: Not so black and white

Sherry Washburn, supplies business unit manager at Videojet Technologies, takes a closer look at the green aspects of industrial printing inks and asks: can they ever be truly green?

Ranjeet Gharge: Every company should have basic quality control tools

Ranjeet Gharge of Pressman Solutions in Bengaluru shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Aaditya Pahuja: Emphasis should be on improving in-house facilities

Aaditya Pahuja, a student of DOT Institute of Graphic Communications in Mumbai shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Yash Pahuja: The focus should be on higher productivity

Yash Pahuja, a student of DOT Institute of Graphic Communications in Mumbai shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Jagran Prakashan leads Publisher Abbys at Goafest 2019

The publisher of the leading Hindi daily, Jagran Prakashan, topped the Publisher Abbys category during Goafest 2019, announced on 11 April 2019. Jagran Prakashan polled the maximum votes at the Publisher Abbys on Day One of Goafest 2019 with two gold, silver and bronze metals each.

Latest Poll: How are Lok Sabha elections affecting the power of print?

On 11 April 2019, general elections conducted its first phase of voting. Advertisement spends rose by 73% compared to 2014 general elections. So, will this investment boost the print industry or will see a shift towards digital?

Yash Dhote: Internal quality assurance should be in place

Yash Dhote, a student of DOT Institute of Graphic Communications in Mumbai shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Yashwant Pardeshi: We must try to innovate in India and increase its’ global purchase

Yashwant Pardeshi, business development executive, Unique Photo Offset Services, shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Viacom18 wins Creative Company of the Year at ABBY Awards 2019

At the finale of the Creative ABBY Awards 2019 on 14 April, Viacom18 took home the title of the Creative Company of the Year closing at 38 points, with one gold, three silver and three bronze metals, followed by Cheil India that bagged three gold, one silver and one bronze metal, finishing at 34 points.

Sajid Wajid Shaikh: Self-publishing can be very liberating

PWI speaks to the Mumbai-based multidisciplinary artist about art, design, and self-publishing initiatives

ePublishing firm SPS in talks for sale: Report

While the growth of eBooks in trade publishing may have plateaued, in academic publishing, it seems, ebooks still has some power. In a recent development, Scientific Publishing Services (SPS), a part of the Springer Nature group of Germany, is in talks for a deal with Philippines-headquartered SPi Global, with other players like Infosys and Wipro showing serious interest.

Microprinting market to exceed USD 800-million by 2025

Microprinting market is set to grow from its current market valued at over USD 550-million in 2018 to USD 800-million by 2025, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights.

Print contributed 7% of marketing spends on Indian films in 2018; total spent Rs 606-crore

In India, marketing spends on movies has always been high. At one time, print was a biggest beneficiary of this, with film posters and billboards dotting the skylines. With the coming to television, followed by digital, the amount has shrunk considerably in the recent year. According to the second Showbiz Report by GroupM ESP, print contributed 7% and outdoor 6% of marketing spends on Indian films in 2018.

EFI acquires BDR for textile inks

EFI has acquired Turkish-based BDR Boya Kimya to develop new ink products for the digital textile print market.

Fespa 2019 begins in Munich

Fespa 2019 opened its doors on 14 May with the promise that this year’s show will be the ‘largest ever’ in its 56-year history. During the opening ceremony, Neil Felton, chief executive officer, Fespa, said this year, 700 exhibitors are showcasing the latest advances in technology for wide-format digital and screen printing. Of these, about 100 are exhibiting at the show for the first time.

Srikanth Reddy: R&D is a key distinguishing factor

Srikanth Reddy, a student of DOT Institute of Graphic Communications in Mumbai shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

Ish Rungta: Digital printing should compete with the cost-efficiency of conventional printing

Ish Rungta, director, Packnowcrat, shares his views with the PrintWeek India team.

K Sai Ramya: Standardisation of the printing process is a must

K Sai Ramya is a final year engineering student from Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women. She shares her views with the PrintWeek India team

PrintWeek India Power 100 of 2019 poll is now open

PrintWeek India has launched the second edition of the PrintWeek India Power 100 of 2019 on Monday, 15 April 2019. Indian printing industry’s top 100 individuals will be featured in the Eleventh-anniversary edition in May 2019.

Vani Prakashan ventures into English language publishing

Leading Hindi language publisher Vani Prakashan has officially ventured into the English language publishing with a new imprint Vani Book Company. According to Vani, the new English language imprint will aim to create an alternative, liminal space for debate and dialogue in prose as well as in verse.

Noted Hindi author Namvar Singh passes away at 92

Namvar Singh, an acclaimed Hindi author, and literary critic died in New Delhi on Tuesday night at the age of 92.

111 exhibitors confirmed on day one of PrintPack 2021 space bookings

After the closing of first-ever six-day PrintPack on 6 February 2019, 111 exhibitors have already confirmed its presence for PrintPack 2021 on the day one of booking . According to IPAMA, this number is expected to reach up to 150 in a week’s time.

After the deluge, rebuilding the printing industry in Kerala

Raju N Kutty, treasurer, Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA), narrates in prescient details the first-hand account of the Kerala floods during July-August 2018, and how the printing community worked towards rebuilding the industry

Any Graphics: Master of the trade

Any Graphics is a name that needs no introduction, much like the director of Any Graphics, Kuldeep Goel, the current president of the Label Manufacturers’ Association of India

Pinmark Blocks: Delivers 100% perfect flexo plates

Ahmedabad-based Pinmark Blocks is a third generation, technology driven, pre-press trade shop run by a team of knowledgeable technocrats. Pinmark offers its customers a choice of technologies for making flexo plates, but recommends the right technology suited to a customer’s particular job aiming for the best printed output

KODAK Flexo Plate Technology Spotlight

The Kodak scientists have focussed on developing technology solutions that solve fundamental challenges in flexography

Getting inside of the package as much as the outside of it

Using Mintel New Global Products Database (GNPD), Ranjana Sundaresan, senior food and drink analyst, Mintel, highlights some of India’s recent food and drink launches that retail in innovative packaging formats

14 facts you should know about Flexcel

1. Kodak introduced the Flexcel Nx System ten years ago at Drupa 2008, marking the start of a significant step forward in flexography by bringing higher standards of efficiency, consistency and quality to flexo printing. Kodak was a new entrant to the flexo plate market.

Anupama Printing Solutions: Producing plates that print more

An offset pre-press bureau, Anupama entered the flexo pre-press market in 2015. Today, Anupama, which claims to have popularised KODAK FLEXCEL NX Technolgy in North India, has two KODAK FLEXCEL NX Systems to service their customers with speed and reliability

Celebrating a decade of Kodak Flexcel NX System

Chris Payne, president of flexographic packaging division, Kodak, explains why flexo has a bright future and why it’s something worth celebrating

Letra Graphix: Perfect dots, impressive labels

Based in Ahmedabad, Letra Graphix is a veteran in the label industry. Since its inception in 1997, its ultimate goal has always been to provide quality support to customers.With well-designed premises, cutting edge equipment and constant upgradation in technology, its core mission is to serve the best in the industry

Creative Graphics: Perfect for high density

In the last couple of years, Noida-headquartered Creative has set up facilities in Mumbai and Hyderabad and acquired two pre-press bureaus in Chennai and Baddi.It has done it by focusing on customers’ demand. This includes continuous investment and fulfilment of customers’ expectations

Shilp Gravures: Bracing for the future of packaging

Ahmedabad-based Shilp Gravures, established in 1989 is India’s pioneering and undisputed leader in electro-mechanical engraving, with a substantial market share in the flexible packaging industry.In 2009, Shilp acquired a flexo trade shop to venture into the flexography segment

Book Watch: Jairaj Salgaonkar

Jairaj Salgaonkar of the Kalnirnay almanac lists his favourite non-fiction titles in English

Hand-in-hand, KMPA was able to counter the disaster

The images of the Kerala floods were horrifying, and remain unforgettable. While the rest of the country watched with fear as the rising waters made news headlines across India, the KMPA members worked on the ground. R Gopakumar, president of the Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) recounts the team spirit plus he provides a glimpse into what else is happening in God’s Own Country.

Focus on technology, business models and innovation at Print & Beyond seminar

The fifth edition of Print & Beyond seminar organised by Kerala Master Printers Association transpired at Holiday Inn in Kochi on 16 March.

Book Watch: Jairaj Salgaonkar

Jairaj Salgaonkar of the Kalnirnay almanac lists his favourite fiction titles in English.

Remembering Bapurao Naik

Arun Naik detailed the achievements of his father, Bapurao Shivram Naik, during the Bapurao Naik Centenary Celebration at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh on 1 March 2019. The following is the edited transcript.

Micheal Dehn: “The speed at which India is able to produce and execute an exhibition is amazing”

Micheal Dehn, general manager for sales and marketing, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India talks about the growing Indian OOH industry and how Messe Frankfurt’s continuous improvement is facilitating Media Expo to excel.

Vishwanath Shetty: If waste can be used to make paper bags

Vishwanath Shetty of PrintWorks attended Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, paper bags - eco-friendly. Shetty spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Pallippuram Sajith: Automation can bring down costs

Pallippuram Sajith of Impel Services, A Welbound group company, attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Books & Catalogues - next level. Sajith spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Amit Shah: We don’t follow industry trends

Amit Shah of Spectrum Scan attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, point of sale - new trends. Shah spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

A journey through letterpress typefaces

Print expert Arun Bapurao Naik was in the UK recently to talk about the legacy of letterpress printing in India. The following is the highlights of his presentationz

25% decline in paper import in first three quarters of FY19

India’s import of paper and paperboard declined by 25% in the first nine months of the current financial year due to the diversion of export consignments to China from surplus countries, including South Korea and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

Rupesh Pradeep Sawant: The modern press should be a combi with screen, offset and digital

Rupesh Pradeep Sawant of Superlekha attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, digital print – value addition. Sawant spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Parksons’ Ramesh Kejriwal shares his packaging mantras

The global consumption by volume for folding carton, including micro-flute, is anticipated to grow from 37 million MT in 2014 to 47 million MT to 2020, and the global consumption by value is anticipated to grow from USD 87 billion in 2014 to USD 105 billion in 2020. The Kerala Master Printers Association hosted a tech seminar on 14 January at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kochi. The full day seminar had presentations by Ramesh Kejriwal of Parksons Packaging and Ankit Tanna of Printmann as well as Venugopal Menon of Bobst India, who addressed the requirements of a packaging business.

Design Dialogue with Pranita Kocharekar

PWI speaks to the Mumbai-based designer, artist, illustrator, and typographer Pranita Kocharekar about her journey so far

Small is the new big: on-the-go snack bars

Kathryn Fox, global marketing manager at Videojet Technologies, looks at the rising star of on-the-go snack bars in Europe and how manufacturers can keep productivity to a maximum with advanced coding and marking systems

How printing thrived in the Land of Udupi

The students of Department of Media Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology in Manipal spent one full day at a printing press and interacted with owners. A report from the pristine coastal town of Karnataka

Investments in Amazon Retail and BigBasket to boost Indian e-grocery market

Amazon.com, the world largest e-commerce company, has invested Rs 240-crore in Amazon Retail India and BigBasket, grocery e-tailer, has closed USD 150-million round led by South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments.

Product of the Month: GUK Multimaster 38

The Multimaster 38 leaflet folding machine is a German product being sold at Indian price points, says P Sajith, director, Impel-Welbound, which represents GUK in India

K Vijayakumar of Lovely Offset passes away

K Vijayakumar, director of Sivakasi-based Lovely Offset Printers, passed away on 29 March 2019. He was 52. He was in charge of finances, investments and technology at Lovely.

Prakash Bhat: Opportunities are abundant for media technology students

Prakash Bhat, GM, production (web division), British Industries Printing & Packaging, Kuwait, and an alumnus of the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, recently visited his alma mater. On the occasion, two third year students of media technology at MIT, Manipal, Asmitha Ashokan Reddy and Pranav BA, interviewed Bhat on his print journey. An edited excerpt.

Print plus digital is a bomb of a combination, say panel during Media360 India

The importance of print in advertising was highlighted in a panel discussion during Media360 India, Campaign India's flagship conference which brings together industry leaders across brands, media agencies, media owners and technology companies, held in Mumbai on 19 March 2019.

Chaaya Prabhat: Making children’s books is far more difficult and challenging than making books for adults

PWI speaks to the Chennai-based graphic designer and illustrator about her work

On BS Kesavan’s History of Printing and Publishing in India, Volume III

Som Nath Sapru reviews History of Printing and Publishing in India, Volume III: Origins of Printing and Publishing in the Hindi Heartland by BS Kesavan.

Alternatives to the rising cost of silicone

Rob Bosman, sales Manager at Contiweb, explains how Contiweb Fluid Applicator can be an alternative solution to the rising cost of silicone.

Rahul Jain: Innovate to venture into newer markets

Rahul Jain of Akar attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Bags - eco-friendly. Jain spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Iggesund Paperboard’s mills get top marks

The Holmen Group’s paperboard manufacturer, Iggesund Paperboard, has received the highest rating for sustainability in an evaluation done this year by the rating firm EcoVadis. The paperboard is produced at Iggesund Mill in Sweden and at Workington, England.

Paper sales improve, demand picks up

Improved market conditions helped improve sales and profitability of paper mills in the December quarter with expectations of a sharp increase in demand ahead of the new academic year.

Tejas Tanna: Innovation is the only constant to be ahead of your game

Tejas Tanna of Printmann Group attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Labels - speciality. Tanna spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Manu Choudhury: A modern printing press is where the material is flowing

Manu Choudhury of CDC Printers attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Luxury Packaging - innovative. Choudhury spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Raju N Kutty: We have to be at the cutting edge of the technology

Raju N Kutty of Purandara Laser Technologies attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Luxury Packaging - innovative. Kutty spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Ashutosh Agarwal: Important to balance innovation with practical application

Ashutosh Agarwal of Poornima Printers attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, Digital - value addition. Agarwal spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Dhwanil Shah: Necessity drives innovation

Dhwanil Shah of Manifold Graphics attended the Power Lunch at the MMS Roundtable (third edition). He belonged to the group, digital – value-addition. Shah spoke to the PrintWeek India team about innovation.

Indian exhibitors at Interpack 2017

As far our information, total 88 Indian companies are getting ready to showcase their expertise at Interpack 2017 at Dusseldorf from 4 to 10 May. Rahul Kumar and Dibyajyoti Sarma compile a one-stop resource guide for readers to find who they are, what they are exhibiting and where they are located at the fair ground.

Sino Corrugated

Sino Corrugated Expo is scheduled from 11 to 14 April 2017 at Shanghai New International Expo Center in China.

Bookwatch: Sanjay Shah, Manugraph

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

ED attaches Rs 263 cr assets of Deccan Chronicle group

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on 28 March attached assets worth Rs 263 crore, including land and bank accounts of the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chronicle group, in connection with a money laundering case related to a bank fraud.

Interest for Interpack 2017 rises to fever pitch

If Drupa is the world’s biggest show for the printing industry, Interpack is definitely its equivalent for packaging and processing. And going by the latest reports, Interpack 2017, to be held at Dusseldorf, Germany from 4 to 10 May, is going to be the biggest ever.

Indian children’s literature comes of age at LBF

Today, there are dime a dozen literature festivals in India. Yet, Bookaroo, the festival of children’s literature, is something different. In its ninth year, it is perhaps the only festival to exclusively promote children’s writing in India, and the only literature festival that travels from cities to cities, from Delhi to Srinagar, and other cities in between — Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune and Goa. On 16 March 2017, the festival crossed another milestone when it was awarded the Literary Fes

Rajeev Jagga: There has been some confusion regarding HSN

Rajeev Jagga, Ample Graphics, says some dealers are importing same item under different HSN and thereby charging different GST rate

Rahul Zaware: Confusion on the slab rate between 12% and 18%

Rahul Zawarre, Zaware Creative Enterprises, says there is no doubt that getting HSN status will be a morale boost. Also, until the GST regime came into place, printing was covered under VAT and never under service tax

Pratik Shah: Real impact will be visible once eWay bills are implemented

Pratik Shah, director, Printstop, says product categorisation under HSN seems to be a more logical choice

RY Kamat: Printing inks should be brought under a single GST rate

RY Kamat of Hubergroup India says as most of the company products are under 18% GST rate, its customers have not majorly reported difficulty.

Dev Nair: Interpretation of GST rates has been quite a challenge

Dev Nair of Kohinoor Printers says the processes in GST are time-consuming and they need to be simplified.

Label Printer of the Year: Kumar Labels

These are exciting times for label printing in India. Kumar Labels has thrown down the gauntlet and halted the winning streak of New Delhi-based Any Graphics which had dominated this category since 2012.

NIten Shah and Shailesh Sharma: "Our products need to be covered under HSN"

On the first anniversary of demonetisation, PrintWeek India solicits the views of Niten Shah and Shailesh Sharma; and tries to ascertain if the animal spirits will be unleashed, soon.

Manu Choudhury: There should be reduction in the number of returns

Manu Choudhury, CDC Printers, says the IT structure also needs to be upgraded as there is way too much traffic during the last few days of filing returns and server does not respond as it should. Plus, he thinks, the GST website only works on Windows system which is not the right way forward.

Hiren Karia: There is some clarity but lot more is needed

Hiren Karia, Jayraj Papers, says there should be a single rate of GST for Chapter 48 paper (excluding newsprint and wallpaper), and reverse charge mechanism should be removed

Sushant Jain: Overall the GST impact has been positive

Sushant Jain of Galgo Fine Papers says while the impact of GST has been positive multiple slabs are confusing because its customers purchase raw materials at lower slab and sell at higher

PrintWeek India's Performance Award Winners

PrintWeek India Awards 2017 comprised of seven quality categories wherein business performance of the companies were analysed by our official auditor and chairman of the Awards Jury (editor of PrintWeek India)

PrintWeek India's Quality Award Winners

PrintWeek India Awards 2017 comprised of 17 quality categories wherein print masters from across India were appreciated for their excellent print jobs

How to do specialisation in four verticals – and succeed

Ankit Tanna and Tejas Tanna, the second generation directors at Printmann Group with factories in three different sites say, “Our strategy for the next five years is to double our revenue”

Social Stationery Printer of the Year: Antz Innovation, Screen Art Enterprises

This is the only category where the Jury decided to opt for joint winners with Antz Innovation and Screen Art Enterprises sharing the Awards.

Screen Printer of the Year: Spectrum Scan

Who else but Mumbai’s Spectrum Scan, the firm, which has been continuously deploying screen printing for extraordinary work in the field of point-of-purchase advertising, should be the winner?

Magazine Printer of the Year: Silverpoint Press

Mumbai’s Silverpoint Press prints magazines on its Heidelberg LX five-colour + online coater 28x40-inches offset press. The plates are fired on the Agfa CTP system with support from Apogee workflow and GMG colour management tools.

Innovative Printer of the Year: Viraj Prints, Any Graphics

Last year’s joint winner in the Industrial Product Printer of the Year category, Viraj Prints takes home the trophy this year, while the Jury also commends Any Graphics for its innovations.

Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year: Sri Sivarama Digital Press (Printonica)

The 2015 PrintWeek India Award winner in the category is back with a bang, and has more eye-popping samples to show for it.

Wide-Format Printer of the Year: Neat Graphics

All Neat Graphics samples are printed on a Fujifilm Acuity Advance Select UV press. Curiously, three of these samples are also for Fujifilm.

Industrial Product Printer of the Year: Spectrum Scan

This is Spectrum Scan’s second Award this year, along with the Screen Printer of the Year Award.

PUR-Book Maker of the Year: Silverpoint Press

This is Silverpoint’s second Award this year, following its win in the magazine category. The books are printed on a Heidelberg LX five-colour plus online coater. The press has a size format of 28x40-inches.

Newspaper Printer of the Year: DB Corp (Ahmedabad)

The group’s flagship Hindi daily, Dainik Bhaskar, is India’s largest selling daily newspaper. However, the company takes home the Award on the strength of the quality of its Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar. The paper was launched in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2003. Today, Divya Bhaskar is the largest circulated daily in Gujarat and has the most editions by any newspaper in Gujarat. It is published from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Bhuj, Bhavnagar (as Saurashtra Sa

Book Printer of the Year (Specialty): Pragati Offset

Last year’s winner, Pragati Offset, returns to claim its stake in a category where the Hyderabad-based firm is certainly a name to reckon with, and its four samples validate the point.

We are innovators - and not followers

The Lucknow-based D’rox is a quintessential example of how the EFI Fiery EX 2100 helps digital printers produce jobs as per customers’ demands — whether it is quantity in short delivery time or quality print production like coffee table books for renowned artists

We get a lot of clients because of the personal projects we do: Mira Malhotra

PrintWeek India talks to the founder of Mumbai based graphic design studio, Studio Kohl

Blog: In God's own country, AllForKerala? No, corporate India is not doing enough

Star TV network were the first off the mark last week, urging help for flood ravaged Kerala. The television network put out an appeal by Malayalee actor Mohanlal asking countrymen to help those drowned in Kerala rains.

Brand new press to print Guru Granth Sahib

Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will set up a fully computerised four-colour offset press to print copies of the Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib Complex in New Delhi.

Me & My... DuPont Cyrel Easy plates

Vinay Nalawade, director-packaging business, Parakh Agro Industries, explains why Cyrel Easy plates are best for high resolution and critical jobs

Me & My: Kodak Sonora X process-free plates

Kayyum Memon of Concord Printing Press, Vadodara, says, with Sonora X he has eliminated quality variations that come while processing plates

Women in print: Rashmi Ravinarayan

She works as a packaging artwork designer at Trigon Digital Solutions. She enjoys dancing –and hand lettering is her hobby

Everything you need to know about PrintWeek India Awards 2019

The PrintWeek India Awards was launched in 2009 with an aim to celebrate the best in Indian print. This year we celebrate its eleventh edition.

Reproflex3: Enabling the brands and converters a flexo win

Reproflex3 is all set for its entry into India. On the sidelines of the announcement, Andrew Hewitson, global managing director of Reproflex3 in a conversation with Priya Raju shares how its patented pending Project Blue flexo technology can be a game changer for brands and converters

Rao: My vision is to develop Coral as an MNC

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks ten questions about print and beyond

Maiti: “We do help brands bring products faster into the market”

Danaher, Esko’s parent company offers product that one can use throughout the packaging and printing supply chain. Arnab Maiti, sales director – South Asia, Esko tells PrintWeek India how Esko touches 90% brands worldwide and why Pre-media plays an important role in today’s competitive landscape

Women in Print: Tarika Dangare

She is an assistant manager, communication and sales support at Bobst. She spend her leisure reading a novel, and learning new recipes

Women in Print: Mona Pahuja

Mona Pahuja is a senior executive, corporate empanelment in the Graphics Arts Division of Fujifilm. She takes care of corporate tie-ups and marcomm. Mona likes to spend her leisure working out in gym or watching Netflix.

Application of Design Thinking in strategy and innovation

Anuj Prasad of Desmania Design, discusses about the importance of application of design and how it affects the customer’s perspective about the end product

Super Prints’ die-cut visiting cards at Sign India 2018

At the Delhi edition of Sign India 2018 was held at Pragati Maidan from 20 to 22 July. As all participants were housed in one hall, it was easier for the visitors to navigate from stall to stall. The hall was buzzing with activity, demonstrations and machines on display.

Q&A with Megha Purushan

Megha Purushan is the digital media coordinator at Manipal Media Network. She is responsible for content strategy, planning new initiatives and on-time execution of digital media projects.

New Delhi’s Royal marries hardware and software to manage cost, quality, and time

New Delhi-based Royal Digital, a part of Royal Offset Printers, made news in July 2018 when it became the first Indian firm to install the new Xerox Iridesse six-colour press, that two days after the machine was launched. The investment signals Royal’s increasing reliance on digital printing, despite having a full-fledged offset setup. It also highlights the proprietor Vikas Arora’s willingness to bet on new technology to add to customer satisfaction.

Rotomoulding Powder Market driven by rapid expansion in construction and packaging industries

The Rotomoulding Powder Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than USD 6 billion to over USD 29 billion by 2024; as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights.

P Dasgupta on packaging and counterfeiting

In 2015, at EFI Advisory Council Meet, packaging expert Prabuddha Dasgupta spoke about counterfeiting and security solutions in packaging. In a follow-up discussion with the PrintWeek India team, Dasgupta shares insights on the subject

Picture Gallery: 22 impressions from PrintWeek's Jury Day

The PrintWeek India Jury Day transpired on 30 October at the 18.99 Latitude in Mumbai. The full day Jury Day was exhilarating and invigorating. The 21-strong jury, a majority of whom were women, comprising of print customers, creative designers and experts evaluated more than 900+ samples from 104 print firms across the country. Jai Print.

PrintWeek India Awards 2018 shortlist: Publishing Prowess

The judges in this group were looking for short-run, high-value books, magazines and newspapers. They found “a standard across the whole category that was stunning, and some entries which were amazing."

PrintWeek India Awards 2018 shortlist: Innovative, Social Stationery, Screen, Industrial

Although high-quality printing was essential for this category, judges also took into account the production constraints often imposed in this category. Things are no longer x and y-axis, now they are z-axis. These 3-D samples wowed the judges with care and attention to detail that was probably only matched by fine-tuning of production methods.

PrintWeek India Awards 2018 shortlist: All about Digital and Fine Art

Typical digital print has a short shelf-life but fast turnarounds, tricky consistency demands and personalisation makes these jobs intriguing. Some of the samples in this category surmounted them all with what one judge said were “samples that pushed boundaries of what I thought possible”.

PrintWeek India Awards 2018 shortlist: Power of Packaging

Packaging is the name of the game: and Indian packaging converters are unleashing form and luxury like no other, notching up one packaging sample after another in this category. “Loved some of the materials choices, and simply stunning finishing too,” said the judges.

PrintWeek India Awards 2018 shortlist: Performance Awards

These are the firms that celebrate the best work in the business with the best people in the business. The shortlisted finalists in the Indian print industry's flagship awards scheme form the creme de la creme of our industry. Who will take home one of the coveted PrintWeek 'Prisms' at the glittering ceremony on 29 November?

Me & My: QuarkXPress desktop publishing software

Atul Kumar,deputy general manager, production at Amar Ujala, shares how this desktop publishing software has helped increase efficiency

Strategy is to make blankets cost-effective for newspapers

Blankets obviously play an important role in offset printing and thus, it has a major role to play in the newspaper industry. Over the years, as newspaper printing has gone through phases of technology changes, blanket manufacturers too have risen up to the occasion offering new and cost-effective products. Rahul Kumar talks to four blanket manufacturers — Trelleborg, Novurania, Kapoor Imaging and Fujikura

How Dainik Bhaskar bucked circulation trends in Bihar

Girish Agarwaal, promoter-director, Dainik Bhaskar Group tells PrintWeek India what resulted in a growth of Dainik Bhaskar circulation from 51 lakh copies in June 2017 to 58 lakh copies as on June 2018 - an increase of seven lakh copies, mainly across markets of Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

My Stamp was the perfect medium to create awareness on Paper Day

In a bid to popularise paper in the masses, FPTA, India’s apex paper body has declared 1 August as Paper Day. On the occasion this year, India Post launched a commemorative stamp. B Deepak of Sivasakthi Paper Distributors, Coimbatore, explains how it all came about, and about his love affair with philately.

Canon organises Book Sabha

To showcase how the burgeoning inkjet printing technology could help book publishers in the changing landscape of short-run book market, Canon organised a ‘Book Sabha’ in New Delhi on 13 September. Representatives from all major publishing houses based in Delhi attended the event.

Future of news media business at Wan-Ifra 2018 in Hyderabad

What to expect during Wan-Ifra India 2018 Conference? PrintWeek India has the details

TechNova’s Application Labs

The erstwhile TOUCH Centre has metamorphised into a new avataar, disseminating knowledge

NTNK Inks - Are they really safe?

Food safety refers to the conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and food-borne illnesses. From farm to fork, principles of food safety need to be adhered to in order to ensure consumer safety.

Me & My: Esko Software Suite

Rajiv Bhargava of HBD Packaging, which recently invested in Esko’s Automation Engine and Imaging Engine, swears by its reliability

Picture Gallery: The first is the best

Memories are wonderful. But we are often silent about it. Dibyajyoti Sarma and Noel D’Cunha celebrate our past, and take a look at the yester-years in the History Special. We believe one must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each company: no one can be too low or too insignificant

Customers of Bengaluru-based PrintXpress get the best of both worlds

Jagdish Bajaj of PrintXpress in Bengaluru says, “We do tell the customers to check the print properly once a sample has been printed by us. Generally we try to minimise the mistakes at the inception level itself. We communicate a lot with the operators. Owning up to their mistakes is a remedy because there are less chances of a mistake getting repeated. Plus it boosts their confidence on the next job that they do rather than diminishing the confidence. Unfortunately in India, we follow the culture of hiding the mistakes which is what we at PrintXpress endeavour to change. Having said that we do have a system in place where there is a minimum penalty if something goes wrong. There is a responsibility attached to everything.”

Cost of printing rupees was Rs 7,965 crore after demon

In a statement in the Rajya Sabha, in response to a question by the Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem (CPM), the finance minister Arun Jaitley stated the expenditure on printing of notes during 2015-16 (the year prior to demonetisation) was Rs 3,421 crore.

Do judge us by our covers. Happy 2019

The Cover Page is probably one of the best of human inventions. We celebrate a bumper year for print and packaging with the best of 2018.A Complete Guide to the 12 PrintWeek India cover pages and six WhatPackaging? cover pages

Ojha: Print in India lacks infrastructure

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek India asks ten questions to Aditya Ojha, partner, Sonic Labels, Vasai, about print and beyond

The ten most popular Sunday Columns of 2018

Noel D’cunha’s Sunday Column is a popular read for the Indian print industry. He penned 50 columns in 2018. The year’s notable Sunday Columns, selected by the PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? teams in Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.

Me & My: Bobst Visionfold 110 A-2

Captain Offset was struggling with its Indian folder-gluer. That’s when it decided to upgrade to a Bobst Visionfold 110, says Vivek Rakheja

Product of the Month: AGS’s Aoke sample-maker

65 installations in India is a testimony of the Aoke’s popularity, according to Vishnuu Kamat, Advanced Graphic Systems (AGS)

Picture Gallery: Print, poetry and an Awards Night

Popular stage and film actor Denzil Smith hosted the PrintWeek India Awards on 29 November. During his riveting presentation he grooved on the mike – as he belted out rhymes and verse about the award winning printers.A selection of the best.

Labelexpo Preview: Ancillary Products

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Labelexpo Preview: Flexo and digital presses

The future of how labels will be produced

Deshna Mehta: “As designers, I see our role as facilitators more than creators”

PrintWeek India talks to the co-founder of Mumbai-based Studio Anugraha about their journey so far.

Chintamoni Ghosh: The unsung hero of print

One of the nice things about editing a print magazine is the wonderful stories you get to hear. Recently, I heard about The Indian Press and Chintamoni Ghosh, its proprietor and founder.

Neuromarketing leads to better packaging design

How can neuromarketing – using combinations of biometric measuring techniques to analyse consumer reactions – be a tool that makes packaging development more efficient? The answers will be supplied by Iggesund Paperboard and Tobii Pro, a global leader in the field of eye tracking, in exclusive seminars targeted at both companies’ customers.

Esko’s packaging excellence centre

Demo centres typically showcase a live experience of the latest hardware and software products in networked system architectures.

Canon Technical Excellence Centre at Noida in UP

A day dedicated to a demonstration session for customer at the 40,000 sqft space at the centre, comprises of class room technology presentation, live demo and media testing on equipment

Swarnangka of TechNova shares his insights from Kerala deluge for the print industry

The recent floods in Kerala are not only horrifying and nightmarish but have left the state damaged in more ways than one can imagine. While the rest of the nation is offering whatever financial and moral support it can, TechNova feels that this calamity also offers tremendous insight into how the industry should pre-empt losses and provide maximum insulation to businesses should one happen in future. Here are some few observations which could ensure a safer way to keep the industry going during trying times:

Pharmaceuticals packaging: safety across the board

“No compromising on product safety” is the overriding principle for companies of the pharmaceuticals industry and for allied enterprises in the packaging sector. Because of their high responsibility for human health, they are strictly monitored and have to observe numerous specifications and guidelines. No mean challenge for the companies concerned. From an economic point of view, this sector can still take pleasure in a market experiencing stable growth. The German pharmaceuticals market leads

We need to blend into the future with balance: Prasoon Joshi

“We often think that the symbols, colours, phrases in a particular time are all organic and may overlook from where they emanate. But if we look closely, they tell a story; they minutely manifest the change in the mindset of not just the consumer but a societal collective,” said Prasoon Joshi, CEO and CCO, McCann Worldgroup India, while writing exclusively for Campaign India on subliminal changes while reflecting on what 2017 holds for marketing.

PrintWeek India launches monthly What Packaging? eNewsletter

The packaging sector is perhaps the last bastion for the printing community. The India growth story proves that there is a need for a special packaging magazine. Which is why PrintWeek India has launched the monthly eVersion of What Packaging?

Kodak continues to innovate; readies for PrintPack in India

John O'Grady, managing director worldwide sales is in Mumbai for his first ever trip to India. The man who has worked in Kodak for two decades said, "We will make a significant announcement on the sale of the Prosper business, soon." As announced in March 2016, Kodak announced plans to sell off Prosper, including the new Ultrastream technology. It will retain the legacy Versamark operation.

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Parksons’ Ramesh Kejriwal shares his packaging mantras

The global consumption by volume for folding carton including micro-flute is anticipated to grow in 2014 to 2020 from 37 Mio MT to 47 Mio MT, and the global consumption by value is anticipated to grow in 2014 to 2020 from USD 87billion to USD 105 billion.

PrintWeek India launches monthly What Packaging? eNewsletter

The packaging sector is perhaps the last bastion for the printing community. The India growth story proves that there is a need for a special packaging magazine. Which is why PrintWeek India has launched the monthly eVersion of What Packaging?

One copy of the Constitution for each Nepali voter

The Federation of Nepal Printers’ Association (FNPA) is four years old and boasts of more than 2,000 members. There are more than 500 Nepalis at the show, of which 55 delegates are ‘officially’ attending PrintPack 2017 on all five days. The leader of the group is Madhav KC, who has been the president of the FNPA for two years now.

Production details is the key to transform an idea into a design

In a free-wheeling chat with Amruta Nemivant of Goethe-Institut /Max Muller Bhavan, Divya Thakur of Design Temple puts forward design concepts from ancient India that are pertinent and the idea behind curating the 'Design: The India Story' exhibition.

Tata is no longer a top 100 global brand: Report

Blame it on the unrest at the top management of the Tata Group in the last few months, but it has appeared to have hurt the company’s brand value. The clear indication of this is that the brand dropped more than 20 spots to vacate its place among the world’s most valuable 100 brands in the latest Brand Finance Global 500 list.

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Colour guru, Kiran Prayagi hosts workshop on 17 February

Colour guru Kiran Prayagi will host the February session of Seekho aur Samjho on 17 February (Friday) at SIES GST, Navi Mumbai. Prayagi will speak pressroom consumables and their effect on the reproduction of colour during printing.

Print Fest Expo

PrintFest Expo 2017 is a must-attend event not only for the players of offset, digital, photo album makers, label, packaging, printing, finishing industries but also for press owners, designers, brand managers, machinery traders, architects, contractors, interior designers, builders and developers of properties and more.

JetVarnish 3DS with iFoil

MGI’s first inkjet product was the Jetvarnish press that was demonstrated at Drupa 2008 running at 1,000sph, it was the first digital spot UV coater in a B2 format. At Drupa 2012, MGI introduced its next version, the Jetvarnish 3D, which features new 3D with iFoil, world’s first.

Packaging industry will see newer hybrid setups and digital presses to attend to customisation

During the NPES Print Business Outlook on 5 February 2017, Hitender Kumar, sales manager, Ent Inkjet Solutions, India Cluster, Eastman Kodak Company, looked at packaging as mass customisation and mobile engaged packaging.

CCL enters India, acquires majority stake in Super Label

Specialty label and packaging solutions giant CCL announced its entry into India on 2 February 2017 with the signing of a binding agreement to acquire a 70% stake in privately owned Navi Mumbai-based Super Label. The deal was finalised by Pacman-CCL joint venture, headquartered in Dubai.

Die-cutting: yesterday, today and tomorrow

Most people have little or no idea about die-cutting. Or, they have no interest in learning about it. You will be hard-pressed to find people who actively seek out information about die-cutting, how it started, what it can achieve and about its future. Artize’s Mukul Luthra attempts to answer these questions and more in a nutshell

Coral conducts industrial meet at its facility

Hyderabad-based Coral Print Pack conducted a meeting discussing the development activities needed to be taken at the industrial level.

Vote for your favourite B2-size digital press in 2018

In its monthly poll, PrintWeek India asks its readers, which B2-size digital press will be the star of the next 12 months.

Krishan Pandey: Digital print with automation is the future

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Krishan Pandey, director-marketing of Avantika Printers.It has won the PrintWeek India Awards for Digital Printer of the year in the last two consecutive years.

Indian paper industry moving out of the woods

On 12 February 2018, the industry research firm Care Ratings released an industry research report on the Indian paper industry, titled ‘Indian Paper Industry – Moving out of the woods?’ The following is the highlights from the report.

Sindhu Nair: A goal oriented woman is more attractive than one waiting for a man to validate her existence

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Sindhu Nair of Sujilee Color Printers, Kollam, Kerala

Navneet’s net profit likely to rise by 131% YoY: Report

According to a recent report published in Money Control, the net profit of Navneet Education is likely to rise by 131% YoY. This shows the company’s dominance on the vast education market in India and its export prowess.

