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Contents FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK.............................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Over a lakh Visitors brave the May heat to reach the 15th Printpack India edition.................................................................................................6 Condot Systems showcases ‘Made in India’ machines at Printpack India....................................................................................................................8 Konica Minolta India: Converting Innovative Ideas into Reality.................................................................................................................................. 11 Reprographic S.S. showcases at a huge stall divided around six key concepts...................................................................................................... 12 Pidilite Industries showcases adhesive solutions for converting applications....................................................................................................... 14 It’s soaring orders for Sodhisons at Printpack..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Sheth Printograph under brand DAYA has a successful Printpack.............................................................................................................................. 18 Make your printing processes flawless with Bodhi Professionals solutions ........................................................................................................... 20 hubergroup Print Solutions at Printpack India................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Multiple orders for Daya Lamination machines at Printpack........................................................................................................................................ 22 Fujifilm’s top-notch technology showcase covers digital & analogue segments.................................................................................................. 23 Lifetime Achievement Award for K.G. Suresh, Autoprint................................................................................................................................................ 24 Arrow Digital showcases the latest ArrowJet Aqua 330r Lite........................................................................................................................................ 25 Mr. Manoj Mehta elected President of international body FAPGA.............................................................................................................................. 26 Aarushi Agencies demonstrates latest range of Novurania, Kris and Helios solutions ....................................................................................... 27 HP India launches Indigo 15K and HP Indigo 6K at Printpack India .......................................................................................................................... 28 VINSAK sells multiple units of new High Build machines & Lombardi presses....................................................................................................... 29

Jasmeet D. Editor & Publisher (jasmeet@pressideas.com) Vineet K G. Associate Editor (vineetkg@pressideas.com) Jasvinder S. Sub-Editor (jasvinder@pressideas.com) Jacob George Marketing and Sales (jacob@pressideas.com) M.S. Mukundan Advertising and Sales Southern and Western India (aims@pressideas.com) Graphic Designer Anil Kumar

Emerging Graphics wins 7 orders at Printpack................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Print Olympiad - South Zone Round organized virtually............................................................................................................................................... 31 Kodak Prosper 7000 Turbo Press is the fastest inkjet....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Konica Minolta opens embellishment avenues with Accurioshine 3600 launch.................................................................................................. 33 FINAT announces winners of Label Competition ............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Shilp becomes 1st Esko-accredited platemaking specialist in India.......................................................................................................................... 37 Premier Process boosts plate production 40% with Cron CtP upgrade ................................................................................................................... 38 ITC scales up its 360-degree interventions for a Greener Earth................................................................................................................................... 40 Sistrade participates in Print4All.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Graphics, Packaging, Labels & 3D Solutions by Meteor Inkjet...................................................................................................................................... 42 Mark Andy to extend DPro line with Konica Minolta AL400 integration.................................................................................................................. 43

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, Kodak has announced its fastest inkjet Prosper 7000 Turbo Press with almost 35% faster speed than its nearest competitor. “The game-changing speed of the PROSPER 7000 Turbo will help commercial, publishing and newspaper printers increase efficiency by shifting more long-run jobs from conventional printing processes to inkjet,” announces Jim Continenza. The highly capable press enables commercial, publishing and newspaper printers to compete more effectively with offset and to shift more long run jobs from higher cost offset and digital presses to inkjet. Another breakthrough in digital printing sphere has been Konica Minolta opening embellishment avenues with its Accurioshine 3600. The newly launched Accuroshine 3600 is a simple, compact and affordable digital embellishment press for sensory print applications for printers of every size. The small operational footprint of the Accurioshine 3600 allows printers, finishers and converters to have an in-house full production and prototyping print embellishment system without screens, dies or plates. The all-purpose patented varnish formula allows both flat 2D Spot UV highlighting and sculptured 3D raised special effects on a wide range of substrate stocks and up to 450gsm, from the offset and digital inks to lamination films and aqueous coatings. 15th Printpack India’s visitor footfall overpowered the heat waves and Corona predictions to reach a whooping count of 1,03,412, from 52 countries. Not only the booked area of 60,340 sqms surpassed that of the previous edition of the exhibition, but it also saw an even rush of visitors through all its five days. There were reports of business deals worth Rs.2000 Cr finalized during the first four days of the exhibition. 487 companies participated with their latest technology-based machines and other related products. The profile of the Exhibition included Printing, Packaging & Flexible Packaging, Corrugation, Label Printing, Screen & Textile Printing, Signage & LED, Paper & Non-Woven, Pre-Press, Digital, Post-Press, Converting, Services & Software,Consumables & Spares and Allied Machines and more. PRESSIdeas covered reports from the show floor, exhibitors’ stands, customers and visitors and exclusive talks in our both online and print editions. This issue gives a detailed review of key technologies that were on show, in live demos, launched…sales, deals, the latest trends and more. Sheth Printograph under brand DAYA has reported a successful Printpack India. The company showcased its prowess in terms of technical advance solutions and also sold multiple machines during the show. Fujifilm’s top-notch technology showcase covered digital & analogue segments. Bodhi Professionals’ showcase featured solutions aimed at streamlining printing processes and optimizing resources to minimize wastage. Find the latest introduction or showcase by the leading companies of the industry. The long list includes Huber Group, Sodhisons, Pidilite, Reprographic S.S., Condot Systems, Arrow Digital, Aarushi Agencies, VINSAK etc. Apart from these, we have in this issue our regulars that include key installations, tie-ups, events, awards, recognitions and more. Enjoy Reading!

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Event Review Over a lakh Visitors brave the May heat to reach the 15th Printpack India edition 15th Printpack India Visitors’ footfall overpowers the heat waves and Corona predictions, counting to 1,03,412, from 52 countries. The recently concluded Printpack India 2022 marked it success with a whooping footfall of over 1 lakh visitors (1,03,412 to be exact), braving the May heat of North Indian region which seethes at around 45o C during these times. Not only the booked area of 60,340 sqms surpassed that of the previous edition of the exhibition, but it also saw an even rush of visitors through all its five days. “In spite of many obstructions in the execution of the project and postponement on two different occasions due to Covid-19 and lockdowns in the country, we have been able to book total area of 60,340 Sqms for this edition which was more than the area sold out during the previous edition,” says Rakesh Sodhi, President IPAMA, the organizers of Printpack India. “The overwhelming support received from the exhibitors has given us strength to take up even more challenging jobs in future. Thanks a lot, to the Industry Colleagues, Exhibitors, Visitors, Staff and the Venue for the grand success of 15th Printpack India,” gladly adds Rakesh Sodhi. The Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery

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Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) organized the 15th Printpack India Exhibition at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida from 2630 May 2022 with visitors coming from from about 52 countries. And all this happened despite limited invitation had been sent to the overseas market due to covid restrictions and perceptions of the countries. It is believed that Exhibitors had crossed finalizing business deals worth Rs.2,000 Cr till the start of the fifth day of the exhibition. The Business Visitors and the Exhibitors took advantage of online fixation of meetings with business delegates who reached the platform from 52 different countries. The Exhibition has been given wide coverage by the print and electronic media.

Consumables & Spares and Allied Machines and more.

487 companies participated with their latest technology-based machines and other related products. The profile of the Exhibition included Printing, Packaging & Flexible Packaging, Corrugation, Label Printing, Screen & Textile Printing, Signage & LED, Paper & Non-Woven, Pre-Press, Digital, Post-Press, Converting, Services & Software,

Latest gizmos displayed by the exhibitors in the exhibition include: Erina CCD Label Cutting Machine, Double Servo Auto Stitcher, Flatbed Cutting Plotter, Twin servo flexographic film & label printing machine, Haptic Technology, High speed & accuracy flute laminator machine, Economical UV technology, Neon Master stitch, Reel to reel

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bot heat transfer machine, Laser marking machine, High speed UV curable & Coating Machine, Shell/Tray forming machine, Bookcase rounding machine, automatic paper bag machine, 24 fold and 3 knife TT Machine, screen printing textile inks and many more…. “IPAMA appreciates the efforts of the machine manufacturers, whose products will be evaluated by a Technical Committee constituted by the Association. On the basis of the recommendations of the Committee, appreciation letters and awards will be bestowed to the deserving Exhibitors,” adds Rakesh Sodhi. During the Exhibition, Conferences, Seminars, B2B Meets and other related programmes were organised by different Associations and Institutions. In every PRINTPACK INDIA, IPAMA bestows lifetime achievement award to honour the outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions in the field of Printing and Packaging Industry over their lifetimes. Lifetime achievement awards were presented to the following industrial stalwarts during the inauguration of 15th PRINTPACK INDIA: • Mr. Dutta Deshpande of Pratham Technologies Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. S.S. Maan of Maan Machine Tools

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Mr. Shanti Pal Ahuja of Multitech Mr. K.G. Suresh of Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers (P) Ltd Mr. Ramendra Singh of Sond Engineering

Besides above, IPAMA has also recognized top six companies, area wise, during Inauguration. 1. NBG Printographics Machinery Co. Pvt. Ltd. 2. Imaging Systems

3. 4. 5. 6.

The Printers House Pvt. Ltd. Sodhisons Mechanical Works VIG Graphics Pvt. Ltd. Technova Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.

NBG received the biggest stand award in 15th Printpack India. The IPAMA GC Members expressed their gratitude to the audience for their kind presence.

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Condot Systems showcases ‘Made in India’ machines at Printpack India Condot Systems showcases security printing and personalization solutions along with their latest solutions for the printing industry. We met Jigish Chiniwala, MD who spoke in detail about Condot’s key highlights and Printpack experience. Condot Systems, established in year 1994, has made a mark in the business of Coding and Marking with its state-of-the-art-solutions, today not only complying ISO 9001 / 27001 / GMP standards but also serving customers across the world through 38 overseas and 13 Indian locations. A strong team of 87 people with rich average experience of more than 10 years’ association with company, serves a common philosophy – to explore beyond limits, understand market demands and provide solutions that increase customer satisfaction that creates a lasting bond with them.

What makes Condot’s Seiko and Kao solutions just irreplaceable are their strength in combining speed with resolution, harsh environment sturdiness as well as data management.

Key Notes : > Dry Offset, Slitter Rewinders, UV Systems, Matrix Removal, Hologram Strip Applicators, Security Printing equipment on show at Printpack. > The showcase highlights include live demo of Security Printing, Authentication Software and many other machines. > Everyone can print VDP but how many can print VDP with security?

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Condot operates in 13 location in India and 38 Countries of Asia Pacific and Africa with key area of operation being Printing, Packaging and Software – with 80% of total requirements being manufactured in house. Their business portfolio is Coding Marking & VDP Printing, Track and Trace, Vision Inspection and related software. The business interest extends to Security Printing, VDP, Read Print and Verification, Coding and Marking and such application with total solution that includes customized and personalized ones as per individual need. At the recently concluded Printpack India exhibition, Condot was a participant. “PrintPack India is grand show and our key attraction in the show was made in India machines which we used to import in the past,” says Jigish Chiniwala, MD, Condot Systems.

“But now they are built in India, especially Dry Offset, Slitter Re-winders, UV Systems, Matrix Removal, Hologram Strip Applicators, Security Printing equipment’s. These all were our new key attractions in the show,” he adds. Jigish is happy about the industry’s response at Printpack. “Industry response was good – at Condot booth we had quality visitors and very well appreciated footfall with quite focused visitor turnaround. We welcomed more interested customers who were or wanted to venture in Security or personalisation printing,” he shares. Condot had a total exhibit area of 90 square meters at the 15th Printpack India. The showcase highlights included live demo of Security Printing, Authentication Software and many other machines. “The customers who were planning for customer loyalty program, brand protection program or customer retention program along with security printers showed a great interest in our products,” says Jigish.

offer best ROI and top class DOD products. Solutions for the difficult and challenging environment bring us success,” says Jigish.

How many can print VDP with security? Condot always offers something different and innovative; they are just not inkjet printers. Explaining this Jigish says, “We are very clear even in promotion. Everyone can print VDP but how many can print VDP with security? We provide required integration software solution build on 21CFR and data handling system with VDP to keep our customers a step ahead of other and to fetch better business.”

“As we were focusing on security printing and generating awareness towards printing especially centering around our new customer loyalty program, brand protection program and customer retention program, we hope Indian printers will show as much interest as they did with TIJ. We brought TIJ technology in India in 2004 and saw a great enthusiasm in printers in accepting it against traditional numbering boxes,” continues Jigish.

Condot with Seiko and Kao: Robust solutions for high speed, high resolution and data management needs What makes Condot’s Seiko and Kao solutions just irreplaceable are their strength in combining speed with resolution, harsh environment sturdiness as well as data management. Condot’s association with Seiko is relatively new. “Our experience with Seiko has been very encouraging – Seiko is very supportive in our all development programs. Without Seiko support it wouldn’t have been possible for Condot to develop our first machine so fast. It is only because of their support that we are a recognized name in DOD solutions where we got established in a very short time too,” emphasizes Jigish. Speaking about the printheads, he says, “Seiko print heads are a top choice – they are known for their reliability, sturdiness and effortless performance. We have done some very difficult installations too – like

135 meters per minute UV curable ink at 50 degree Centigrade and full coverage of 70mm machine. These installations along with many others are running as smoothly in such harsh environments as they would in any other environment. They are running without any service call! Then we did Vertical Printing on a shipper from both the sides. During this project, sometimes the shipper would rub against the print head. Still, neither did we miss any nozzle nor skip the perfect quality of the required 2D bar code,” proudly acclaims Jigish. Surely, such proven difficult installations with flawless performance record have made it easier for Condot customers to take the decision in their favour. Similarly, Condot and Kao have been working together for a fairly long time – since 2005 and they have worked together on TIJ & DOD Inks of different varieties. “Our business association is not restricted to India but we offer Kao inks in many countries of Asia and Africa,” informs Jigish. Condot and Seiko offer 70mm to 560mm stitch less printing, 8 level grey scale printing, UV and Oil based ink for porous and nonporous substrate. Years of association with Condot and their service is an assurance of quality for their customers. The strength of Condot solutions to take up challenges of harsh environments today makes them a distinct name in the TIJ sphere in India. “With our quality and standard and commitment to serve customer with most efficient products with less down time, we

Customization is an everyday chore at Condot Systems. The solutions are mostly customized as per individual needs. “For us every solution is customized since we provide solution on almost all press and post press equipment like Web Offset (Narrow Web / Wide Web / News Paper Web), Flexo, Rotogravure, Folding machine, Lamination machines, different type of Winder and un winders, Slitter, Sheeters etc. Not only on different transport, but we also provide customized solutions on Variable data printing, Vision inspection as well as required software for data management,” informs Jigish. At the Printpack India 2022 Condot had a lot of positive leads and encouraging discussions with existing as well as prospective customers. The months following would be the time to take them further for the company and its team. “To convert the positive outcome of Printpack to orders would follow normal sales cycle depending on the complexity of each project,” says Jigish looking forward to coming months. “Since our focus is on niche requirements of the printing industry, our visitors too usually have very unique demands. We had good visitors with focused approach and we are quite happy about the same,” he adds. Since they are more towards creating awareness on security printing, theirs is not a volumes business. Jigish calls Condot’s Printpack participation a success.

