PrintWeek India 2025: Afflatus Gravures wins Pre-Press and Design Service Provider of the Year

Afflatus Gravures operational ecosystem thrives on clearly defined and continuously refined process systems, from order initiation to final delivery

13 Oct 2025 | By PrintWeek Team

Afflatus Gravures operates not merely as a production unit but as a dynamic hub for innovation, quality, and client-centric solutions.

Every stage is meticulously supported by robust standard operating procedures (SOPs), management information system (MIS) tracking, automated quality assurance (QA) checkpoints, internal audits, and dedicated quality control (QC) teams that conduct routine evaluations and key performance indicator (KPI) assessments.

The company’s investment lies in its people, led by a central operations leader who oversees production planning, compliance, and technical upgrades. Cross-functional teams undergo ongoing training and skill enhancement, ensuring a highly skilled workforce. With over 20 years of industry experience, the leadership maintains a hands-on approach to process optimisation and strategic investments. A technological leap for Afflatus Gravures was being one of the first in India to install a robotic laser engraving line project in Delhi NCR.

This groundbreaking installation has transformed their rotogravure cylinder manufacturing process, enabling unmatched engraving precision, up to a 25% reduction in ink consumption, and significantly higher production volumes. The automation eliminates manual inconsistencies and reduces turnaround time to an industry-benchmark of just 24-36 hours. This project was entirely envisioned, led, and implemented by the Afflatus Gravures team. Further demonstrating its commitment to innovation and sustainability, Afflatus Gravures holds a patented collaboration with IIT Roorkee under the Uchatar Avishkar Yojana.

This partnership focuses on water-based ink technology, which has delivered a measurable impact in reducing volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and promoting environmental responsibility. This project has not only lowered costs for converters but has also positioned Afflatus Gravures as a torchbearer of eco-friendly practices in gravure printing. The company prides itself on pioneering ITR photopolymer sleeves, manufactured in-house.

The innovation in the Afflatus method blends the precision of gravure with the speed of flexo, proving highly successful for the decor and flexible packaging industries by reducing waste, setup time, and energy usage. Afflatus Gravures’ excellence is further highlighted by its ability to deliver over 2,10,000 cylinders and flexo plates annually, handle more than 55,000 artworks, and service top clients across FMCG, pharma, food, automotive, and decor sectors. These capabilities and a pursuit of innovation are the reasons why Afflatus Gravures has been named Pre Press and Design Service Provider of the Year.

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