Designing typefaces

Shiva Nallaperumal is a graphic designer, type designer and illustrator. He has been awarded by Forbes for 30 under 30. His practice has focused on identity systems, publication and exhibition design, custom typefaces and interactive design for a wide range of international clients. He graduated from DJAD, Coimbatore, and then did MFA in graphic design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA

Design nuances of the Rupee symbol

Uday Kumar Dharmalingam is an assistant professor in the department of design, IIT Guwahati. He did his PhD in design from IDC, IIT Bombay, before doing his master’s in visual communication. His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design, architecture and design research with special focus on Tamil typography

Understanding the geometry of design

Aziza Iqbal is a visual artist, surface design and pattern specialist currently based in Doha, Qatar. A quintessential maths nerd and pattern junkie, she thrives on details, grids and symmetry, and believes in communicating with shapes and colours rather than words and pictures.

Understanding typefaces

Prof Mahendra Patel is a retired senior faculty of NID, Ahmedabad. He worked on type design projects at Atelier Frutiger, Paris in 1971 and has worked on type design development projects in Devanagari, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil scripts. Patel received the Gutenberg Award in 2010

Designing everyday objects

Paul Sandip is an award-winning product designer, who has designed over 300 iconic everyday objects in 121 product categories for clients from 14 countries. He is the two-time winner of the Red Dot Award, among other international accolades. In 2004, he created the spherical bulb holder and angular multi-plug for GM Modular

Uteco Group and Kodak unveil inkjet press for flexible packaging

Jointly developed by Uteco Group and Kodak, the Sapphire Evo hybrid inkjet press is now commercially available. First previewed at Drupa 2016 at the Kodak booth, the new press will see its first installation in June 2018 at an Italian flexible packaging producer for the industrial and fashion industries.

Nuances of simple design

Sunit Singh is a partner and co-founder at Design Capital, a design advisory firm through which he mentors design and product teams at Cleartrip, Ola and Table Hero. Singh is a graduate from Sir JJ School of Art, with a bachelor of fine art in painting, followed by masters in visual communication from IDC, IIT Bombay. He has worked with some of the leading design firms and product companies like Paper Plane, Burrp!, Yahoo!, Cleartrip and Ola

Introducing Industrial design

Narendra Ghate is the chief designer at Tata Elxsi. He is a product design graduate from IDC, IIT, Bombay. An expert in product planning, automotive styling, graphics, branding and more, he was also a part of the core team that was instrumental in making the Industrial Design Division the largest design house in India

Designing a motorcycle

Chetaan Shedjale is senior industrial designer at Harley-Davidson, who has designed Harley’s hugely successful Street 750, as also the recently-launched Street Rod 750. From Solapur in Maharashtra, Shedjale works out of the Harley-Davidson global headquarters in Milwaukee, USA. Before this, he studied design in Italy, and interned under the well known motorcycle designer, the late Massimo Tamburini

Design education in India

A professor at the Industrial Design Centre at IIT, Bombay, Anirudha Joshi works in the field of design and teaches human computer interaction and related topics. He did his engineering from IIT Bombay followed by masters in design from IDC, specialising in the field of visual communication

Forecast report on on-the-go breakfast packaging market

Industrial Research Report, the market research website which offers global industries informational reports and services, has recently released a market report titled, ‘On-the-go breakfast packaging market - Global industry analysis, size, share, growth, trends, and forecast 2017-2025.’

The battle of the bag: paper or plastic?

To underline the implications of using paper or plastics for packaging, Bhavika Shah lists its pros and cons, for responsible use and disposal of the materials for packaging

Five-minute survey: Sheetfed Offset Outlook in India

PrintWeek India is surveying printing companies to understand their usage pattern and requirements for offset printing equipment.

Kejriwal: “Be respectful about debt-equity and have an appetite for risk”

Ramesh Kejriwal of Parksons Packaging is known for his sustained commitment and outstanding performance within the printing industry over a period of many years. In a tête-à-tête on the occasion of the Lifetime Achievement Award which was bestowed on him during a glittering ceremony at the Sahara Star on 24 February, Kejriwal shares his print journey of more than 45 years and vision for the firm

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Saravanan: Quest for quality is a never-ending process

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Saravanan Jayakarthikeyan, director, Thee Classic Printers

Arvind Singhal: Quest for quality is a never-ending process

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Arvind Singhal, founder director of Square Vision India, Haridwar. It is a Haridwar-based pharma packaging company.

Kant Dabholkar: Offset and digital must survive together

In the series, PrintWeek India poses eleven questions about print and beyond

Sandeep Singla: There is something to learn from everyone

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Sandeep Singla, director of BK Print & Pack, Haridwar. It manufactures corrugated boxes and mono cartons.

Swapnil Sansare: We have installed more than 500 3D printing machines

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions to Swapnil Sansare CEO and founder, Divide By Zero Technologies, Mumbai. It is a desktop 3D printing machine manufacturer company.

Nitin Sethi: The future will be defined by instant printing

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Nitin Sethi, owner of Anand Digital Prints, Gurugram

N Jayakarthikeyan: Black is the trickiest colour to print

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek India asks ten questions about print and beyond to N Jayakarthikeyan, founder of madurai-based Thee Classic Printers. Established in 1986; it manufactures stationery, brochures, booklets, annual reports, magazines and textbooks.

Siddharth Kejriwal: To dream to grow big with old equipment is not easy

In the rapid fire series, PrintWeek questions the PrintWeek India Company of the Year head

Gurinder Singh: Digital printing’s success to depend on cost-effectiveness

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek India asks eleven questions about print and beyond to Gurinder Singh, managing partner of Printwell Printers, Amritsar

Walmart to get 55-61% stake in Flipkart, to invest USD 2-3 billion

In a development which will make converters working in the eCommerce segment happy but perhaps supporters of made in India see red, global retail giant Walmart is planning to invest USD 2-3 billion (over Rs 13,000 crore) as fresh equity into Flipkart, while buying existing shareholders for a majority control. According to the deal, which is yet to be announced, Walmart is expected to get a 55-61% stake in Flipkart while Alphabet, the parent company of Google, will pick up around 10%.

UBM’s packaging show ProPak India on 30 August

UBM India Group is set to launch ProPak India, processing and packaging show, from 30 August to 1 September 2018 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.

EFI reports record Q1 revenue

EFI has announced its results for the first quarter that ended March 31, 2018.

The rules of branding

Anusha Pinto started her career 1o years back in marketing, switched to copy writing, and now makes her living by strategising with brands. At heart, she is creative and adorns many hats. She does gardening, lettering, cooking, drawing, designing, writing, storytelling, dreaming and the list goes on

Teaching typography

Prof GV Sreekumar is the head of Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. He trained under the legendary Prof RK Joshi and worked on a Malayalam font. He has also designed several popular magazines like CHIP, DIGIT, Overdrive, Chandamama, and Society. His specialisation includes typography, calligraphy and information design

Print News from Round the World

This edition of the weekly update includes Hyderabad printing press warehouse gutted in fire; officer steals Rs 90 lakh from currency printing press; 1,000 duplicate answer sheets seized from printing press in Jaunpur; railways pan to commercially exploit printing press land faces hurdles; Bombay HC to hear PIL on notes missing between printing press and RBI; Dera’s old printing press building used for mass castration; the story of Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari The age-old story of Block Printing

How Konica Minolta reinvented inkjet with AccurioJet KM-1

With UV printing being the talk of the town, Konica Minolta has put its collective weight behind its new AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press. According to the company, for enterprises, the machine offers B2+ size, meaning high productivity for short-run jobs. The machine also supports various jobs like folded brochures.

PrintWeek Survey: Sheetfed Offset Outlook in India

​​KGN Xerox continues investment with post-press spend

After adding two HP PageWide machines and a host of cut-sheet digital production presses over the last couple of years, Hyderabad’s retail print chain KGN Xerox has enhanced its finishing operations with a second Duplo 616 slitter-cutter-creaser, an Electromec perfect binding kit, and a JingWei digital cutting table.

​​Xeikon to sell and service EFI Jetrion

Xeikon has inked a partnership deal with EFI wherein Xeikon will service the EFI Jetrion customer base and directly sell Jetrion products.

PrintWeek’s screen print special and WhatPackaging? issue is now available

The 88-page PrintWeek India's screen print special February issue along with the WhatPackaging? supplement is now out.

Career and growth opportunities in publishing

Like any other industry, a job in the publishing industry involves a fair amount of competition and grunt work and requires bright go-getters who are not afraid of the grunt, says Monica Malhotra Kandhari, managing director, MBD Group.

Picture Gallery: ​Street Art in Ahmedabad

Poster art is celebrated the world over. In 1891, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, with his poster Moulin Rouge, opened his series of thirty-one posters presenting, among others, the nightlife of Parisian cabarets. Then there is the British artist Banksy — graffiti master, painter, activist, filmmaker and all-purpose provocateur.

The dynamo of metal packaging

As one of the leading metal packaging company in India shows no sign of slowing down Kaushal Vora, managing director of Massilly India Packaging and Genesis Packaging talks about streamlining its expansion to reach the top spot

JK Paper's ascend in premium packaging board

JK Paper has set its sight to capture the premium packaging board, also known as virgin fibre based board, market that is set to grow at 12.9% in 2021. This comes on the heels of JK Paper approving in May 2018 the setting up of an additional capacity up to two lakh tpa of packaging board, pulping facilities up to 1.60 lakh tpa and utilities at Central Pulp Mills (CPM) in Songadh, Gujarat. The entire cost of the project is approximately considered to be Rs 1,450-cr.

Demystifying the myths surrounding paper

When it comes to the environment, paper and paper products tend to get undue blame. Arjun Dewan clears the air surrounding the impact of paper on the environment

Pragati's innovative print techniques for packaging

With the advancements in packaging, P Narendra of Pragati Pack tells a gathering of AIFMP members in Nagpur on 7 July how innovative print techniques can enhance the pack. He explains how packaging can ensure brands have many new and exciting ways to deliver better value for money and higher engagement to the consumer

Me & My: Epson Surecolor F2130

Veer Kunwar Singh of Jalandhar’s Evertight Fasteners says, the Surecolor F2130 suits its e-commerce t-shirt business thanks to its POD feature

Ram Sehgal to be honoured with the AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award

The Advertising Agencies Association of India has announced that the AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 will be awarded to legendary ad man Ram Sehgal.

Printers Guild of Vidarbha's GC meeting to live stream

Printers Guild of Vidarbha in association with AIFMP to host its 241st GC meeting at Nagpur’s Le Meridien hotel on 7 July 2018 from 3pm onwards.

Jagati wins ICQC membership for all its 22 printing centres

Hydebard-based Jagati Publications, publisher of Telugu daily Sakshi has bagged the International Color Quality Club (ICQC) membership for all its 22 printing centres. This is the first time in the history of the ICQC that a publication has registered all its print centres and won membership to all of them.

PRH India acquires Hind Pocket Books

Penguin Random House India recently acquired Hind Pocket Books, one of the oldest Hindi language publishers in the country. The development indicates PRH India’s renewed focus on local language publishing, which it started almost a decade ago.

Plastic ban to cost 3-lakh jobs, loss of Rs 15,000-crore: Report

According to the plastic manufacturing industry, the state-wide plastic ban, including carry-bags and thermocol by the Maharashtra government, will result in loss of up to Rs 15,000-crore and nearly three lakh jobs.

Bookwatch: Prof Rajendrakumar Anayath, DCRUST

Anayath is a Vice Chancellor at DCRUST who previously was the director of the Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani, has held various positions at the Manipal University and then went on to be the head of Heidelberg’s Print Media Academy.

Bookwatch: CN Ashok, Autoprint

With over 10,908 installations in a span of just 25 years, the Coimbatore-based Autoprint has emerged as a market leader in the offset printing and allied machinery manufacturing industry. And, as the managing director of the company, the credit goes to CN Ashok for steering the company’s enviable rise.

Bookwatch: Chaitya Shah, Marvel Art Gallery

Ahmedabad –based, serigraphy specialist, Marvel Art Gallery needs no introduction. Marvel has bagged seven consecutive PrintWeek India awards in the Fine Art Printer of the Year category till now. Started in 2004, Father-son duo of Dhanvi and Chaitya Shah has established Marvel as a pioneer in the field of serigraphy.

Goafest 2018: Jagran Prakashan bags five metals in Publisher Abbys

The Times of India, ABP, DB Corp and Vijay Karnataka also bag Gold.

Bookwatch: Sonal Sheth, Sheth Printograph

Sonal Sheth is the director at Sheth Printograph in Noida and has been an integral part of the industry for over a decade. She loves to travel all around the world.

What Omotenashi, the Japanese approach to customer, means

Raju Kutty of Purandara Laser Technologies narrates his first encounter with Japanese manufacturing two years ago and explains what he learned from the experience

Goafest 2018: Adland to keep calm and do yoga with Baba Ramdev

The speaker line up this year includes Patanjali Ayurved's Baba Ramdev, banker Rana Kapoor, sportspersons Sania Mirza and Jonty Rhodes.

​​Michelman committed to India

The Michelman top brass of Karen Smith and Jeff Rodgers visited the Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings in Mumbai last week, and interacted with customers and the Indian team. Smith, independent director spoke about recyclability, sustainable packaging and 70 years of water-based coating expertise which guarantees "full compliance with recyclability protocol and food contact requirements".

Kodak CEO in Mumbai to promote film and growth of print business

Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke is in Mumbai as part of a high profile cinema weekend to talk about restoring films and the future of cinematography along with Hollywood director Christopher Nolan, artist Tacita Dean, founder of the Film Heritage Foundation Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and other leaders of India’s film and cinematography industry in a roundtable discussion. This is part of the Reframing the Future of Film 4 set of events which will be hosted at multiple venues across the city.

First installation of Konica Minolta's AccurioJet KM-1 in offing

Konica Minolta Business Solutions has announced that it will soon be installing its first AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet press in India. However, the details as to when and where the machine will be installed is still under wraps. The cutting-edge solution which comes with a B2 plus sheetfed was first unveiled at Drupa 2012. It had garnered significant admiration during its launch particularly for its unprecedented image production quality and capability to print on a host of media.

Cosmo Films bags prestigious SAP Hana Visionary Award

Delhi-based Cosmo Films has bagged the prestigious SAP Hana Visionary Award for the year 2018 for embracing the leading cloud technology and harnessing and unlocking its true potential.

How cloud-based systems help ink optimisation

Simply put, cloud computing is shared computing. In the past, companies would run applications or programmes from software downloaded on a physical computer or a server in their building. Cloud computing allows people to access to the same kinds of applications from a shared location.

Coral conducts free eye camp for its employees

Coral Print Pack along with Solis Eye Care Hospital held a free eye check-up camp for Coral’s employees on 11 August 2018.

The last mile in design

Anuj Prasad, founder and CEO of Desmania Design, discusses the various obstacles faced by the designers and their clients towards the completion of a designing project.

Why is automatic die better than manual die?

The die specialist Mukul Luthra of Artize Die Makers dives deep into the technical nitty-gritties of the manual and automatic process of die-cutting

Campaign India A-List returns this year

Campaign India is set to bring back its A-List later this year.

Me & My: Tiancen lamination machine GFM 106

Jatinder Shroff of Noida-based Nutech Packagings explains how the investment in Tiancen lamination machine has helped him save on energy

S Chand buys 51% stake in Chetana Publications

The plan of S Chand, of the country’s biggest education publishers, to grow through acquisition is in full steam as the company’s board recently approved an investment of Rs 58.5 crore to acquire 51% “partnership interest” in Chetana Publications in an all-cash deal.

Industry discusses the need to go toluene-free

Arjun Dewan, editorial contributor, reports on the proceedings of the International Packaging Conclave held on the sidelines of PackPlus 2018 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on 27 July

Bengaluru printers fined for printing flex

Following the High Court order, the Bengaluru municipal authorities in the Karnataka state has taken action against local presses for printing buntings. So far, printers have been asked pay penalty to the tune of Rs 92,000.

Working-women percentage at the lowest. A grave concern - The Noel D'Cunha Sunday Column

Working-women percentage at the lowest. A grave concern From the ramparts of the Red Fort, India’s Prime Minister stressed on the importance of empowering the women of this country. Unfortunately, in India women participation in the workforce is generally dismal and the situation in the printing industry seems especially worse. This Sunday Column, PrintWeek India takes stock of the situation

Fine Art Printer of the Year: Marvel Graphic Studio, Archana Advertising

Writing in these very pages last year, we asked, “Isn’t there no firm who can stop Marvel Graphic Studio’s home run in this category?” It looks like the question remains valid, as Marvel wins the Award for a seventh consecutive year, a record unlikely to be broken soon.

Digital Printer of the Year: Avantika Printers

Last year’s joint winner in the category, New Delhi’s Avantika Printers, rules the roost once again, on the strength of its digital prowess.

Green Printing Company of the Year: Lovely Offset Printers

A green strategy must focus on four key aspects – reduce pollution, conserve resources, conserve energy and reduce consumption and waste.Lovely Offset, Sivakasi’s biggest print firm, follows a clear policy in using non-conventional energy, conservation, recycling, waste disposal, reduction of carbon foot print and training of employees in the above aspects.

Brochure & Catalogue Printer of the Year: Pragati Offset

This has always been a competitive category in the PrintWeek India Awards as it lends itself to enhancements and razzle dazzle. This year, Pragati Offset comes up trumps with its unstoppable progress yet again.

SME Printing Company of the Year: Progressive Printing Press

The idea behind introducing this category was to find a hitherto below-the-radar printing firm doing commendable work.We have been reasonably successful in our quest, and this year, we have a new name — Surat-based Progressive Printing Press.

Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade): Replika Press

The master printer Replika Press has proven its mettle yet again. No wonder it has already been a five-time winner of the Post-Press Company of the Year. This year too, Replika’s four samples are a testimonial to the fact that a quality book printer can add value to a publisher’s vision of a perfect book.

Student of the Year: Aparna Vinod, SIES Graduate School of Technology

Aparna Vinod has always been an all-rounder throughout her studies. She has consistently been a top scorer while pursuing the Bachelor in Printing and Packaging Technology course at SIES Graduate School of Technology.

Pre-Press Company of the Year: Trigon Digital Solutions

Mumbai-based pre-press specialist Trigon Digital Solutions returns after a hiatus of three years to reclaim the Award it won in 2013. And looking at Trigon’s solid financial performance in 2016-17, we must say it has been an impressive return.

Post-Press Company of the Year: Brilliant Printers

After winning the SME Printing Company of the Year trophy in 2016, Brilliant Printers this year has upped its ante to bag the Post-Press Company of the Year. An eye for quality, a will to grow and the passion to aim big are the hallmarks of Brilliant Printers, which has once again enabled this Bengaluru-based company to work wonders.

PrintWeek India Printing Company of the Year: Parksons Packaging

In the course of the last nine years, we have seen several firms pick up the same Award multiple times in a row. But this has rarely happened in the case of this category — an ultimate accolade a printing company in India can win.Now, Mumbai-headquartered Parksons Packaging has achieved the unexpected, retaining the highest honour of the Award it won in 2016.