The industry post Covid “Looking at current situation after prolonged Covid period, it sound harsh but, the fact is

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more digitisation and online working practice will be difficult for conventional printers,” says Jigish. “Unless printers think out of the box for personalisation, do short run with more security features and say, associate with digital media they may not find grow easy today; if they are not ready with such solutions they will have difficult time in future,” analyses Jigish. Hit by economic crisis, supply & demand, material shortage and similar issues, most of the industry segments suffered, especially in terms of investment decisions lately. Speaking on the present situation and future opportunities, Jigish elaborates, “Of course there are temporary issues with supply chain and inflation, but people who are doing new out of box solutions are doing good. Under ‘Make in India’ we are getting great support from the Indian Govt. to develop better and different solutions and export them. Even in the Printing Industry, digitisation, short run press, security printing, personalisation printing, track and trace in packaging industry are fast growing markets. But I reiterate that standard printers will have more difficult time ahead.” He looked pleased about his Printpack experience, save for a few things, like Noida being an ideal location for the exhibition. “Since most of the printers are owner based companies, when they want to visit exhibition across India, they prefer better connectivity,” he says. Government support, according to Jigish, is crucial for the revival and growth of the industry. “Government should have some program for machine manufacturers in the Printing Industry especially for innovative digital technology in printing since that is the future and we should be ready for the same,” he suggests. Other thing was there were fewer international visitors this time. “We were surprised international visitors were very few and that too from very near countries only,” observes Jigish and authoritatively so as Condot Systems has a strong international presence, operating in 38 countries. Apart from these, the May climate of the region is in no way conducive for travel, visit and stay which surely would have affected the Printpack business. “It is not good for

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visitors especially experienced and people with established businesses avoid such climate for exhibition visit,” affirms Jigish. Speaking about the Condot solutions for different shapes of material, he says, “Different shape means 2D and not 3D – most of the time we do not come across such applications except labels and we have no problem to handle any shape since most of the demand comes on flexo.” Condot has more than 10,000 successful installations in Printing Industry of India. Condot is surely known for their reliability and service for which they have been a preferred choice for their wide customer base. “Most of customers who are printing VDP, now understand the requirements and they only decide on print heads as per requirements and economics. With Condot solutions many printers are using our printers since 2004. For all our customers Condot is a name for reliability and service,” emphasizes Jigish. The key attraction of Printpack India 2022,

according to Jigish, is the short run printers which he also calls the future of the industry. “All in all, the exhibition was organised in a good way looking at the situation and time. But if they could do it at appropriate location, looking at proper connectivity and time, joined hands with exhibitions like Paperex then it could have been altogether different,” he sums up. “Just printing a VDP will no longer make our printers grow. To grow, Indian printers have to think Printing with security and verification. Solutions have to be more software driven or interlinked with your customer supply chain. Unless printers provide the solution to their customers for their pain areas like, for example, how to resolve the problem of duplication, or how to remove spurious from the supply chain, how to retain the customers, customer loyalty program etc., no printer or packing company can grow in the long run. Condot is a partner for your innovative requirements,” concludes Jigish Chiniwala.

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Konica Minolta India: Converting Innovative Ideas into Reality Konica Minolta at Printpack India showcases its digital strength and leadership with innovative products. Interview with Mr. Katsuhisa Asari, Manish Gupta and Ashok Sethi. Konica Minolta’s strength in the market today is not just focusing on the digital prints for the commercial and packaging market but also the value add-ons which the company provides to the market. “We believe ‘converting innovative ideas into reality with our technology’ is where Konica Minolta’s strength lies in the Indian market,” says Katsuhisa (Kurt) Asari, Managing Director of Konica Minolta Business Solutions India. Being at the top of Indian print market with almost 60% market share in Digital Production Printing, the company also boasts the largest service staff in the digital printing industry giving Konica Minolta customers the confidence to invest in their products. “Unlike many other global developed markets which are saturated, the Indian market,” believes Ashok Sethi, AGM Sales, PP/IP, Konica Minolta, “is a fast growing and thriving market with the economy driving the growth of industries including printing industry. With increased activities post Covid, we see a very strong growth prospect for the entire digital printing diaspora in the country.”

35 inch feeder which can accommodate a 4 up A4 sized brochures thus typically helping customers to provide what the market demands. All these machines have digital finishing options which not only increase productivity but also the financial viability of digital printing business. “Colour management is an inherent feature in our machines which helps in maintaining the colour consistency of the printed products,” reveals Ashok Sethi. Inline Perfect binder for digitally printed books is another new product showcased at the company’s Printpack stall. “It gives as good as a PUR quality perfect bound book which in fact has been a head turner for the printer friends passing by our stall which we are sure will be a rage amongst digital printers in the near future,” claims Ashok Sethi excitedly. Acknowledging Indian market’s strategic

importance for Konica Minolta, Asari adds, “We consider India to be the leading strategic market for Konica Minolta and my mission is how to take the Industrial Printing and Production Printing business to the next level. Of course, our strength is the exceptional operational excellence. But, apart from that we have a strong product range and even stronger technology and service network. However, we need to take another step forward to bring the business to the next level by further improving our sales & service force to excel as a total solution provider.” “Today we are no. 1 in the Indian market but this market share is not the only goal to speak of. We shall keep up with the customer first approach in the coming years too in order to retain our top position and to thrive. Of course, the growth of competition is a good thing which shows the maturity of the market and brings opportunity for all to grow, earn and to serve customers,” he concludes.

It was a pleasant experience at Konica Minolta stall at Printpack India – it was jam packed, abuzz with business activity, featuring hoards of industry people watching live demos, inquiring, meeting and adding to the effervescence of pulsating feeling of a growing community of printers and their businesses. “Accurioshine 3600 is the latest from the MGI stable that we are showing at the show with jam packed demos and interaction with present and prospective clients,” reveals Manish Gupta, General Manager Marketing – PP & IP at Konica Minolta Business Solutions India. “Printing is indeed our core area of business but to add more value to a printed product is the focus for us at this show. Value addition is the best way our customer can actually earn more money,” adds Ashok Sethi. Another highlight was the Accurio Press C7100/C7090 series, the new machines with

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Reprographic S.S. showcases at a huge stall divided around six key concepts Offering the best consumable solutions for the printing industry under one roof, Reprographic System & Supplies showcases at a huge 132 sq.mtr stall.

Live demos of Diginip Roller setting unit, creasing matrix cutter (in rolls & with chamfering), corner cutting, grooving, paper drilling, eyelet machines, half cut, metal corner pressing, magnet striker, wiro punching and closing, rigid box corner taping, board to board pasting and pressing machines.

Key Notes : > The key showcased products include Contiair offset printing blankets, Tyref dedicated coating plates and blankets. > Transfer and Impression cylinder jackets, Auto wash cloth – wet and dry. > Doctor blades, Coating Chamber, Online Perforation Blades, Cutting machines, Heidelberg/ Komori/ Mitsubishi compatible spare parts.

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Reprographic System and Supplies has been serving the Indian printing industry for about 42 Year serving. Managed by Mr. K.J. PAUL and his son Mr. Sumit Khindria the company is based in Chennai and New Delhi and provides Offset consumables, spare parts and Digital /offset print finishing equipments pan India. The key products are Contiair offset printing blankets, Tyref dedicated coating plates and blankets, blankets and plates underpacking, transfer and impression cylinder jackets, auto wash cloth – wet and dry and bladders, doctor blades – plastic and steel, coating chamber – wet and dry felt seals, online perforation blades, cutting machines, 3 knife trimmer knives, cutting stick and joggers and Heidelberg/ Komori/ Mitsubishi compatible spare parts plus fining equipment. The recent Printpack India at Noida was a great experience for Reprographic System and Supplies. “It was wonderful show and well organized. After 2 slow years, it proved a grand success for the participants and visitors. We welcomed visitors from all parts of the country. We attracted the visitors’ interest by being a provider of all the specialized consumables and spare parts under one roof. The stall was centre of attraction for providing a range of affordable solutions especially finishing equipments that one can procure with minimum investment. Printers would

stop over at our stall and got information and advice as per their specific needs,” says K. J. Paul, CEO of the company. “We never expected that there would be such a huge rush of visitors right from the 1st day of the show. Visitors came not only from all parts of India but also from neighbouring countries. The special thing about this exhibition was that all the visitors were quality visitors and were interested in buying solutions to add value to their business. Participants have reported of winning orders and leads that may keep many of us busy for the next few years,” he elaborates. Reprographic System & Supplies had a huge stall spanning over 132 sqr mtrs area which they got divided in 6 major concepts. “Our stall was the

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matrix cutter with chamfering; corner cutting, grooving, paper drilling, eyelet machines, semi 3 in 1 perforation, half cut and creasing machine, metal corner pressing machine, magnet striker, wiro punching and closing, rigid box corner taping, board to board pasting and pressing machines. With the main Printpack focus, Contiair Blankets, Reprographic System & Supplies aimed to provide the best consumables for the printing industry. “We worked towards this focus area and have been successful in giving the industry the right solution which is the true value for their money,” emphasizes K. J. Paul. “We are happy with the kind of exposure we got for our products. We extensively distributed our catalogues and samples which have already started paying us back by way of inquiries and orders. We recognize that the visitors of our stall have been rightly guided and informed on our whole range of products and we are confident to further boost our business with these printing houses,” says K. J. Paul. biggest stall showcasing a complete range offset consumables and spare parts,” informs K. J. Paul. The six concepts were chiefly: Blankets and Accesories ; Die make ready consumables; Guliton knives and cutting stick; Autowash cloth and Perfecting Transfer and Impression jackets; Compatible Spares parts – mechanical, electronic spares parts for Heidelberg, Komori & Mitsubishi etc.; and Offset /Digital print finishing equipments. They also conducted live demos of their Diginip Roller setting unit which was a key attraction for visitors. Other demos include: creasing matrix cutter in rolls; creasing

Speaking about the industry conditions in recent times he observes, “Prolonged Covid period has hit the industry hard with shortage of materials and price increase of everything from papers to plates to inks and chemicals. Many printers lost business. Volumes came down drastically. We could see the impact on PPI where many people especially South India visitors were less in comparison. This could be because of high prices of Air Tickets and Non availability of Train tickets.” “These problems have undoubtedly brought many of our commercial printers on the edge of closing down or switching over to packaging. Many have already started

packaging. Packaging is probably the area that shows promise for many years to come,” envisages K.J. Paul. “Besides, our Association approached the Government to apprise it of the difficulties being faced by the printers and seek financial and other assistance for the survival of printing industry,” he asserts. K.J. Paul is more than satisfied with the Noida venue, because he finds serious industry visitors coming to the show with their specific enquiries and technological search. “Besides, there were overseas visitors and they looked quite impressed with the India manufactured products,” he says. He also praises the arrangements by the organizers to ensure that the May climate is not much of a bother for them. “The organizers tried their level best to keep the visitors and exhibitors under cool condition. Even small things like keeping continuous water supply for everyone anywhere during the show were taken care of and which is really commendable. Well done Printpack IPAMA Team!” he commends. Reprographic System & Supplies ensured that visitors and customers get the consumables and spares as value for their money. “We were there to offer good quality at competitive prices,” states K. J. Paul. “It was great to be a part of the print industry’s leading show which was very well organized by the IPAMA team. I congratulate the team for the systematically organized event. With a clear focus, they organized the event with such astute attention to details that the facilities were evenly available throughout the event. This team has done a wonderful job and I believe they will be bringing even better events in future as well. I wish the whole industry a collective progress!” concludes K.J. Paul.

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Pidilite Industries showcases adhesive solutions for converting applications On display were adhesive solutions for sustainable and converting applications for lamination, cartons, boxes, E Fluting, Bags, Book Binding and paper products etc. We know Pidilite Industries by the popular household brand name Fevicol. It is one of the leading adhesive manufacturing companies today and boasts 22 manufacturing plants in India. With manufacturing facilities spread across overseas locations as well, Pidilite offers a range of products based on various technologies and chemistries for consumer, construction as well as industrial applications. It has 5 Innovation Centres spread across India, Singapore and the US.

“Any customer who wanted to see the live Demo of our products’ use, they were duly shown the process and the product running on the application of their interest on OEM machines spread across the exhibition. This gave the customers a complete solution in terms of adhesive offerings and the machines.” – Sanjiv Kalra.

“Printpack has always been a show with great response and people from all parts of country travel to get the most out of it,” says Sanjiv Kalra, Business Manager at Pidilite Industries which participated at the Printpack India 2022 showcasing its range of solutions. “This year’s show was no exception to it and was a grand show with many new products exhibited in terms of technology, products and applications. New exhibitors displaying range of new products and new technologies was the key attractions,” he adds. “The visitor turnout was very high in general and response was very good for us. As the show was held at Greater Noida (away from the main City) it ensured that the quality of visitors was good and only serious customers traveled all the way to the exhibition,” continues Sanjiv Kalra. Pidilite stall at Printpack India was a 63 sq mt exhibit in Hall 7. They had a well designed stall to hold

Key Notes : > On display were end products made out of Pidilite adhesives. > Experts from Pidilite advised the customers on actual application of adhesives for all purpose. > OEM machines running at Printpack demonstrated application of Pidilite’s proven adhesives.

