On 21 August the Komori GL640 Advance UV press was inaugurated by N Gopalaratnam, chairman of Seshasayee Paper and Boards and the guest of honour Kasi Viswanathan, managing director of Seshasayee Paper Boards at the Salem PrintPack factory in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai-based packaging and carton manufacturers Manali Cartons displayed a variety of their packaging and corrugated carton range at the recently concluded Compack Expo 22.
The 45th Chennai Book Fair organised by The Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) has been underway in Chennai’s YMCA grounds, Nandanam from 16 February 2022 and will draw its curtains on 6 March 2022. We bring to you a glimpse of the physical show
R Chockalingam of Srinivas Fine Art, one of the industry’s leading lights in high-end book production; and the person who put print from Sivakasi on the world map, died on 9 December at 6:30 pm.
In April 2021, Dabur in response to a customer complaint had stated on Twitter that it’s packaged honey meets the 22-step quality check parameters mandated by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
JK Paper has reported an over three-fold jump - up 74.08% - in consolidated net profit at Rs 118.38 crore for the second quarter ended September 2021 on the back of higher volumes and better realisation. It was Rs 67.86 crore in September 2020.
Sanitaryware and packaging products maker HSIL reported an 18% growth in its net profits. HSIL Limited, one of India’s leading packaging company's net profit rose to 30 crore in Q2 FY22 from an adjusted net profit of Rs 22 crore in the same quarter last year.
In a few hours from now, PrintWeek-Siegwerk will be hosting a webinar at 3pm, to discuss why it is important to understand the harmful effects that conventional printing inks, adhesive and polymer-based packaging materials have harmful effects on ecological aspects as well as human well-being.
Venkataraman Ganesan aka Venkat would be retiring from the services of Heidelberg India in October 2021 after representing the German-based brand in the sheetfed offset printing business for the past three decades.
P Chander will take over as the next president of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) from Kamal Chopra from 1 October 2021.
FICCI announced that it would be conducting the India Food & Nutrition Innovation Summit 2021 (IFNIS 2021) on 27-28 October 2021, collaborating with Thinking Forks Consulting.
Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu-based Subam Printers have completed the installation of Konica Minolta AccurioPress C3080 as part of their digital press venture- Subam Digital Press. The installation was done in their unit in Tiruvannamalai and Vellore.
Puducherry-based NM Printing completed the installation of Konica Minolta AccurioPress C83hc replacing their existing KM C1060.
Chennai-based flex printing specialist Adyar Mega Digital forayed into cut-sheet digital print business with the installation of Konica Minolta C3070P.
Suresh Kumar, TechNova’s manager of territory sales who operated out of Chennai lost his battle to Covid-19.
The Rs 27-crore corrugated box industry has urged the government to ban the exports of recycled kraft paper pulp rolls that will help in the availability of raw materials in the country and control the surge in prices. Sriraam Selvam reports from Chennai
Ahmedabad-based labels and packaging major, Astron Packaging announced the installation of their second Durst Tau330 RSC, a fully configured industrial UV inkjet digital press at their Dubai unit.
In the wake of the ongoing protests by packaging converters throughout India, South India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (SICBMA), has urged the Centre to impose an immediate ban on kraft paper exports of all forms.
Subam Printers has invested in a complete package of Heidelberg Suprasetter A75, Prinect workflow together with Saphira plates.
The Uttar Pradesh Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association held a three-day strike from 8-10 March 2021. Addressing a press conference in Varanasi, Rajesh Bhatia the president of the association said, "In 3-4 months, the price of kraft paper which is the main raw material for corrugated boxes in the packaging industry has increased by almost 60%."
The packaging industry is facing substantial cost and availability headwinds across multiple raw material categories. The rise in kraft paper prices has been severe
Ink specialist DIC India will collaborate with PrintWeek to discuss the challenges involved in shifting to sustainable packaging in India in a webinar slated for 23 February 2021 at 3 pm.
Nizamappas, founder and CEO of YesGo was awarded the Entrepreneur of the year award for 2020-2021 by Indian Achievers Forum and Achievers’ World on 2 February 2021.
With agility, ambition and building value as their USP for the customers, HP announced the launch of their Latex 700 and 800 series in the 1.6 m category with a suite of features to meet the rising demands of a post-pandemic India. The new range of printers is expected to provide increased productivity of nearly 50%.
