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Achieving consistent coating laydown increasingly depends on how well the anilox specification, doctor blade system and cleaning strategy are aligned with the process, says Linda Reuter, marketing manager, Zecher Anilox

Aniloxes manufactured with premium ceramic leads to less downtime matching colour because of porosity, less waste because of consistency between rolls, and longevity due to how the rolls are manufactured, say Namah Raval, Richard Hernandez,and Andrew Latosek

From energy savings to reduced heat generation, CP Paul of APL Machinery highlights the factors accelerating the transition towards LED UV curing systems

As converters demand tighter coating tolerances and reduced waste, Prashant Salunkhe, printing application manager, Apex Asia Pacific, highlights the role of anilox technology in achieving predictable press performance

Michelman’s cup coatings success is not solely a chemistry story; it is a collaborative one, requiring alignment and coordinated action across the entire value chain. Steve Shifman of Michelman lays out the roadmap to Divya Subramaniam

From food-contact compliance to design-for-recycling, Piyush Gupta, business head, Cosmo Speciality Chemicals, discusses with Rahul Kumar the forces reshaping coating technologies

Tapas Mandal, head, R&D and application development, Toppan Speciality Films, discusses how film design is evolving to combine barrier performance, coating compatibility and recyclability

As sustainability targets and food contact regulations become more stringent, Manish Bhatia, CEO, DIC India, explains why coatings are being judged by their ability to deliver compliance, recyclability and performance in equal measure

As packaging shifts towards circular formats and stricter compliance norms, Paulo Vieira, packaging coatings and global key account technical director, Flint Group, discusses why chemistry innovation is closing the gap between performance and sustainability

Gilles Le Moigne, head of circular economy, Siegwerk outlines the role coatings play in replacing multi-material structures with circular alternatives

Ranganath Belagumba Venkatachalaiah, managing director, Stahl India, explains how coatings are being developed to support recyclability, regulatory compliance and high performance packaging

Anuj Agrawal of Texochem believes the future belongs to coatings that combine recyclability, process efficiency and cost competitiveness

Naveen Mishra, general manager, technology and corporate strategy, Toyo Ink Arets India, explains why coatings are increasingly being developed with recyclability, compliance, and end-of-life recovery in mind

Takahiro Kawamura of Mitsui Chemicals outlines how his company is aligning innovation with sustainability, regulation and demand for high-performance packaging solutions

The future of packaging will be shaped by sustainable coatings, new barrier technologies and closer collaboration across the supply chain. Jignesh Mehta of Mehta Petro Refineries shares his perspective on the trends driving change in the Indian coatings market

Consumables are the backbone of the printing and packaging industry, directly influencing the quality, productivity and overall production costs, say Ashish Sharma of Aarushi Agencies and Vishwas Dharm of Novurania

Growth remains important, but the Power 100 suggests the industry's leaders are increasingly focused on profitability, specialisation and long-term value creation. In the second part of this report, we examine how India's leading print, packaging, and publishing companies are redefining success in a more disciplined and competitive market

In this extract from ‘The Sunday Book Bazaar: Daryaganj and the Making of a Reading Public in Delhi’ by Kanupriya Dhingra, the author introduces some of the people behind the iconic Daryaganj book market in Delhi

As packaging shifts towards mono-material structures and circular design, Kulbhushan Malik, global business head, Cosmo Films, explains how advances in films, coatings, and barrier technologies are helping brands meet sustainability goals without compromising on performance

Cristina Dominguez of Archroma Packaging Technologies, explains how PFAS-free and recyclable coating technologies are helping customers stay ahead of change

As brand owners push for recyclable packaging and premium shelf appeal, Amit Save, regional manager - paper and board, India and Sri Lanka, Actega, discusses how coatings are becoming a strategic tool for sustainability, compliance, and consumer engagement

Alok Nigam, managing director of Brother International India, discusses SME buying trends, managed print services, sustainability, cloud printing and the company's plan to expand its dealer network to 10,000 partners by 2027

In this exclusive piece for PrintWeek, Amardeep Singh, executive director, Medusa Beverages, asks, can we make packaging that looks beautiful, works very well, and is actually sustainable altogether at the same time?

An analysis of the Power 100 reveals an industry investing in packaging, automation and operational excellence. From the rise of pharma and food packaging to the growing importance of workflow integration and data-driven decision-making, the first part of this report examines where growth is occurring and how India's leading print, publishing, and packaging companies are preparing for it

At Bengaluru’s Veepee Graphic Solutions, the flexo pre-press specialist, Nalani and Natasha Jaichandra are redefining what leadership looks like in flexo platemaking, bringing together experience, technology, and a new generation of women shaping print

Print is dead. You’ve heard the refrain before, a repetitive eulogy for an industry that refuses to stop breathing. For years, the narrative has been that digital natives have no time for ink, paper, or physical substrates. But what does the generation that lives entirely in the cloud actually think about the material world surrounding their products?

