Hanumantha Rao, founder of Pragati Offset and a stalwart of the Indian printing industry, passed away recently. The 91-year old Rao was a multi-dimensional personality, doing everything – from working in fields to working as a journalist, acting in films with N T Rama Rao to participating in the freedom movement, for which he was jailed…
The buzz has already started building up for Pamex 2015, as the event gears up for its next edition in Mumbai. The event Core Group committee is now taking shape with many important players confirming their support and participation. Companies like ACME Machinery (India) (P) Ltd.; Acme Machinery Company (P) Ltd; Advanced Graphic Systems; Canon…
The All India Federation of Master Printer’s flagship conference, Romancing Print 2015, which was hosted in the Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUS&T) in Hisar on 24 & 25 February 2015 was notable for “the deals which were inked during the two-day show”. There were four major aannouncements in front of an audience…
Michelman has acquired its Indian sales and service partner, Supack International and has appointed Supack’s founder, Pankaj Shah as the co-director of Michelman India. Following the acquisition in January 2015, Supack is an integral part of Michelman India, which is dedicated to the development of the Indian market, with an immediate focus on the growing…
The All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) iconic show PAMEX 2015 has once again marked its presence at Print Pack 2015, which was held from 11 – 15 February 2015 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. Pamex earlier also had its presence at Labelexpo India, New Delhi. With the fervent response from the manufacturers…
CanPac has inaugurated a new corrugation box plant in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. The capability highlight of the plant is the 5-ply high-speed corrugation board line, which will produce three-ply and five-ply boxes and another 2-ply high speed corrugation line for litho lamination 3-ply cartons. It will also convert mono cartons with value additions like foiling,…
PackPlus South, the total packaging, processing & supply chain event is coming to Bangalore soon and is all set to create new landmark at the new venue. The event scheduled to be held from 1-4 April 2015 at BIEC, Bangalore will feature 250+ exhibitors, 50+ product launches and 100+ running machines. Showcasing latest developments from…
With technologies changing fast, it is difficult to foresee where exactly the print market is heading. How printing units will survive the onslaught of internet? How will they fight the increasing global competition? These are but a few questions that every printer should understand and answer, for future survival. This is one of the objective…
Manugraph, the Indian web-offset manufacturing company recently announced a tie-up with Seiken Graphics based out of Japan to promote the Seiken 85 press model in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Middle-east. Speaking about the partnership, Pradeep Shah, managing director, Manugraph India said, “Seiken 85, will now be a product option available to the Indian market. Besides the Smartline and Dreamline which run…
The Bombay Master Printers Association (BMPA) yet delivered a successful PRINT SUMMIT 2015 on 16 January 2015 at National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) with over 800 delegates attending the summit, the biggest ever attendance in Print Summit. With an exemplary line of speakers, the content and agenda was noteworthy and informative. B S Nagesh,…