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multiple meetings and exhibit the applications of our products. “We displayed our adhesive solutions for converting applications of Lamination, Monocartons, Shipper boxes, E Fluting, Window Cartons, Clear Cartons, PP Bags and Book Binding. We showcased adhesive solutions for the Sustainable applications of Paper Bags, Honeycomb, E com Envelopes, Paper Pallets, Paper Cups and Paper Straws,” shares Sanjiv Kalra. For Industrial applications, Pidilite offers water based as well as hot melt adhesives for Lamination, Paper Converting, Cigarette Making and Packing, Book Binding, End of Line and many more applications. They had on display adhesive solutions showcasing the end products made out of Pidilite adhesives. Besides, experts from the company were present on the stall to provide the details about and guide the customers on actual application of adhesives for all purpose. There were OEM machines running at Printpack for variety of applications like Folder Gluers, Paper Bag Making, Adhesive Dispensing, Lamination and many more. Most of these machines were showing application of Pidilite’s proven adhesives, for example, the Fevicol CPW & Fevicol 2000 L etc. “Any customer who wanted to see the live Demo of our products’ use, they were duly shown the process and product running on the application of their interest on these machines spread across various halls. This gave the customers a complete solution in terms of adhesive offerings and the machines,” informs Sanjiv Kalra.

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Focusing on expansion and growth in new applications especially the growing Sustainability driven applications, Pidilite stall highlighted these applications and got a good response from the show. “We would be working with these customers closely for providing them solutions,” says Sanjiv Kalra. “The show has been very good to meet our existing customers and new customers. Many leads have been generated from customers based in India, GCC and Africa and we look forward to work closely with them,” he adds enthusiastically. Pidilite has sales teams spread in various cities in India, GCC , Bangladesh and Srilanka. This is besides a good team of their Channel partners. In coming days the leads will be taken up by these teams to meet the specific needs of the customers and visitors they had at the show. “The lead generation was very high and with our proven products we will be able to convert all the leads generated within short time. The visitors meant business and people reaching Greater Noida were serious buyers,” emphasizes Sanjiv Kalra.

Speaking of the recent Covid period impact he says, “Paper Converting Industry during Pandemic was not hit from adhesive standpoint except for a very short time. In fact there are many new applications in Converting which are coming up due to Sustainability drive. We perceive the Industry will grow faster than before,” he states. Though the May climate was not conducive for expected visitor turnout, yet it was a great show. All through the show days, the footfall was even. Due to unexpected postponements, the show was organized in the middle of hot summer. “Winter will always be preferred and will attract more customers,” says Sanjiv Kalra, who quickly adds, “Noida venue is a good location with all the facilities and where only serious buyers come. Hence it is nevertheless a preferred location for this type of exhibition.” Pidilite also entertained overseas visitors – the customers from GCC, Africa as well as Bangladesh. “There were also new customers and enquiry from overseas markets and we were surprised to have some enquires from new countries where we are not present,” says Sanjiv Kalra.

The key attractions at the show, according to Sanjiv Kalra were, “Various new high speed machines displayed by many OEM’s and Paper Bag machines. These will enable more entrants for these applications and will help expand the customer base in future. In fact many machine manufacturers have sold record number of machines during Printpack which is a good sign for the Industry and economical revival,” he asserts. “Besides, many new applications are coming up due to new Government guidelines on Sustainability. This will bring in new investments creating growth in Packaging applications. Some such applications have also created export opportunities for these applications,” he adds. According to Sanjiv Kalra, the organization of Printpack India 2022 was World Class. “Right from Registration to visiting stall to the comfort offered was up to the mark. Availability of food and options was also taken care of very well,” he concludes.

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It’s soaring orders for Sodhisons at Printpack Rakesh Sodhi – Sodhisons Mechanical Works speaks about their Printpack participation. Sodhisons Mechanical Works manufactures Crosograph brand Die Cutting Platens and Hot Foil Stampers. With a long experience extending over half a century in the industry (established in 1967) today the company also provides brand new Print Finishing, Packaging, Paper Converting, Bindery and Corrugation machines in addition to used Offset Printing Machines.

All the machines including Die Cutting, Dry Laminating, Automatic Flute Laminator, Heidelberg cylinder converted foil stamper, deep embossing and stripping machines got displayed running live at the Sodhisons MW stall.

Key Notes : > Sodhisons MW has one of the largest stalls at Printpack India. > Sells two Auto platen die-cutting machine with 600 tonnes of cutting pressure with. > On display were Fully Automatic Die Cutting & 3D Deep Embossing Machine with heated platen & Stripping and Hot Foil attachment.

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Printpack is one of its kind show covering all areas of Graphic Arts industry – pre-press, press, post press, corrugation, signage, label, digital all under one roof. Sodhisons is a regular participant at Printpack shows and they have marked this edition’s presence with yet again increased fervor and range of solutions. “All exhibitors had put up a large display of machines on live running which attracts visitor the most. We are regular exhibitors at this show and it’s growing in each edition,” says an excited looking Rakesh Sodhi, CEO, Sodhisons MW. “We have witnessed large number of visitors, surpassing all previous editions. And despite such extreme weather conditions, visitor from all across India attended to it especially with positive market sentiments,” he continues. Presenting their range of products in a 392 sqmtr of space, Sodhisons was among the top 6 big stands at this Printpack India. They had on display their latest Fully Automatic Die Cutting & 3D Deep Embossing Machine with heated platen & Stripping and Hot Foil attachment; KDX High Configuration Dry Laminating machine with Hot Knife Cutting; High Speed Automatic Flute Laminator; Die Cutting machine with Foil, Heidelberg cylinder converted foil stamper and Special Heavy duty Die cutting for Puzzle cutting.

“Our main objective was to display complete array of products we can offer. Special focus was on high configuration high speed machines. All our machines were on live demo and customers were very impressed with quality of display and range of products we offered,” shares Rakesh Sodhi. On the very first day of the show Sodhisons opened its accounts with the sale of two Auto platen diecutting machine with 600 tonnes of cutting pressure with heated platen to cut plastic. The machines were purchased by Dimple Packaging of Ludhiana and Manesar-based Sharda Graphics. Quite excited about their latest procurement, Pankaj Kalra of Dimple Packaging, comments, “We already have an auto die-cutter with hot-foil stamping & 2 KDX Laminations from Sodhisons. We decided to invest in a second machine owing to Sodhisons’s

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service and the technical strength of the machine to exert 600 tonnes of pressure for deep embossing. I think we made the right choice.”

Rakesh Sodhi terms the quality of visitors to their stall as very good business visitors. “Visitor turnaround was good and we

In addition to the Auto platen die-cutting machine, Sharda Graphics also purchased a Heidelberg cylinder with hot-foil stamping and 3 Ply flute laminator to enhance its productivity. The company had been running five platen die-cutters with hot-foil stamping machines for the last 16 years. On the second day of the show, Sodhisons inked deals for two sets of fully automatic rigid box machines for two different customers. The company also grabbed deals for two sets of 3-ply flute laminators. The machines were sold to Chandni and SB Printo Pack. “We sold a KDX high configuration dry Lamination machine under the Shenso brand (a joint venture between Daya and Sodhisons) to Sahibabad-based Khosla Printers. This machine is equipped with five servos, high-pile feeder and stacker and auto tension controller for film unwinding,” informs Rakesh Sodhi. After studying all the options available in the market, Khosla Printers decided to invest in the sixth generation KDX lamination machine with hot-knife, which is a future-ready kit. On the third day, the company signed a deal with Meerut-based Nageen Print Pack for a high-speed auto flute laminator which runs at the speed of 12000-sph. According to Mohit Jain of Nageen, the company decided to invest in the high-speed flute laminator to match its production capacity.

connected to many new and existing customers,” he says. He sees the industry as having come out of the Covid effect and being in revival mode. “We see lot of investment taking place by printers,” he reasons. Speaking on recent economic conditions, he says, “The Demand Supply mismatch, volatile price, and to top it all, Covid related issues were continuous nuisance for this industry. But, simultaneously, Covid has also opened new avenues for packaging.” He is satisfied with the Noida venue of Printpack and the organization. “It’s a great venue in terms of exhibit, halls, layout. Greater Noida is definitely a better place to hold such a massive show with large halls, spread out layouts as well as facilities,” he summarizes.

“Though it was challenging to invite customers in the month of May but God supported us with good weather during show dates,” adds Rakesh Sodhi. “Exhibition was very well organized. Layouts were spread out for comfort of visitors to move round. Information was displayed everywhere. Special care was taken for exhibitor with free water bottles, lunch coupons, online forms and preprinted exhibitor passes,” he concludes. Short run Digital printing with enhancement and Packaging – Duplex and Corrugation both – were the key attractions of the Printpack India 2022, according to Rakesh Sodhi.

In other deals, Hari Har Press purchased a 5-ply fully automatic flute laminator, and Frank Education got a special manual heavyduty die-cutting machine to cut puzzles with air clutch. Meanwhile, Archies picked up their 3rd die-cutter with hot-foil stamper. “We provide all solutions to our customers under one roof. We are looking forward to cracking at least 10 more deals after the show,” Rakesh Sodhi declares. “Leads generated during the show were very positive for which we expect to close within one month’s time,” he adds.

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Sheth Printograph under brand DAYA has a successful Printpack Present at a 187 sq.mtr stall displaying their complete product range brightly divided in Digital, Commercial and Packaging segments, the company showcases its prowess in terms of technical advance solutions. For more than 59 years, the name Daya Printograph has been synonymous with reliability flexibility and quality. Their decades of specialization in printing finishing, packaging and paper converting has pave a path of success for them in both India as well as international markets. Their range of machines that includes Laminating, Platen Punching, Paper Guillotines, Carton Folding & Gluing Machine, Corrugation Plants etc. is known for quality, reliability and trouble-free performance. Besides the countrywide network base in India, the company’s exports cover from Eastern Europe to Africa to Middle East, Far East Asia, Taiwan, Australia, Latin America, Canada and USA.

“Quality is of prime importance to us. We do not compromise on quality. We always want to stay ahead in terms of technological advancement on machines to give better performance. Customisation is our core competence.” – Sonal Sheth, Director.

Key Notes : > Digital Section focused on Double Side Thermal Lamination digital printers. > Packaging and Commercial sections showcased Automatic Wet Lamination machines, Automatic Thermal Lamination, Double Heating Thermal for high end printed jobs. > Sale of multiple lamination machines during the four days of the Printpack India show.

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The company was present at the recent Printpack India 2022 which is a key show for them as well. Sonal Sheth, Director Sheth Printograph, comments on their participation, “Printpack is surely a mecca for Graphic arts industry, next to Drupa. Every stakeholders of our industry, be it printer, machine manufacturer, dealers, ancillary equipment provider, spare suppliers, paper supplier look forward to participate in this show and gain business. We have been exhibitor at Printpack India right from its

first edition. We have seen it growing by leaps and bounds which provides opportunity to manufacturer/ dealer of every scale to showcase their products at a common affordable platform. This edition was grand mainly because of larger participation with many machines going on live demos on the show.” “We have received overwhelming response from visitors and struck many deals as well,” adds Sonal Sheth. Sheth Printograph under brand DAYA was present at their huge 187 sq.mtr stall where they displayed their complete product range which was brightly divided in Digital, Commercial and Packaging segments. “Digital Section focused on Double Side Thermal Lamination in B2 (20” x 30”) size for large format digital printers and 13”x 19” for regular digital printers while the Packaging and Commercial section showcased Automatic Wet Lamination machines, Automatic Thermal Lamination, Double Heating Thermal for high end printed jobs,” informs Neeraj Sheth, Director.

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“Automatic Thermal Lamination and Wet lamination with servo controlled overlaps, Electro magnetic Heating for faster and effective heating with Auto sheeting were the highlight of the show,” he adds. Sheth Printograph also showcased SPM Reel to Reel Lamination machine with webguide, auto pneumatic brakes, web splicer, double unwind and rewind systems and Electromagnetic Heating station. All the machines were on live demo which received tremendous response. “Customers get more inquisitive when jobs are continuously running during the show,” underlines Sonal Sheth. Sheth Printograph’s main focus was to showcase the company’s prowess in terms of technical advance solutions. “‘Technical advance solutions’ is our USP. We cater to large section of customer for SPMs. Customers reach out to us for any special application in Print Finishing, Converting,” continues Sonal. Daya (Sheth Printograph) announced sale of multiple lamination machines during the four days of the Printpack India show. Automatic wet lamination machine was picked by two customers, one in Gujarat and one in Mumbai. The model, Jazz, has servocontrolled overlap with accuracy of +/-1mm and speed upto 60-mpm with pressing, coating and rewinding with pneumatics. Two other customers from Hyderabad and Kuwait confirmed deals for the automatic thermal lamination machine model Spark, which is equipped with servo-controlled overlap, electromagnetic heating and autosheeting at speed of 40-mpm. Meanwhile, Bhargav Press, Allahabad,

picked up two thermal laminators. The company also booked four orders for its digital thermal laminator. In addition, an automotive industry customer picked up the company’s special purpose reel-to-reel heat transfer lamination machine of 1300-mm width. “Quality is of prime importance to us. We do not compromise on quality. We always want to stay ahead in terms of technological advancement on machines to give better performance,” asserts Sonal Sheth. “Customisation is our core competence. We look forward to closing more deals going forward; next 1-2 months would be crucial,” she adds. “We have received good number of visitors at our stand since we were busy all the time to attend them. Almost all were strictly business visitors which included new and existing customers,” adds Neeraj Sheth. “Industry has come out of Covid and focusing purely on business with expansion plans well in place. We see major investments in machines post Covid owing to understanding of every printer about automation and labour free process,” notes Neeraj. “Though in the past 2 years we have experienced many setbacks due to Covid – price rise, labour shortages, grim situation of international business – but now we need to accept it and move on. We need to re-strategise our business models which are flexible, open to vertical or horizontal expansions and integration which are the only ways to sustain in difficult times,” he identifies.