HP and PrintWeek will host their second webinar on 29 January 2021 at 3pm, which will feature a virtual tour of HP Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore and highlight several applications from one of their versatile digital press- with the aim of addressing commercial printing, light packaging and plastic cards.
Chennai-based packaging pre-press training company YesGo launched SGO, their pre-media services venture in a grand event at Hotel Crown Plaza, Chennai on 10 January 2021.
Fremont-based EFI launched the latest iteration of their PrintSmith Vision MIS.
India-based Pressman Academy for Print Education and Research (PAPER) will launch an online workgroup to undertake projects on Expanded Colour Gamut (ECG), in an attempt to encourage more printers to try this process.
HP and PrintWeek will host one-of-its-kind webinar which would feature a virtual tour of HP Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore and highlight several applications and the presses.
PrintWeek and Siegwerk will host a webinar on the regulatory aspects of safety in food packaging inks slated for 18 November 2020 at 3 pm (IST).
PrintWeek in association with Esko will host a webinar on the role of flexo in packaging supply chain on 3 November 2020 at 3 pm.
India- based Pressman Academy for Print Education and Research in association with Heidelberg will host a webinar on new trends and technology in offset printing on 25 October at 6 pm.
Chennai-based pre-press packaging training company YesGo will inaugurate their third branch in Mumbai on 24 October 2020.
EFI’s withdrawal is another blow for Drupa which follows a slew of major exhibitors already opting out of the event in the recent weeks.
I spoke to the owner of a commercial print firm. He warned at least 5,000 print businesses across India could go bust by March 2021. Only three things can save the commercial print industry: Affordable vaccine for the Covid-19 virus; a government vaccine to boost the balance sheets of small print firms; and a macro-economic vaccine
Indian newspapers, which just a few months ago had defied the global trend by gaining circulation, are now buckling under the weight of coronavirus losses. Sriraam Selvam reports
PrintWeek and Esko will host a webinar titled ‘Embrace the new normal in packaging - How to use digital and 3D virtual technologies in the pandemic and beyond’ on 10 September 2020 at 3 pm.
Dainik Bhaskar announced that the newspaper giants have achieved 90% of the advertising base of the retail market which contributes 70% of its advertising revenue. This the believe clearly indicates that the non-metro markets consumption is back to almost normal.
The department of printing technology, Avinashilingam Institute, Coimbatore will host the regional edition of the fourth Print Olympiad on 26 August 2020.
New Delhi-based Arihant Offset has installed a brand new WB@2500 six-clamp perfect binding machine manufactured by Impel-Welbound in Bengaluru.
Electronics for Imaging (EFI) announced that their annual user conference will be held online from 25 January 2021 for six days over the course of two weeks.
Sriraam Selvam takes an in-depth look surrounding the issues concerning education books
Ghaziabad-based Education Stores has completed the installation of WB@2500, a six-clamp perfect binder from Impel-Welbound.
Multi-location print and packaging enterprise, Print Point completed the installation of Heidelberg Speedmaster CX-75 six-colour press with coating unit at their Bengaluru location.
Chennai-based wholesale manufacturers of wedding cards, Lakshmi Cottage Industry (LCI), has ventured into printing of protective gears with wedding card themes.
Fujifilm India on 8 June announced the Indian launch of its new superwide format system, the Acuity Ultra. This UV-curable roll-to-roll printer uses Uvijet GS inks, a solvent-free chemistry that is both fully emission compliant and Greenguard approved.
PrintWeek in partnership with Miraclon will host a webinar masterclass by Steve Smith on 25 June 2020.
In the season of webinars, Vijay Adlakha of Printsmith shares his favourite 10 that he attended and was benefitted- print and otherwise
Ohio-based testing and consulting major Smithers valued the inkjet print market at USD 80.4 billion (approx. Rs 607 billion), almost the equivalent to 923 billion A4 prints, and is expected to reach USD 118.2 billion in 2025.
As several presses across the country begin operations, Faheem Agboatwala, director of the Mumbai-based Hi-Tech Printing Services shares some simple but essential starting tips. The BMPA and Print Summit stalwart believes this will facilitate a smooth restart
We continue to understand the print fraternity’s views on their future use of Chinese manufactured products both machinery and raw materials.
The growing digital printing market in the industrial town of Tirupur saw the addition of Konica Minolta AccurioPress 6085 by Rabiya Graphics.
