Labelexpo India 2014: Ready to roll out the red carpet
The biggest ever Labelexpo India is here. The 2014 edition of Labelexpo India will see over 200 exhibitors with increased Indian participation. The show will bring the latest technologies and solutions in the label printing industry to the Indian shores. PrintWeek India visited the show grounds on the eve of the four-day event to find preparations undertaken on a war-footing.
29 Oct 2014 | By PrintWeek India

With over 200 exhibitors and 50 first timers, Labelexpo India 2014 will throw its gates open between 29 OCtober to 1 November, 2014 at Pragati Maidan's Hall 11, 12 and 12A

Ahmedabad-based RK Label Machinery will be showcasing their narrow web flexo label printing presses. Indian manufacturers will take centre stage at this year's show with record number of Indian manufacturers at Labelexpo 2014

Many machines which will be exhibited at the show were kept under wraps. All set to fired up on Wednesday

Omet's X4 is back, after its Indian debut at Labelexpo India's last edition. The Italians will be present at Weldon Celloplast's Technology Bar to demonstrate X4's salient features

Apart from Omet Technology Bar will also house various other manufacturers who are represented by Weldon Celloplast in India

HP Indigo 6800, which provides narrow web printing solutions for high volume label production being essembled at HP's stall.

Malhotra Graphics' stall in their customary red being readied for the show. The Mumbai-based firm represents various overseas manufacturers.

Gidue will be showcasing their M9 Line press.The press won't be on display, but the Gidue team will be on hand to provide every detail about one of their flagship press

Global Graphics will be showcasing Dongi-2BS-3204 seven-colour narrow web flexo press with inline laminator and cold foiling

Also at the Global Graphics stall will be the DH Label- ZX320 sheetfed press.

Akash Kumar(r) and the Monotech team with the Jetsci industrial inkjet system for monochrome variable data printing.

Dow Corning will make their presence felt at Labelexpo India with their silicon and adhesive solutions for the label printing industry

Garware Polyster will be displaying their Peelable and Sealable lidding PET films at Labelexpo 2014

Erhardt + Leimer will showcase the print inspection and webguiding solutions for label presses

Viva Graphic's being prepped for D-day with Atlantic Zeiser's security printing solutions

Xeikon's 3030 at the Flexo Image Graphics' (FIG) stall. The digital label printing press is tipped to be one of the major crowd pullers at the show

US-based Mark Andy's representatives will provide information their complete flexographic and digital printing reptoire

Many presses were being readied for the four-day exhibition

Multitec gurantees quick changeover with their Ecoflex

Rotometrics will showcase their complete range of rotary tooling

UPM Raflatac will display an array of label substrates under the theme "engineered with Raflatouch"

Mumbai-based Royal Coat will be showcasing a vast array of post-press solutions including Prati's slitter rewinder

Jatinder Julka of Alliance Printech at the stall. While Alliance's new series Novaflex flexo label press is being set-up in the background

Pre-press experts, Esko showcase its flagship CDI platesetter

Kodak India will be present at Labelexpo 2014. They have their cards close to their chest and with a cryptic theme of 'Do less with more'

Digital press manufacturing major Ricoh will be showcasing its label substrates at the show

Macart will launch Jetart, digital label press

Creed Engineers will showcase their Vinsak range of machines including LVPI

Provin Technos, Indian representative of Rotatek will showcase the entire range of Rotatek's label printing solutions at the show

Fujifilm Sericol was all decked up and ready for the show. They will be showcasing their range of inks

Faridabad-based Webtech Engineering will be showcasing their latest solutions for label and flexible packaging industry along with their lead Zeppelin, Flexomaster