Koenig & Bauer is also actively addressing key market trends such as digital transformation, connected packaging, sustainability, and the vexed issue of worker qualification and shortage.
During a roundtable discussion with Kerala’s next generation printers, Ramu Ramanathan engaged five industry professionals on 22 February at the Blu Radisson in Kochi. They shared their accomplishments over the last 12 months, the toughest challenges they faced in a project, and their future goals
POD (print-on-demand) started in India in the late nineties. Some say POD started around 1999 when Xerox launched its Safida. But it was a decade later that it became a staple part of the industry.
At the 8th edition of the Print & Beyond conference organised by the Kerala Master Printers Association, Raghabendra N Dutta Baruah, the president of the All India Federation of Master Printers had a stirring message for the print and packaging industry.
Deepak Anand Oulkar, carries on the legacy of the family business established in 1935, in Belgaum by his great-grandfather, the late Shambhu Appaji Oulkar. Initially known as Shambhu Appaji Photo Art Studio, the business thrived under the guidance of Deepak’s father, the late Anand L Oulkar, and his four brothers who in 1973, ventured out and started their own enterprise named Subhash Photo Studio. Eventually, this expanded to cities like Kolhapur, Sangli, Ratnagiri, and Goa.
Being sustainable is not only good business practice but is increasingly a crucial requirement for many customers. Karthik Narayan Ravi, director of Multivista Global Print Solutions, shares the book print firm’s journey thusfar
Jose Joseph, the founder of Printers Castle in Ernakulam, passed away on 15 January 2015. Ramu Ramanathan finds out about the man of many parts; and why he is adored in Kerala
Close on the heels of acquiring Gujarat-based MK Printpack, Parksons Packaging, the Warburg Pincus-backed packaging giant in India, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Fortuner Packaging’s business by way of a slump sale.
I am fortunate to be a part of the team that did a brainstorming a few years ago in bringing this signature title ‘Print and Beyond’ and this platform. Today we all came to a stage where we need to think much beyond ink and paper. We have to take pride that we became stronger and more influential as torchbearers of data, information and communication,” said Dr Rajendrakumar Anayath, vice-chancellor, DCRUST University.
K Selvakumar, director of Lovely Printers in Sivakasi delivered a stirring talk at KMPA's Print and Beyond seminar. Highlights of the talk which was delivered in front of 200 delegates at the Blu Radisson hotel in Kochi on 25 February.
P Narendra of Pragati Offset and Pragati Pack speaks about Print in the Post Covid era: Opportunities & Challenges at KMPA's Print and Beyond seminar in Kochi. He said, Last three years we have seen the world affected by Covid, supply chain and logistics nightmare, unprecedented price rise, the war and the China lockdown. How can India rise up to these challenges?
On the eve of the Print and Beyond full-day seminar, O Venugopal, director of Anaswara shares his Print Miracle 2023 report. Also the master printer provides a peek into what’s happening in Kerala’s print circle
He might be new to packaging, but EPL’s managing director and global CEO, Anand Kripalu says, he’s a sucker for accepting challenges, and will do what it takes. Kripalu opened up to Ramu Ramanathan to discuss EPL’s business, innovation, growth sustainability and journey ahead
From catering to British merchants in pre-Independence India to servicing the multinational brands today, Kanpur’s Solar Press (established as Star Press in 1904) has an enthralling history spanning more than a century. Govind Bhargava of Solar Press tells PrintWeek in this Sunday Column.
Reflecting the print and packaging industry’s theme of respect for our natural world, Akil Contractor spotlights the science behind green standards
Besides helming operations at Vakil and Sons, Arun Mehta, in his capacity as the president of BMPA and AIFMP, endeavoured to make technology accessible by organising Pamex in different parts of the country – Bombay (now Mumbai), Bangalore (now Bengaluru), and Calcutta (now Kolkata). In addition, Arun Mehta masterminded one of the first Indian print industry surveys when he was at the helm of the AIFMP. A tribute by Ramu Ramanathan.
From recyclable laminates for coffee packaging to a recyclable solution to replace multilayer packaging for pulses, ITC's Packaging and Printing Business has ramped up the sustainability index in its factories. In conversation with WhatPackaging? magazine
Precision is the key to the Echaar process. For the engineering of the flexo machine walls, Echaar leverages its material science knowledge in being a preferred supplier to the defence, atomic energy and windmill sector. The managing director of Echaar, Kirti Panchal shares his CI Flexo journey with PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines.