A discussion with five GenZ consumers reveals that packaging remains relevant in everyday life, but sustainability, design and digital engagement will shape future perceptions of the print and packaging industry

Once just a protective layer for gloss and scuff resistance, coatings are now engineering solutions that determine recyclability, supply chain survival, and regulatory compliance. Welcome to the new science of surface chemistry.

As the NEET-UG 2026 scandal exposes gaping holes in exam security, the printing industry faces a stark choice: transform into a high-security vault or lose its role in India's meritocratic framework forever

PrintWeek's Leaders & Legends brought together 250+ leaders, innovators and next-generation entrepreneurs, proving the industry's need for collaboration

As brands chase premiumisation, sustainability and consumer engagement, packaging is moving from the end of the process to the beginning. At a panel discussion featuring brand custodians and creative agencies, the message was clear. Print and packaging partners must be involved far earlier if they are to help create value rather than merely execute specifications

In the first part of this coating technology series, suppliers outlined how chemistry is evolving to meet the demands of recyclability, performance and sustainability. In this second instalment, we explore other players, from substrate manufacturers and converters to application and curing technology specialists, explain how those ambitions are being translated into commercial reality

A breakdown of technical configurations and real-world retail applications from the latest PrintWeek-HP webinar on how next-generation liquid electrophotography is enabling sustainable and hyper-personalised packaging at scale.

From its origins as a single corrugation unit serving Jalandhar’s sports goods industry to a fully integrated corrugated packaging manufacturer with a national footprint, Pioneer Mega Printers has grown through timely technology investments, Sai Deepthi reports

The Indian paper industry blames low demand for its partial shutdowns. But the real enemy is operational inefficiency, and the "cost of fear" that keeps mills trapped in defensive, wasteful practices

A new generation of printers take the microphone at Print and Beyond and discovers that the future of the industry may already be running the presses

From offset presses to sleeve-based flexo, Indian-built kit is no longer just filling the gap — it’s setting the pace

At the Corru Pack and Print India expo, the USP was innovation and sustainability. PrintWeek team reports about single-pass automation and how to boost production

Ganesh Kumar V, research scholar and ESG consultant specialising in sustainability systems for the printing and packaging industry writes about developing a net zero transition roadmap for the Indian printing sector

The soul of the printer’s shopfloor, the job docket, is going digital and Clicarity is lighting the way

Documenting the journey of women in print, packaging and publishing is now more exciting than ever as PrintWeek returns for the fourth edition of Women to Watch Awards in 2026

Inculcating a love for reading at an early age helps build critical skills. However, running a children’s publishing house comes with its own responsibilities and challenges

In a conversation between Colortone CEO Leena Uthup and Swiss designer Vanessa Meister, the artist-printer relationship takes centre stage

Kanchan Kundu, chairman of DE Converter India, shares his inspiring journey of hard work, innovation, and family values

A zero-liquid discharge facility is at the heart of TechNova’s green mission. With its violet, thermal, UV and processless plates, the company is ensuring print remains a sustainable pillar of the Indian economy

Souvik Bhattacharjee, director of Kolkata-based Swapna Printing Works, shares his journey, from childhood to leading the family business, embracing technology and growing as an entrepreneur

Coatings are no longer just the finishing layer on a package. They increasingly determine how packaging performs, recycles, seals, cures and survives high-speed converting. In this Sunday Column, coating formulators, ink manufacturers, curing-system suppliers and converters reveal an industry being rebuilt around circularity, energy efficiency and process simplification

The biggest frustration for a self-publisher navigating a tight budget and an experimental brief is not the cost of paper or labour, but the routine unprofessionalism of the "vanishing act", writes Ritesh Uttamchandani

At the Rotatek Open House held from 12 to 16 January 2026, the conversation around in-mould labelling does not begin with a press spec sheet. It begins with a question: why does in-mould labels deserve attention when it still sits outside the mainstream volumes of packaging print. Noel D’Cunha reports.

New Delhi-based company’s journey from an export-oriented manufacturer to premium retail packaging provider underlines its capacity to think ahead of time, and to build towards the future, Atul Talwar of Decorpac tells Rahul Kumar

Selvaraj Venkatesh, managing director, Newgen Printronics, explains how the company’s solutions are designed to help customers

The challenge for the Indian printing industry has been to secure 'Industry Status', a designation long overdue. In the Sunday Column read about the AIFMP's strategy to ensure the graphics art industry can finally get the recognition.