Spotlight - Khetshi Patel of Balaji Creations

Balaji Group deals in screen printing and sublimation printing offering applications in garment/textile printing on job work basis. The Group consists of Balaji Creation (2013), Balaji Art (2015), Balaji Graphics (2017).

“The talent you're looking for already works for you,” Gautam Reghunath

“Advertising is dying, guys. The something radical that needed to happen just hasn’t happened. All those once-upon-a-time greats of advertising? They’re all gone or are directing movies now and there’s no hope for more. Got your best years ahead of you? Pack your bags and run to the next hot content shop already.” I couldn’t agree less.

A special tribute to print veteran Viren Chabra

A special tribute to print veteran Viren Chabra. From the archives of PrintWeek India in 2008.

Forecast for 2017: Harsh Gupta

Harsh Gupta, regional GM – India, ME & E, HB Fuller, says the company tailor its product and process innovations to meet its customers’ critical needs.

Forecast for 2017: CP Paul

CP Paul, managing director, APL Machinery, says though initially LED UV is expensive, the results make both printers and end-users happy, thus leading to easy recovery of ROI.

Forecast for 2017: Ranesh Bajaj

Ranesh Bajaj, managing director, Vinsak India, says the company try to keep ahead of competition by leveraging advance technology in research as well as designing of machines.

Forecast for 2017: Sangam Khanna

Sangam Khanna, director, Insight Communication, is optimistic on the market picking up in Q4 and Q1 of 2017-18.

Forecast for 2017: Kanishk Jain

Kanishk Jain of Grafik Machinery International believes that the current economy will recover in the next seven to eight months, depending on the government’s taxation and interest rate policy.

Forecast for 2017: Arnab Maiti

Arnab Maiti, sales director, South Asia, Esko, believes as India is still one of the fastest growing economy with ambitious young minds there has been no holding back on investments.

Forecast for 2017: Kapil Gupta

Kapil Gupta, director, Narsingh Dass Group, says the company is promoting the concept of ‘amazing media for awesome products.’

Forecast for 2017: Sanjay Malhotra

Sanjay Malhotra, managing director, Malhotra Graphics, is seeing a reversing trend with positive sentiments from the customers and industry colleagues

Forecast for 2017: Sanjay Suneja

Sanjay Suneja, director, Sona Papers, believes the demonetisation move will consolidate the market and more and more money will come to the mainstream.

Forecast for 2017: Kulbhushan Khorwal

Kulbhushan Khorwal, sales manager, Kapoor Imaging, says we will have to wait and watch the effects of demonetisation.

Forecast for 2017: Rajesh Agarwal

Rajesh Agarwal, managing director, SRK Technology, says 2017 would be a challenging year for all of us in the printing industry.

Forecast for 2017: Vivekanand Kulkarni

Vivekanand Kulkarni, manager-sales, Megtec, says the company listens carefully to the customer’s voice and the competition.

Forecast for 2017: S Satish

S Satish, global head, sales and marketing, Cosmo Films, is positive about the growth of the industry.

Packaging Trend Tracker: Chip-and-dip combo packs

Ranjana Sundaresan, senior research analyst at Mintel, looks at the Indian snacks market and observes how combo packs are making a mark in the sector.

Manroland FormerLine is a solution for publishing

Indian book publishing is at crossroads. While the numbers of titles getting published every year are increasing, yet bestsellers are few. Self-publishing is on rise and individual print runs are coming down steadily.

A package of opportunity and risk in the rigid box

In these very pages we have written about the growing rigid box market. Come 2017, has the market already consolidated? Not quite, but there are enough machines in the market to meet the current demands while the projected demands are yet to manifest. The converters are no longer gung ho about the future, but cautiously optimistic. Rahul Kumar and Dibyajyoti Sarma survey the scenario.

Manroland digital finishing roadshow in Mumbai and Bengaluru

Manroland India is hosting a two-city road show in Mumbai and Bengaluru in the first week of May for book printers and publishers.

Bookwatch: Mehul Desai, MOS

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

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Kodak talks Prinergy 8 for Indian market

Allan Brown is travelling in India in the last week of April. Brown who is the general manager for Kodak’s Workflow business (Kodak worldwide) and vice president of Eastman Kodak Company along with Subhrajit Ray, national business manager - India cluster, software & solutions division, Kodak India spoke to PrintWeek India about the Prinergy 8 workflow which was recently unveiled.

Think packaging, think Interpack

Interpack 2017 opens its doors on 4 May 2017. If you are still undecided or not sure what to expect at the premier packaging event, read on, as Rahul Kumar and Dibyajyoti Sarma explains the importance of the event, what to expect at Dusseldorf, Germany and highlights of products from major packaging players.

Chang'an Lu of PEIAC welcomes the delegates at Asia Pacific Day in China

China Print 2017 opened its gate on 9 May with 1,60,000 sq/mtrs and 1,300 exhibitors in Beijing is expecting over 2,00,000 visitors. China Print 2017 is scheduled from 9 to 13 May 2017.

China Print sees Indian print firms make big investments

China Print 2017 drew a large contingent of visitors, mostly from Asia, some who were there to buy and other who were there to browse the latest technology introduced at the show.

AIFMP promotes Pamex at China Print 2017

The AIFMP team announced that the Chinese print and packaging manufacturers have booked 1,000 sq/m space at Pamex, as against 278 sq/m in the previous edition. Pamex 2017 edition from 18 to 21 December in Mumbai has an area of 7,000 sq/mtr which has already been booked.

Technical Article: The quality of your print begins before you print!

Many screen-printers, when they find bad printed texts or images in their production, have a tendency to think that they made some mistakes while printing.

Ink volume growth rate down from 15 to 18% to 7 to 9%

With a market size valued at approximately Rs 5000 crore, the Indian printing ink industry is bearing the brunt of changing market scenarios. BS Kampani, editor, Ink News explains the number game of printing ink industry.

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Advanced automation is the future for flexo platemaking growth

In the past 20 years, technology has changed the nature of flexo platemaking.

Beauty out of the tube, glass and jar

“Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at the start of the 19th century. And already 3,000 years before this, a great deal of time and extensive care was devoted to external appearance. The Ancient Egyptians were famous for their highly developed beauty culture; serving as a reference and the epitome of purity and beauty was legendary Queen Nefertiti. Whether make-up, ointments or tinctures – often made by priests the products found their place in select an

The market is tough, where is the profit in print?

The print industry has faced many adversities through the ages. The recent demonetisation which was announced on 8 November ensured that many print CEOs decided to err on the side of the caution. This, plus GST in the pipeline is keeping many printers on their tax-toes. Returns in our jobs are extracted with difficulty for both big and small players; they are jittery and seeking profits. But where is the profit?

Ballarpur's troubles will have far-reaching consequences

Whatever ultimately lies at the root of Ballarpur Industries' travails, the resulting fall-out has resulted in an event that is unprecedented in the history of the Indian paper industry. Losses of domestic paper makers have leaped to five times in 12 months. PrintWeek India's team studied the 60 listed Indian paper makers which have notched up a loss of USD99.4 million in the past 12 months. A year ago, the losses were USD18.7 million.

A tribute to Ramesh Agarwal, the man with a mission

As you enter the Dainik Bhaskar group head office at Bhopal, you would notice a huge outline sketch of Gandhi. On the left on the canvas, you would notice the depiction of the Mahatma’s seven social sins — wealth without work, knowledge without character, business without ethics, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice and pleasure without conscience. This precisely sums up the life principles that late Ramesh Chandra Agarwal lived in letter and spirit until his last breath on 12 Apr

Adieu Abhijit Pandit: The print priest of standardisation

Getting the ‘gray balance’ was a clarion cry of this linguist, outspoken and “mast maula” with clear print knowledge. The death of Abhijit Pandit marks the passing of Indian print’s walking, talking print gyani. His death was met with profound sadness, and heartfelt tributes – A “hard core follower of Felix Brunner...” said one, while another called this fair- slim and trim person, a “bearded angel”. The Indian print needed him for much longer, but solace can be found in the pr

Sudarshan installs cutting machines in USA and Bahrain

Ahmedabad-based manufacturer Sudarshan is known for its programmable paper cutting machine. Munjal Panchal, managing director at Mohansons India informed PrintWeek India that the SPR-72 H is being installed in the USA while the SPR-115H is being installed in Bahrain.

Jalandhar's Bahri makes IPL glamorous with stickers

While watching the tenth IPL cricket series, currently underway, you will notice stickers shining on all sides of the bats - front, back, and edges. These stickers are printed by master screen printers such as Bahri Enterprises in Jalandhar.

Retired from labels to pursue passions

Most successful people in life have yearnings of pursuing their passions that are completely unconnected to their successful careers. Silently they nurture the hope and wish, that one day they can retire and indulge in what they wish to do in time which becomes their own.

Women's Day Special: Revathy Ganapathy

Ganapathy has been holding the fort at Print Plus in Bhiwandi for more than two decades now. This, she says, is like living her dream.

Paper insights from Paper Mart

Featuring interviews with Harsh Pati Singhania of JK Paper and Ajay Gupta of Orient Paper; Voith turns 150; Rampraveen Swaminathan resigns; Katyayini adds new machine; and more

Behind the scenes: Tactabet

PrintWeek India looks into the making of Tactabet which is a Braille-Tactile alphabet book project, published both in Hindi and English, by Braille lifestyle magazine White Print.

Women's Day Special: Chandini Agarwal Menon

As the head of business development at Utility Forms, Menon manages the overall operations and sales at the Mumbai unit in keeping with the print-packaging ideology of the company.

​M​ake In Vile Parle: A New 3D Printing Café Opens This Weekend

Practise model behaviour at Time To 3D, where they'll help you turn doodles into prototypes.

Bookwatch: Samir Gulve, EFI

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

Indian publishing according to Sanat Hazra

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) has shared a presentation made by Sanat Hazra of Bennett, Coleman & Co on the overview of Indian publishing industry.

Patanjali and ITC talk the talk at the Goa Fest

While India’s popular Ayurveda brand seemed to hint it will take the world by storm, the divisional chief executive of ITC’s focussed on ‘brand building in changing India’ at Goa Fest 2017.

Me and My - Morgana Digibook PUR 450

The Digibook 450 PUR is apt for digital print firms seeking perfectly bound books with minimal wastage, says Kunal Kadam, the director of Pune’s Kadam Digital.

ProPak China

ProPak China is scheduled from 12 to 14 July 2017.

Fespa

Fespa, the global print expo has come up with a new message ‘Dare to print different’, to inspire the print community, for its expo which comes to Messe Hamburg, Germany from 8 to 12 May 2017.

Interpack

Total 88 Indian companies are getting ready to showcase their expertise at Interpack 2017 at Dusseldorf from 4 to 10 May.

Gartex

The show is scheduled from 29 to 31 July 2017.

Gift World Expo

In the wake of Make in India and Startup India, Gift World Expo 2016 turned out to be a great place for business attendees and visitors to meet and network with numerous exhibitors at a single platform and source everything under a single roof.

China Print

China Print 2017, to be held in Beijing from 9 to 13 May.

Women's Day Special: Priya Pangaonkar

Priya Pangaonkar is co-founder at Mockingbird. She is in-charge of the operations and product development in the company.

Women's Day Special: Rakhi Das

Rakhi Das is a coordinator at MK Printpack, where she also handles customer relation and corporate communication.

Women's Day Special: Aparna Salian

Salian is the managing director at Mumbai’s Amita Art. While printing was not her first career choice, she has held the for at the company and blended seamlessly in the print world.

Women's Day Special: R Vijayalakshmi

As the partner at A R Prints, Vijayalakshmi manages the complete planning and execution of printing at Chennai office. She has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.

Women's Day Special: Rajvi Parekh

Rajvi Parekh, general manager at Shree Sales Pack in Mira Road near Mumbai takes care of day-to-day operations at the packaging firm.

Women's Day Special: Savita S Gorad

Savita Gorad is the sales manager at Sona Papers who have associations with Cordenons from Italy, Lenzing from Austria, Mont Blanc from Korea, Munken Design Range from Arctic.

Women's Day Special: Piyali Chodankar

Piyali Dasgupta Chodankar is the market development manager at Henkel Adhesive Technologies.

Women's Day Special: Rupande Sampat

Rupande Sampat is the design head at Chemco Plastic Industries.

Women's Day Special: Rachana Khanvilkar

Rachana Khanvilkar is the business development executive at Reifenhauser India Marketing.

Women's Day Special: Nisha Wadhwani

Nisha Wadhwani is the assistant manager - marcom, graphic arts division at Fujifilm.

One minute with Anil Daniel of Anitha Art Printers

Where is your Anitha Art Printers based? Our Mumbai-based press is in Kurla West and the office is in Santacruz.

Forecast for 2017: Sudeep Bhattacharjee

Sudeep Bhattacharjee, managing director, Manroland Web Systems says the company's products offer new possibilities of staying competitive.

Forecast for 2017: Ravi Agarwala

Ravi Agarwala, director, Apsom Infotex, says Roland keeps up with changes in technology.

Siddharth Kejriwal: To dream to grow big with old equipment is not easy

In the Rapid Fire series, PrintWeek questions the PrintWeek India Company of the Year head

"There is still hope for brands in India": Maria Garrido

The global chief insights and analytics officer at Havas Group explained why brands need to be meaningful

Think design at NPES conference

The Print Business Outlook Conference slated for 16 December at The Lalit Hotel in Mumbai will host a panel of four design experts discuss trends in design for print.

Digital disruption of education publishing is win-win for all

Monica Malhotra Kandhari, MD, MBD Group, explains the ways digital technology has disrupted traditional education publishing, and how this disruption has also opened up new avenues of content dissemination for education publishers.

Screen printing is the perfect avenue for women

Since 1990, I have been supporting my husband in our family business. My role is to manage the screen printing unit. My responsibility is also include maintaining records of orders being received and it's updates such as when to be delivered, what kind of job to be printed, etc.

Empowerment is to live freely with a sense of self-worth

I did my MCom in banking and also hold a certificate in computer application. I have also work experience in import and export documentation procedures, maintaining and filing returns of excise, PF, ESIC, sales tax, etc.

Innovative screen printing has a bright future

I have been involved in our family business (wedding cards and invites) since 2010. My role in the organisation is to research and give ideas to our team to create innovative designs for invitations, to look after production process and quality checks, to get feedback from clients and implement the received suggestions, to interact with NRI clients for their online orders.

Women need to be heard and treated equally

Ours is a family run business. As a director in my company, my role is design development and all system implementations.

Women should be independent, self-confident

I am a post-graduate in commerce. My husband Rakesh is in printing since 1994. After our marriage in 2012, I joined the family business to help my husband.

Bookwatch: SM Ramprasad, Fujifilm

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

You find role models at home with your parents

Keetronics was established in 1994 by my husband Rajesh Vinayak Kulkarni. Keetronics manufactures advance input devices, functional printed electronics and capacitive based touch switches for various industries such as medical, automation, railways, military, and hospitality industry.

There is ‘attention’ at work; there is no ‘tension’

My husband Mukesh Tejani is the founder of Om Communication. I have been involved in our family business since 1997. The objective is to make my husband stress-free, as he was all alone handling the screen printing business. It was an easy task for me to join hands with him since I know his likes and dislikes.

Success cannot be achieved without knowledge

After my graduation, I did a diploma in commercial art. I joined Bharat Potteries group in 1992 as design artist. Within a couple of days, I became in charge of offset printing unit which was printing ceramic decals. I learnt screen printing on the job and later in 1995, I became in-charge of Screen Printing department of Clay Craft, where we had a couple of screen printing machines. I was elevated to assistant production manager in 1998.

An empowered woman is decisive and responsible

Our company was established in 2011 by my husband Rajesh Vig. We employ about 100 people. We manufacture women and children footwear like chappal, hawai chappal, sandals. We are specialised in children’s footwear manufacturing.

Striking a home-office balance is not a problem

Prior to joining the industry with my husband, I was really trying to discover myself. I got a chance to enter the printing industry when my husband Rakesh Khandelwal and my brother Mahesh Khandelwal joined hands in 2010 to start a Packaging venture – Nextgen Printers - in Sikkim.

Screen printing is the most creative fields for women

I joined the family business just after marriage to assist my husband, Ravi Patidar. I take care of the company’s systems for better performance monitoring. The encouragement from my family helps me to handle this creative department of our business.

Women-owned firms are the fastest growing

I am aware about GST rules and regulations. In fact, being in the business for so many years, I always upgrade myself with taxation and its labyrinthine rules. GST is a subject of my interest as I handle most of the accounts in our company.

One Nation One Tax One Market is good for print

In the recent days, I have heard comments from my friends in the trade, plus articles in trade magazines that GST is going to extinguish us. Furthermore, there is a sentiment that inflation will increase and this will result in overall price increases. While I do not want to risk predicting the future, I would like to state a few things about GST from the print perspective – the way I have grasped this black swan.

Work hard and never settle for less-than-the-best

I have always loved to play with the colours. My passion for creativity dragged me into the wedding cards business started by my husband Lokesh Mahajan. Unlike other accomplished designers, I did not make my way through any designing school. I self-learnt CorelDraw and Photoshop to make sure I learn designing to the best of my abilities.

GST will make billing simpler

Sigma Corp is engaged in wholesale and retail trading in screen, offset and transfer printing materials with two units at Balanagar and Chikkadpally in Hyderabad. It has opened two new facilities, Sigma - ATM in collaboration with Micro Inks and Sigma Institute of Printing. It has wholesale and retail trading of screen, offset and transfer printing materials. It also does job work of transfer printing and designer wedding cards.

Kumar Labels: The industrial engineer who was destined to be a label printer

Realising the customer need of short-run labels, Anuj Bhargava of Kumar Labels made some wise decision that sealed his fate in the label industry. Harveer Sahni narrates the success story.

Work hard and never settle for less-than-the-best

I have always loved to play with the colours. My passion for creativity dragged me into the wedding cards business started by my husband Lokesh Mahajan. Unlike other accomplished designers, I did not make my way through any designing school. I self-learnt CorelDraw and Photoshop to make sure I learn designing to the best of my abilities.

Get work on grounds of merit, not gender-sympathy

My creative inclination got me interested in packaging. We started off with getting job work done from various places and finally set up our in-house facilities when business started growing. Thus, I started Ingenious Appliances and Packaging eight years ago, with the blessing and encouragement of my parents.

How a fine paper seller can add value to concept

Selling, especially selling of fine paper, needs not always be about price. A seller can also add value to the final product. Arjun Dewan explains

PrintWeek India Awards to celebrate the power of print

PrintWeek India Awards are back with their latest edition with an intention to acknowledge some of the fine works in the industry.

Opinion: Shaping the digital culture in India

Culture is an important variable in understanding how to design websites.

HV Sheth: My dad... my hero

His doting loving daughter Sonal Sheth remembers HV Sheth, a guide, a great visionary, an idol, and a pillar of strength.

Bookwatch: Puneet Datta, Canon

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

Print 17

The international trade show is scheduled from 10 to 14 Septemeber.