Speaking about the Noida venue and organization of PPI, he says, “IEML Venue at Greater Noida is world class facility for hosting such grand shows like Printpack India. We recollect, way back in 2013, there was lot of hesitation from print fraternity and exhibitors to shift venue from Pragati Maidan to Greater Noida, but with facilities, infrastructure and organistion of show, there are no hiccups now.” “The show was very well organized with ease of online registration, handy layout maps, well spread food court, lunch coupons & free water for exhibitors, parking facility etc.,” explains Neeraj. “Though May is not the right time to organize show in Northern part of India; visitors were a little reluctant to visit in this scorching heat but Thank God, weather improved during those days and it was comfortable for both exhibitors and visitors,” he continues. They welcomed a few overseas visitors at the stall who, according to Neeraj, were very impressed with Sheth Printograph showcased products. They clicked a couple of overseas deals as well. “Each exhibitor had focus on automation, packaging and paper. These were the key attraction of this Printpack. These are the technologies to influence the future course of the industry and show the direction in which industry is cruising,” concludes Neeraj Sheth with a final note: “For the revival and growth of the industry, Government support is very crucial. I believe the Government must provide conducive market conditions for the growth. It is also essential to control rising prices which have negative impact on investment plans too.”

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Make your printing processes flawless with Bodhi Professionals solutions The company’s Printpack India showcase features solutions aimed at streamlining printing processes and optimizing resources to minimize wastage. At Printpack India 2022, Bodhi Professionals showcased its cutting-edge print technology that can make printing processes flawless. The solutions aimed at streamlining printing processes, getting detailed analytics, and optimizing resources to minimize wastage, maximize revenue and grow business. All this was in action at the company’s Printpack India stall in Hall 5. “It was good to reconnect after a long time and the exhibition gave us all the positive change that was missing for a long time,” says an exuberant Satish Nayak, CTO, Bodhi Professional Solutions during the Printpack India exhibition.

Why repair, when you can prepare?

Rutherford not only reaches the targets faster but also keeps the right quality. This makes it a fast and easy make-ready and closedloop solution imparting higher profitability with consistent as well as accurate quality.

Key Notes : > Theme of ‘stop having to deal with your print wastage problems’. > Rutherford Intellipress 2 with XRite key highlight by Bodhi Professionals. > The Braille Inspektor adds on to Bodhi’s Inspektor solution, and can also be a standalone product.

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With the theme, ‘stop having to deal with your print wastage problems’ the Rutherford Intellipress 2 with XRite was the key highlight by Bodhi Professionals at the recent Printpack India 2022. At their stand, they had Rutherford Intellipress2 with XRite which has been very successful close solution in India in the recent few months. With Rutherford, waste of paper and time is reduced considerably. RGP sets up an individual curve for each key according to the model of press, the paper

and speed of the sweep (doctor), UV or non UV ink. It not only reaches the targets faster but also keeps the right quality. This makes it a fast and easy make-ready and closed-loop solution imparting higher profitability with consistent as well as accurate quality. Featuring small patch for least amount of paper wastage, it also has Pantone live support. To sum up, RGP application keeps the efficiency, reprint after reprint, job after job. The Blue Box not only supports most presses and models, but also imparts a very simple, safe connectivity to the press console. Allowing all system functions to be performed at the system touchscreen, it eliminates button pushes at the press console for system operation. Rutherford is

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being used by top brands including Unilever, Apple, Quad Graphics, Huhtamaki, Printwell, RR Dennelley, Pentaplus Printers, Pack System, Trend Offset Printing and Ajanta Offset etc. Another highlight at Bodhi stall was the Braille Inspektor. “The Braille Inspektor adds on to our Inspektor solution. This can also be a standalone product,” introduces Satish Nayak. The Braille inspector offers a complete set of Braille inspection tools to check and verify Braille – from original artwork o checking the elevation, diameter & spacing of embossing dots within Braille cells on a variety of substrates. It can verify each stage of the process allowing mistakes and discrepancies to be identified and rectified anytime, reducing costs by avoiding production reruns. InspecTor is a family of workflow inspection solutions for the design, print and publishing industry which servies a wide range of maket sectors. The InspecTor products work as client server or standalone depending upon requirements. “This was the first launch of a new product - which is hardware and software combination,” says Satish.

ERP for Printing – Quote & Print Founded in 1981, Quote & Print is among the top popular Print ERP software solutions in Australian & increasingly in the Asia/ Pacific regions. Quote & Print Cloud is the result of over 40 years’ experience providing management software for the printing and packaging industries, and now offered as

a cloud-based software solution using the latest technologies and accessible from highly reliable Microsoft Azure data centers. Q&P partners with local print consultants providing a total solution, including installation, modifications, training & ongoing support. Q&P Cloud enables companies to purchase the complete package or just the relevant modules for their scale of business and budget. An organization can start with the most required modules and gradually can add modules & users as required, seamlessly. The long list of modules include: Quotes, Jobs, Workflow, Employee/Machine Times, Deliveries, Invoicing, CRM, Ordering, Stock Control, Scheduling, Shop Floor Management, Mobile Apps, Data Import/ Export, APIs, Accounting Connect, Web2Print Connect and Zapier Connect.

industries for companies with 1 to 500 employees. The Q&P Cloud solution is based on the Software as a Service (SaaS), with a rental by software module pack & the number of users. Q&P Cloud ERP streamlines processes for: Sheet Fed, Digital, Label, Continuous, Wide Format and Packaging Printers. Being one of the oldest ERP for the printing industry alone with powerful set of tools, the solution has now started installations. Other key highlights at the Bodhi stall included BenQ, GTI and ALWAN. “The response for all our products was good. We are very happy with the outcome of the show,” says Satish.

Q&P Cloud aims to meet the growing and changing needs of the Printing & Packaging

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hubergroup Print Solutions at Printpack India Showcases its sustainable portfolio for folding cartons at Printpack India 2022. customers and business partners. You can be sure that we have the right, colourful ink for your application!”

hubergroup Print Solutions, one of the leading international printing ink specialists, participating at Printpack India 2022 showcased MGA (low migration and low odour) inks that ensure safe and sustainable food packaging. In addition, the ink specialist informed on its eco-friendly non-food packaging inks such as PACKAGING PLUS and ECO-PERFECT-DRY. As a highlight, hubergroup showcased the relaunched series RAPIDA ECO, which is now designed mineral oil-free. Suresh Kalra, Managing Director India & President Asia at hubergroup, says: “We are very pleased that Printpack India finally takes place and that we can use this opportunity to personally exchange ideas with our

In the non-food packaging category, hubergroup presented various inks which combine fast and sustainable printing. One of those is the relaunched sheet-fed ink series RAPIDA ECO. The successor to the RAPIDA series is now formulated mineral oil-free and is among the fastest vegetablebased inks for sheet-fed printing. hubergroup’s MGA portfolio ranges from the fast setting offset ink MGA NATURA, which is designed for the safe printing on the nonfood contact side of food packaging, to the recently launched ink series MGA CONTACT, which allows safe and vivid printing on the inside of paper and cardboard food packaging.

in a presentation on May 26. The hubergroup team at Printpack India was present to advise visitors on the best suitability from among its series of inks as per individual requirement.

SK Srivastava, General Manager Technical at hubergroup India, exploreed the topic of “safe and sustainable food packaging inks”

Multiple orders for Daya Lamination machines at Printpack Daya (Sheth Printograph) automatic wet lamination machine with the brand name Jazz, was picked by two customers, one based in Gujarat and the other in Mumbai. The machine has servo-controlled overlap with accuracy of +/-1mm and speed upto 60-mpm with pressing, coating and rewinding with pneumatics. Two other customers from Hyderabad and Kuwait confirmed deals for the automatic thermal lamination machine model Spark, which is equipped with servo-controlled overlap, electromagnetic heating and autosheeting at speed of 40-mpm. Meanwhile, Bhargav Press, Allahabad, picked up two thermal laminators. The company also booked four orders for its digital thermal laminator. Also, an automotive industry customer picked up the company’s special purpose

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reel-to-reel heat transfer lamination machine of 1300-mm width.

advancement on machines to give better performance.”

Neeraj Sheth, Director at Sheth Printograph, said, “Quality is of prime importance to us. We do not compromise on quality. We always want to stay ahead in terms of technological

“Customisation is our core competence. We look forward to closing more deals by the end of the show,” he added.

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Fujifilm’s top-notch technology showcase covers digital & analogue segments Fujifilm India showcases its extensive range of printing products at Print Pack India 2022. Fujifilm India, participating at Printpack showcased its extensive line of world-class printing offerings at the exhibition. Its lineup included the Revoria Press PC 1120, a 6-colour print engine bringing unrivaled expressive power to digital printing, the new processless CTP plate SuperiaZX, Fujifilm’s most advanced printing plate, and the Flenex which provides the highest print quality at the fastest production times in water washable flexo segment. Fujifilm India’s Graphic Arts product portfolio includes more than 30 products ranging from Toner Digital Press, Wide format UV Inkjet systems to press room chemicals. From printing material to system and workflow, Fujifilm’s comprehensive development efforts lead the way in products and services, contributing to the productivity and quality assurance of various customers. Speaking about the announcement, Mr. Koji Wada, MD, Fujifilm India said, “As a historically photographic brand, Fujifilm is adept at digital technologies keeping pace with the needs of today’s digital printing. With our advanced technology and capabilities, we’re pleased to display our lineup of products which will deliver faster processing and high quality printing for all. Visitors at the expo experienced the superiority of our products. We will NEVER STOP innovating!”

innovative and thoughtful features to our products and services. With our advanced product portfolio, we are pleased to bring high quality digital printing for businesses and consumers. The Graphics Arts Division is constantly innovating on behalf of its consumers and will continue to deliver meaningful products in the future as well.” Covering various segments of the Graphic Arts industry, Fujifilm offers packaging solutions to flexographic plates, digital solutions that cater to short run printing, photo printing, UV inkjet technology for the signage and industrial segments. In addition, they have a range of solutions for the label market. Their ink manufacturing company and state of the art print heads manufacturing set up caters to the diverse needs of the printing industry. Highlights of Fujifilm’s Graphic Art product portfolio showcased at the Print Pack 2022 includes: •

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speed printing of 120 ppm. It supports a broad range of stocks: 52gsm lightweight paper, 400gsm heavyweight paper, minimum 98 x 148 mm and up to 330 x 1200 mm. SuperiaZX – Fujifilm’s most advanced printing plates provide processless plates in the simplest way, with a combination of technologies that exhibit higher ink receptivity with faster development on press, and a wider tolerance of different press conditions, ink formulations and font solutions. Flenex – these plates provide the highest print quality at the fastest production times, while significantly lowering cost-in-use compared to thermal, solvent or other water-wash technologies. It is environment-safer, and the washout of Flenex FW plates is accomplished with only a mild detergent and typically allows for the residual solution to be treated as common wastewater after removing a small amount of residual particulate.

Revoria Press PC 1120 – a 6-colour print engine which comes with a high-

Elaborating on the products demonstrated at the event, Mr. Kentaro Imafuku, Head of Department, Graphic Arts Division Fujifilm India said, “At Fujifilm, we have always focussed on adding Left to Right - Priyatosh Kumar, National Business Head, Digital Printing; Koji Wada, MD; and Kentaro Imafuku, Head of Division, Graphic Arts, Fujifilm India

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Lifetime Achievement Award for K.G. Suresh, Autoprint Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers Joint MD, K.G.Suresh has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by IPAMA. PRESSIdeas has an exclusive talk. K.G.Suresh – Joint Managing Director – Autoprint machinery manufacturers Pvt Ltd. has recently received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from IPAMA. The award recognizes Mr. Suresh’s outstanding contribution to the Printing Industry.

quick assembly methods, setting up testing standards, installation and after sales support – but he has also crafted success for Autoprint which today boasts installation of more than 12500 machines in India and abroad.

“It is nice to receive the prestigious award from IPAMA. We think this award is for the team of Autoprint and I am proud to be a part of that,” comments Mr. K.G.Suresh while speaking about the recent achievement.

Autoprint started initially with Mini Offset Printing Machines (single-, double- and four-colour) and moved on to, pack to pack printing machines, Intermittent label printing machines, Numbering machines, Aqueous and UV Coating machines, Die cutting machines, Carton inspection machines, Blanking machines, etc.

Mr. K.G. Suresh is a BE from PSG College of Technology and an M.Tech (Gold Medalist) from IIT (Chennai). He started his career in the year 1984 – 1985 as Graduate Engineer in Telco. After completion of M.Tech he served in M/s India Pistons for 4 Years from 1986 to 1990 specializing in Machine Building. He was also a top Tennis player, ranked 7th in India.

Mr. K.G. Suresh is the central force at Autoprint and is presently the Joint Managing Director of the company. New product development, Quality and Service at Autoprint are handled by K G Suresh and his team of engineers.

Having identified the need for quality Small Offset Printing machines with good after sales service back up, Mr. K.G. Suresh, as the Director – Technical, together with Mr. C.N. Ashok, started Autoprint Machinery Mfrs (P) Ltd, in the year 1992.

He teams up with Mr. Ashok – who is the CEO and Managing Director – and his team of capable executives to lead the company from the front. Mr. Ashok handles sales, production, Finance and all other operations for Autoprint.

The Printing Industry is indebted to him for his numerous contributions for the growth of the Industry as well as its people. With his ability to develop products based on the market needs, he has conceptualized and made available many reliable products for the Printing industry at affordable prices. His passion for creating products has added value to the customers and eased work for the operators using solutions that came from his hands and running across the globe. Autoprint machines are known for quality and durability and have proud owners in the US, France, Spain, Bulgaria and many other countries.