Nasim Uddin of TechNova passed away on Friday night (13 May). He returned home to Kanpur after a 200 km drive - and collapsed. The 59 year old Nasim is survived by his wife and two sons, Alquama Nasim (25) and Almaz Nasim (21).
Ramu Ramanathan talks to Akil Contractor of Print Dynamic about the impact of inks on multiple applications, plus the importance of sustainability
Despite the Omicron threat, DIC India is still eager outline its plans for its future journeys. DIC India’s managing director Manish Bhatia discusses how DIC India navigated through the Covid-19 challenges and managed growth. Bhatia in conversation with PrintWeek’s Ramu Ramanathan
Reprographic was established in 1983 with an electronic typewriter, a cut-and-paste table, one manual photocopying machine to make a foil master, and a Swift 150 offset press, at a tiny location in Secunderabad. What many people in the print industry don't know is, it continued to operate from Secunderabad and gradually, it created a pro-women environment. “Over 40% of our 50+ employees are women," said Jatin Vasandani, who passed away on 19 January.
Nitesh Jain, director, CRISIL Ratings believes that robust demand, supported by heightened hygiene consciousness, growing in-home consumption, and benign input costs will improve the operating profitability of packaging film companies to a decadal high of 19% this fiscal. In an exclusive interview with WhatPackaging? magazine, Nitesh Jain looks at the role of the pandemic in giving a push to the industry.
Years ago, PrintWeek had asked a print technologist what has been the best purchase ever made. The reply was inspired, "The red colour has actually the coolest temperature of all the known colours of the visible spectrum of light in the electromagnetic spectrum. And a device to measure colour is the best investment for a press factory." Keeping that technology mantra in mind, Ramu Ramanathan put forth that question to seven industry leaders.
The value of commercial print has plunged. In this time of strife, Ramu Ramanathan tries to comprehend the dilemma of a self-made printer in South Odisha
Shirish Yadav, vice president of ITC-Foods talks to Ramu Ramanathan about the solutions that packaging manufacturers should develop to address changes in food manufacturing, processing and handling
Sachin Shardul, 43, is no more. He passed away on 5 October at Lilavati hospital in Mumbai due to Covid-related health complications. The print technologist, who was technical editor at PrintWeek from 2008 to 2014, is survived by his parents, wife, daughter and son.
Kamal Vyas, who has died due to Covid-19, was the last of the gentlemanly salesperson. I have seen him preside over deals with a nawabi nazaakat. This is no doubt due to his lineage, which linked him to the third chief minister of Rajasthan, Jai Narayan Vyas. Every time I met him he regretted two things, the decline of tehzeeb and the declining margins in print.
I broke my vow to myself and attended three closed-door Zoom meetings in June. There were four themes that seemed to resonate with some of India's biggest print and packaging businesses
The future is a question mark. And since there is no one answer, for the 12th anniversary issue of PrintWeek, the team spoke to more than 100 industry leaders to get some clues on what to do next. Instead of an editorial, we have selected 12 statements that are helpful
Covid-19 has made our world topsy-turvy. Since the 21-day lockdown, everyone I know has become a coronavirus expert. To paraphrase Socrates, "The one thing that is guaranteed to multiply on our planet is stupidity." Because stupidity is contagious. The amount of forwards and cut-and-paste on social media platforms has been baffling.
The expansion programme at the multi-locational pre-press trade shop Creative Graphics Solutions shows no signs of slowing down. The Delhi headquartered firm has added another Kodak Flexcel NX at the company’s Mumbai branch. This latest investment is the third Flexcel NX system since 2016, when the first arrived at Creative Graphics’ Delhi factory.
Beatrice Klose, the secretary general of Intergraf spoke in Mumbai during the WPCF conference on 8 January. She mentioned new EU legislative challenges and highlighted the target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, transition to a circular economy and a zero pollution Europe.
There's an Austrian glassmaker Claus Riedel. He taught us: red wine needs a wider glass for the fuller aroma, while white wine needs a smaller, narrower glass for the more delicate flavour.