Pledge for a greener tomorrow, be a PrintWeek India Green Printing Company

On this World Environment Day, PrintWeek India takes the opportunity to focus on an environment friendly tomorrow and urge the printing fraternity to pursue the same.

PrintWeek India to honour the best in digital printing

PrintWeek India continues its hunt for digital excellence with its Digital Printer of the Year, Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year and Wide Format Printer of the Year category.

PrintWeek India introduces Packaging Company of the Year Award

As the hunt for the next print prodigy begins, we make an attempt to commend the best in the print industry.

Henkel finishes strong in the first quarter

Adhesive giant Henkel has delivered a strong performance in the first quarter in a challenging market environment.

Bookwatch: Balaji Rajagopalan, Xerox

In this series, we investigate what business leaders read and why.

Ipex

The international trade show for print industry is scheduled from 31 October to 3 November 2017

Labelexpo Europe 2017

The event is scheduled from 25 - 28 September 2017

Media Expo

The event is scheduled from 22-24 September 2017.

Techtextil India 2017- International trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens

This event is scheduled from 13 to 15 September 2017

Chhattisgarh Printers Association conducts GST awareness drive

The Chhattisgarh Printers Association (CPA) conducted GST awareness meet wherein upper commissioner, department of sales tax, KR Jharia explained the nuances of GST to over 60 participants.

Cosmo Films among Fortune India's 25 greatest value creators

The BOPP films manufacturer Cosmo Films has made it to Fortune India’s elite list of top 25 greatest value creator companies from among its The Next 500, which enlists the most valuable mid-size enterprises. The company was honoured recently at an event in New Delhi.

Intelpack 2017

The event will be conducted from 26 - 28 September 2017.

Speciality films and flexible packaging summit 2017

The event is scheduled from 14-15 September 2017.

Enveear’s screen printing success in Chennai

For those printers who are mulling about the decline of screen print, the success of Chennai based Enveear Cottage Industry is an eye opener.

GST blues dampens print industry's July

As print businesses struggle to unravel the complexities of the revamped tax structure, the situation looks precarious.

Gifts World Expo

Gifts World Expo 2017 is scheduled from 22 July 24 July 2017

KGN Xerox: The strategy is to upgrade every three years

With seven strategically located retail print shops in Hyderabad, KGN Xerox has grown to become one of the largest digital print firms. The brother duo – Asif and Wasif – at the helm of KGN Xerox envisage growth as they continue to invest in the latest kit

Kerala-based Adzone invests in Grafica screen printing machine

Deepu P, proprietor of Adzone Printers in South Kerala explains why he decided to invest in advanced screen printing technology in addition to the digital and offset printing set up which he started about 10 years ago.

Over 15,000 trade visitors expected at Gartex 2017

Gartex 2017 is a trade show dedicated to the fabric industry of India.The event is scheduled from 29 July to 31 July 2017 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

PrintExpo 2017

The show is scheduled from 18 to 20 August 2017.

19-member joint family boosts Arputha in Chennai

Arputha Prints is an undivided family business, managed by four brothers (all siblings are married with children), viz, Joseph, Anthony Raj (who worked in Menaka Cards for 13 years), Jesi (who had a tailoring business) and Selva Kumar (a recording technician).

IndiaCorr Expo

This show is scheduled from 14 to 16 September 2017

India warehousing show

The event is scheduled from 27 to 29 July 2017

Wan-Ifra India 2017 Conference

The event is scheduled from 12 to 14 September 2017

WAN-IFRA India 2017 Conference

The event is scheduled from 12 to 14 September 2017

Domino CIJ inks for food and beverage sector

Domino Printing Sciences launched new specialist CIJ (continuous inkjet) inks designed specifically for the food and beverage packaging sectors.

PrintWeek India poll: Have you cast your vote?

Green printing is described as the movement in the printing industry wherein recycling, reusing, and reducing wastages are adopted to lower the number of resources used for printing and advertising.

Is book printing your forte?

One of the integral parts of the printing industry is unquestionably publishing sector and book printing. At PrintWeek India we continue our search for the masters in book printing, who continue to enhance the reading experience for their customers.

What GST means to printers: Part II

Good or bad, Goods and Services Tax (GST) will become a reality for our businesses in less than two months. The new tax regime envisions a uniform system and demands that every taxpayer goes digital. That apart, how will GST help printing businesses and the overall economy? During PrintWeek India Ninth Anniversary issue, we raised these questions before our esteemed interviewers. The following is a compilation of their responses.

Desai: Our strategy for next five years is to focus on export of specialty labels

In a recent feature in PrintWeek India, we called Mudrika Labels a jewel in India’s label crown, and the company deserves the moniker as the Special Jury Award proves it. Manish Desai reveals what makes Mudrika a player to watch out for.

Knowledge is the key to success in ceramic decal printing

Unless and until proper knowledge is acquired and put into practice, a big ticket investment in advanced screen printing is fruitless, says Harsh Gandhi of Faridabad-based Marigold Creations to Shripada Bhat.

Goods and Services Tax for beginners

The Goods and Services Tax or GST is scheduled to be launched on 1 July 2017, and it is set to revolutionise the way we do our taxes. But what is GST and how will it reform the current tax structure? And most importantly, why does the country need such a huge overhaul in its taxation policies?

What GST means to printers: Part I

Good or bad, Goods and Services Tax (GST) will become a reality for our businesses in less than two months. The new tax regime envisions a uniform system and demands that every taxpayer goes digital. That apart, how will GST help printing businesses and the overall economy? During PrintWeek India Ninth Anniversary issue, we raised these questions before our esteemed interviewers. The following is a compilation of their responses.

An empowered woman empowers others

My husband and I are the promoters. He has mastery in pharmaceutical. I had interest in designing. I have studied accountancy and computers. Again, women are born good managers. Their HR starts from home, school. So naturally, I take care of overall administration and accounts.

RemaxWorld Expo

The show is scheduled from 12 to 14 October 2017.

My biggest achievement is the confidence of my people

My family is attached to the printing industry, due to which I was appointed here as admin for Spectrum’s Vasai plant. Slowly and steadily, I got inspired by different types of printing, such as screen, offset and digital. Gradually, I stared learning the details.

Without self-empowerment, women can’t achieve much

After marriage, I joined my husband's business which involves screen printing agarbatti (incense sticks) packaging and other commercial jobs. In my company, I am the co-owner, but if a need arises, I also operate our screen printing machine. It means I take responsibility of production in the case of absence of staff. I also help my husband Rajesh in production planning, time and manpower management.

Screen printing is like cooking with different ingredients

Before marriage, I was ignorant about the screen printing. My husband Sunil Panda was doing it. We got married in 1999. Initially, he was doing it alone. But in 2002, due to some problem, he stopped it for six months. At that time, he was doing only design jobs. And his unit was nearly three miles away from our home. But due to various problems, he shifted it to our residence. At that time he got an order from Bangalore for a design job but we did not have any staff with us. So he sought my help

Passion keeps us involved in screen printing

I have done my BSc in fashion designing and a graduate diploma in fashion management from London College of Fashion. Creative people like to work in creative environment and what better place than Tarun Prints Group. It’s a place where creativity is worshipped and always rewarded and thus, we always see such exclusive showcase of screen printing winning awards. Being a fashion designer, my job involves designing garments for women's western wear.

Men and women together can make society beautiful

Ours is a family business started by my husband Swapan Roy. I joined our family garment screen printing business about 12 years ago. Being a life partner, I thought it to be my responsibility to lend support to my husband so that his burden is reduced. I now look after the overall management, such as production, procurement, labour management, accounts and even customer care. And I make it a point to accompany him whenever he visits garment exhibitions.

Women empowerment is need of the hour

My husband Jasbir Singh is in the garment industry and has an integrated unit of knitting, dyeing, brushing, etc. Nine months ago, we also started garment printing. Earlier, I was not so keen to work in our family business. But since the day we started garment printing, I find that screen printing is an artistic field and we can use our creativity until infinity. Now I am taking care of screen making and printing department.

An empowered woman doesn’t depend on anyone

I joined my family business to shoulder my husband's responsibilities of two businesses – commercial printing (offset and screen printing). Now I am managing the entire screen printing business while my husband takes care of other business.

Canon India to present C8000VP Series at Pamex

The ImagePress C8000VP is an 80ppm press and irrespective of the media weight of up to 350gsm can print at the same speed.

Hay Festival: Exploring literature around the world

Hay Festival is a spectacular literary festival that takes place around the world in Cartagena (Colombia), Arequipa (Peru) and Wales (UK). The festival brings together top influencers, readers and writers, including Nobel Prize-winners, novelists, politicians and historians. The festival is a great place to check out the best books, upcoming authors and literary trends. We take a look at some of the top upcoming Hay Festival events, the speakers and the historical significance of the locations.

TechNova to debut Duplo DDC-810 digital coater

TechNova will launch Duplo DDC-810 compact digital spot varnishing equipment at Pamex under the banner of ‘Enhance offset. Integrate digital’, which is TechNova’s Pamex theme.

Women in print: Hema Java

Hema Java handles marketing and is also involved in improving the customer service experience at Java Paper Group

Women in print: Daya Joshi

Daya Joshi is the owner of DD Enterprises. The company produces wedding albums, visiting cards as well as catalogues.

SMI launches hotmelt clear-on-clear and peelable labelstocks

Indian labelstock manufacturer SMI Coated Products has launched two new substrates – clear-on-clear with hotmelt adhesive and peelable labelstock for wet wipes – at Labelexpo Europe.

Exploring possibilities to die-cut corrugated board without using a creasing system

In the case of die-cut packaging a creasing system should be always used at least with the flute. When converting laminated E and B-flute materials it is practically impossible to do without a creasing system.

Gift World Expo

Gift World Expo 2016 had turned out to be a great place for business attendees and visitors to meet and network with numerous exhibitors at a single platform and source everything under a single roof.

Xeikon Cafe 2017 to demystify digital production

The third edition of the Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations slated for 28 to 31 March 2017 will host 30+ industry suppliers showcasing diverse applications along with a business and technical conference.

PackPlus South

PackPlus South has moved to Bengaluru.

N Printech Today

Next generation printing, packaging and converting technology exhibition is scheduled in Chennai.

Asia Coat + Ink Show

All India Printing Ink Manufacturer Association (AIPIMA) and Indian Paint and Coating Association (IPCA) jointly present Asia Coat + Ink Show and conference.

Plastivision India

Plastivision India is organised by All India Plastic Manufacturer's Association (AIPMA).

Industry leaders discuss packaging at Print and Beyond seminar

Industry leaders come together to discuss the industry scenarios during the Print and Beyond seminar at held at Kochi, Kerala on 13 January 2017.

PS 17 lives up to top billing

The 11th edition of the Print Summit at the Tata Theatre, NCPA in Mumbai lived up to its billing. The seminar with 1,000 delegates had talks by Rolex Laureate, Sonam Wangchuk, Padma Bhushan Dr B M Hegde and Padma Bhushan and editor, Shekhar Gupta.

The four pillars of packaging by Ankit Tanna of Printmann Group

Industry leaders come together to discuss the industry scenarios during the KMPA”s Print and Beyond seminar held in Kochi, Kerala on 13 January 2017.

Print Miracle Expo

Print Miracle Expo 2017, now in its’ 2nd edition, press, printing, print finishing, packaging and converting, organised by Kerala Master Printers’ Association (KMPA) and co-organised by Showcase.

17th AGM and Awards function of IPMA

The 17th AGM and Awards function of the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) will be held on Thursday, 12th January 2017 at Hotel Le Meridien (Desire Hall), Janpath, New Delhi.

Trelleborg plans to capitalise on global leadership in India

Maniraju Bora, sales & technical director of SW Asia for Trelleborg Coated Systems is passionate about offset printing blankets. He explains to the PrintWeek India team about the importance of selecting the right blanket in order to tackle wastage and downtime in the pressroom.

Cito's die-cutting and creasing lesson III: Basics for selecting the cutting die and the creasing matrix

Firstly, in order to be able to select the proper creasing system it requires some details on the material to be cut and the cutting tool to be used. The material thickness is essential for the determination of all further parameters. In this connection it has to be taken into account that in order to determine the thickness of corrugated board, the material, first of all, has to be compressed; because only the remaining residual height is relevant for the calculation. On the basis of the determ

Zenith Forecast: Ad growth for India in 2017 stands at Rs 54,344 crore

Publicis Media Company Zenith has released its advertising expenditure forecasts for 2017. The forecast for 2017 sees digital overtake television to become the largest advertising medium worldwide.

Confectionery and bakery product packages: standing out from the crowd – but not at any price

As the consumption of confectionery and bakery products continues to rise, so do the expectations of consumers. Not only do they want to be wowed by the taste, but they are also becoming choosier as far as the packaging is concerned. The latter has to catch the eye and provide additional functions while also responding to long-term environmental requirements. And this is forcing manufacturers of confectionary and baked goods to be more creative and efficient. The good news is that packaging prod

Pranav Parikh: I recommend Print Summit, wholeheartedly

Pranav Parikh, the chairman and managing director of TechNova, also the past president of the BMPA recommends Print Summit 2017.

Print Summit 2017

Bombay Master Printers’ Association’s (BMPA) flagship seminar, Print Summit to be held on 24 January 2017.

One month of demonetisation: Mixed reviews from the print industry

It has been a month since the Prime Minister announced the decision to render Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes worthless.

PrintPack 2017 booking figures to reach 400 soon

Despite the recent setback of demonetisation, IPAMA is geared up to put up a bigger and better show. HV Sheth, president, IPAMA, says in an exclusive write-up for PrintWeek India.

Stage set for the biggest show in graphic art industry

With two months to spare, IPAMA, the organiser of PrintPack 2017, is excited about the possibility of impact the show could have on the industry as a whole.

Packaging for distribution in India: Why it needs to be robust?

Packaging consultant, Kevin Howard, during his 17-year appointment with HP, visited India to investigate why HP printers and the packaging routinely failed in India. Interestingly enough, it suffered very little damage in the rest of the world. This case-study uncovers the hazards of the Indian distribution and logistics pipeline.

Cito's die-cutting and creasing lesson II: Importance of a good creasing system

High quality in die-cutting can only be achieved if both the used cutting die and the applied creasing matrix are of perfect quality and make a good match from the technical point of view. In the past, creasing matrices ware often made by hand i.e. a cardboard or a press- board sheet was glued onto the cutting plate and the contour of the cutting die was copied with blue carbon paper. On the basis of the creasing rules thus visible the appropriate crease channels were cut into the material by me

The implication of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on flexo platemaking

Historians point out the First Industrial Revolution as the shift from our reliance on animals, human effort and biomass as primary sources of energy to the use of fossil fuels and the mechanical power this enabled. The Second Industrial Revolution brought major breakthroughs, witnessing the expansion of electricity, petroleum, steel and new forms of power generation. The Third Industrial Revolution was propelled by the rise of digital systems, increasing connectivity and rapid advances in compu

Sanat Shah: Why printers should attend PrintPack 2017

Manugraph's chairman and industry legend, Sanat Shah says more than 300 manufacturers including international brands will showcase their wares at PrintPack 2017.

"Two decades ago, printing was not a respectable business. It was called a chhaapakhana"

For more than 40 years, Bal Krishan Khindria, founding partner of Delhi-based Memory Repro Systems, has been at the forefront of change. He witnessed the shift from hot metal composing to photocomposing, film setters, DTPs, scanners to CTPs, and, on printing side, from letterpress to offset. The manufacturer of press equipments is now moving towards print packaging. He shares his knowhow with Dibyajyoti Sarma and Rahul Kumar of PrintWeek India.

USD 2.7 bn barcode printers market poised for steady growth

The global barcode printers market is valued at USD 2,758.0 millions and pegged at 3,086.8 ‘000 units in 2016, reported Future Market Insights, a market research and consulting firm.

Beverage packages: the perfect blend of individuality and efficiency

In the beverage sector, the packaging industry has to kill two birds with one stone. Firstly, consumers expect individually designed packages, if possible with supplementary functions. And secondly, increasingly eco-minded drinks consumers are showing a growing thirst for resource-conserving containers manufactured with environmentally compatible methods. The industry achieves this balancing act with new packaging strategies and efficient production equipment.

NPES Print Business Outlook Conference 2017

In conjunction with the PrintPack India 2017 show, the NPES Print Business Outlook Conference 2017, co-hosted by IPAMA and themed 'Power up Your Printing Business... Innovate, Integrate, Motivate!' will be held on 5 February 2017 at the India Exposition Centre, Greater Noida, India.

All Indian Plastics Association Conclave 2017

All Indian Plastics Association Conclave will be held at Westin Hotel, Mumbai.

Lessons to learn from the Lords of Finance, hundreds year ago

In these times of money crisis and cash upheavals, Jayraj Salgaokar the publisher and founder of Kalnirnay, India's largest selling multilingual publication has a way ahead. In Salgaokar's Marathi publication, Paisa Aani Madhyamvarg (Money and the Middle Class), which was published by Majestic Publishing House in 2012, there is a chapter about "the Badshahs of the World of Money". In this chapter, Salgokar studies Liaquat Ahamed's 564 page Lords of Finance which examines four central bank

From poop to paper, literally

During Paperex 2017, held from 1 to 4 November 2017, Hall No 7 at Pragati Maidan housed the Handmade Paper Pavilion where the emphasis was on highlighting the indigenous art of papermaking, besides showcasing products made of handmade paper by artisans from across the country. Supported by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India, total 11 organisations showcased the possibility of handmade paper.

PrintWeek India Awards 2017: The trends and innovations from the printing and packaging world

A quick glimpse of what the 24 PrintWeek India Awards jury members had to say about how print industry and the brands need to collaborate. This film was shot during the Jury Week which was hosted at the SIES Graduate School of Technology in Navi Mumbai This year, the Awards received more than 1,050 samples sent by 125 print firms across India, where Parksons Packaging Press scooped the coveted Company of the Year trophy.

A taste for fine arts - Honeycomb Creative Support

Since two years, Honeycomb Creative Support owns Photostop Photo, an online art photography gallery. But A Noufel, founder and director at Honeycomb with operations in Bengaluru and Mumbai is proud about the 900 customers who are serviced by the fine-art print division, plus the big brands

Paper industry in India is not cutting forests: Saurabh Bangur

The following is the transcript of the speech delivered by Saurabh Bangur, president, Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) on the Paper Day event held on the sidelines of Paperex on 1 November 2017, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

PrintWeek India Awards 2017: Jury Members playing favourites

A jury must be impartial. The Jury panel for the PrintWeek India Awards 2017, comprising designers, artists, brand experts and industry insiders, were impartial to a fault. Yet, there were some print samples they did love more than others.

Uday Dhote: Invoicing work has doubled after GST

Uday Dhote, director, Dhote Offset Technokrafts, says for an industry to get prominence on the ministry’s chart there are a several things to be done, just acquiring ‘manufacturing’ status is not enough.