Autoprint at Printpack

He not only possesses the complete knowledge in all the areas of manufacturing a product – from designing to selecting optimum materials with proper metallurgy, developing jigs fixtures and tooling for high precision part production, envisaging

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Autoprint participated with the Dextra 80 die

cutting machine in Print pack. “This machine has the facility to add a Hot foil attachment which would be the first automatic hot foil stamping machine produced in India,” informs Suresh. Autoprint participated with Popli Graphics, their partner for North India. In spite of the pandemic Autoprint did well in the recent year, and their exports have been good. “We had a good show and there has been a lot of interest for all our products,” shares Suresh speaking about their Printpack experience. The Dextra 80 Die cutting machine had a live demo at Printpack India 2022. Autoprint demonstrated the machine at full capacity

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with a very difficult embossing job. Visitors were quite impressed with the demonstration and interest was quite high. “Our focus on the show was solutions for mono cartons solutions. We have a range of products for automating the mono cartons post printing. We have an offline drip off machine FC80 DO, Dextra 80 die cutting machine, BL108 Blanking machine, Checkmate 25/50 Carton inspection machine, all of which reduces at least 50% of manpower. Each of these products has many unique features which make the products very reliable and user friendly. Return on investments of all these products will be

very fast to our customers,” says Suresh, elaborating on their Printpack showcase. When asked about their future plans, Suresh is pretty clear when he says, “We have more than 12500 machines installed, both in domestic and exports. We expect our markets to keep growing for some more time.” “Autoprint machines are built reliable, they come with simple operation, easy maintenance and at affordable prices, and we continue to develop new products with the same core objective,” he affirms.

The key segments catered by Autoprint are Mono Carton Segment, mini Offset Segment and Job working segments. The after sales services for each segment are handled by Autoprint service engineers across India. They have over 40 engineers in the team. Besides, now Autoprint is capable of handling remote service support; the capability was enhanced due to pandemic. “Now we even install high end machines in export by remote support successfully. Many of them have even given us repeat orders after successful remote installations,” reveals Suresh.

Arrow Digital showcases the latest ArrowJet Aqua 330r Lite Also showcases the wide format LED UV Hybrid Inkjet Printer, EFI Pro16h. New Delhi based Arrow Digital is a company providing high quality Digital printing & finishing equipment in Narrow and wide format segment. Participating at the recent Printpack India exhibition, the company found a great response of the industry visitors at their stall. Prakash Chopra, Sr Vice President – Sales, Arrow Digital says, “The overall experience was really great and the event was well managed by IPAMA office bearers.” “Kudos to them for such a wonderful event – the response of industry people was great in this show & we got quality visitors at the booth,” adds Prakash Chopra. Arrow Digital displayed Digital Label Printer and a Digital Printer for short run corrugation and folding carton printing at their Printpack stall. Both the machines ran on regular interval during all five days of the show. Visitors had hands-on experience of the latest ‘Make In India’ digital label & flexible packaging printer, ArrowJet Aqua 330r Lite, and the wide format LED UV Hybrid Inkjet Printer, EFI Pro16h. They saw live the capabilities of both the solutions and ways they enhance brands with stand-out packaging.

sustainable, and environmentally friendly packaging solutions. Now, with our EFI Pro 16h Hybrid Wide Format UV LED Inkjet Printer, customers can offer aesthetic & ecofriendly brand packaging solutions,” says Prakash Chopra. “The global flexible packaging market was valued at $182.3 billion in 2020 and is

projected to reach $325.6 billion by 2030. Primarily, the food and pharmaceutical industry brands rely on flexible packaging due to its cost-effectiveness and easy customization option. Now, printers in this segment can answer this growing demand for flexible packaging with ArrowJet Aqua 330r Lite and build a strong business in digital printing,” he adds.

“71% of brand owners believe that “appropriate packaging” influences consumers’ shopping behaviour, and many brands are opting for more customized,

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Mr. Manoj Mehta elected President of international body FAPGA FAPGA, the association of 16 member countries from the Asia and Pacific region has elected Mr. Manoj Mehta as President for 2022-24 tenure. FAPGA is an apex body of print organizations across Asia & Pacific regions. At its recent AGM, the forum elected Mr.Manoj Mehta, chairman of Export Promotion at AIFMP as the FAPGA President. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mehta comments: “The Forum of Asia Pacific Graphic Arts aims at supporting print organisations of its Forum countries across Asia & Pacific regions. It will be my continuous endeavour to take this mission forward by creating platforms that enable you all to connect & explore more opportunities across our Printverse, and globally. Together, let us discover newer horizons and incorporate revolutionised printing methods; resulting in progressive exports, joint ventures and collaborations.” Manoj Mehta was unanimously elected as the new president of the FAPGA during the organisation’s 21th AGM and Forum organised ahead of the PrintPack India show on 25 May. The FAPGA is an apex body of print organisations in Asia and Pacific regions. As a prime association, it brings forth the latest trends, technologies and innovations to print and packaging businesses across its member countries while creating a platform for them to network. “My agenda during my tenure would be to evolve Indian print & packaging companies with respect to newer spheres such as digital, artificial intelligence, exports, etc., on an Asia-Pacific platform,” says Mr. Mehta. “As a President, I would like to introduce enhanced technologies, design common platforms for printers by erasing geographical boundaries– a trend that internet & digital media have already paced during the lockdown,” he emphasizes. He emphasised on promoting knowledge & knowhow amongst the gen-next printers. Focusing on knowledge & networking seminars he stressed on the 3 week long students’ exchange program where

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participants would be stationed at various printing houses, visit on-going print expositions, etc. His wish list goes on to include Interactive websites, conferences, and much more that touches up on and evolves printers, holistically. At the same time, efforts to curb foreseen paper shortages & supplies of print products (as warned by WPCF) and encouraging exports with FOB quotes viz. a viz. CIF owing to the weakening logistics sector with Ukaraine-Russia stand-off among others, would be at the core. Reiterating Mr Peter Lane’s words in 19th FAPGA Forum in Philippines, Mr. Mehta underlines, “Cooperation and Collaborations are required to overcome challenges in

the print business. My role would be to find ways and encourage cooperation that goes beyond geographical borders and make them connect at regular intervals for discussions. This would, in a way, be conducive for long-term collaborations amongst Asia Pacific Printers.” “Friends, I welcome your suggestions and continued support in taking forth my ideas and concept at FAPGA. And look forward to serving our CMYK community in the best possible manner,” he concludes. The FAPGA member countries are Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Nepal; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand and Vietnam.

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Aarushi Agencies demonstrates latest range of Novurania, Kris and Helios solutions NTR 150 UV means fewer blanket changes, fewer & quicker blanket wash-ups thus higher press productivity. Aarushi Agencies participated at the recent Printpack India 2022 as exclusive Channel Partners for Indian market for Novurania S.p.A, Kris and Helios. Latest in the Novurania range was the high quality UV Printing Blankets NTR 150 Phantom. Aarushi demonstrated the blanket which had been recently launched in Jan 2022 to the Printpack visitors. Speaking about the NTR 150, Ashish Sharma, MD, Aarushi Agencies, says, “The NTR 150 is well known now for its better half tone printing with excellent density and minimum dot gain. The blanket with minimum embossing is one of the easiest UV blankets to clean; embossing is an issue with many UV printing blankets available in the market today. NTR 150 stands among the longest lasting UV printing blankets in the market. Aarushi has one of the best blanket converting units in the country for barring and cutting to create blankets meeting top international standards. And this is the one of the reasons that the leading offset packaging companies in the country are continuously using our blankets for best results.” The newly developed polymer surface of NTR 150 UV resists the swelling and embossing that are common with UV. In conjunction with the new surface the NTR 150 has a special surface grind enhancing release thus minimizing UV solvent and ink penetrating the face, which is one of the biggest causes of swelling. For the printer this means fewer blanket changes, so fewer, and quicker blanket wash-ups, and thus a higher press productivity. The NTR 150 also delivers clean, sharp and consistent dots for excellent print quality as well as dense and rich solids. The NTR 150 has a totally new construction, which makes it particularly suitable for use in plastic printing and metal decorating.

its complete range of matrix including Groove – for high quality mono cartons; Isomat – Round matrix for E-fluted cartons; and NEK – U-Bend for matrix for 180 degree creasing for corrugated cartons. “The new launch Isomat Round Matrix is a very special product for Fluted cartons which solves the issue of crisscrossing while pasting cartons. We received excellent responses from customers during this Printipack for the Kris Matrix,” says Ashish Sharma. Helios, Italy showcased UV and IR lamps for leading offset machines of the likes of

KBA, Heidelberg etc. Helios is a high quality supplier of UV and IR Lamps in the market today. Aarushi had a good show and welcomed a continuous visitor flow at their Printpack India stall.

Aarushi also launched NTR 153 Blanket for UV Tin Printing which is another growing segment worldwide. Kris from Italy is one of the leading manufacturers of Creasing matrix since the 1960’s. Kris demonstrated and showcased

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HP India launches Indigo 15K and HP Indigo 6K at Printpack India Apart from showcasing the Indigo 15K and 6K Digital presses at the expo, HP also launches Indigo 100K virtually. HP India showcased the latest range of products and technologies from the HP Indigo portfolio at Printpack India 2022. The company witnessed one of the biggest participation this year and organized various live demonstrations, experiential zones, and dedicated HP Indigo discovery sessions for print service providers, potential brands, designers, and design agencies Offering a new benchmark in print quality, HP launched three new digital press platforms—HP Indigo 100K Digital Press (virtual launch), HP Indigo 15K Digital Press and HP Indigo 6K Digital Press (physical launch at the expo). The HP showcase at the exhibition focused on meeting the evolving customer requirement with its latest technology from Indigo stable for the Indian print industry. Mr. Appadurai A, Country Manager Graphics Solutions Industrial Business, HP India, speaks in detail about the HP Indigo and ways to bring new revenue and profit streams, “After a hiatus of two years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Printpack India 2022, finally returned this year. The expo saw several exhibitors and visitors attend the event. Witnessing an overwhelming response from the industry, HP had to be one of the biggest exhibitors to showcase the complete Indigo portfolio coupled with live demonstrations, combining both commercial printing and packaging solutions in one place.” HP India introduced the Indigo 15K Digital Press along with their HP Indigo 6K Digital Press for the first time in the country. HP Indigo 15K, was running live at Redington’s stall. The press is designed to bring high-definition printing and offers a new benchmark in print quality for a wide range of applications. To cater to the Labels & Packaging Segment, the new HP Indigo 6K Digital Press was running live at their partner, TechNova’s stall. “It is a futuristic press that redefines new possibilities and competencies in label printing,” says Mr. Appadurai A. Another first in India by HP was the exhibit of a live station to experience HP xRServices powered by Microsoft Hololens 2, receiving much appreciation for its latest innovation for

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the next generation of printers. Mr. Yoav Lotan, Head of Products & Solutions, HP Industrial Indigo PWP, Asia Pacific & Japan says, “India has a vibrant and dynamic market and people are eager to learn and educate themselves about what is happening on the other side of the globe. From big to small and homegrown enterprises in the country are looking for advanced commercial & packaging printing and enhancement solutions to differentiate themselves in the crowd. We want to help them fulfil their needs with HP Indigo technology.” For commercial printing solutions, HP was present in collaboration with Redington in Hall 5. And for Labels & Packaging printing solutions in collaboration with TechNova, the company displayed its solutions in Hall 9C. “Nothing more exciting than meeting people face to face after the pandemic and hearing

their stories was a great experience. This year Printpack has been seen as a “Reset to Print Industry”, Business owners, print service providers, potential brands, designers, and design agencies are exploring new biz opportunities by moving towards the market trend of Digitalization & Automation to enhance their productivity, product offerings & solutions to their customers,” says Mr. KS Ramesh, Vice President, Digital Printing Redington India. “We are delighted with the overwhelming response we received at PrintPack 2022. The live demos and interactive AV sessions of the full range of HP devices for Labels, Folding Cartons & Publishing were a huge draw. Our partnership with HP enables us to offer publishing, labels & packaging print innovation that empowers our customers with the versatility to enter new markets and exploit new opportunities,” says Mr. Pranav Parikh, Chairman & Managing Director, TechNova Imaging Systems.

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VINSAK sells multiple units of new High Build machines & Lombardi presses Has live demo of their new range of Label Finishing Equipment that prints out QR codes, High Build Varnish, and Digital Cold Foiling. VINSAK brings innovative and businessoriented packaging solutions to the printers and packaging professionals. The customized solutions from VINSAK have been enabling businesses of all scale succeed for over 2 decades. Manufacturers of packaging & printed products from new entrants to established brands have benefitted from innovative, high quality solutions from the company. The company’s commitment to serve the customer’s business interest has enabled it to grow extensively across the Indian Sub-continent, Middle East and large parts of Africa.

Speaking on future focus, Ranesh says, “Packaging is the future and printers should surely look for niche solutions that they can create for packaging. For the last 25 years our strategy has been to continue to serve our customers by offering cutting edge technology and we will continue the same.”

VINSAK received a good response at the recent Printpack India. “The Printpack show had an excellent footfall and the visitors were quite focused and from the domain and hence the enquiries were very relevant,” says Ranesh Bajaj, Director, VINSAK.

“Commercial print is surely now seeing an earlier end to its existence. Whatever can be digitized will be digitized and this is a normal that we have to live with. Labels and packaging will continue to grow exponentially and all those who need to continue to be in the printing business will surely need to retool their kits,” he envisages.

“They knew exactly what they needed and were looking for. We have a fantastic crew with extensive technical knowledge who assisted customers and visitors in determining their needs. In addition, during the exhibition, we closed a number of good deals, which we were thrilled about. While it was an excellent platform to meet our existing customers in person after 2-3 years, we also had more than 300 new leads of companies that we met first time at the show,” he adds.

The future, according to him is to merge the Physical and the Digital – combined to form the term Phygital. “More and more solutions are on leveraging the digital solutions backed up by good physical properties to create a holistic packaging solution,” he elaborates.

VINSAK sold multiple units of their new VINSAK High Build machines to the UAE, Saudi, and Africa at the show. Additionally, they also closed 2 orders for Lombardi presses, one in UAE and one in Africa at the show. VINSAK is quite excited about its increased focus towards label embellishment and VDP offerings to its existing client base. “Convertors and Printers can look at adding value to their offerings to brands and hence shore up their bottom lines without major investments,” recommends Ranesh. He is quite happy with the Printpack outcome and how well the exhibition was managed. “The exhibition was extremely well-organized, and the VINSAK team had a terrific time networking with visitors; overall, it was a fantastic event. VINSAK is looking forward to the next show!” praises Ranesh.