Covid-19 has impacted the trust quotient in China. Which is why, the PrintWeek team spoke to more than 100 industry leaders to ascertain the fate of Chinese manufacturers. In the first part of this series, we have published ten of the comments.
Chennai-based multi-brand solution expert Printronics will host a webinar along with their partners Italy-based Durst Phototechnik to share the latter’s’ expertise on digital printing for labels and packaging on 27 May 2020.
Thrissur-based Redlands Machinery has launched Banker DM 80-L disinfectant machine.
Kochi-based Future Schoolz concluded first of its three webinars on 18 April 2020 with six experts from print and other domains sharing their thoughts on the theme 'What next? - Corona impact on print industry'
Global print and packaging think-tank Idealliance announced the launch of its Colour Management Professional Fundamentals online certification course in Hindi.
Freemont, California-based Electronics for Imaging (EFI) will host their first-ever three-day virtual event from 21 April to 23 April 2020.
Konica Minolta India announced the appointment Tai Nizawa as the company's new managing director. With over 30 years of experience in the printing industry, Nizawa has been associated with Konica Minolta since 1987.
Cochin-based Future Schoolz, a print industry specific training institute will be hosting an online forum on the impact of corona on the future of print industry on 18 April 2020 between 11.30 am and 1.00 pm.
Chennai-based YesGo inaugurated its second branch in less than a month at Bengaluru on 14 March 2020, to mainly provide packaging pre-press training courses using the Esko software suite.
The data in the National Family Health Survey-4 is revealing. The highlight is: only 41% per cent of Indian women are allowed to go alone outside the house. The data is unequivocal: there is little variation among women of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and ‘other’ castes when it comes to being allowed to go out of the house. I used to feel that education provided freedom for women, but the survey proves me wrong.
Chennai-based pre-press packaging training company YesGo is all set to open its second branch in less than a month at Bengaluru on 14 March 2020.
In less than two years since starting operations, YesGo inaugurated its first branch at Noida on 22 February 2020, to extend its packaging pre-press training courses using the Esko software suite.
The Department of Media Technology of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) will host the 4th edition of Print Olympiad at their campus on 16 and 17 March 2020.
In his presentation to the students of Institute of Printing Technology (IPT), Chennai, Fredrick John of Esko shared that embracing eCommerce as one of the key trends to note in the packaging industry.
Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL), India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company is listed as one of India’s Growth Champions in 2020 by The Economic Times and German based Statista, one of world’s leading providers of market & consumer statistics. The inaugural edition of the report is an initiative that aims to highlight accelerators of the Indian economy.
Erode-based Titaanic Printers have completed the installation of Konica Minolta AccurioPress 6085 at their premise.
Nizam Appas, the founder of YesGo, has been conferred with the Leadership Game-changer Award by MSME Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India (MSME CCI) as part of its Green Tech Asia Awards 2020. Indrajit Ghosh, chairman at MSME CCI, presented the award.
It's one more feather in the cap of Lakshmi Printographics (LPPL). The North Indian print house had recently added a high speed fully automatic sewing machine by Bosid, and now they have acquired a specially configured K 74 KTL from GUK.
PrintWeek's ERP and MIS expert, Sriraam Selvam, looks at the Xerox bid plus Monotype's acquisition and CEO updates from EFI and Landa; as well as the implications of the Amazon Jeff Bezos' recent visit to India
The department of printing technology at Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore conducted a three-day workshop on the recent trends in offset printing at their premise from 22 to 24 January 2020.
German specialist of paper folding machines, GUK's partnership with Impel-Welbound has seen an upturn since the start of with the latter's introduction of Multimaster information leaflet folders.
Global print and packaging think-tank Idealliance announced their latest G7 certification- AI Master Calibration System Certification Program designed for OEM digital press.
Fine papers specialist, Sona Papers unveiled their new logo and mnemonics as part of the company’s strategic realignment.
The department of printing technology at Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore conducted a three-day seminar on specialty printing from 9 to 11 January 2020.
Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) inaugurated its golden jubilee celebrations on 4 January 2020 in style at The Renai Cochin in Kochi.
Ernakulam, Kerala-based Sterling Print House have completed installation of Champion CAVL 1100 automatic vertical lamination machine with hot knife from Redlands Machinery.
Chennai-based Gayathri Machineries introduced CF375 creasing and folding machine from Multigraf at Pamex 2020 held between 6 and 9 January 2020 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.