Vinod Nawab: Need clarity on ‘composite supply’ and ‘mixed supply’ definitions

Vinod Nawab, ParamERP, says during invoicing, GST on freight varies from invoice to invoice depending on products included. This is complex situation for small – medium size printers

Rishabh Singhvi: GST on packaging should be reduced to 12%

Rishabh Singhvi, executive director, IPP, says it has been a great fallacy and tragedy that our industry has been relegated to the status of a service provider while in every sense it is all about manufacturing

Ranesh Bajaj: Need a simple, one rate slab on printing, packaging

Ranesh Bajaj, Vinsak, says in fact, even on the process of creating digital content should be covered under one HSN code and taxed uniformly

Rahul Zaware: Confusion on the slab rate between 12% and 18%

Rahul Zaware, Zaware Creative Enterprises, says there is no doubt that getting HSN status will be a morale boost. Also, until the GST regime came into place, printing was covered under VAT and never under service tax

Manish Gupta: Industry status will help printers source funds for expansion

Manish Gupta, Konica Minolta, says there should be one rate for all applications and printing should be put under a lower category, including the raw material like paper.

Industry pays tributes to Arvind Premji Dhanani

A managing committee member of BMPA, having served as honorary treasurer to both BMPA and AIFMP, and the managing director of Sigma Printers, Arvind Premji Dhanani passed away on 30 January 2017. A self-taught business person, veteran printer, and a BMPA member for a long time, Arvind bhai, as he was popularly known in the industry, had a unique identity of being the go-to tax consultant for many young members of the industry.

P Narendra's masterclass for BMPA's STB

Pragati's P Narendra shared his views and "the how and what" of his print jobs to the top members of Mumbai's premier print association, the BMPA and its Share to Benefit Forum (StB).The idea as Mehul Desai, president of BMPA said was to get a glimpse into "the mind of India's top print firm plus have a new broad-share mandate".

Glimpses from PrintWeek India Awards Jury Meet

Navi Mumbai's printing and packaging institute SIES GST in Nerul was the destination for top print buyers and brand builders. The jury members at the PrintWeek India Awards 2017 spent time with the thousand-plus samples from more than hundred print companies.The jury members also found time to do lab visit as well as interact with students on the print shopfloor.

Non-clarity about GST impacts print trade during Diwali season

The animal spirits are not churning. Diwali has been slow. The market sentiments in Mumbai and Delhi is bearish – this becomes clear in one of Mumbai’s busiest industry galas like Shah and Nahar and A to Z.The silence is deafening.

Day Four: Fine art and the innovative factor

Printing is an art form. If you had any doubts, look at the samples we received for the PrintWeek India Awards 2017.On the fourth day of the Jury Week, the esteemed jury members, led by Priya Raju of PrintWeek India, could not cease gushing, and rightly so.Such were the brilliance of the samples we received in the five categories – Fine Art Printer of the Year, Innovative Printer of the Year, Industrial Product Printer of the Year, Screen Printer

Day Three shortlist: All about packaging and labeling

On day three of the Jury Week 2017, the jury members admired the innovative and brilliance of the print samples in three categories – Packaging Converter of the Year (General), Packaging Converter of the Year (Luxury) and Label Printer of the Year. The following are the shortlisted print firms ...

Day Two: Shortlist from the digital world

On the second day of the Jury Week, the experts, guided by Noel D’Cunha of PrintWeek India, took a peek at the best of digital printing in India, in four categories - Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year, Digital Printer of the Year and Wide-Format Printer of the Year.The jury panel also evaluated the Brochure & Catalogue Printer of the Year category on the same day. The shortlisted print firms perhaps had something more – the X factor? The following are the shortliste

PrintWeek India Awards 2017 shortlist: Performance Awards

The PrintWeek India Shortlist for the seven Performance Awards. Please nb: the listing of the print firms is in alphabetical order

Day One: Shortlist from publishing planet

The first day of the Jury Week for the PrintWeek India Awards 2017 on 18 September saw the judging of five categories – Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade), Book Printer of the Year (Specialty), Magazine Printer of the Year, Newspaper Printer of the Year, and PUR Book Maker of the Year.The jury press was held at the campus of the SIES Graduate School of Technology in Navi Mumbai. The following are the shortlisted companies ...

Domino announces shrink sleeve printing on N610i

Domino Digital Printing Solutions has reported “initial positive results” for its latest six-colour UV90 UV-curable ink set operating on the N610i inkjet label press printing on various shrink sleeve materials at Labelexpo Europe.

Visitor Speak: Tejas Tanna, director, Printmann

Tejas Tanna of Printmann, who recently announced an investment in a Lombardi narrow-web flexo press, attended Labelexpo to take a stock of the technological advances in the label sector and is impressed with the hybrid offerings at the show.

Spotlight - Mukeshh Pal of Galaxy Digital Print

New Delhi-based Galaxy Digital Print is truly a ‘galaxy’ of garment printing service, for they offer all types of garment/textile printing facilities (screen transfer and digital), except rotary textile printing. While talking about his company, Mukeshh Pal, one of the directors of Galaxy Digital Print, reveals his ‘rags to riches’ story.

DMI workshop goes international

The recent DMI's workshop on advanced textile screen printing was "truly an international event". The organisers, Vasai-based Grafica Flextronica said, there were 18 overseas participants (South Africa: 10, Egypt: 5, Nepal: 2 and Sri Lanka: 1). In all there were 59 participants who attended three days at the DMI workshop held on 17-19 July 2017.

Onset of Industry 4.0 and print industry’s next frontier

Puneet Datta, director, professional printing products, Canon India, charts the course of digital printing in the future and argues that the need of the hour is to hop onto the ‘smart’ wagon of technological integration and future-proof print.

Heidelberg hosts seminar in Pune to introduce Speedmaster CX 75

Heidelberg’s Pune seminar to celebrate the launch of Speedmaster CX 75 in India attracted more than 50 print CEOs.

RIP Anvar Alikhan

Indian advertising lost a writer, historian, film buff and a thorough gentleman. Campaign India pays tribute to the one and only Anvar Ali Khan.

PrintWeek India Awards 2017: Presentation Ceremony

Around 300 guests attended the PrintWeek India Awards, which saw Rahul daCunha, managing director and creative head, daCunha Communications edify the audience with the story of how Amul advertisements have been iconic in telling a fun story about Modern India.

Picture Gallery - The countdown to Pamex begins

PrintWeek India profiles 20 exhibitors and finds out what is hot and happening at the four-day show at the BEC, Goregaon in Mumbai

Fujifilm to launch JetPress 720S in India

Fujifilm stand is divided into three zones at Pamex – offset, digital and wide-format.

Monotech to demonstrate Scodix Ultra Pro’s foiling capabilities

Chennai-based Monotech Systems will demonstrate the Scodix Ultra Pro with foil, running the machine in a live presentation at Pamex.

Versant 3100 is Xerox’s star product at the show

Xerox will demonstrate the Versant 3100 press at Pamex.

Women in print: Gagan Arora

Gagan Arora is the business executive at NPES India responsible for executing NPES India projects

Women in print: Reema Datta

Reema Datta works as a marketing head for corporate sales and marketing (North) at DB Corporation

Women in print: Kaacon Sethi

She is the chiefcorporate marketing Officer at the Dainik Bhaskar Group

Women in print: Geeta Bharat Khuman

Geeta Khuman works at Quickdial Network Enterprise as a recruiter specially for print industry all over India

Bookwatch: Haresh Mehta, Jayna Packaging

In this series, we investigate what print business leaders read and why. Haresh Mehta of Jayna Packaging is true creative mind, undaunted by the obstacles before him. Thus, it’s not surprising that his favourite book should be about creativity.

Women in print: Shikha Rana

Shikha Rana is a senior sales manager at Reed Manch Exhibitions

Women in print: Aparna Govil

Aparna Govil is the CEO and founder of Shree Maitrey Printech and a keen sports enthusiast.

Women in print: Vijayalakshmi Murali

Vijaylakshmi is an assitant manager for sales and operations at Wan-Ifra South Asia.

Women in print: Radha Ramesh

Radha Ramesh works as a general manager- HR and admin at Dhote Offset Technokrafts

Essel Group launches new Marathi newspaper

Despite what the naysayers may tell you, print is here to stay. It's 2017 and a new weekly print newspaper is launched in Mumbai.

PrintExpo 2016

Glo produces Kabali poster on the HP Indigo 10000

22 July was Rajini Day. It was the day when the Rajinikanth starrer Kabali opened at 5am at theatres in Chennai.

Gift World Expo 2016 shares the idea of fun with print

In the wake of Make in India and Startup India, Gift World Expo 2016 turned out to be a great place for business attendees and visitors to meet and network with numerous exhibitors at a single platform and source everything under a single roof. More than 25,000 visitors attended the show at Pragati Maidan from 29-31 July, to witness the leaders in stationary, office and gift industry focus on customisation, corporate gifting and novelties with packaging and new printing techniques, technologies

Six things to know about the GST bill

The GST-related bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on 3 August 2016. Sangeet KR Gupta of Finsys studies its impact on the print industry.

Shoppers stop at In-Store Asia

The new-age retail shopping experience would be an amalgamation of best of available processes – unique, creative ambience, innovative use of traditional print processes and a combination of physical with digital. Dibyajyoti Sarma and Rahul Kumar learn the ropes at the 10th edition of In-Store Asia, the country’s largest event for retail experience, design, shopper marketing and solution providers, held from 4 to 6 August 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Eight movers and shakers

On the occasion of our eighth year anniversary, PrintWeek India presents to you eight professionals who have been most instrumental and influential in the business of Indian advertising over the last decade or so. They have built robust agencies, steered the creative output in a direction that has put Indian advertising on the world map and created iconic work themselves Most importantly, they have imparted skills, knowledge and inspiration to numerous young professionals along the way, and cont

Photo Today India 2016

Photo Today India is an exhibition focused on indoor and outdoor advertising, signage, printing and LED industry.

Fujifilm aims to double Acuity installation base in India

According to SM Ramprasad, assistant vice president of India operations at Fujifilm, the post-Drupa scenario was “good”. The 2,020 sq/metre Fujifilm booth at Drupa attracted lots of “hot leads from India” for the wide format Acuity series as well as the JetPress.

ITC unveils new portfolio

ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) has launched a new portfolio focusing on the exquisite effects its paperboard can showcase.

One minute with Reva Printery

Reva Printery’s roots can be traced back almost 60 years when Priyakant Parikh started a print shop with a treadle machine. As the business evolved, new capabilities were acquired and the range of services grew. Manish Parikh, COO at Reva Printery, recently added digital printing with the acquisition of Xerox Versant at Drupa 2016 to adapt to the changing customer demands.

Five truisms from Ramesh Kejriwal

The Mumbai Mudrak Sangh's Roundtable Power Lunch meeting at the Garware Club in Mumbai on 7 April threw up interesting points at the packaging table. , Business

Care-free, low-cost packaging with Steinemann

Rajesh Agarwal of SRK Technology, the New Delhi-based exclusive dealer for Steinemann in India highlights the importance of low-cost film lamination for folding box board to corrugated cartons. Today, when a printing and packaging company is designed to laminate everything from magazine covers, book covers, mail order catalogues and packaging, to ring binders, posters and shopping bags, the best of pneumatic pressure rollers allow converters to laminate substrates up to 50% quicker and better.,

PackEx 2016

PackEx will be held at Hall - 01, Booth - F 07. The event is scheduled from 22-24 September 2016 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.

Product of the Month - Arkitex IntelliTune

Arkitex Enhance IntelliTune raises your pictures to a standard of perfection, for every channel: web, print and mobile. IntelliTune analyses every image to improve print quality, says PrintWeek India.

Digital Media Africa 2016

Digital Media Africa 2016 is organised by Wan-Ifra.

INMA Latin American News Media Conference

INMA Latin American News Media Conference will be held at Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Panama.

Wan-Ifra India 2016

Over 35 distinguished speakers from prime news media companies from around the globe will converge and share ideas on the future of news business at the upcoming Wan-Ifra India 2016, the 24th Annual Conference, organised by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) at Swissotel, Kolkata, from 21 to 22 September 2016.

CTP update - Indian newspapers embrace green platemaking

While reducing carbon footprint seems to be a top priority for Indian newspapers, the CTP sales are bullish. PrintWeek gets an update from the three biggies: Kodak, Fujifilm and TechNova.

Building "A great kingdom of newspapers"

Manroland Web Systems teamed up with Kodak to demonstrate a hybrid web offset and inkjet press during Drupa. It integrated the Kodak Prosper 6000S inkjet web with a FoldLine inline finishing to produce a hybrid line. This could imprint digital sections into retail flyers with full-page variable colour at full 600dpi while matching the speed of the offset line. It is the FoldLine which was the star of the show during the recent Book Conclave, the German press maker hosted in the capital on 26th A

Roy Alex: 24 pages, all colour, is the new standard

Roy Alex, a print industry veteran and the managing director, NewsTech India, talks about efficiencies, standardisation, heatset versus coldest and how the 4x1 press has become a standard format for Indian newspapers.

Fespa China 2016

Fespa event provides an opportunity to connect with exhibitors for digital wide-format, screen printing, textile printing, signage and garment decoration.

World Publishing Expo 2016

World Publishing Expo 2016 is organised by Wan-Ifra.

INMA European News Media Conference

INMA European News Media Conference will be held at Le Meridien Plaza Hotel, 22, Avenue Princesse Grace, Monaco.

PrintWeek India Awards: Entry deadline today

Today is deadline day for entries to this year’s PrintWeek India Awards.

Asia Coat plus Inks show 2017

The exhibition will be held at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, Mumbai from 9 to 11 March 2017.

22 installations that made headlines in August and September

PrintWeek India selects top installations of print equipment from past two months. In this picture gallery, we bring you 22 of the best of the best installation stories from India.

PrintWeek India Jury Week scheduled for 26-30 September

PrintWeek India will host the Jury Week for the PrintWeek India Awards 2016 from 26-30 September in Mumbai.

Faheem Agboatwala’s five mantras for grain direction

The Seekho Aur Samjho session at the GIPT in Mumbai was hosted on 2 September. The session in Hindi covered the Why and How of grain direction. Agboatwala with additional inputs from Nitin Shah of Award Packaging had an interactive session with a show-and-tell, videos and samples; and simple tips like ask for client drawings.

International Newspaper Color Quality Club, the only global competition for newspaper production

International Newspaper Colour Quality Club (INCQC), organised since 1994 by Wan-Ifra, is the only global competition that evaluates and awards print quality in newspaper production. Anand Srinivasan, manager of International Newspaper Color Quality Club competition takes through.

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: The OOH factor

Printing is an art form. If you had any doubts, look at the samples we received for the PrintWeek India Awards 2016. What is it if not art that could turn a mundane wide format poster into something that you cannot take your eyes off? Or the boring wedding cards so beautifully rendered that you want to frame them? On the fourth day of the Jury Week, the esteemed Juries, led by Ramu Ramanathan, editor, PrintWeek India, could not stop gushing for the entire day, and right so. Such were the brillia

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: The Performance Categories

While the quality categories of the PrintWeek India Awards 2016 are judged based on the sample sent by the print firms, for the performance awards in the five categories – PrintWeek India Printing Company of the Year, Green Printing Company of the Year, Post-Press Company of the Year, Pre-Press Company of the Year, and SME Printing Company of the Year – we invite the print firms to submit their balance sheets and other relevant documents, which are audited by an outside agency. It’s all a top-se

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: All about packaging and labels

On day two of the Jury Week, the Juries had a fun time admiring the innovative and sheer brilliance of the print samples in three packaging categories – Packaging Converter of the Year (General), Packaging Converter of the Year (Luxury) and Label Printer of the Year – that came pouring in for the PrintWeek India Awards 2016. The roomful of quality samples that we shorted during the day is the reason enough why we are betting on the future of packaging. The best part was the samples we received f

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: Innovative and Screen Printer of the Year

The fifth day of the Jury Week was devoted to just two categories – Innovative Printer of the Year and Screen Printer of the Year. And right so. This year we received the largest number of entries in these two categories for the PrintWeek India Awards 2016. We are proud to report that every other print firm had at least one innovative printed product this year and they were all extraordinary, how these products were conceived and how they were executed. A look at the samples and we can confident

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: Digital dominance

Today, digital printing is legitimate, and in some cases indispensible. Consider Photo Albums, for example. The samples we received in this category for PrintWeek India Awards 2016 were sheer magic, and it could not have been possible without the prowess the digital technology affords. On the third day of the Jury Week, the experts, accompanied by Priya Raju of PrintWeek India, took a close look at the best of digital printing in India, in three categories -- Brochure & Catalogue Printer of the

PrintWeek India Awards 2016 Shortlist: From the publishing wonderland

The first day of the Jury Week for the PrintWeek India Awards 2016 started on 26 September with the judging of five categories – Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade), Book Printer of the Year (Specialty), Magazine Printer of the Year, Newspaper Printers of the Year, and PUR Book Maker of the Year. The first group of Jury members, led by Ramu Ramanathan, editor, PrintWeek India, scrutinised the art of reading in print across different mediums, from books, magazines to newspapers. Shortli

Pre-press is like good music

Hemanshu Desai of Venus Infotech, draws out comparison between producing good music to good pre-press practices.

Hunkeler Innovationdays 2017

Hunkeler Innovationdays 2017 is scheduled from 20 to 23 February 2016 in Messe Luzern, Switzerland.

'Paper and paperboard is the most eco-friendly product'

Deepak Mittal of Kar Paper has been in the trade for two decades. His company based in Bengaluru has been in the paper business for more than 45 years. A team of 50 caters to print firms in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Sivakasi and Chennai.

Indian paper mills will produce 20 million tonnes in 2020 and 27 million tonnes by 2030

The 55th AGM and Conference of the Federation of Paper Traders Association hosted its magnum opus celebration at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. The event which was attended by more than 800 paper traders across India saw JK Paper’s vice chairman and managing director Harsh Pati Singhania address the gathering as the chief guest at the conference.

'Our mythology says paper is Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswathi'

Nimesh Vora of Srinivas Papers is headquartered in Mumbai. In the industry for 27 years, "the journey has been eventful - working with print convertors closely has always been a constant positive learning." A team of 75, serves the A to size Z who consist of paper traders, printer and packaging convertors, book binding and publishing companies, advertising companies and corporate business houses in the territories of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Goa.

'Majority of print is still on paper'

Hasit Shah of Chimanlal Fein Paper has his head office in Mumbai with branches at Bengaluru, Kochi and Hyderabad. The group, established in 1946, has a team of 30.

'I think the printing fraternity is the best place to find friends for life'

Sagar Java of CH Java Mumbai has been a part of the industry for seven years, only. He recalls "jumping in a freezing lake in the middle of the night in the Swedish forests." He heads a family of 40 and believes that "virgin fibre paper and paperboard is renewable, recyclable and biodegradable making it possibly the most sustainable choice for communication or packaging".

Kodak readies for Labelexpo India with Flexcel

Kodak has installed 500 Flexcel NX CTP systems globally, this includes a good base of 22 installations in India. Christopher Payne, general manager and vice president of the flexographic packaging solutions at Kodak is euphoric about the advantage the Flexcel NX system provides. During an exclusive meet with PrintWeek India, he said, "Flexcel takes flexo printed flexible packaging production to the next level."