A total 105 square meters of exhibit area showcased VINSAK USAR, Roll Lifter and TTR. There were regular live demonstrations of the displayed products. “On the live demo we displayed the new range of VINSAK Label Finishing Equipment that prints out QR codes, High Build Varnish, and Digital Cold Foiling. In addition, our team gave out the samples that were customized as per visitors’ taste and represented variable data printing like products printed with personalized information of visitors on the spot. This created a lot of visitor interest and curiosity to know more about the range on offer,” says Ranesh.

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Emerging Graphics wins 7 orders at Printpack On demo was their software range as well as IECHO Digital cutters. Tushar S Pande shares his Printpack experience. Offering Packaging Pre-Press & Digital Cutting Machines for Folding Cartons, Corrugated & Signage markets since 2013, Emerging Graphics, joined hands with Hanway Industrial Inkjet Printers from China this year to promote Digital printers to print on corrugated. They offer EngView CAD software from Sofia, Bulgaria, PaSharp Graphic software & Superline anticounterfeiting software from Beijing Founder Electronics Ltd. China, Retouch Xpress Photoshop based editor for Flexo, etc. There is dedicated team to offer pre-sales, sales & after sales services for the Pre-Press domain. The hardware side has IECHO Digital Cutting System which is represented since 2017 & currently has installation base of more than 80 machines. In addition, partnership with Expert S.R.L. was also initiated to promote CI Flexo Presses from Italy, which received some quality enquiries. “XRD Nano from UK has tied up with us last year to promote UV casting solution for packaging anticounterfeiting with their deep structures which are unique in nature,” informs Tushar S Pande, Director, Emerging Graphics. Emerging Graphics participated at the recent Printpack India exhibition at Noida where it had an encouraging business experience. “The footfall at the show was encouraging as usual. Post Covid, there was energy visible & businesses were seen optimistic to get back in investment mode. We were able to convert our customers’ confidence in us with 7 orders for various products,” shares Tushar. “Industry responded pretty well with their interest in taking business forward. The quality of visitors was also adequate. We had 99 Sqm area wherein we displayed 2 IECHO machines in action along with live demonstrations of our software products. We also displayed results UV casting solution from XRD Nano, UK that we promote now in India & Middle East,” he adds. There were live demonstrations of Emerging Graphics solutions – on demo was their software range of products as well as IECHO Digital cutters. All demonstrated products

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attracted a lot of visitor interest.

economy consistently,” asserts Tushar.

“Our focus was to connect with market & share the capabilities that we can deliver to add value. We could do that to fair extent & are in touch with customers who showed interest to discover more about our offerings,” says Tushar.

He believes the venue may have been too far from the City for some visitors. “Visitors must be finding it painful to travel extra to attend expo. Besides, the May months are usually too hot and don’t make a convenient time for expo in this region,” he observes.

While 7 orders were confirmed at the show, including the 2 display machines at Emerging Graphics booth, the company also concluded some software solutions with a few customers.

Digital is the key technology of this Printpack according to Tushar. “All eyes are on digital and also short run today. We are in the age of dynamic shift of technologies already!” he states.

“There were around 350 visitors who reached us out of which around 60-70 were serious enquires & rest were visitors for general enquiries. The Print Pack show is considered important by the industry,” comments Tushar when asked about the quality of visitors. They also won a few overseas orders including those from Qatar and also a few positive enquiries from other countries.

Emerging Graphics offered free software licenses with their digital cutters, mainly CAD software that designs the key lines & ensures optimum output of cutters at the show.

Tushar confirmed business of about Rs.50 Lacs during the show and he looked satisfied with the outcome which neared their set target for the show. “Industry is getting back to normal with considerable speed, though the economic crisis due to global issues still affects decision making and will impact it in times to come as well. However, considering domestic consumption of our economy, we are sure of keeping some pace in the

While asked about industry’s expectations from the Government, Tushar is quite clear when he says, “Control on costs and incentives to bring in positive growth is need of the hour.” Summing up his experience, Tushar says, “Such shows must be attended with open approach to witness new technologies and know how they can bring in innovation for the converters to secure their bottom lines. The show was organized well. There are some areas that need improvement like, numbering of booth seemed inadequate due to which visitors had challenges in finding booths. Utilities arrangements too have scope of improvements.”

Print Olympiad - South Zone Round organized virtually Print Olympiad is the India’s biggest Talent hunt in Printing and is the only competition of its kind anywhere in the world. The 5th edition of ‘Print Olympiad’ in 2022 is in progress these days. The first round of the competition for the students currently studying in the printing institutions of South India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Lakshadweep and Puducherry) was organized at virtual platform on 22nd May, 2022. As per the standard norms, to select ‘top student’ of each of the four zones (North, South, East and West), the regional level competition will be held ‘online’ and will be organized under the supervision of two ‘Regional Coordinators’. The coordinators will organize two rounds of online competition(s) to select top 3 to 5 students of the region. The final round to select the top student of the region, will be organized under the supervision of a national team where these 5 students will have to speak on a given topic for specific time. This will also involve votes from onlookers of the online event. After completing the regional competitions the national finale will be organized inperson, instead of virtually. Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra conceived the idea of Print Olympiad to drill out the best brains among the printing students and then award them. The 1st prize is Rs.1,00,000. The South Zone competitions are being hosted by the School of Engineering, Avinashilingam Institute for Women, Coimbatore along with AGP, Sivakasi. Dr. (Mrs.) TKS Lakshmi Priya – Prof. and Head, Department of Printing Technology, Avinashilingam University and Dr. M Nandakumar, Principal Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic, Sivakasi. The first round for the South Zone was moderated by Dr. (Mrs.) TKS Lakshmi Priya – Prof. and Head, Department of Printing Technology, Avinashilingam University. Speaking about the concept and necessity of Print Olympiad, Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra gave a quick brief about the objectives of Print Olympiad which is to give opportunity to students of printing to showcase their technical knowledge and their technology-

readiness. This unique event has attracted the interest of Printer associations all over the globe. In her inaugural address, the Chief Guest, Dr. Bharathi Harishankar praised the Print industry as one of the very few Industries that have survived the various industrial revolutions. “While the Internet can only be a puppet of data and words to its reader, book reading enhances critical and higher order thinking,” says Dr. Bharathi Harishankar who herself is an ardent reader and has read over 3000 books which she proudly has in her library. She also appealed to the organizers to initiate a nation-wide “Reading Print Celebration” to promote the reading of printed matter among all ages. “Print can never go out of fashion but is reinventing itself, and therefore printing as a technology will survive for years to come,” she declares. Mr. K. Rajendran, President, Master Printers and Lithographer’s Association, Chennai, the Guest of Honour, briefed the current situation of Printing & Packaging industry in India and also the role of print teachers and student

towards the futuristic development of the Print Industry. The online question paper link was broadcast to the contestants individually, who had to answer the set of 50 questions in 30 minutes in the presence of three eminent judges during this online meet. The entire team of judges and coordinators, monitored the conduct of the test. The judges declared the following eight students eligible for the next round: • Ms. Vishwa Shree K from Anna University, Guindy, Chennai; • Ms Asshefa A from Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore; • Mr. Ebinezer Sam Prince from Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Sivakasi; • Mr. Maneesh N from Inst. of Engg. & Tech., Calicut Univ., Thenhipalam; • Ms. Jilsha K. S. from Govt. Polytechnic College, Palakkad, Shoranur; • Ms. Prabavathi R from Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore; • Mr. Praveen Kumar M S from Anna University, Guindy, Chennai and • Mr. Midhun K from Govt. Polytechnic College, Palakkad, Shoranur, Kerala)

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Kodak Prosper 7000 Turbo Press is the fastest inkjet Kodak announces fastest inkjet on the market with almost 35% faster speed than its nearest competitor.

“The game-changing speed of the PROSPER 7000 Turbo will help commercial, publishing and newspaper printers increase efficiency by shifting more long-run jobs from conventional printing processes to inkjet.” - Jim Continenza

Kodak has unveiled the revolutionary KODAK PROSPER 7000 Turbo Press at its inkjet facility in Dayton, Ohio. Kodak’s new inkjet web press uses KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology offering printing speeds of up to 410 mpm (1,345 fpm) or up to 5,523 A4 ppm, which is almost 35% faster than its nearest competitor. It enables commercial, publishing and newspaper printers to compete more effectively with offset and to shift more long run jobs from conventional printing processes to inkjet. Kodak is setting unprecedented standards in speed and productivity with its new full colour perfecting inkjet press.

Turbo productivity in a variety of applications PROSPER 7000 Turbo not only impresses with its incredible printing speed, but also with its vast application and substrate versatility. It supports a maximum web width of 648 mm (25.5 inches) with a variable cutoff length up to 1,372 mm (54 in.) while printing on a wide range of coated and uncoated stocks, newsprint, specialty papers as well as recycled papers.

Key Notes : > Choice of three different print modes allows easy adjustment of print speed and quality to the requirements of each job, always ensuring maximum production efficiency. > Extremely high productivity, application flexibility and cost-effective inks create more profit per job. > Enables commercial, publishing and newspaper printers to compete more effectively with offset and to shift more long run jobs from higher cost offset and digital presses to inkjet.

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Offering three optimized print modes, the PROSPER 7000 Turbo Press meets the specific requirements of different applications. This allows printers to optimize their production process to always print at the best combination of speed and resolution. The Quality mode, which is roughly comparable to offset printing using a 200 lpi (80 L/cm) screen, is best for direct mailings, catalogs and magazines. The Performance mode (offset equivalent 133 lpi / 52 L/cm) is ideal for textbooks, fiction books and other medium ink coverage applications, and the Turbo mode (85-100 lpi/ <40 L/cm) is idealfor newspaper printing with low ink coverage. The PROSPER 7000 Turbo Press uses eco-friendly, water-based KODAK nano particulate pigment CMYK inks. The inks offer a wide colour gamut and, due to their proprietary ink formulations, support efficient drying even at peak press speeds. PROSPER 7000 Turbo features inter station drying using near infrared (NIR) technology. This drying solution enables the

press to keep up with any of the print modes to ensure the highest quality output at the given speed. To safeguard consistently high quality, even with the longest print runs, the new press features the KODAK Intelligent Print System. This patented solution automatically takes care of monitoring and optimization of stitching, colour-to-colour and front-toback registration. “The game-changing speed of the PROSPER 7000 Turbo will help commercial, publishing and newspaper printers increase efficiency by shifting more long-run jobs from conventional printing processes to inkjet,” said Jim Continenza, Kodak’s Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe digital technology will grow in importance as a complement to offset as ongoing supply chain issues continue to increase the cost of prepress. This new press reflects our continued commitment to investing in innovation that helps our customers succeed as the industry evolves.” “With the introduction of the PROSPER 7000 Turbo Press, Kodak once again leads the way to the future of inkjet production printing. Providing unmatched speed and an enormous range of applications, our new top model in the KODAK PROSPER Press family sets innovative standards for digital commercial, publishing and newspaper printing.” The PROSPER 7000 Turbo Press is immediately available. For more information visit www.kodak.com/go/turbo

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Konica Minolta opens embellishment avenues with Accurioshine 3600 launch Accuroshine 3600 – a simple, compact and affordable digital embellishment press for sensory print applications for printers of every size. By witnessing market growth for decorative embellishment, Konica Minolta has invested in the press as part of its mission to create opportunities for printers to increase and diversify their revenue streams. Growth in the decorative embellishment area will be a real differentiator for many commercial and digital printers who will be able to charge a high margin for the service. The latest launch by Konica Minolta is its Accurioshine 3600, an affordable digital embellishment press designed to bring digital special effects to the mainstream of the commercial printing, finishing, and packaging industries. This new press utilizes key components of the InterTech Award-winning JETvarnish technology – including the intelligent and adaptive AIS SmartScanner registration system – and is designed for a compact, cost-effective, entry-level solution for all printers.

effects on a wide range of substrate stocks and up to 450gsm, from the offset and digital inks to lamination films and aqueous coatings

The small operational footprint of the Accurioshine 3600 allows printers, finishers and converters to have an inhouse full production and prototyping print embellishment system without screens, dies or plates. The all-purpose patented varnish formula allows both flat 2D Spot UV highlighting and sculptured 3D raised special

This expansion of Accurioshine 3600 digital print enhancement technology offers a full spectrum of 2D/3D spot coating and dimensional textures for everyone. The cost-effective price point and automatic inkjet head cleaning technology, along with the AIS SmartScanner intelligent registration system, create a simple, convenient path for

The Accurioshine3600 provides printers with the ability to generate more high-impact printed communications and profitable decorative embellishments on all commercial and in-plant applications including booklets, brochures, business cards, mail pieces, and book covers, sheet-fed labels, small folding cartons, retail display signs and posters.

developing new digital finishing applications and diverse new application-based revenue streams. The new Accurioshine 3600 joins Konica Minolta and MGI’s existing series of sheet-fed and roll-fed digital special effects presses, which feature 2D/3D UV dimensional textures as standalone finishing hubs for digital, offset, gravure and flexo printed materials.

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FINAT announces winners of Label Competition 42nd FINAT Label Competition 2022 showcases excellence in the world of labels. FINAT has announced the winners of the 2022 FINAT Label Competition. The awards ceremony was held on the 1st of June on the occasion of the European association’s 64th annual conference, the European Label Forum, at the Grand Hotel Dino in Baveno, Italy.

on year by more than 30%. The digital element is becoming more noticeable, not only in the printing process but also in the finishing, die-cutting and in the final use of the label.

Best In Show Winner The competition is organised on an annual basis. The judging panel was led by Tony White of AWA Consulting ably supported by Murat Sipahioglu, Sales Director of IMEKS Group and Steve Wood, the owner of Steve Wood Services. The judges received the samples of all the entries along with the respective technical information over many weeks. Three judges physically assessed the labels before meeting virtually to determine the final winning entries.

The digital element is becoming more noticeable, not only in the printing process but also in the finishing, diecutting and in the final use of the label.

