Offset presses, inks and more in PrintWeek August issue

According to conservative estimates, the country has between 1,200 and 1,400 new sheetfed offset printing presses running. The number for pre-owned presses would be even higher. While Indian sheetfed offset market is traditionally dominated by pre-owned kits, new printing presses are making their presence felt, as installations of new presses continue to grow. This trend was especially pronounced in the period between 2010 and 2018.

The special feature focuses on five major players in the offset sheetfed market — Heidelberg, Koenig & Bauer, Komori, Manroland Sheetfed and RMGT — lists their popular offerings.

Another highlight of the 80-page issue is the PrintWeek special, ‘Time to rewrite the industry rule book’, where we analyse what the 290 respondents of the PrintWeek Survey feel about the fallout of Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdown, and the way forward.

The issue also takes an in-depth look at printing ink featuring nine incisive interviews with Ashish Pradhan of Siegwerk; Bhaumik Mehta of Flueron Inks; Karan Mahajan of Hi-Tech Inks; KN Murthy of Toyo Ink; Manish Bhatia of DIC India; Prashant Atre of Toyo Arets India; R Sridharan of Spico Printing Inks; Upal Roy of Flint Group and VK Seth of Sakata Inx.

The August issue of WhatPackaging? is a collection of concise two-page reads that include Elephant Design’s TruGrip packaging innovation, B&B Triplewall’s record-breaking production feat and a case-study on Itek Packz and Edale’s award-winning partnership.

Do not miss Dibyajyoti Sarma’s book review of The CEO Factory, in which Sudhir Sitapati of HUL offers anecdotal and useful management lessons culled from the company’s past. And the tête-à-tête with Ferdinand Rüesch, in which he explains the future of Gallus after the sale to Benpac.

This and more in the August 2020 issue of PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? with the latest news and update from the printing and packaging industry.

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