The best gyaan I have ever received about printing was 33 years ago. As a young man, I was told, “You should have thought of that before you got us into this mess.”
I M Doctor was president of the Bombay Master Printer's Association and a high ranking member of the All India Federation of Master Printers. Ramu Ramanathan doffs his hat to a rare gem.
I came across this quote: “Contributors should have some pity for the editor and poor compositors. We should take pride in writing a clear and beautiful hand in our own language ...
Ramu Ramanathan, editor at PrintWeek India talks about the culture of print businesses. Ten years ago, it was very different from what it is now. It is important for all of us to ask the question – "How do you see print and packaging engage with the new generation of print?"
Parksons Packaging has become the first company in India to take delivery of an HP Indigo 30000 digital press for folding cartons. The new investment will enable Parksons to produce high-quality, B2-format (20x30-inch format) applications allowing brand owners to communicate with end-users customers, provide a lean and agile supply chain, faster speed to the market, including on-pack messages. "You talk about customisation, providing better security features, and a direct to consumer connects. These are becoming very important for brand owners," said Siddharth Kejriwal, director at Parksons Packaging. Siddharth Kejriwal, in an exclusive conversation with PrintWeek India.
In April this year, Dr David Clark, vice president - sustainability, Amcor USA visited India to examine the new Bharuch plant and deliver a keynote address at IFCA seminar. In conversation with Ramu Ramanathan, Clark talks about multi-layer plastic, innovations, and EPR models
How do young people look at print and packaging? What are the lessons we can learn? Ramu Ramanathan tries to find out
'Very tough market condition' - four words that have been doing the rounds since the past two to three months.
A Balachandra of Rajhans Enterprises says, "The packaging plant in Bidadi makes Rajhans one of the unique companies that offers all processes. We have a full-fledged offset i.e web, commercial, web packaging, adhesive label and stationery." 100 seconds with one of the industry's major players.
Manugraph India, a leader in web offset printing presses manufacturing expanded its portfolio into packaging printing. This includes manufacturing of central impression (CI) flexo printing machines in collaboration with the Italian manufacturer Carraro SRL. Pradeep Shah, director, Manugraph India speaks to Ramu Ramanathan in an exclusive for WhatPackaging? about Manuflex and packaging.
Line O Matic's founder and owner Uday C Patel was the recipient for the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the Mumbai Mudrak Sangh. He delivered a short speech at the Sahara Star in Mumbai in which he said, "I am thankful to the Mumbai Mudrak Sangh for this honour." Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Medha Virkar, Immediate Past President of MMS.
The Indian ink industry is optimistic about growth in the country, and are making investments into production facilities. This explains Hi-Tech Inks’ new plant in Vapi. The factory will be three times the size of its existing plant and shall boast double the capacity. Built in a total construction area of 100,000 sq/ft, the plant will have an installed capacity of 21,000mt of inks per annum.
The reason we have a KODAK FLEXCEL NX Technology Special is in honour of its success rate. Consider the stats: in the last eight years, Kodak has notched up 27 installations of the KODAK FLEXCEL NX Systems in India. Two of the 27 are installed at Ahmedabad-based Pinmark. Minesh Zaveri, director at Pinmark says, “KODAK FLEXCEL NX technology of imaging on a laminate meant one more step in the flexo platemaking process. It was a new technology, so we were a bit cautious. We keenly observed, saw, read and experienced the technology, and were thoroughly convinced that, here is a technology that will be helpful to us, and to the Indian industry”.
Reifenhäuser (India) Marketing (RIML) was founded in 1993 as a 50-50% joint venture with Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik, Germany. RIML has completed 25 years of operations in India. Manish Mehta, managing director, RIML talks to Ramu Ramanathan about the Indian packaging industry
Books Day – Books For All was born during PrintPack 2019. Ramu Ramanathan discusses why gifting one book to a child you know - and one to a child you don't know is so important
When Faheem Agboatwala introduced Henrik Müller-Hansen, the CEO and founder of Gelato before his PS 19 presentation at the Tata Theatre, it was quite impressive. The highlights are: Henrik Müller-Hansen and his team launched Optimalprint in 2007. As Optimalprint grew so did the idea on how to improve the profitability and efficiency within the print industry. This led to the launch of Gelato in August 2012. Earlier, Henrik Müller-Hansen worked at Tele2, a telco challenging the traditional industry. He held positions like CEO-assistant and head of the Business Customer Area in Sweden. From 2003 to 2006, he was CEO of Tele2 Norway, growing the company from 1.5 billion NOK to 3.2 billion NOK. There is academic rigour behind the rough-tough business life. Be it: an MSc E; Major in Managerial Economics from Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. Plus there is respect for two of Norway's literary legends, Henrik Ibsen and Jon Fosse. Henrik Müller-Hansen has a chat with PrintWeek India about Gelato's plans for India.