Key Notes : > Awards ceremony takes place during the European Label Forum annual conference, Italy. > The competition attracts 205 entries from 38 companies from 21 countries worldwide. > The number of entries printed using digital technology (108) continues to increase year on year by more than 30%.

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The competition attracted 205 entries from 38 companies from 21 countries worldwide. In addition to the 7 Group winners and the 34 Category winners a total of 73 Highly Commended certificates were distributed. The leading number of countries entering this year was led by Austria with 32 entries with Turkey close behind with 26 entries. The number of entries in each category was predictably led by Wines (46), Alcoholic Drinks (36), Sets of Labels (22) and Cosmetics (17). The number of entries printed using digital technology (108) continues to increase year

The Best In Show label for the 2022 FINAT Label Competition reflects an era of Kings, Knights and Royalty referring to the “Kingdom of Cyprus” founded in 1197. The reproduction of the Coat of Arms depicts three rampant lions and a cross is reproduced in great detail and along with the “flourishes” surrounding the shield and the product name gives that royal feeling to the excellently printed label. The combined combination of great gold foiling and High Build varnish against a smooth matt sand coloured recycled paper meant that Gerolemo - Maratheftiko Sweet entered by Cabas S.A., Greece was selected by the panel of judges as the Best In Show winner. (This label also won the Digital Group Award at the 42nd Annual Competition.)

Group Winners The Group winners are organised into the following main groups which include A. Marketing/End Uses, B. Printing Processes, C. Non-Adhesive Applications, D. Innovation & Electronic Printing and E. Digital Printing.

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Marzek Etiketten+Packaging GmbH, Austria won for Côtes du Rhône. This bright and colourful label printed digitally with a very accurately placed screen varnish in four colours, stands out for its silky appearance of the substrate adding a real touch of class to the label and projects the images of the flowers into high relief. The subtle use of hot foiling to highlight the name of the wine is excellent. A 67lpcm screen gives great definition to the main images of the flowers. The second winner was Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Alqaissi Grill Spices. It’s a quite busy and complicated label that uses a metallised film substrate thus adding overall brightness to the label and giving the impression that gold foiling has been used. The application of matt lamination contrasts nicely with the high gloss varnish over the image of the meat. The basic printing process is digital. With this label the more you study it the more detail becomes obvious. The winner of the Printing Processes Group was Kuresa, Peru for Body Spa Conditioner. The label contains some very fine typography using an opaque white screen ink.

Robust RFID-Label. The label-integrated RFID chip is secured by the label’s special construction featuring protective printed elements. Digitisation is an emerging trend in healthcare scenarios. Robustness of the label is the key. The winner in the Digital Printing Group was CABAS S.A., Greece for Gerolemo – Maratheftiko Sweet. This label was printed digitally in four colours with the addition of dedicated silk screen and gold foil areas revealing design details. This year, the Judges Award was given to Multi-Color Corporation, Australia for Tilde Australian Raw Vodka.

for Kaiser Premium Vodka; AND Stratus Packaging, France for Apis Bière au Miel. A3 Non-Alcoholic Drinks – Etiketten CARINI GmbH, Austria for Papil Apéritif A4 Food Products – Joint Winners – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Alqaissi Grill Spices AND Cabas S.A., Greece for Papadimitriou Mustard Limited Edition. A6 Household Goods – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Eyüp Sabri Tuncer Kitchen Soap Orange. A7 Industrial Use – Kimoha Entrepreneurs FZCO, UAE for Passeo – Cable Carry Handle with Hole.

Category Winners Group A: Marketing/End-Uses: A1 Wines – Joint Winners – Etiketten CARINI GmbH, Austria for Skript Pinot Noir Chilcheweg 2020 AND Marzek Etiketten+Packaging GmbH, Austria for Côtes du Rhône. A2 Alcoholic Drinks – Joint Winners Multi Color Corporation, Australia for Tilde Australian Raw Vodka; Marzek Etiketten+Packaging GmbH, Austria

A8 Automotive Use – Navarra de Etiquetajes, Spain for CALAVERA Oro Liquido. A9 Cosmetics – Joint Winners – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Deep Secret Soleil Fine Fragrance Mist AND Etiketten CARINI GmbH, Austria for DHYANA Yoga Spray. A10 Pharmaceutical – Schreiner Group

In the Non-Adhesive Applications Group again there were two group winners. The first was IPE Industria Gráfica, Spain for Nightology Sachet. Here Flexography has been used to great effect on a matt silver metallic substrate. The second winner was Stratus Packaging, France for Champagne Christian Senez Evenementielle. One colour, black, has been printed by flexo to a very high standard and is augmented by a touch of silver cold foiling. The winner of the Innovation and Electronic Printing Processes Group was Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for

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Group D Innovation & Electronic Printing: D1 Innovation – Joint Winners – IPE Industria Gráfica, Spain for Biological water controllable label & sleeve AND Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for Robust RFID-Label. D2 Electronic Printing – Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for Heating Foil ADAS.

GmbH & Co. KG, Germany for LightProtection-Label. A11 Security – Securikett Ulrich & Horn GmbH, Austria for Tiger Label. A12 Booklets – Etiketten CARINI GmbH, Austria for Desinfect Care. A14 Self-Promotional – STRATUS Packaging, France for Huge Christmas A15 Sets of Labels – Joint Winners – Marzek Etiketten+Packaging GmbH, Austria for A Nobis Grande Cuvée AND Stratus Packaging, France for Gamme chocolat Maison Bouvard. Group B Printing Processes: B1 Flexography – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Deep Secret Déjà Vu Fine Fragrance Mist. B2 Rotary Letterpress – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Green World

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hand & Skin Disinfectant. B3 Screen Printing – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Deep Secret Taj Mahal Fine Fragrance Mist. B5 Combination Printing – Joint Winners – Kuresa, Peru for Body Spa Conditioner AND MCC Label Paarl, South Africa for Tête de Lion. Group C Non-Adhesive Applications: C1 Non-Adhesive Sleeves – Stratus Packaging, France for Champagne Christian Senez Evenementielle. C2 Non-Adhesive Flexible Packaging – Joint Winners – Ҫiftsan Label & Packaging Company, Turkey for Farmasi Blood Orange Hand & Body Lotion AND IPE Industria Gráfica, Spain for Nightology Sachet. C3 Non-Adhesive Tags/Non Adhesives – Kimoha Entrepreneurs FZCO, UAE for Global Village Entry Tickets.

Group E Digital: E1 Digital Toner Technology – Joint Winners – CABAS S.A., Greece for Tsimbidi – Monemvasios Red Dry Wine; CABAS S.A., Greece for Gerolemo –Maratheftiko Sweet AND Bristol Labels Limited, United Kingdom for Saint Croix.

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Shilp becomes 1st Esko-accredited platemaking specialist in India Flexographic platemaking specialist Shilp Gravures achieves best in class XPS certification. Flexographic platemaking specialist Shilp Gravures has become the first company in India to receive best in class certification under the XPS Crystal Program from Esko. One of Asia’s largest gravure cylinder makers, Shilp Gravures moved into flexographic plate manufacturing in 2008. Having worked with Esko and used the company’s integrated software and hardware solutions for more than 25 years, the company installed the industry leading Esko CDI Crystal and XPS plate imager and exposure solution at its facility in Rakanpur, near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. “We have worked with the team at Shilp Gravures for a number of years, since before they moved into flexo plate manufacturing,” said Murad Kalal, Esko Regional Sales Manager. “Following their commitment and investment to digitize and automate their processes to ensure the best quality plates for their customers, it is only fitting that they are the first company in India to achieve this certification,” he adds. “The XPS Crystal Program was developed to recognize those businesses that consistently produce superior plates, which lead to superior flexographic print quality. This certification underlines the professionalism and dedication to excellence of the Shilp Gravures flexographic team and recognizes their commitment to producing the very highest quality plates,” continues Murad.

increasing customer demand, to further improve productivity, and in turn customer satisfaction levels, Shilp Gravures sought to adopt a more efficient workflow. “We were looking to maximize output in terms of productivity while also reducing errors, waste and operator time,” said Mr Bhavsar. He explained that the combination of the Esko CDI Crystal 5080 with the XPS Crystal 5080 enabled Shilp Gravures to streamline its flexo platemaking with a far more efficient workflow. “The CDI Crystal 5080 XPS delivers huge benefits to us,” said Mr Bhavsar. “We have reduced manual steps, reduced errors which means less plate waste, and reduced the amount of operator time,” he said. “Now instead of needing to send a flexo plate through as many as seven individual manual steps, a coordinated, linear process makes things incredibly simple, and fast. We can now expose six to eight colour wide-web plates at a time.” “With our complete Esko set-up, we are able to supply flexo plates even faster with unmatched relief, image consistency and perfectly formed flat-top dots,” he said. “Achieving the gold standard Crystal XPS Certification was the logical next step for us.”

The XPS Crystal Certification Program is open to all users of the innovative Esko XPS Crystal exposure unit, the award-winning technology which optimally combines UV main and back exposure, using LEDs that always emit consistent UV light. As a certified Esko partner, Shilp Gravures benefits from benchmarking and identification of best practice around quality control processes and production efficiency. Certification also enables the business to promote an extra level of quality assurance to customers, as well as providing reassurance of best practice in production processes and communicating the consistent quality of final print. “The XPS Crystal Certification Program was developed to ensure the entire supply chain can meet the exacting needs and requirements of brands and converters in terms of predictable and accurate plate quality and the highest plate making consistency available, for any given photopolymer,” added Murad Kalal. “Shilp Gravures is leading the way in delivering to these highest of standards, and we are thrilled to be able to recognize that through this certification program.”

Mr Gajanan Bhavsar, Marketing Director with Shilp Gravures, said the company has worked hard to develop a strong relationship and reputation during its more than 30 years in business. “This has led to us being a leading supplier to the industry,” said Mr Bhavsar. “We have a very strong, experienced workforce that understands our clients’ requirements and adapts quickly to new trends and technologies. While this makes us a preferred supplier of plates, it also means that we are under constant pressure to deliver large volumes of quality plates, as quickly as possible.” In order to continue meeting the ever-

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Premier Process boosts plate production 40% with Cron CtP upgrade Nippon Color installs Cron CtP at Lucknow based pre-press bureau which replaces their existing CtP to reap straight 40% increase in plate production.

“Till now we have been using 2 Kodak CTPs. Now we have added Cron and given one of the Kodak devices as buy-back. The Cron machine is much faster and allows us to increase production.” – Susheel Ratlani, Premier Process.

Key Notes : > The installed Cron TP-46128G+ can produce 49 plates per hour of up to 1030 mm size. > Premier’s long relationship with Nippon Color played a major role in finalizing the latest investment. > Boosts daily plate production by 140 plates per day.

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Lucknow based Premier Process has recently invested in a Cron Thermal 128 channel CTP (Model: TP-46128G+). This is the latest redesigned model with new appearance, integrated output device, user friendly control interface and brand-new touch panel operation bring a friendlier human-computer interaction and experience. The machine has been installed by Nippon Color. The Cron Thermal CtP at Premier is capable of producing 49 plates per hour and supports plate size of up to 1030 mm. Key Features include: Square dot imaging, accurate dot reproduction with minimum error rate ≤1%, plate making resolution ranging of 1800/2400/2540/2800 dpi, suitable for AM/FM/ Hybrid screening ≥ 300 lines per inch, 10-micron FM screening print. Additionally, higher resolutions of 9600/10160 dpi can be upgraded to meet up with exquisite printing. Premier Process specializes in book production and producing all types of jobs as well as plates for institutional and government sectors. The company ensures high accuracy in production to reduce errors and mistake by having specific department to check and preflight the job before production. This not only has enabled them to eradicate mistakes both for in-house jobs and clients but also ensured that the end product comes out flawless. Quality of production is of paramount importance for a team of 18 employees of the Premier which produces about 80,000 to 100,000 sq.mtrs of plates every year. The annual turnover of Premier Process stands at approx. Rs.4Cr. The company is led by Mr. Susheel Ratlani who handles its complete operations and business.

A long standing relationship with Nippon Color pays off Their choice of the latest Cron CtP was somewhat instant. Besides the capabilities like maximum plate size, speed and quality, their long relationship with Nippon Color played a major role. “Apart from the supported plate size, speed, quality, service support and warranty that made us to go for the Cron CtP, we actually didn’t feel the need to look for any other machine. Our strong trust in and relation with Mr. Jayant Pardiwala was enough for us to not waste time and energy looking for something else in the market. We are replacing one of our Kodak CtPs, which too had been provided by Nippon,” reasons Susheel Ratlani. Book publishing for institutional and government sectors is the key area of markets being catered to by Premier Process which houses two Katana Imagesetters, one Xerox Versant 280 Color Production Printer, one Xerox D95 Mono Production Printer, one Kodak Trendsetter CtP lined up with Glunz & Jensen Processor and Baking Oven. “Till now we have been using 2 Kodak CTPs. Now we have added Cron and given one of the Kodak devices as buy-back. The Cron machine is much faster and allows us to increase production,” informs Susheel. Explaining further, he says, “A new machine with extended warranty on both Laser and Machine ensured me many trouble-free years ahead on this machine. Besides it having increased production capacity and online integration, the most important part was its capability to handle 940mmx1016mm size which was a particular requirement for us. Earlier,

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we had to do this size only on VLF machines and even Kodak 8UP wasn’t able to handle them. But, now it is possible with our new Cron machine.” It is not only their Cron that Susheel is quite satisfied about, but he is full of praise for their association with Nippon Color. “Our association with Nippon is 12 years now and we have always found Mr. Jayant Pardiwala and his team as personally dedicated towards support and service to clients. We never think twice when it comes to either buying new equipment from them or seeking support for the existing one,” he affirms. “This machine is much convenient in production as the plate load and unload system is almost as good as having an autoloader machine without even having the attachment. In addition, Nippon Color made sure that our operators as well as I received adequate training during the installation,” reveals Susheel. Premier Process has enormously benefitted from the Cron installation, especially in production volume boost. Earlier they used to produce 35 plates per Kodak CtP for 1030 format. The Cron CtP gave a boost of straight 40% with its 49 plates per hour speed. This clearly gave them a total volume increase from 700 plates to 840 plates per day as also improving their plate delivery times for clients. “The increased volumes also allow us to serve our clients with faster production,” avers Susheel.