The Patna-based New Ratan Priya (NRP) has recently installed Welbound 2500 perfect binder at its premise.
Indot is headquartered in Chalakudy in Kerala. The parent company, Indot Color World is a five centre operation which produce 150 photo albums daily at each of its ops, This includes centres in Chennai and Pune, as well as multiple collection centres across Kerala.
A job printed on 20-lpi lenticular sheets at Trichy-based Antz Innovations for its client, Mumbai-based Wunderman Thompson, bagged a Bronze at the recently-concluded Cannes Lion 2019.
Rajsree Industrial Printer completed the installation of a pre-owned Mitsubishi Diamond 1000 LS and a TechNova Viostar CTP system at their premise in the industrial development area of Edayar in Aluva district, Kerala.
Bhadragiri Sarvothama Pai founder of Sri Sudhindra Offset Process (SSOP) and a printing industry stalwart in Bengaluru passed away early last week. He was 80. Born in a small village in Udipi, Pai migrated to Bengaluru as a youth and worked his way to become an influential member in the city.
Some 1,800 exhibitors from 50 countries are expected to appear at Drupa 2020.
ITC's Packaging & Printing Business was crowned the Company of the Year at the PrintWeek Awards 2019, where the industry celebrated the awesome power of print and packaging at the Sofitel hotel in Mumbai on 2 December. The Chennai-headquartered converter, perhaps the largest value-added converter of paperboard packaging in South Asia, won three Awards.
Erode-based Spy Printers have completed the installation of South India’s first Canon ImagePress C910 at their premises. Founded in 1996 and involved in all kinds of printing widely into offset printing and digital marketing, Spy Printers is a leading printing company in the region.
At CPhi WW 2019 (5 to 7 November in Frankfurt, Germany), SGD Pharma launched a digital tool to identify non-compliances in moulded glass bottles intended for the pharmaceutical industry.
The Association for Print Technologies (APTech), formerly known as NPES will host the Print Innovation Exchange India 2019 conference in partnership with The Bombay Master Printers' Association (BMPA) on 25th November 2019 at Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai.
Speciality chemical major, Clariant Chemicals (India) announced their second-quarter (September 2019) results with sales at Rs 272.1 crores and a growth of 6.1% as against the same period the previous year (September 2018).
Tirupur-based packaging specialist Saravana Graphicss has invested in Heidelberg’s Speedmaster SX 74 to meet the increasing demand for printed products.
Henkel, the global chemical and consumer goods company behind well-known brands such as Loctite, Pritt, Sellotape and Schwarzkopf, Dylon and Colour Catcher has reinforced its commitment for the development of a circular economy by investing in the recycling specialist Saperatec.
Multiflex Polybags bagged three honours for excellence in printing on narrow-, wide- and mid-web flexible films at the Asia Flexo Awards 2019, helping India get the lion’s share with 15 awards. Sriraam Selvam of WhatPackaging? speaks to the Chennai-based company's Pratik Mehta to find out how it has evolved into one of the front-runners in the flexographic printing segment
Print, they say, is on the backfoot. My question is: if print is unpopular, what is popular? I am informed it is YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and WhatApp. Armed with this insight, I look at a recent study, which looks at Asia's top thousand brands and India's top 100 brands, according to consumers.
DQS, a global top 10 certification and assessment body focussing on more than 25 verticals including print & packaging industry is in India.
French dosing and cup filling specialists Serac will be showcasing the latest version of the cup filling machine Neo designed by Nova at their stall in ProPak India 2019 from 21 October to 23 October 2019 at Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai.
Print media giants DB Corp announced the ascent of their flagship daily Dainik Bhaskar’s rise to the second most circulated newspaper in Bihar, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) report.
Kanu Gandhi is famous as the little boy who walked ahead of Mahatma Gandhi who prodded him with his stick on the beaches of Gujarat’s Dandi village during the historic Salt Satyagraha of March-April 1930. On 22 October 2016, Kanu Ramdas Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a former NASA scientist, passed away. He was 87 and is survived by his 90-year old wife Shivalaxmi.
Idealliance USA, in partnership with Chennai-based SquareDots, will be conducting a G7 expert and professional certification training between 11 and 13 October 2019 at Kochi.
ITC’s Printing and Packaging Division received the silver award at the 2019 Dow Packaging Innovation Awards for its breathable wheat flour pack with air release control design for Aashirvaad Atta.