From humble beginnings in 1993, SMI has evolved into India’s leading labelstock manufacturing company. Ajay Mehta spent time with the WhatPackaging? team at SMI's Ambernath factory version 2.0 on 31 January even as the who's who of the label industry were present. Ajay Mehta and son, Rohit Mehta led delegations in groups of 10-15 through a show-and-tell of SMI's labelstock journey. During the two-hour walk-though, visitors saw the manufacturing process of more than 300 products with a choice of emulsion acrylic or hotmelt adhesives in permanent, peelable, semi-freeze, deep freeze and low migration variants.
Sanjay Bhagwat, publisher of Mouj, is no more. He passed away on 3 February at the age of 60, following a prolonged illness. Bhagwat was also a member of the Mumbai Mudrak Sangh and an important member of the publishing fraternity. He is survived by his wife, Bhagyashree, son Anirudh and daughter Manva.
“ The name Brilliant Printers should be a brand-name on the tip of anyone who has a print requirement anywhere in Asia,” says Anil Rego of Brilliant Printers in Bengaluru. He tells Ramu Ramanathan how he intends to bring it to fruition
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.
The print industry is bracing itself for another wave of paper price rises. There are two reasons for this. Paper mill manufacturers have said that in 2019-20, the price is expected to soar as raw material cost is likely to continue its rising trend. And then, there is the news that India may impose anti-dumping duty (ADD) on uncoated paper from Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore for three years to protect the interest of domestic companies against cheap shipments.
Prabuddha Dasgupta was an advocate of the "10-sec test". This is a concept he deployed to conduct a series of brand/product experiments during his days at Unilever. "It’s not a memory test, it’s about what registers in the minds of people," he used to say. Every packaging item gets only one shot to make a first impression, and less than 10 seconds to impress someone.
Ramu Ramanathan, editor, WhatPackaging?, says "Things will improve only if we learn to treat our people better."
Manish Patel of SIPM presented a grim scenario about the upheaval in the global fibre, containerboard and corrugated box markets during the ICCMA Congress on 4 October. He showed how China’s push to clean up its environment will impact India
The DB Group has invested close to Rs 200-crore in Bihar. If you look at it from the publisher’s point of view, this market is bigger than Madhya Pradesh, or Rajasthan. It is actually bigger than or Gujarat, all these states have population of around six-crore. Madhya Pradesh has a population of five- to six-crore. For Rajasthan and Gujarat this figure stands at six and a half. The population of Bihar is 11-crore. So from the perspective of reach and penetration consumption, Bihar is a huge market.
With the upcoming launch of TIE, TechNova Imaging EcoSystem, for its newspaper customers, TechNova is all set to reinvent itself as much more than a solutions provider. According to the company, TIE is TechNova’s unique endeavour to offer its customers a “unified experience” beyond products and services, which will help customers “connect all the dots” in pre-press, pressroom and post-press - with products, equipment, services, advisory, inventory management; transactional efficiencies - giving customers a single touchpoint for all their requirements. Pranav Parikh, chairman and managing director, TechNova, explains in an interview with Ramu Ramanathan
Printweek India Post-Press Company of the Year 2017 and Bengaluru-based Brilliant Printers has set its sight on enhancing its bidding in the book manufacturing segment with an Ochsner edge gilding and corner rounding machine. The equipment that was installed, commissioned in the last week of May 2018 – and will target products like luxury books, diaries, journals, dictionaries and religious books like Bibles.
There is no stopping Uflex in its forward leap with a Rs 1,700-crore investment plan for Uttar Pradesh. The founder, chairman and managing director, Ashok Chaturvedi, tells Ramu Ramanathan what makes Uflex an immovable force in the flexible packaging industry
India ranks fifth in the packaged food industry globally with a worth of USD 39.7 billion and is expected to reach USD 65.41 billion by 2020. In all this there is the shocking story that the amount of food India wastes annually is enough to feed a country like Egypt for one year. Therefore the moot question, how can packaging help the food and beverage industry.
