Curtetex looks for Indian partner

In an attempt to promote industries in Punjab, Masaki Fujishiro, Chairman, Curtetex Corporation, Tokyo, Japan visited office of Offset Printers Association, Ludhiana. He was accompanied with Mari Teramoto, Sales and Market Executive and Shivinder Singh, Director, NATSU Enterprises India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Curetex Japan. Curetex Corporation is known for the Cure-Tex Yarn, which is a soft Japanese paper thread made with original manufacturing method. The company manufactures the original fabric and knitwear products combined with fabric made of 100% Japanese paper and other fibres. They are using paper for weaving thread for the manufacturing of various kind of cloths such as stalls and socks, cleansing cloths and towels etc. The company is also dealing in paper bag, wrapping paper, polyethylene bag ribbon, nonwoven fabric bag, gift seal, gift box and other related items.

Speaking on the occasion, Masaki said that the purpose of his visit was to look for the bag-making project using imported machines from Japan either as a 100% Curetex project or as a joint venture with an existing manufacturer of bags/packaging material of Ludhiana.

Thanking Masaki for his gesture for selecting Ludhiana for the project, Prof Kamal Chopra, General Secretary of Offset Printers Association (OPA) said that Ludhiana is known as the packaging capital of India, more than 87 percent printers out of 760 printers of the city are packaging printers.

While, Parveen Aggarwal, President of OPA said, it is a good opportunity, because now we are heading towards green environment and biodegradable material. “With the ban on the use of plastic envelopes, paper is the only alternative and there is great potential in paper bag making,” he said. He assured that they will discuss the proposal in length and will revert with optimistic solution.