Rajesh Srivastava, executive vice-president, sales and marketing, UFlex Limited-Chemicals Business, shares the details about the next-generation PU ink binders from UFlex

As book printing began to plateau, V Ramesh chose continuity over convention, building a packaging vertical defined by discipline and systems. Jiya Somaiya and Noel D’Cunha find out how

The history of the Indian printed word is often told through the lens of missionary presses and nationalist newspapers. Let’s look back at milestones that redefined who gets to hold the pen and run the press.

Letra Graphix used its presence at CMPL 2026 to push the Indian packaging market towards NFC-enabled labels, a technology the Ahmedabad-based label converter has been developing for the past three years and one it believes will become commercially viable within a couple of years

Tamil Nadu may not have delivered a decisive electoral mandate, but Bharat Print Expo delivered a clear and confident vote for the future of print and packaging in the South

In a wide-ranging conversation with PrintWeek, Xavier Regue, vice president for go-to-market, large format business at HP, outlines a year of reinvention, from new product categories to scalable platforms, while making a strong case for India as the most compelling growth market for HP’s large-format business

Bao Nguyen of HP outlines why the smallest print on a package is important. As supply chains digitise and two-dimensional barcodes approach global adoption, coding and marking are moving from the margins of packaging to the centre of manufacturing intelligence, Noel D’Cunha reports

India’s packaging boom is masking deep inefficiencies in design, validation and sustainability, and the industry must shift from habit to science

Dr NC Saha is set to reframe the packaging debate at the Respack Conference in June 2026, calling for a shift beyond sustainability towards a responsibility-led approach rooted in science, regulation and cross-industry collaboration, as India’s packaging ecosystem confronts the realities of scale, safety and circularity. Dr Saha in conversation with the PrintWeek/WhatPackaging? team

The rebrand from Labelexpo to Loupe is a shift beyond self- adhesive labels. Noel D’Cunha talks to Andrew Galloway and Pradeep Saroha to find out more

Shivani Agarwal, founder of CoziKat, creates environmentally friendly cat furniture using corrugated and Kraft paper

During the Media Expo 2026 held from 9-11 April 2026 in Mumbai, one resonant theme was how India’s print shops are ditching vinyl to embrace scalability, high-value applications, and a quiet sustainability revolution. PrintWeek reports

Printed books are here to stay, despite all doomsday predictions

From Bengaluru to Varanasi, print entrepreneurs are blending digital muscle with handcrafted precision to build resilient, high-value businesses. Vimal Parmar’s principles capture the mindset driving India’s print renaissance.

Even accurate MIS estimates can fail on the shop floor, here’s why: Madan Singh of Pentaforce / Countwonder writes for PrintWeek

Naresh Khanna moderates a conversation with the next generation of print leaders, revealing a cohort that is not just inheriting businesses but actively reshaping them through technology, systems thinking and a sharper view of global competition

At the AIFMP-PressIdeas hosted Masterclass on Printing (MCOP) webinar held on 7 March 2026 and moderated by Amit Shah of Spectrum Scan, industry leaders, including Suhas Kulkarni, Ranesh Bajaj, Manish Desai, Harveer Sahni and Anuj Bhargava outline how technology, sustainability and shifting demand patterns are reshaping India’s label industry. A PrintWeek report

The Paper Traders Association (PTA) Mumbai recently organised an insightful and engaging industry visit for its members to Jani Sales and Sejal Glass. Hiren Karia, president, PTA Mumbai, writes about the experience

Kridwinn Innovations’ Dinesh Thakur says existing inkjet systems with integrated DRS software enable converters to adopt serialised QR code printing with minimal investment

With mandatory serialised QR codes under the deposit refund scheme, Preeti Mishra of Holosafe Security Labels outlines the production, inspection, and data challenges facing label printers

As Goa’s deposit refund scheme accelerates demand for serialised QR codes, Jetsci Global’s Neeraj Sharma explains why inkjet systems, inspection tools, and data integration are critical for converters

As scheme operator for Goa’s deposit refund system, Recykal’s Vikram Prabakar explains how QR-based serialisation, data infrastructure, and real-time tracking manage the full lifecycle of packaging

A survey by PrintWeek which evaluated responses from 141 industry icons shows what a majority of the industry aims to do in their factories. Noel D'Cunha and Rahul Kumar report

In a world of seven-second decisions, packaging determines whether a product is noticed, understood or ignored. Anoop Venugopalan explains why it is the most powerful, yet underused, business tool

India's print industry closed 2025 essentially where it started, revenues flat at INR 259-billion, yet underneath that calm surface, advertising and circulation are pulling in opposite directions, and publishers are racing to adapt before the divergence becomes a rupture

PrintWeek’s Digital Print Awards, introduced this year, aim to bring boutique digital print firms from Tier-2 and Tier-3 businesses into the national spotlight, focusing on execution, innovation and real-world impact. Are you ready to showcase your achievements and join the leaders of the print industry?