Kirit Modi, chairman and managing director at Horizon Packs and the president of Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association (ICCMA) tells Ramu Ramanathan why it is important to create awareness amongst all members about protecting the value this industry creates and ensure that it is not diluted in any manner by engaging in an unhealthy competition
Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? looks at the success stories of disruptors in the print industry and what the print fraternity can learn from them
Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? looks at what the top brands are saying about ink on paper and paperboard; and more importantly what are their expectations from print fraternity
Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? looks at what the top brands are saying about ink on paper and paperboard; and more importantly what are their expectations from print fraternity
The USD 40 billion packaging market in India with a fragmented supply side consisting of over 30,000 vendors has a feisty new kid on the block. Bizongo is an online business-to-business marketplace and Aniket Deb, CEO and co-founder of Bizongo, tells WhatPackaging? how its USD 22 million funding will be a leap forward for his company with 2,500 registered small and medium enterprises plus brands such as Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra and TataCliq
With employment generation of over six-million in 2016 and an investment of USD 18.84- billion lined up this year, the Indian food industry is ripe for another growth spurt. . Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? looks at how this sector is expected to hugely benefit the packaging in the coming years
Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India and WhatPackaging? shares how packaging and pre-media services firm play a key role in print.
Technology aided by its country-cousin science, is optimising-disrupting our lives. In this digital age, paper is much more than just paper. Therefore, this defence of paper.
Sudarshan Dheer is no more. He was the Indian logo legend in the new born arena of corporate identity designs. This was the Frank Simoes era. Liberty Shirts ads which scorched the newsprint. Plus the first tiny steps towards creating the Raymond brand. Halftones were the in-thing.
Khushru Patel, along with his childhood friend Aspi Forbes, started Jak Printers in Mumbai in 1984. Since then, its motto ‘quality never goes out of style’ and the slogan, ‘We make a difference’ have made them a top-quality printer in India, picking up NAEP Awards for nine consecutive times and for 12 consecutive years. Patel was in conversation with Ramu Ramanathan during the KMPA’s Print and Beyond seminar in Kochi.
The paper industry wants anti-dumping duty as imports surge by 40%. And so, in the six-year period from 2011, paper imports have increased at a CAGR of 18%. The Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA), on behalf of BILT Graphics Paper Products, has filed a petition before the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) to initiate an investigation concerning imports of ‘coated paper’ originating in or exported from China PR, European Union (EU) and the USA.
Rahil Gandhi, director at Vadilal Dairy International tells the WhatPackaging? team about the difference packaging has made in the 4.5 lakh tonnes ice creams and frozen foods market
Fujifilm acquires Xerox for USD 6.1-bn and combined it with Fuji Xerox to create a new USD 18-bn turnover giant. What does this entail? For one, the combined Fuji Xerox would leapfrog rivals Canon and Ricoh in terms of printing revenues, and will be a close second to HP in terms of scale. Two, the potential addressable market is approaching USD 120-bn. So lads and ladies, the game is afoot!
The India operations of Siegwerk recently went toluene-free. Ashish Pradhan tells Ramu Ramanathan how Siegwerk with a futuristic outlook is galloping on the road to success
Bimal Mehta, managing director of Vakils Premedia, which provides artwork and labeling outsource services to pharmaceutical companies globally made a presentation at the pharma packaging and labeling forum conference in Philadelphia.
Mehta found fame in making corrugation "chic”. In a conversation with Ramu Ramanathan he talks about his journey and his voracious appetite for all things corrugate
Ramu Ramanathan, editor of PrintWeek India highlights the all the happenings in the printing and packaging segment from the year 2017
Tappan Patel, managing director, BST eltromat, India shares the details of BST’s acquisition of Eltromat, the new IPQ colour solutions, the trajectory of the company’s rise and why the future is hybrid technology, in a conversation with Ramu Ramanathan
The shortlist is here. Huge congratulations to all those in the running for the coveted PrintWeek Prism trophy on 2 November, the big night.
