To improve its production quality, System Flexo, a Mumbai based company involved in flexo pre-press business since 2004, has recently installed an Esko CDI 2530 digital flexo plate imaging system along with Esko Deskpack software. This is the first CDI installation at the company, which is catering to more than 70 label print firms in and out…
One of the initial promotional activities for the year 2013 drove PackPlus to IndiaPack- 2013, the International Packaging Exhibition and Conference organised by Indian Institute of Packaging in Mumbai. Scheduled from 28-31 January 2013, the Show presented 125+ exhibitors from the packaging and allied industries. The PackPlus team displaying floor plans of its upcoming shows attracted…
Andhra Pradesh Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (APCMA), affiliated to FCBM- the apex body of Indian corrugated packaging industry and Print-Packaging.Com Pvt. Ltd. (PPCPL), the organizer of PackPlus Exhibition have joined hands to organize the CorruPack 2013. Building on the success of CorruPack 2010, the event is back in 2013 on popular demand, only to be…
Flint Group India, the ink manufacturing giant has shifted its manufacturing plant from Bengaluru to Vadodara. The new Vadodara plant will soon be inaugurated by Antoine Fady, CEO, Flint Group. “With a rapidly growing packaging industry in India, Flint Group is keen to cater to customers in this market. We already have an ISO 9001-2000…
The sales turnover of the Indian packaging industry is expected to reach $ 43.7 billion by 2016, revealed a recent analysis by Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP). “The total turnover of the packaging industry in India at present is $ 27.6 billion and expected to grow to around USD 43.7 billion by 2016, whereas the…
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to invest INR 10bn ($183m) over the next three to four years. The latest investment will be used to expand the company’s production facility acquired as part of acquisition of Ruby Macons in November 2012. Besides purchase of the…
The Himachal Pradesh high court has observed that only bio-degradable plastics should be allowed in packaging of food stuff from 1 April 2013 in the State. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), the bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjay Karol issued the directions after referring to a committee report on junk food. Based…
Gerresheimer AG, Germany, recently acquired 75 per cent stake in the Delhi-based Triveni Polymers, a leading producer of pharmaceutical plastic packaging. Gerresheimer makes specialty products, made of glass and plastic for the global pharma and healthcare industries. The company’s global expertise combined with the local manufacturing capabilities of Triveni would speed up its growth in…
Having laid to rest all the apprehensions about having the exhibition at the new venue, PackPlus 2012 closed on a positive note recording a footfall of 5213 visitors. Disregarding the cold weather and supposed distance, the focused visitors arrived from all parts of the country to witness the large gamut of machines from packaging, converting,…