In-store Asia 2016

In-Store Asia 2016 is one of the retail and brand designers and manufacturers show.

Visitors Speak: Vijay Adlakha, director, Infinity Advertising Services

On the first day of Labelexpo India 2016, we caught up with Vijay Adlakha, director, Infinity Advertising Services.

51 Questions: Kuldip Goel, Any Graphics

Any Graphics is an inspiration, simple and clear. Just look at the company’s track record at the PrintWeek India Award, where it has snagged the Label Printer of the Year Award for five years in a row. Kuldip Goel, the man at the helm of Any Graphics, is a man with a mission, who wants to turn the science of label printing into fine art, with innovative use of substrate, ink and processes.

VisitorsSpeak at Labelexpo India 2006

On the first day of Labelexpo India 2016, we caught up with two visitors.

Top Products – Ancillary

What are you looking for at Labelexpo India 2016 – a new press, pre-press or post-press equipment, labelstock, or other ancillary products? Whatever it may be, there are choices galore at the four-day show, which begins from 17 November at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. For your easy reference, PrintWeek India brings you a handy dossier of top products on display at the premier label event. In ancillary products, you have the newly developed Smartscan system from Erhardt+Leimer; LA1

Top Products – Press

What are you looking for at Labelexpo India 2016 – a new press, pre-press or post-press equipment, labelstock, or other ancillary products? Whatever it may be, there are choices galore at the four-day show, which begins from 17 November at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. For your easy reference, PrintWeek India brings you a handy dossier of top products on display at the premier label event. In press, you have most of the top brands – Bobst brings M4 flexo line for the first time in In

Top Products – Post-press and finishing

What are you looking for at Labelexpo India 2016 – a new press, pre-press or post-press equipment, labelstock, or other ancillary products? Whatever it may be, there are choices galore at the four-day show, which begins from 17 November at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. For your easy reference, PrintWeek India brings you a handy dossier of top products on display at the premier label event. In post-press and finishing, you have ServoTech B400HS from Hyden Packaging; finishing, conve

Top Products – Pre-press

What are you looking for at Labelexpo India 2016 – a new press, pre-press or post-press equipment, labelstock, or other ancillary products? Whatever it may be, there are choices galore at the four-day show, which begins from 17 November at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. For your easy reference, PrintWeek India brings you a handy dossier of top products on display at the premier label event. In pre-press, you have HD Flexo from Esko and Flexcel NX System from Kodak. Meanwhile, Memory

Top Products – Consumables

What are you looking for at Labelexpo India 2016 – a new press, pre-press or post-press equipment, labelstock, or other ancillary products? Whatever it may be, there are choices galore at the four-day show, which begins from 17 November at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. For your easy reference, PrintWeek India brings you a handy dossier of top products on display at the premier label event. In consumables, you have Italian Arconvert, the manufacturer of self-adhesive papers and film

Intelpack 2017

Intelpack 2017 is India's largest packaging exhibition.

Heidelberg results improve by 19%, post Drupa

Heidelberg has posted its second quarter results, its net result in a major turnaround compared to last year’s second quarter loss of Rs -65 crore, and saw its operating earnings rise by Rs 80 crore.

PrintWeek India Performance Awards 2016 Winners

Crowned the PrintWeek India Printing Company of the Year in 2011, Mumbai headquartered Parksons Packaging picks up the highest accolade this year.

PrintWeek India Quality Awards 2016 Winners

Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade) 2016: SFA Print.

PrintWeek India Printing Company of the Year 2016: Parksons Packaging

Crowned the PrintWeek India Printing Company of the Year in 2011, Mumbai headquartered Parksons Packaging picks up the highest accolade this year.

Post-Press Company of the Year 2016: Lovely Offset Printers

Lovely Offset, Sivakasi’s biggest print firm, is the PrintWeek India Post-Press Company of the Year 2016.

Pre-Press Company of the Year 2016: Creative Graphics

Creative Graphics, the Noida-based firm, is the PrintWeek India Pre-Press Company of the Year 2016.

Social Stationery Printer of the Year 2016: Almats Branding Solutions (Tie)

The competition was between the innovative diaries from Mumbai’s Almats Branding Solutions and the visually stunning wedding invitation cards from Delhi’s Lustra Print Process. Both are winners.

Screen Printer of the Year 2016: Spectrum Scan

The Spectrum Scan samples were created especially to give a mirror effect to the printed product and make it look classy. Only screen printing could achieve the desired look.

PUR-Book Maker of the Year 2016: Thomson Press

PUR binding is picking up, and how! This year, Delhi’s Thomson Press (India) edges out Hyderabad’s Pragati Offset to win the Award, the company’s second prism this year after clinching the Magazine category. This ends Pragati’s unbeaten run of winning the award for four consecutive years.

SME Printing Company of the Year 2016: Brilliant Printers

An eye for quality, a will to grow and the passion to aim big, are the hallmarks of Brilliant Printers, which have enabled this Bengaluru-based company to win this year’s SME Printer of the Year Award.

Student of the Year 2016: Dekshitha Sridhar (SIES Graduate School of Technology)

Dekshitha Sridhar is an all-rounder in every sense and has an outstanding academic record. During the course of her studies at the SIES Graduate School of Technology, Mumbai, she has consistently been a class topper and secured the best of scores. Additionally, during her internship stint with Mondelez India, she worked on harmonisation of C-flute corrugated boxes for Malanpur and Baddi plant, which if implemented would result in cost savings.

Wide-Format Printer of the Year 2016: Printech Digital Imaging

What sealed the deal for Printech Digital Imaging samples was its breathtaking beauty. This, of course, is the first rule of wide-format printing – it must make you “ooh”. The samples also featured innovative print processes.

Social Stationery Printer of the Year 2016: Lustra Print Process (Tie)

The competition was between the visually stunning wedding invitation cards from Delhi’s Lustra Print Process and the innovative diaries from Mumbai’s Almats Branding Solutions. Both are winners.

Packaging Converter of the Year (General) 2016: Mandagini Seals

The category is the dark horse at this year’s PrintWeek India Awards as Chennai’s Mandagini Seals wins the prism edging out our roster of previous winners which includes giants such as last year’s winner Parksons Packaging, Manipal Technologies, Pragati Pack, Spectrum Scan and so on.

Newspaper Printer of the Year 2016: Divya Bhaskar (Ahmedabad)

DB Corp: 5.3 million copies, 62 editions, 52 print sites. This was on the cover of PrintWeek India 10 September issue. It is a statement of intent.

Magazine Printer of the Year 2016: Thomson Press

Thomson Press (India), a previous winner in the category returns to claim the honour. After all, the company has been printing some of the country’s most best-looking and quality luxury magazines, month after month.

Industrial Product Printer of the Year 2016: Viraj Prints (Tie)

This category too has joint winners – Parksons Graphics and Viraj Prints, both from Mumbai.

PrintWeek India Green Printing Company of the Year 2016: ITC Limited - Packaging and Printing Division

The packaging business of ITC Limited has fortified its position in both cartons and flexibles, winning global acclaim for excellence. But the competition was tough. ITC had a neck-to-neck green tussle with Repro India and Lovely Offset to be conferred the coveted PrintWeek India Green Printing Company of the Year 2016.

Packaging Converter of the Year (Luxury) 2016: Perfect Packaging (Tie)

The joint winners in this category are Manipal Technologies and Mumbai’s Perfect Packaging.

Packaging Converter of the Year (Luxury) 2016: Manipal Technologies (Tie)

The joint winners in this category are Manipal Technologies and Mumbai’s Perfect Packaging.

Packaging Converter of the Year (General) 2016: Jain Offset Print (Special Jury Award)

Jain Offset Print receives the Special Jury Award on the strength of its quality samples which feature fine textured effects without use of any chemical.

Label Printer of the Year 2016: Any Graphics

We ask again. Isn’t there any label converter who can stop Any Graphics’ homerun in this category? The Noida-based label giant has been winning this category since 2012. The reason? Any Graphics has turned label printing into an art form.

Innovative Printer of the Year 2016: Jayna Packaging

Jayna Packaging is the ‘Steve Jobs’ of innovation. Plus the innovations are desi and economical.

Industrial Product Printer of the Year 2016: Parksons Graphics (Tie)

This category too has joint winners – Parksons Graphics and Viraj Prints, both from Mumbai.

Fine Art Printer of the Year 2016: Marvel Graphic Studio

Isn’t there any other firm who can stop Marvel Graphic Studio’s homerun in this category? It is a tall order, though. The company is now a record-holder of sorts, winning this category for the sixth consecutive year. The reason? They are really, really good in what they do.

Book Printer of the Year (Specialty) 2016: Jak Printers (Tie)

Mumbai-based Jak Printers shares the honour with Hyderabad-based Pragati Offset. Jak, the winner in the category last year, has crafted a series of breathtaking books using its Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 seven-colour plus coater, Heidelberg Prinect workflow and Suprasetter CTP.

Label Printer of the Year 2016: Mudrika Labels (Special Jury Award)

In a recent feature in PrintWeek India, we called Mudrika Labels a jewel in India’s label crown, and the company deserves the moniker as the Special Jury Award proves it.

Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year 2016: Capital Color Lab (Tie)

The competition is between Canon DreamLabo 5000 and HP Indigo 10000 and both are the winners. Mysuru-based Capital Color Lab is the joint winner in the category along with Surat-based Klick Digital Press.

KV Sridhar: ‘Pick up a technology, understand the concept and communicate it’

Print needs an ideology. And printers need a manifesto. More often than not, technology is a distraction from the issues of creativity and innovation which a printer should be paying attention to, shares KV Sridhar (Pops). The industry veteran with decades of print watching experience feels printers need to take a few small steps with passion to tackle the big problems.

Marketers to discuss print power at Awards Night

Is the power of print plummeting? Or are marketers so focused on digital media that they have forgot the potential of print for marketing innovation.

Knowledge session for printers by Yes Bank on 25 November

Yes Bank is partnering with BMPA for a Knowledge Event for members of the print and packaging industry on 25 November at the MCA Recreation Centre, BKC, Bandra, Mumbai.

Vinsak sells two Lombardi presses

The Italian press Lombardi Synchroline, represented in India by Vinsak, had a successful show at Labelexpo India 2016. While New Delhi-based Excell Graphics invested in a Lombardi Synchroline 430, a 17-inch, eight-colour UV press, Bengaluru-based Manglam Creations opted for a Lombardi Synchroline 330 narrow-web flexo printing press at the show.

Stall of the Day: Fujifilm Sericol

51 Questions: Tejas Tanna, Printmann Group

Mumbai-based Printmann Group has a unique growth trajectory, from a boutique commercial operation to a pharma packaging all-rounder. The credit, of course, goes to Bipin Tanna, the man at the helm, for his vision of broadening the outlook to new horizons. As the company continues to grow, the young scion of the company, Tejas Tanna, director, Printmann Group, carries forward that vision.

Exhibitors Speak: N Abu, M-Tech Print Solutions

Chennai-headquartered M-Tech Print Solutions is the exclusive partner for Etirama range of flexo products, Lemorau range of finishing products, UV Tech, and Werosys for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The company, headed by N Abu, introduced Werosys compact UV digital label press with laser, semi/rotary die-cutting, UV flexo station for coating/lamination, dual rewinder for slitting, turret rewinder from Werosys at Labelexpo India 2016.

Zircon signs Xeikon and Rotalen deals; Kwality signs Xeikon

Noida-headquartered label specialist Zircon Technologies has booked two Xeikon 3500 digital presses and a Rotalen direct laser engraver manufactured by SPG Prints, all India first, which, its managing director Sanjeev Sondhi, said, will “increases the scope of applications and boosts productivity”. Also, New Delhi’s label specialist, Kwality Offset Printers has made an investment in a new Xeikon 3030Plus.

Visitors Speak: Rajan PS and Umesh Gupte

On the first day of Labelexpo India 2016, we caught up with Rajan PS of St Francis Press in Kochi and Umesh Gupte of PRS Permacel.

51 Questions: Aditya Patwardhan, director, Manohar Packaging

Chances are that the carton and the label of the liquor bottle you opened last evening, after a long day at Labelexpo India 2016, were printed at a Manohar Packaging facility, located either in Goa or in Vasai. It’s an easy guess, as the company is the master in the segment and one of the biggest in the country. With Aditya Patwardhan at the helm of affairs, Manohar, which is into integrated labels, cartons, canisters and POP/POS, claims to create packaging that makes an impact.

Stall of the Day: Avery Dennison

Exhibitors Speak: PS Ravishankar, Printronics

At Labelexpo India 2016, Chennai-based Printronics, which represents Durst in India, is showcasing the company’s digital UV inkjet label press, Durst Tau series. The Tau was launched at Drupa 2012, upgraded with a range of versions and configuration options over the years. PS Ravishankar of Printronics explains the fine prints.

Stall of the Day: UPM Raflatac

Exhibitors Speak: Vinay Kaushal, director, Provin Technos

In more or less two years since Provin Technos started representing the merged Ryobi-Mitsubishi, now known as RMGT, the Delhi-based company has turned it into a sought-after brand, that too in a market where experts are writing off offset. At Labelexpo India 2016, the company is highlighting another of its key product, the Rotatek Brava 350/450. Would it be able to replay its success with the Brava, which, Vinay Kaushal, director, Provin Technos, claims this is the only offset machine available

Visitors Speak: Anirudh Gumaste and Rajesh Nema

On the second day of Labelexpo India 2016, we caught up with Anirudh Gumaste of Inprintout Creation in Sangli and Rajesh Nema of Pragati Graphics in Indore.

Exhibitors Speak: Harveer Sahni, Weldon Celloplast

The Omet iFlex label press is making its debut in India during Labelexpo India 2016. Sarveer Sahni of Weldon Celloplast, which exclusively represents Omet in India, shares his views on the Indian label industry.

51 Questions: Nikhil Warrier, Saptagiri Packaging

Think printed cartons, blister back-up cards, coordinated packaging across product lines, or critical product/colour matching issues, think Saptagiri Packaging. Housed in a 40,000 sq/ft facility at Dadra & Nagar Haveli near Mumbai, Saptagiri has a workforce of more than 100 employees and a large variety of equipment. With Nikhil Warrier at the helm of affairs, in the past five years, Saptagiri has invested over Rs 20 crore in plant equipment and technology.

Screen print in Morbi - In Search of Lost Time

Shripad Bhatt of Dhirubhai Mistry Institute for Print Education Technology, Research and Training, a division and industry initiative of Grafica Flextronica in Vasai explores how 80% clock dials are screen printed in Morbi. And how the clock producers in the industrial township find a golden opportunity in the creation of clock dial printing.

How to achieve quality in packaging with perfect creasing

As we all know, in our economic circular flow, packaging fulfills two essential tasks. The classical intention and purpose of packaging is certainly the protection of the goods packaged. Today, this is a considerable challenge; for we should be aware of the fact that products nowadays are frequently transported over enormous distances from the site of production to the consumer.

Screen Print Sri Lanka

Screen Print Sri Lanka will be held from 1 to 3 December 2016 at Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre, Colombo.

The next generation has lot to learn from Khindria’s life

NS Manku of Joy D-Zign pays tribute to Bal Krishan Khindria of Memory Repro Systems who passed away on 21 November 2016.

Intel plans six print shows in 2017

It will be a busy 2017 for Intel Trade Fairs & Expositions. According to Ashok Neelkant, managing director and industry veteran, the Mumbai and Chennai-based group shall host six trade events next year. Of this, Showcase which is an associate company is the co-organiser of the first edition of Print Miracle Expo.

Gopsons prints Booker winner, yet again

American author, Paul Beatty won The Sellout, a satire of US racial politics, making him the first American writer to win the award for the 290 page publication by One World Book and printed by Gopsons Papers in Sivakasi.

Two deals each for Alliance and Multitec

The two Indian manufacturers of narrow-web flexo printing presses, Alliance Printech and Multitec Aids, have inked two deals each for narrow web printing presses.

New Omet iFlex at Huhtamaki PPL and Insight Graphics

Weldon Celloplast, the Indian representative of Omet, sold two newly-launched iFlex label presses to Mumbai-based Huhtamaki PPL and Kolkata-based Insight Graphics.

An overview on the state of Indian publishing

The industry is in a good place. It’s thinking new and fast. Som Nath Sapru explains.

The untold chronicle of the history of the book

Chandrani Chatterjee, who teaches a course, History of the Book, at the Department of English, Savitribai Phule Pune University, explains why we need to study book history and how to go about it.

Nextgen opts for Grafica to offer value in pharma

Many print firms prefer to have an in-house screen printing rather than outsource print finishing work. A case in point is the Kolkata-based Nextgen Printers who have installed a Grafica fully automatic Cylinder Press with inline UV and complete screen making set up at their new printing unit in Howrah.

Focus on digital textile printing on 7 December

Inkjet Forum India is hosting the Inkjet India 2016 - Digital Textile Printing Venue at the Courtyard Marriott, Mumbai on 7 December. As Aditya Chandravarkar, the founder, Inkjet Forum India and the partner, CNT LLP said, "In-line with our commitment towards the digital textile printing industry we will focus on improving the quality of digital textile printing and how this industry can create revenue generating networking opportunities for textile printers, buyers, machine manufacturers and ink

Digital Printer of the Year 2016: Avantika Printers (Tie)

Okay. It’s official. New Delhi is the digital printing capital of India. This year, we have two winners in the category and both are from Delhi. Chanakya Mudrak is back for the second time after clinching the title last year and Avantika Printers is back for the fourth time after making a hat-trick of the category a few years back.

Book Printer of the Year (Specialty) 2016: Pragati Offset (Tie)

Hyderabad’s Pragati Offset is synonymous with specialty, no two ways about it. The company shares the honour in the category with Mumbai-based Jak Printers.

Book Printer of the Year (Academic and Trade) 2016: SFA Print

Sivakasi-based SFA Print wins the prism for the second year in a row. Last year, the company won its maiden PrintWeek India Awards in the same category for recreating a series of rare edition of books originally published in 1867. This year, the company has created something impressively similar.

Digital Printer of the Year 2016: Chanakya Mudrak (Tie)

Okay. It’s official. New Delhi is the digital printing capital of India. This year, we have two winners in the category and both are from Delhi. Chanakya Mudrak is back for the second time after clinching the title last year and Avantika Printers is back for the fourth time after making a hat-trick of the category a few years back.

Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year 2016: Klick Digital Press (Tie)

The competition is between Canon DreamLabo 5000 and HP Indigo 10000 and both are the winners. Surat-based Klick Digital Press is the joint winner in the category along with Mysuru-based Capital Color Lab.

Brochure and Catalogue Printer of the Year 2016: Silverpoint Press

Silverpoint Press is back. These samples show why Silverpoint is the one to beat when it comes to brochures and catalogues. The samples, with run lengths of 500 and more, were printed on Heidelberg LX five-colour plus online coater, with an Apogee workflow and Agfa CTP system.