“A faster machine always reduces cost per plate production in terms of man-power and electric consumption. And definitely team of Nippon took thorough time during installation procedures to ensure our requirement for perfect reproduction of dots and plate quality. So with this new investment Nippon Color enabled us to make savings in terms of wastage, manpower, and accuracy in terms of percentage or lesser rejections etc.,” he adds. Though the Cron CtP can run any thermal plate, Premier Process is 100% working with Technova plates – the ATHENA and ELITE variant. “We took Covid as a challenge as it was a testing time for all. That challenge we converted as opportunity to work towards gaining more volumes and also to enhance our services. This is when we decided to upgrade our 2nd Kodak with the Cron and as a result also increased our production capacity,” concludes Susheel Ratlani. Nippon Color has been providing innovative solutions to the industry since the camera age. They are one of the market leaders supplying pre-press equipment and CTP plates. “We have seen the transition of technologies, from cameras to scanners to imagesetters and now to CTP machines, happening in front of our eyes and have given a hand-holding to numerous customers in this journey,” says Akshat Pardiwala, COO, Nippon Color.

“We feel blessed to have customers who continuously put their faith in us and trust our solutions and service,” adds Akshat. Nippon Color has now added various digital solutions in their portfolio to assist their customers to transition from traditional analog to digital printing and finishing. It has partnered with Konica Minolta for the Industrial Solutions which include MGI Spot UV Varnish and Foiling equipment, and AccurioJet KM-1e which is a digital full colour B2 size sheet-fed LED UV Inkjet press that offers print professionals’ infinite possibilities. They have also added digital label printing & finishing solutions in their portfolio. “While offset and pre-press remain our foundation, we are now focusing more and more on digital solutions,” says Akshat. “To talk specifically about Cron, we have seen the brand grow from a small factory to becoming the largest CTP manufacturer in Asia, or possibly the world, with a formidable portfolio of products which span the entire digital prepress spectrum including UV, thermal, large format CTP, and even Flexo CTP,” he states. With more than 20 patents in its portfolio, Cron is one of the leaders in developing technologies for the graphic communications industry. “We have installed several hundreds of Cron CTP machines in India,” says Akshat.

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ITC scales up its 360-degree interventions for a Greener Earth Reaffirming its Sustainability 2.0 commitments on World Environment Day, ITC heavily invests in renewable energy, water conservation, waste management, afforestation, and climate-smart agriculture. On this World Environment Day, ITC reaffirmed its commitment towards a Greener Earth through its bold Sustainability 2.0 agenda. Building on its sustainability journey of over two decades, ITC, under the leadership of its Chairman Sanjiv Puri, has articulated an ambitious Vision to scale up its efforts in fighting climate change, whilst supporting large scale sustainable livelihoods. Commenting on ITC’s multidimensional sustainability initiatives, Mr. S Sivakumar, Group Head, Agri, IT and Sustainability, ITC Ltd, said, “ITC has, over the years, implemented innovative business models which synergise the building of economic, environmental, and social capital as a unified strategy. Today, our ambitious Sustainability 2.0 agenda aims to further strengthen ITC’s efforts towards decarbonisation, building green infrastructure, promoting climate-smart and regenerative agriculture, ensuring water security for all, restoring biodiversity through nature-based solutions, creating an effective circular economy, creating sustainable packaging solutions and enabling the transition to a net zero economy. We believe this will go a long way in combating the climate crisis and supporting meaningful livelihood opportunities.” ITC is today the only Company of comparable dimensions to be water, carbon, and solid waste recycling positive for over a decade and a half. In recognition of its superior Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) models, the Company has been rated ‘A -’ at the Leadership Level for both Climate Change and Water Security by CDP, ‘AA’ by MSCI-ESG (the highest amongst peers) and was also included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index. As a part of its efforts to transition towards Net Zero, ITC has made significant investments in renewable energy. Currently, clean energy powers 24 factories, 14 hotels, and 5 office buildings of the Company across 14 states. Last year, ITC set a target to meet 100% of its grid electricity requirements from renewable sources by 2030. Currently, it

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meets around 42% of all its electrical energy requirements through renewable means. With a focus on solar energy, the Company has commissioned both onsite and offsite plants across states. ITC has maximized usage of rooftops of its Integrated Consumer Goods Manufacturing and Logistics (ICML) facilities, factories and warehouses for solar power generation. As many as 39 properties of ITC are Platinum rated green buildings by USGBC-LEED/IGBC. ITC’s Windsor Hotel in Bengaluru became the first hotel in the world to be LEED Zero Carbon certified, followed by ITC Grand Chola and ITC Gardenia. To contribute to a ‘Greener Earth’, ITC has also been running an integrated water stewardship programme, covering over

1.33 million acres of land and creating a total rainwater harvesting potential which was over 3 times the net water consumed by its operations during last year. The demand management interventions for promoting water efficiency in agriculture have resulted in potential water savings to the tune of 496.5 million cubic metres till date. Following the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Platinum level certification of ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty Papers unit at Kovai, the first ever site in India to achieve the highest global standard, the Company is in the process of implementing the AWS Standards and obtaining certification at other units in high water stress areas. Similarly, ITC’s extensive biodiversity

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programme focusses on reviving ecosystem services provided to agriculture such as natural regulation of pests, pollination, nutrient cycling, soil health retention and genetic diversity, which have witnessed considerable erosion over the past few decades. The initiative has cumulatively covered 1.3 lakh acres in more than 29 districts across 10 states. ITC aims to expand the programme to cover over 10,00,000 acres by 2030. Moving towards Circular Economy, the Company went beyond plastic neutrality in 2021-22 by collecting and sustainably managing more than 54,000 tonnes of plastic waste across 35 states/union territories. ITC’s flagship solid waste management programme, ITC ‘WOW – Well Being Out of Waste’ programme, has covered over 1.8 crore citizens providing sustainable livelihood

to more than 17,300 waste collectors. In line with its Vision for a sustainable packaging future, ITC’s Paperboards and Packaging Businesses have leveraged cutting-edge research and innovation capabilities of ITC Life Sciences and

technology Centre to launch several first-ofits kind packaging solutions, which facilitate reduction, substitution and recyclability of plastic. The Company is now endeavouring to ensure that over the next decade, 100% of its packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable/biodegradable.

Sistrade participates in Print4All Companies learn about new generation of Sistrade software for the printing industry. By the invitation of the Italian partner I&C, SISTRADE was present as an exhibitor at Print4All which took place in Milan, Italy from May 3 to 6, 2022. During the four days of the show, SISTRADE presented itself to the Italian market as a supplier of a vertical system for the packaging, flexible packaging and labeling industry, thus strengthening its position and the recognition of its brand in the market. Companies had the opportunity to learn about new features and a new generation of Sistrade software for the printing industry. It is playing an important role in smart factories, contributing to better automation and to greater productivity, efficiency and quality in a company’s global operations. According to Natacha Santos, Country Manager Italy, “Print4All was a show with good results. With a lot of attendance and visitors, which did not reach the numbers before the pandemic, the show showed that the sector wants to react to all the obstacles and constraints that we still encounter today. The success of this fair was confirmed by the visits of potential client companies with great curiosity for the global offer that we are presenting. We found that Italy is a high potential market for Sistrade.”

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Graphics, Packaging, Labels & 3D Solutions by Meteor Inkjet Meteor inkjet has been associated with printer OEMs in India since 2012. Heath, lies in its close relationship with all the major printhead manufacturers. When travel to the customer site was difficult or impossible during the pandemic, Meteor reviewed various avenues of improving its support and now offers customers an AV hardware platform to assist with the development, prototype and production stages of the customer’s printing systems. The markets that have benefitted from Meteor Inkjet technologies in India encompass all digital printing markets (Ceramics, product decoration, textiles, packaging, functional & 3D, labelling, signs & décor, and commercial print). Meteor has been represented in India in a few ways over the last 10 years,from system integrators to OEMs or Meteor working directly with the OEM meeting face to face. The company currently has five key sales locations across the globe, United Kingdom, China, Japan, USA, and South Korea. “The OEMs have observed several changes to the digital printing market over the last decade and seen how the industry has moved from textiles to ceramics and now on to 3D and additive manufacturing,” observes David Heath, Technical Sales and Marketing Manager, Meteor Inkjet. Consequently, in more recent months Meteor has seen more uptake in the label, direct to packaging, 3D printing and additive manufacturing sectors. “The largest industries are still textiles and ceramics. Meteor continues to push the boundaries of software and hardware capabilities to provide its customers with shorter downtimes by providing new maintenance capabilities and therefore the customer can achieve more throughput whilst in production,” emphasizes David Heath. “Meteor’s datapath design is unique and has given Meteor the edge in front of its competitors,” he states. Meteor’s key strength, according to David

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“We continued to operate as normal and ship to our customers through the pandemic. There now seems to be a trend where OEMs are willing to do a broader spectrum of work on their printing systems to bring as much of the print system knowledge in house to benefit their businesses and become less reliant on other business sectors,” shares David Heath. “Meteor provides reputable advice to its customers. Meteor has a strong background based firmly in research and technology as well as the experience gained over the last decade,” he adds. The company plans to continue focusing on all areas of design, prototype and production. “But looking at today’s print systems there seems to be a lot of focus on the modularity of the design,” observes David Heath. Meteor projects to continue to grow its customer base as the digital printing industry continues to expand. In regards to the Indian marketplace expansion, Meteor is focusing on expanding its scanning and single pass software to enable OEMs to get to market quicker. “3D printing and additive manufacturing is expanding exponentially. In India there are many OEMs who are willing to take the first steps into this new technology sector. These OEMs accelerate manufacturing in industries such as automotive where 3D printing has enabled prototype designs to be created at a higher pace,” says David Heath. “Currently the hottest applications are in 3D, Ceramics, and textiles,” he underlines.

Meteor has recently launched drive electronics for the Epson I series, Epson S series and the Xerox W series of printheads. Meteor is currently developing the next line-up of drive electronics to provide users with a faster and more flexible datapath, this will allow for future expansion in frequency and data. Meteor’s software is continuously updated with focus on the future of the inkjet industry and the industry’s requirements. Meteor’s electronics continue to drive the latest digital inkjet printheads released by the industry’s top manufacturers. “Digital printing is really opening up the direct to shape printing industry, this is important as more and more consumers are after products exclusively tailored to their requirements and needs,” says David Heath. There are many key peripherals that Meteor Inkjet provide to its customers to assist in the development of their systems. For example, their recently released encoder isolator board assists the customer by filtering out any noise on the encoder lines and ensures the output signal does not contain any crosstalk to cause inconsistent print or defects. Speaking about their growth strategy, David Heath comments, “The market opportunity is so big, we have only scratched the surface. We will continue with our approach of being the highest quality supplier with the best service and supporting the widest range of printheads while also expanding our software solutions.” “Meteor believes India’s textile and ceramics markets will continue to develop and grow with the government backing machine developers in India,” says David Heath looking forward.

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Mark Andy to extend DPro line with Konica Minolta AL400 integration Mark Andy will be exclusive provider of Konica Minolta Accurio Label 400 for labels and packaging. Mark Andy, with more than 75 years of expertise in labels and packaging, has extended its partnership with Konica Minolta to transform the digital converting space. Mark Andy has announced that it will be the exclusive provider of Konica Minolta’s newest technology, the Accurio Label 400 (AL400), for the labels and packaging industry. Integrating this new toner-based print technology into its Digital Pro (DPro) line, Mark Andy is developing its first 5-colour (CMYK and White) toner end-to-end label and converting solution. Combining Konica Minolta’s strengths in digital marking with Mark Andy’s strengths in web handling, decorating and converting, this new press aims to create a single-pass, high-quality, fast, and cost-effective solution for the midto-high volume label market. The addition of digital white toner allows Mark Andy customers, for the first time, the flexibility to use clear or metallic substrates for short run label work without needing to use a flexo plate. Customers will find increased productivity moving between jobs and ease of utilizing white within variable graphics. The new press provides significantly improved print speeds up to 140 feet per minute. Similarly, converters will realize added savings associated with waste reduction, lower consumable costs, and extended duty cycles.

This is the latest in a long line of innovations resulting from over five years of cooperation between the organizations. Mark Andy CEO, Jason Desai explained that, by leveraging individual and collective strengths of each company, the partnership has extended capabilities of the Digital Pro family of products and has established a new price-value position in the market with unmatched technology. “Incorporating Konica Minolta digital marking technology with Mark Andy’s expertise in converting allows for business expansion and improved customer value for the label converters. This partnership is transforming the industry with the highest quality, most reliable, and cost-effective solutions as demonstrated by more than 300 digital press installations. And today, we continue to pursue practical technology solutions for converters of all sizes at a realizable price point.” William Troxil, Konica Minolta President, Industrial Print & Production Print, North America agreed that the successful partnership has benefited the entire industry.

“Our organizations share a strong partnership that continues to respond to, and anticipate, the needs of a growing industry. While our partnership with Mark Andy has established our production print technology in a uniquely advantaged position, the true beneficiaries are label and packaging converters industry wide. Integrating our technologies and overall strengths provides a right-sized solution for the industry, allowing for ease of entry into the Digital Transformation (DX) journey.” Be one of the first to see the expanded Mark Andy Digital Pro digital label and converting line integrated with Konica Minolta’s newest digital 5-color print technology at the LABELEXPO Americas, 2022 September, 1315 (Stand #319).

Events Calendar Labelexpo India 2022

Labelexpo Europe 2023

Date: 10 NOV -22 to 13 NOV-22 Venue: Expo Centre & Mart Greater Noida - Delhi NCR

Date: 11 SEP -23 to 13 SEP-23 Venue: Brussels Expo Centre,

PAMEX 2022 - Postponed

drupa 2024

Date: 27 MAR -23 to 30 MAR-23 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai

Screen Print India Date: 13 APR -23 to 15 APR-23 Venue: Mumbai, India

Belgium

Date: 28 MAY -24 to 07 JUN-24 Venue: Brussels Expo Centre, Belgium

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