Why Pulkit Chhaparia believes niche focus is the only defence in a de-globalising packaging world

Speaking at Print and Beyond 2025 in Kochi, P Sajith reframes print as a geography business. With 2.5 billion textbooks printed annually, smartphone exports crossing 30-billion dollars, and digital enabling hyper localisation, the industry must choose its distance with care

Vishnu Joshi, the publisher behind the Kavyagraha imprint, does not see a business in the traditional sense. He sees a vocation, a Satyagraha — a firm insistence — for poetry.

Speaking at the Print and Beyond 2026 seminar in Kochi on 28 February, Preeti Mishra of Holosafe Security Labels decodes operational rigour, brand protection, variability and why systems will define the next decade of print in India

By producing better quality and competitively priced paper domestically, imports will decrease, which will automatically increase domestic demand

India is seeing a steady rise in digital print businesses built around shorter runs, more SKUs (multiple titles), personalisation, and tighter delivery windows. This is no longer a niche behaviour — it’s the operating model

The news, when it surfaced, felt less like a police report and more like a betrayal ripped straight from the soul of the nation. In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, 15,000 government-supplied textbooks — books meant to be the free, priceless keys to a future for poor children — were sold by the very teachers entrusted with their distribution. The price? Four rupees per kilo. Let that sink in. The future of a thousand children, sold for less than the price of a cup of tea.

At Heidelberg’s Networking Summit in Mumbai on 29 January, brand owners and packaging service providers debate how print packaging now anchors identity, trust and value across retail, eCommerce and quick commerce, and why the pack has moved from a support act to a brand instrument

Ranesh Bajaj explains why the company is betting on lower origination cost, inline hybrid capability, and energy-efficient drying to build a new offset opportunity in packaging. Noel D’Cunha reports

Rakhi Joya is the management executive at the Institute of Packaging Machinery Manufacturers of India (IPMMI)

At the Rotatek Open House held from 12 to 16 January 2026, the conversation around in-mould labelling does not begin with a press spec sheet; it begins with a question: why do in-mould labels deserve attention when they sit outside the mainstream volumes of packaging print. Noel D’Cunha reports

The FB-Line from Nilpeter delivers fast set-ups, accurate register, and multi-substrate capability, Manish Kapoor from Nilpeter India tells Rahul Kumar

Namita Sharma is the marketing and communications lead at Ace Technologies Group

Multitec’s latest launch, the S3S, represents a breakthrough in India’s flexographic printing landscape as the country’s first and only sleeve-based mid-web flexo platform, Amit Ahuja of Multitec tells Rahul Kumar

Inspired by ABBA’s Money, Money, Money, we enter the world of global and national economics, finance, and how policies make or break the market. Essential reads to understand the rich man’s world.

PrintWeek’s Forty Under 40 list recognises and celebrates the exceptional achievements of young professionals in the print and packaging industry in India. These rising stars have transformed the industry through innovative ideas, technical expertise, and a commitment to excellence

Interacting with PrintWeek, Vasily Burmistrov, director of LaserEcoClean, shares how the patented Single Small Spot Scan technology is capable of vaporising ink at 400°C without ever reaching the 1,500°C ceramic melting point.

The All India Marathi Literary Conference in Satara sounded an alarm: as readership declines and bookshops fall silent, the Marathi language faces a quiet but urgent existential crisis

Madan Singh, founder of Pentaforce Printing Software, explains how dashboards are a visibility illusion and what print shops need to do about it

The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is poised to be less of a celebratory moment and more of a strategic confrontation for the Indian paper and pulp sector. Read on...

The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is poised to be less of a celebratory moment and more of a strategic confrontation for the Indian paper and pulp sector. Read on...

From fostering AI adoption to promoting green technologies, the Regional Institute of Printing Technology Alumni Association (RIPTAA) is helping West Bengal’s printers evolve through education, collaboration, and innovation. In an eMail interaction, president Surendra Dhote tells Noel D’Cunha how the association is bridging tradition and technology

Koji Miyao, president, Ricoh graphic communications BU and corporate officer, Ricoh Company, who was in India recently, talks about Pamex and Ricoh’s plans for India

The last two Labelexpo shows — Labelexpo Europe and Labelexpo Asia 2025 — demonstrated how core label converting technologies have been adapted to open up new opportunities in the flexible packaging and folding carton markets. Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at LOUPE Global, Informa Markets, explains