'I am passionate about being associated with one of the best discoveries of mankind'

A Venkat Annamalai and his team of 23 at Jeyam & Company are based in Chennai and held key positions in various paper trade bodies. During his 27 years of service in the industry, he has conducted eight short term courses on ‘Pulp and Paper’ for paper traders conducted by Seshasayee Paper and Boards.

'Paper industry will continue to prosper, as there is still lot of things that digital media like the internet cannot do’

Siddharth Bang of Bang Paper, based in Hyderabad has served the industry for a decade with his team of sixty.

Arun Gandhi, the man who revolutionised CITO products in India dead at 56

Arun Gandhi of Capital Graphic Supplies and AS Print Aids is no more. The man the Indian print industry knows as the one to revolutionise CITO products passed away on 12 May in Delhi.

Frank Romano: In five years 50% of print will be digital

Author, book collector, college professor, historian, museum director, technology expert and friend of the rich and famous and printers everywhere. Frank Romano wears many hats, but in print circles he’s most likely to be affectionately imagined in a black Fedora as the Godfather of Print. In conversation with Darryl Danielli, the editor of PrintWeek in UK.

PrintExpo 2016

Region's biggest print industry exhibition., Associations

Stall of the Day: Toyo Ink Group

Cosmo Films readies for Drupa with focus on luxury packaging and special applications

In an exclusive conversation with PrintWeek India, Pankaj Poddar, the Chief Executive Officer of Cosmo Films stated that the additional capacities will come on board from early 2017. A new production line will boost the company's BOPP production capacity by 42%, from 140,000 to 200,000 tpa by early 2017. Cosmo Films (Hall 3, A31) will launch its new range of premium lamination films at Drupa, which is scheduled to be held from 31 May to 10 June 2016 at Dusseldorf., Business

IPMMI Seminar: A scientific way to glue the box

Four heavy weights, Nordson, Welbound Worldwide, Henkel and South India Paper Mills (SIPM), in association with IPMMI (Institute of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers of India) highlighted how a small percentage of shipping cartons are secure sealed in India., Associations

Forecasts from Amila Singhvi, Siva Raja and Mahesh Karthik

PrintWeek India’s Rahul Kumar asked a simple question to three industry leaders: What do you think about a show like Drupa? Still relevant for India?, Business

Chennai’s Dina Color Lab installs India’s first Jetvarnish 3DS with iFoil

Chennai-based Dina Color Lab became the first Indian firm to install the MGI Jet varnish 3D with iFoil machine., Business

Pidilite, AGS, Sona Commercial confirm support to PrintWeek India Awards

Entries have now been announced open for the eighth edition of the PrintWeek India Awards. And ever since, there’s been a steady flow of enquries to support the event with three of PrintWeek’s regular sponsors confirming their presence., Business

Vinsak details Drupa agenda

Lead, Kama, ABG, Schober, Lemu, Vacuumatic, Busch, Zacare’s, CMC, Lombardi, and DG Press Machine – all these companies have two things in common – one, each one is represented in India by Vinsak and two, each of these will be exhibiting at Drupa in Dusseldorf.

Drupa highlights from day one

There was sunshine on day one. Hopefully it stays so. If yes, Drupa shall be a party till 10 June. This is in addition to the 60-odd exhibitor parties.

Xerox launches 14 MFPs powered by ConnectKey technology

Xerox recently launched 14 Xerox ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs, which are equipped with ready-to-use apps to speed up paper-dependent business processes and make it easier for users to collaborate and work more effectively.

Care-free, low-cost packaging with Steinemann

Rajesh Agarwal of SRK Technology, the New Delhi-based exclusive dealer for Steinemann in India highlights the importance of low-cost film lamination for folding box board to corrugated cartons.

Drupa highlights from day one

There was sunshine on day one. Hopefully it stays so. If yes, Drupa shall be a party till 10 June. This is in addition to the 60-odd exhibitor parties., Business

Alleged attack foiled in Dusseldorf; Drupa visitors safe

Three Syrian terrorists have been arrested in Dusseldorf - the hometown for Drupa - in Germany after authorities foiled an alleged attack plan on the historic city., Business

EFI makes its move in corrugated

With the Nozomi C18000, EFI (9-A40) has launched its first dedicated single-pass corrugated press., Business

Landa's 1m-wide web press announcement

Landa (9-A73) announced a perfecting version of its 1m-wide (41 inch) web press at Drupa-for high quality publishing applications such as magazines, journals, catalogs and direct mail. The two-sided web press has twin printing engines, each with four-eight colours., Business

Vinsak details Drupa agenda

Lead, Kama, ABG, Schober, Lemu, Vacuumatic, Busch, Zacare’s, CMC, Lombardi, and DG Press Machine – all these companies have two things in common – one, each one is represented in India by Vinsak and two, each of these will be exhibiting at Drupa in Dusseldorf., Business

Exhibitor pressure ensures Drupa reverts to four year cycle

It's all happening at Drupa 2016. A terrorist plot being thwarted, a fire which broke started in a storage unit just outside the Messe grounds, to the show being hosted from 23 June to 3 July 2020. The authorities have announced, the print and cross-media solutions to be "held in Düsseldorf again shall return to its proven four-year cycle. Werner Dornscheidt, President & CEO of Messe Düsseldorf said: “The current Drupa, with its outstanding business deals and positive atmosphere

Drupa Diaries 2016: Harjinder Singh

Harjinder Singh is the director of Lucknow-based Swastika Printwell and the general secretary of Lucknow Printers' Association., Business

Drupa Diaries 2016: Sanandan Seth

Sanandan Seth is the director-marketing at Replika Press. , Business

Drupa Diaries 2016: Sahil Rao

Sahil Rao is the director at Pune-based Akruti Complete Print Solutions. , Business

Xerox launches 14 MFPs powered by ConnectKey technology

Xerox recently launched 14 Xerox ConnectKey-enabled i-Series MFPs, which are equipped with ready-to-use apps to speed up paper-dependent business processes and make it easier for users to collaborate and work more effectively., Digital

Five truisms from Ramesh Kejriwal

The Mumbai Mudrak Sangh's Roundtable Power Lunch meeting at the Garware Club in Mumbai on 7 April threw up interesting points at the packaging table., Business

Jagdish Shah's master plan for print education

At the turn of the century, Jagdish Shah, along with his colleagues in the BMPA had worked assiduously on a revitalisation program for the Government Institute of Printing Technology by the Bombay Master Printers Association. Excerpts from a report which remains as relevant as it was when it was drafted by Jagdish Shah, 15 years ago.. , Associations

Report: Typical box defects that disrupt smooth operations

Manish Patel of South India Paper Mill says, the definition of a good box is changing. A good box must enable productive packaging. Also, a good box must reduce the typical box defects that disrupt smooth operations on an automatic packing line. During a seminar organised by Welbound Worldwide. along with Henkel and Nordson, in association with IPMMI (Institute of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers of India) provided a focus on tertiary packaging and shipper cartons for a gathering of brand owne

What really is Kodak UltraStream inkjet technology? Find out here

Ahead of Drupa 2016, Kodak, on 29 February 2016, announced its next generation inkjet technology platform, Kodak UltraStream inkjet technology. Built on Kodak’s continuous inkjet Stream technology, UltraStream will move production inkjet into the mainstream of commercial printing and packaging. This technology demonstrates the evolution of inkjet with smaller drop size and precise placement accuracy for higher resolution, clean lines and additional detailed definition., Digital

PackPlus 2016

PackPlus, the total packaging, processing and supply chain event, brings niche shows under four distinctive zones on one business and networking platform. The PackPlus show during the four days exhibition handed out the more than 13,000 badges in 2015.

IndiaCorr Expo 2016

In 2015, IndiaCorr Expo had gathered 4,683 trade visitors from 25 countries and 153 plus exhibitors.

Labelexpo India 2016

The 2016 edition of Labelexpo India has shifted to the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida (Delhi-NCR), the same venue as the very successful PrintPack 2015.

Henkel PUR 3317

PUR 3317 has an excellent adhesion to a variety of papers and material says, E Fernando, managing director at Mumbai-based Sahaya Print Services

Viostar

To cater to the increasing demand for violet plates, TechNova Imaging Systems launched Viostar, the violet CTP plate. Today TechNova caters to thousands of Indian print firms, says Rahul Kumar

Wohlenberg Lucro 5000

This inline perfect binding kit from the German-based Wohlenberg has a smaller footprint and is energy efficient. The vacuum technology ensures difficult signatures can be gathered, says Sachin Shardul

Inkzone Ink Presetting (CIP3) Connection

Pune-based Akruti’s owner Girish Rao says that his company has saved time in makeready plus money with the help of this system that is an interface between its pre-press and pressroom.

Mark Andy 2200

Ravi Patnaik, director of Dura Label, says this narrow web press for label printing is reliable even when the pressure of converting labels is high.

Cron X Plus CtCP

Dhote Offset opted for a Cron platesetter because it copes with a 16-hour schedule and produces 25,000 sq/metres pa. Sachin Shardul reports

Bobst Expertfold

Kumar Printers’ executive director, Sandeep Bhargava says that Expertfold’s Accubraille module has boosted orders from pharma majors in Europe

HP Indigo 7500

Louis Francis, the managing director of Photo Park Digital Press in Kochi, says the low print projection feature makes the photo-album light in weight

Kodak Flexcel NX

The quality of flexo plate this platesetter produces, makes it the right machine for all flexo converters, says Minesh Zaveri of Pin Mark Block

Kodak Flexcel NX

The quality of flexo plate this platesetter produces, makes it the right machine for all flexo converters, says Minesh Zaveri of Pin Mark Block

Xerox iGen3

This digital production press has ensured Ashwani Arya, managing director at Perfact Color Digital Prints a quick return on investment.

Horizon SPF/FC-200A

Ajay Talwar, managing director of Aegean Offset Printers, Delhi, says he chose the Horizon over rival machines for its environmentally friendly credentials

Rotatek RK Plus

Kartik Mohta, director of the Navi Mumbai-based Kiran Data Forms says that he invested in the machine because it can print all kinds of transactional work.

Goss M 600D

P Basak, general manager for works at Thomson Press at Navi Mumbai, says that this M 600D has inbuilt controls to establish and maintain excellent quality of print throughout the run.

X-Rite IntelliTrax

Fast and accurate, this colour scaning system has made life a whole lot easier for New Jack’s chief executive Saubhagyanidhi Seksaria.

Kodak Approval

Anil Namugade, managing partner at Mumbai-based Trigon is delivering quick and superior-quality copies with his Kodak digital proofing line

Esko CDI Spark 4260

P Jaichandra, MD of Veepee Graphic Solutions, says that this Esko kit with its superior technology has pushed flexo quality and productivity to a new high

Ryobi 684 AJ

Tushar Dhote of Dhote Offset bought a Ryobi 684 AJ to improve the turnaround of jobs and feels that the machine is comparable to the best in the world

Fujifilm Luxel V-6e

The value for money offered by Fujifilm Luxel V-6e makes it a right choice for printers operating in small towns like Satara, says Atul Chaphekar of Suprint

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Dial-A-Vend

Dinamalar has installed 25 newspaper vending kit in Coimbatore and plans to reach 150 installations in next one year, informs R Subramanian.

HP Indigo W7200

Kayu Dhanbhoora the MD of Kolor Kode says the USP of the machine is its versatility which caters to “a very wide range of commercial printing”

Zipset GP-1 ink set

Commercial print specialist Superlekha’s director, Rupesh Sawant says that this fast and hard drying ink allows for better reproduction of a print job.

How green is your printing press?

At Ipex, everyone professed the importance of environment. PrintWeek India speaks to two green experts in order to understand how to cut down energy use and reduce carbon emissions

Basysprint 850 CtCP

Deepak Bedi of Mumbai-based Glamour Graphics, says that all three of its Basysprint 850 CtCPs produce crisp dots and offer a cost effective solution.

Kolbus perfect binding

The Chennai-based educational book printing firm purchased this 12-station gathering and 32-clamp binding perfect binder to ensure swifter turn-around in the finishing department.

KM Bizhub C 8000

Shah brothers of Mumbai-based PrintStop India say that the describes how this machine is helping their firm offer high-value digital product.

Meteor DP 8700 XL

The Surat-based Venus Photo Express purchased this press at the Photo Fair 2012 to cater to plastic printing for id cards and the fashion industry.

Henkel PUR 3317

PUR 3317 has an excellent adhesion to a variety of papers and material says, E Fernando, managing director at Mumbai-based Sahaya Print Services.

Inkzone Ink Presetting (CIP3) Connection

Pune-based Akruti’s owner Girish Rao says that his company has saved time in makeready plus money with the help of this system that is an interface between its pre-press and pressroom

Xerox iGen4 Exp

Dhwanil Shah of Manifold Graphics, says this machine’s larger print size has boosted his company’s productivity by 50% and cut costs by 20%.

Fujifilm Luxel V-6e

The value for money offered by Fujifilm Luxel V-6e makes it a right choice for printers operating in small towns like Satara, says Atul Chaphekar of Suprint.

Heidelberg SM 102

Vashikaran Rajendrasingh from Bell Printers based in Sivakasi, says SM 102’s unique patented systems makes it a productive and a print-friendly press.

Bobst Expertfold

Kumar Printers’ executive director, Sandeep Bhargava says that Expertfold’s Accubraille module has boosted orders from pharma majors in Europe.

HP Indigo 7500

Louis Francis, the managing director of Photo Park Digital Press in Kochi, says the low print projection feature makes the photo-album light in weight

Esko CDI Spark 4260

P Jaichandra, MD of Veepee Graphic Solutions, says that this Esko kit with its superior technology has pushed flexo quality and productivity to a new high.

Buyers' guide

QuadTech’s MultiCam system

L Adimoolam of Dinamalar explains how this inspection system has helped achieve saleable copies with minimum print impressions at start up.

Xeikon 3050

With a Xeikon, we’ve earned savings in terms of plates being processed especially for short run jobs, says Pakshal Sutaria of Better Labels

Daya Jazz

Jeeten Bhambari of B P Lipeds, says that the USP of the machine is its auto-sheeter, which has helped him save on labour as well as time.

Kongsberg i-XL24

Rajesh Kapila of Metro Multimedia Technologies says that the I-cut feature provides with an extremely accurate cutting function of complex shapes.

Ricoh Pro C5100S

With its latest machines, Ricoh has brought heavyweight features and functions to the light production sector and installed over 30 machines in India in last three months, reports PrintWeek India

Bobst Fuego

Nilkanth Parulkar, director at Jasmine Art Printers says he invested in the Fuego to handle the company’s increasingly diverse range of cartons

AVT Helios

The speed and accuracy of the Helios system has ensured that Amar Chhajed-owned Webtech Industries is able to produce error-free labels even during peak periods.

Tharstern MIS

P Sahasrabudhe, chief executive officer of Pune-based Balodyan Press says that he invested in the software because it is fast and reliable

Eurobind 4000

Nikhil Mittal at the helm of affairs at Sona Printers says the trial run of the Eurobind 4000 has left his customers spell bound.

Fedrigoni

Tasteful aesthetic standards and consistent quality of this paper has brought an Asian Print Award for Anaswara Offset, says Anoop V.

Muller Martini Acoro A 5

Minoo Davar of Spenta Multimedia feels that Muller Martini Acoro A 5 with a speed of 5,000cph is invaluable for post-press jobs needing urgent delivery

Heidelberg SM 74-4L

N Subramanian of Sudarsan Graphics says that a Heidelberg SM 74-4L is a best buy for commercial printers having short to medium to high volume printing.

HP Indigo press 3050

Tanay Mehta of Reproscan says that HP Indigo 3050’s control directly co-relates with the print quality and maintenance; and wishes the unit had an online coater to print with metallic ink

Welbound Diploma

R Jayaraman, director of Chennai based Multivista, says that he invested in a Diploma folder to boost the capacity of book printing

Sappi Magno paper

Harsha Paruchuri, managing director of Pragati Offset, says that the award winning projects printed on Magno have been a part of creating their name and brand value with customers.

Muller Martini Pantera

V Balan, managing director at Print Shop says that the Pantera has added capacity and a “pull” factor that has signature pallets which transform themselves into finished products.

Canon ImagePress C7000 VP

Kalpesh Mehta, director at SRK Creative says that the ImagePress has helped him to save money on power consumption and rejections.

Roland 706LV

Swapan Chakraborty, technical director at Mumbai-based Orient Press has won new work thanks to the speed and flexibility of this UV press.

Line O Matic folder

The Line O Matic is just right for high-volume paper folding, says Nilesh Jain director of the Indore-based notebook manufacturer, Vijayshri Notebooks.

TechNova PoliJet

Anand Limaye, managing director of Mumbai-based India Printing Works tells Sachin Shardul, the machine gives quality with first generation dots.

Kodak Approval

Anil Namugade, managing partner at Mumbai-based Trigon is delivering quick and superior-quality copies with his Kodak digital proofing line.

Welbound Trident

Shantanu Roy of Repro India says that good safety system, consistent trim and low cost of maintenance makes this trimmer a real value for money.

RicohPro C900

Dhwanil Shah, director of X’press Images tells Somya Kedia how this colour production digital press has perked his firm’s productivity and profitability.

X-Rite EasyTrax

This press side tool tracks colour with high consistency and the results on the press after are amazingly accurate, says Himanshu Chopra of Artz & Printz.

Heidelberg Harris

Shekhar Bihani of SAP Print Solutions, says the web press has the capability to print fifth special colour which gives an edge over the competition.

Pratham PGV PF615

The Gandhis of Mumbai-based Art in Art Packaging Printers say that the machine has helped the firm save time and has increased productivity.

Cron X Plus CtCP

Dhote Offset opted for a Cron platesetter because it cope with a 16-hour schedule and produce 25,000 sq/metres p/a.

GMC Inspire

Jay Binod Singh, manager IT services at Mail Order Solutions says, Inspire has helped in increasing productivity by reducing the make-ready time.

Kodak Flexcel NX

The quality of flexo plate this platesetter produces, makes it the right machine for all flexo converters, says Minesh Zaveri of Pin Mark Block.

Kodak’s Prinergy Connect

NK Kajaria of Anderson Printing House, says this software may not earn you more jobs but it does make work easier for both clients and service providers.

Ferag mailroom

The mailroom enables timely operation without human intervention says, Vasudevan Namboodiri, vice president, production at The Times of India.

GMC PrintNet T

Atul Dharne, technical head at the Navi Mumbai-based PrintMail says the software helps in producing high impact, personalised communication.

Diamant MC 35

Senthil Kumar of Lovely Offset says the hardcase book binder from Muller Martini has boosted capabilities of the automatic print plant in Sivakasi.

Sakurai Maestro MS102AII

Rave Scan’s production manager, Hemant Gupta says even hairline registration is guaranteed at high print speeds, with this machine.

Heidelberg SM102

The Naths of Bengaluru-based Ravi Graphics tell Deepika Arwind that the Heidelberg 102 permits them to explore markets to print on special media.

Bobst NovaCut 106

Ajay Mendes, managing director of Goa-based Nebula Home Products is impressed with the machine metallurgy, and says Bobst kit never dies.

Komori Lithrone S29