PAMEX 2017 confirms that the industry is upbeat, good times ahead!

Shedding the months of gloom due to the problems related to adoption of the new tax regime, PAMEX 2017 portends a bullish industry in the new year as the curtains came down on a successful event with unprecedented footfall of 25223 visitors and several deals being reported at the venue itself. The event was held from December 18-21, 2017 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. Spread across two halls, 1 and 5, PAMEX 2017 opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the hands of AMSG Ashokan, President, AIFMP; S. Dayaker Reddy, President, IPAMA; Tushar Dhote, President, MMS; Mehul Desai, President, BMPA; Chang Xiaoxia, General Manager, CAPT (China Academy); Neetu Arora, Director, Print-Packaging. Com (P) Ltd; Pernilla Jonsson, Senior Director, Global Programs, NPES; Balasaheb, Maharashtra Mudran Parishad; Yasuhito Nagai, Auditor, JPMA (Japan) &Mustafa Kapadia, Director& President, SPAI.

The show featured 350+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry with 75+ product launches, 200+ running machines and several other attractions.

Major attractions @ PAMEX

NBG sold two machines @ PAMEX

NBG Printographic Machinery Co Pvt Ltd sold HM-ZD350A automatic rigid box line to Pragati Pack (I) Pvt Ltd. The HM- 350E automatic gluing and spotting machine is also being displayed at their stand. While, Funskool ordered HM- ZD600 automatic rigid box making machine.

According to Bharti Aggarwal, Director, NBGTech (P) Ltd,they displayed five machines at the show, which included HM-ZD350A automaticrigid box-making machine; HM-Z350E automatic gluing and spotting machine; HM-ZD430 automatic box-forming machine, HM-YP400 automatic box pressing machine and HM-40 corner pasting machine.

Kadam Digital orders HP Indigo 12000

At PAMEX, Kadam Digital Transcripts Pvt Ltd ordered HP Indigo 12000 press,which is Pune’s reputed and technologically most advanced printing house.From pre-press, press to post press, they offer comprehensive, integrated services under one roof. They offer digital, offset and large format printing as well as CtP, graphic art films, digital colour lab and a variety of binding and packaging solutions.

According to Kunal S Kadam, Director, Kadam Digital Transcripts Pvt Ltd, “We are already using a B3 size press from Kodak for the last seven years and now we wanted to upgrade to a B2 size press as we wanted our customers to get the liberty to design in B2 format. Another important reason to go for HP Indigo 12000 is to have liberty to use various kinds of media. Presently, we can print on art paper, textured and metallic media, but with the HP Indigo 12000 installation, we can print on boxes, Met pet films, transparent media, etc.”

“We evaluated all our options for the last two years and finally we ordered HP Indigo 12000 press. We have opted for four colour +OVG (orange violet and green) + white option, which makes it a 7-colour press,” he added. “Besides, we believe in the experience and quality of HP machines and the improvements they made from HP 10000 to HP 12000 are really impressive.”

On asking about the applications they wish to do on this new installation, Kadam replied that besides the traditional applications like brochures, flyers, photo books, coffee table books, etc, they would like to use it for special applications like short-run packaging.

“We hope that the additional colours OVG will be the game changers for us and we hope to do a lot of Met-Pet printing, printing on transparent and plastic media and also canvas. We hope that the customers will be delighted with the quality and versatility of the machine,” concluded Kadam.

TGS India presented high-quality converting machines from Taiwan

Hyderabad-based TGS India, a leading distributor of post-press machines, presented a whole gamut of converting machines from Taiwan. Visitors were attracted to post-press machines from Wen Chyuan, SBL, Golden Tech, Win Shine Chen Chin Iron Works, ATMA and others. Post-press machines from Wen Chyuan and SBL have been installed in some of the leading printing and packaging companies in India. Win Shine, ATMA and Chen Chin Iron Works have recently joined hands with TGS. “We are manufacturers of screen printing machines from Taoyuan City (Taiwan). Our tie up with TGS India is a bold step to explore the Indian market,” says Josh Lin from ATMA Champ Ent. Win Shine manufacturers high-end paper container making machines. Jair business manager, Win Shine Machinery Co Ltd says that India is a huge and growing packaging market. In the similar tone, Kevin Chang from Chen Chin Iron Works says it’s the rapidly growing printing and packaging market that they would like to penetrate.

United Multicolor opts India’s most advanced Scodix machine @ PAMEX

Monotech Systems Ltd sold Scodix Ultra Pro Digital Enhancement Press with Foil Station, Cast & Cure and Crystal effects to United Multicolour Printers Pvt Ltd, a leading commercial printer in western India.The press will be an addition to an already impressive array of printing and finishing facilities at the Pune based leading commercial print giant.

The new Ultra Pro will support United Multicolour in strengthening their market position by adding print enhancement for commercial printing, greeting cards, invitation cards, photo albums, brochures, books & magazines, packaging, direct mail, and a wide range of specialty finished products. As more and more companies look to adopt the benefits of digital print enhancement, United Multicolour is ahead of the curve and looking to capitalize on the advantage.

Raveendra Joshi, Director, United Multicolour says, “Our aim is to be a high-end PSP for printed products and at the same time remain ahead in technology as well. After setting a strong foothold in the commercial printing segment, the next step is to have organic growth through print enhancement features. We want to exceed our customer’s expectations and we believe that Scodix Ultra Pro will be our key to success in value addition. We are sure we will add “WOW !” to the prints of our valued customer through our current investments in Scodix.

