PrintWeek Jury Meet is the cover of September issue

The news section highlights key developments in print and packaging. Astron Packaging has opened India’s largest single-location corrugation plant in Pune, aimed at cutting logistics costs and supporting fresh produce exports

Digital installations covers Prayash Copiers upgrading with Konica Minolta AccurioPress, ASPA’s authentication and traceability study with Accenture, and Sona Papers opening new experience centres. 

The Editorial by editor Ramu Ramanathan reflects on plastic waste recycling and the lack of methods thereof. He discusses the alternatives and how solutions to the plastic problems are hard to conceive due to cost and data.

The PrintWeek Awards Shortlist spans 33 categories, including Company of the Year, Book Education, Factory of the Year, Label Printer, and Packaging Converter. Notable contenders include Parksons Packaging, Manipal Technologies, CDC Printers, Replika Press, S&S Packaging, Kwality Offset Printers, and Trigon Digipack. A new category, Self-Promotional Merchandise Printer of the Year, recognises firms’ creativity in marketing their own print capabilities. PrintWeek received over 200 entries.

The Jury Meet section features highlights from the three-day Jury Meet (9–12 September 2025) brought together 31 industry leaders to evaluate 306 entries across publishing, digital print, and packaging. Day One spotlighted book printing, with innovations in binding, lighter textbooks, and multi-coloured edge trims. Day Two focused on digital print, where judges praised how the technology is now on par with gravure and litho, producing fine art, wedding albums, and creative short runs. Day Three centred on packaging and labels, underlining sustainability, premiumisation, and storytelling potential

The Women to Watch Awards 2025 spotlight leaders across print and packaging who are redefining the industry with innovation, sustainability, and mentorship. Winners shared insights on everything from 35-point quality checklists and proof-to-press accuracy, to using social media for business growth. Themes of adaptability, AI adoption, sustainability, and leadership through collaboration recur across their stories.

The PrintWeek Awards are co-presented by: Bindwel, Canon, Heidelberg, NBG, Pidilite Industrial Adhesives, Sigloch. The associate partners are Bobst, Siegwerk, Super Bond Adhesives. Ink partner: DIC. ERP partner: Indas Analytics. Print partner: Kala Jyothi. Automation partner: Pratham Technologies. Embellishment partner: Kurz. Paper partner: Sona Signature Papers. Citation partner: TechNova. Security print partners: Rotatek, Vinsak.