Sapco chooses Komori to boost packaging precision

Sapco is a family-owned business founded in 1970. Its founder, Narayan Prasad Bhotica, a visionary patriarch who saw the future in the printing and packaging industry, always believed in blowing with the wind of technological changes. From letterpress to ultra-modern machinery, Sapco’s machine portfolio keeps upgrading from time to time.

So far, the second and third generations of the Bhotica family have evolved in the business, constantly adding their hard work and passion to make SAPCO a name synonymous with excellence and quality in the printing and packaging industry. The current management team at Sapco consists of Hemant Bhotica and Tushar Bhotica as directors and Vishwamdev Bhotica as technical director. 

On the investment of the six-colour Lithrone GL-640 with coater IR, Vishwamdev Bhotica said, “We have chosen the brand new Komori sheetfed offset press for boosting our packaging printing.”

He added, “Brand Komori in the market these days is widely acknowledged as an ideal technology for packaging printing with precision. After all, we are happy and satisfied with the way the team Komori India is cooperating with us and guiding us to know the core capabilities and features of the brand new Lithrone GL-640 sheetfed offset press now running at our facility, with which we are gearing up to boost our packaging jobs to another level efficiently and productively.”

The Lithrone GL-640 is a robust sheetfed offset press, which promises substantial improvement in efficiency by reducing make-ready times and wastage. 

Sapco’s production facility is well equipped with advanced pre-press systems, presses, and post-press and finishing equipment. Likewise, advanced post-press and finishing machines at the facility are for varnishing, foiling, lamination, die-cutting, punching, pasting (carton), folding (pharma inserts) and many others. 

Printed cartons, corrugated cartons, plastic cartons, metpet cartons, blister cards, wrappers, to mention a few, are some key products which Sapco currently caters to its clients dotted across diverse sectors, such as pharmaceutical, FMCG, food and beverage, ice cream and cold storage, garments, mobiles, stationery, cosmetics, e-commerce packaging, etc. 

“Beyond the domestic market, we export our products to international market destinations like the US, UK, Middle East, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many African countries,” said Bhotica, adding that the company could do all this because of Sapco’s commitment to the team and constant updates of the company’s production facility.