Nilesh Dhankani, CEO of Quarterfold Printabilities reveals his plans to Ramu Ramanathan about how to bridge print and content for the African market
Konica Minolta Business Solutions India’s managing director Daisuke Mori and his colleagues Yoshinori Koide and Manish Gupta speak to Ramu Ramanathan about the company’s philosophy in India
SN Venkataraman, divisional head of marketing ITC Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) shares insights on the latest safety regulations and compliance for food packaging.
Consider the numbers. Automatic lines contribute to 40% of the capacity with a conversion ratio of 2 million MT, as opposed to 2.7 million MT output from 1,2000-1,4000 semi-automatic lines.The shift to automatic corrugating lines has begun.In the next three years, India will double the number. Ramu Ramanathan surveys the scenario
On the one hand, corporate India is on a growth path and on the other hand, printing of annual reports is witnessing an overall slowdown. In addition to the current climate of business uncertainty, there is a problem of rogue print firms who are not delivering as per the terms and conditions to their corporate and PSU (public sector undertakings) clients.
Ramu Ramanathan tells the tale of the paper cup in India
It’s been a year since Ashish Pradhan has helmed operations at Siegwerk India as a CEO and already the changes are visible with a young team of professionals. The “new Siegwerk” with a futuristic outlook is galloping on the road to success, Pradhan tells Ramu Ramanathan
It is news that sent shock waves in the print industry. The brutal death of Navin Shah, promoter of Navneet Publications in Ahmedabad has resulted in an outpouring of grief among the who's who of the industry.
It is news that sent shock waves in the print industry. The brutal death of Navin Shah, promoter of Navneet Publications in Ahmedabad has resulted in an outpouring of grief among the who's who of the industry.
H V Sheth, president of Indian Printing, Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers' Association (IPAMA) and owner of Sheth Printograph speaks to Ramu Ramanathan about the future of the Indian print industry, GST, and PrintPack 2019 from 1 to 6 February.
Started 10 years ago, Parakh Group’s packaging business boasts a basic extrusion capacity of 8,000 tonnes per annum and prints a capacity of 12,000 tonnes per annum. Ramu Ramanathan and Rushikesh Aravkar take a tour of the company’s 12-acre flexible packaging plant in Bhandgoan near Pune
Malayala Manorama is known for its quality news and superior publications. Ramu Ramanathan visits the print units in Kerala in order to grasp the ops
VK Seth, the managing director of the Gurugram-based Sakata Inx India and member, International Advisory Board Sakata Inx Corporation, Japan demystifies the Indian printing ink industry – both in terms of the business and the technology – and speaks to Ramu Ramanathan about Sakata Inx’s presence in India and globally
Lokavangmaya Gruha with its global, multilingual book collection and book production is a rare oasis in Mumbai. It combines the bohemian spirit of second-hand bookstores. Plus it demonstrates the clout of Marathi literature and its dazzling array of thinkers. PrintWeek India spends a Saturday at the printing press on the ground floor of Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan and the bookstore on the second floor. It is a flashback to 1476, the year William Caxton established England’s first printi
Repro India aims to double its capacity to produce 12,000 POD (Print On Demand) books a day from 6,000 a day in the current financial year. This is because of two additional units which the Mumbai headquartered book firm hopes to set up in Delhi and Chennai. The plan is: Delhi and Chennai will each produce 2,000 books a day, and the Mumbai facility will produce 8,000 books per day. In addition, the Mumbai headquartered book factory will be eyeing the online sales market. Pramod Khera, e
Anand Limaye, the honorary general secretary of AIFMP and head at India Printing Works is trying to draw a new map for the Indian print industry. Last week, he lodged a plaint against paper cartelisation. Also he is attempting to take the message of print to the society, and with his latest passion, Inking Innovations, sharing the wealth of Marathi literature to a larger audience. Anand Limaye in conversation with Ramu Ramanathan.
Ashish Pradhan, CEO, Siegwerk India, of Siegwerk is very keen to take sustainability to a new level. When PrintWeek India visited the Siegwerk factory, this was the main theme that resonated in its Bhiwadi facility.
In a chat with Ramu Ramanathan of PrintWeek India, Kirit Modi, chairman and managing director, Horizon Packs and president, The Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers Association (ICCMA), discusses paper supply disruptions and emphasises on the need for smart investments, trained manpower, and best practices.