Scodix range of digital enhancement presses are exclusively marketed and distributed in India by Monotech Systems Limited. Scodix presses enjoy a massive success of over 30 installations in India and over 300 installations worldwide.

Labelling Simplified Seminar by Vinsak

More than 60 printers and converters attended Labelling Simplified Seminar at hotel Tunga Regale on December 19. The main agenda was to give key insights to label printers on new automated technologies, current trends and ways to optimize costs. Nicola from Lombardi gave wonderful insights of Flexo Tech and Naoki from Iwasaki showed how offset is superior in terms of quality and cost over digital presses. While, Ranesh Bajaj from Vinsak shared his views on various finishing technologies and role of brand protection.

Chemline launched new products @ PAMEX

At PAMEX, Chemline India offered three new products at the show. These included complete range of LED UV, water-based glue for rigid boxes and solvent based pressure- sensitive adhesives for industrial and surgical tapes.

According to Dr Ravindra Goel, Chairman & MD, Chemline India, “The show has been very promising for us and we are meeting many new and existing customers. All these new products that we have launched at the show are getting good reviews from the visitors and they have shown keen interest in them. For water-based glue for rigid boxes, we are even negotiating it with a Chinese customer, who wishes to take its distributorship in China. Apart from this, we are also focusing on hotmelt capabilities for air filters and hygiene.”

Autoprint’s sterling performanceat PAMEX 2017

At PAMEX, Autoprint offered Autoprint Repetto 65 V2, an offline automatic sheet-fed flatbed die punching and creasing machine. It is an ideal automation replacement solution for manual handfed platen die cutting or punching machines. Its applications are die-cutting of mono cartons, boards for pharmaceutical packaging, FMCG packaging like agarbathi, sweet boxes, soap etc, envelopes die cutting for mail handling solution providers, labels sticker halfcut, kiss cutting, perforation, creasing, embossing etc. Autoprint has 86 installations of Repetto 65 V2 & Repetto 80 machines in India and abroad.

Sterling Print House Pvt. Ltd has placed an order on Autoprint for the Repetto -80 die punching machine to enhance its productivity and service to the printing industry.

With more than three decades of experience in designing and printing of magazines, catalogues, brochures, pharma visual aids, folders, calendars, danglers, greeting cards, labels, posters, paper carry bags, stickers, tags, wobblers etc, Sterling Print House has an impeccable track record in their home time of Kochi in Kerala.

APL sold two machines @ PAMEX

APL Machinery Pvt Ltd displayed three products at the show – LED UV system, Smart Coater + for offset machine and Smart Coater for low pile machines. At PAMEX, the company sold Smart Coater + to Shree Ram Print Pack, Baddi and Smart Coater to Noble Printing Press, Mumbai.

According to Abhishek Paul, Director, APL Machinery, the response at the show has been excellent and they conducted a live demo of LED UV on December 22, 2017 at Dhote Offset, Mumbai.

FUJIFILM India showcases combined solution for box packaging

At PAMEX, Fulifilm presented its Acuity LED-1600 II combined with ColorGate workflow, which in turn produces varnished effects on special papers for carton boxes. In the process, AGS Cutting Table, which the company showcases at the expo, carries the vital cutting/finishing job. “Our combined solution makes tediousness in carton box printing and cutting easier than ever cost effectively,” said SM Ramprasad, assistance vice president, Graphics Arts & Image Capturing Division, FUJIFILM India Private Limited.

Xerox showcased its most versatile offerings at PAMEX

At PAMEX 2017, Xerox is showcased its marquee presses, Versant 180, Versant 3100, D110 copier/printer and ColorC70. For the first time, Xerox also displayed the most versatile A3 colour multifunction device Altalink C8035, part of the 29 ConnectKey-enabled devices launched earlier this year and its highly advanced A3 colour printer Phaser 7800. While, Xerox Color C70 is an entry production press, Xerox Versant is mid-production-colour presses, Altalink is a high volume multifunction printer, Xerox D110 is a copier/ printer and Phaser 7800 is tabloid-size colour printer. According to Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Distributor Operations, Xerox, “PAMEX has always been a great platform for us to showcase our products. We always take a prime spot and display all our products range. This time, we are also displaying a range of media as well.”

Rigid box making machine @ Zhongke

Zhongke India offered a wide portfolio of rigid box making machines, which are globally acclaimed for precision and accuracy. In the line of machines on showcase included ZK-6606, a high-end rigid boxmaking system. “Our machines are known for making rigid packaging boxes for a handful of the world leading mobile companies,” said Delly Cai, sales manager, Wenzhou Zhongke Packaging Machinery Co Ltd. She mentions that the Chinese packaging industry has already been established, and the turn is for India now.

Taiyo flexo press focused at PAMEX

Standard Printers Providers represented Taiyo flexo press at the show. According to Gaurav Sachdev of Standard Printers Providers,PAMEX has always been a reasonable show for them. “We hope to generategood inquiries and convert them into business. We are also displaying samples done on Taiyo machine so that printers can look and see the different possibilities of the press. This year, the demands look better and we hope to have a successful show,” he added.

Monotech Systems and Pressline India announce joint venture

At PAMEX 2017, Monotech Systems Limited joined hands with Pressline India Pvt Ltd, for joint development,production and marketing of HighSpeed Digital Inkjet Press to caterto the newspaper, transactional andbook printing markets worldwide.

The joint partnership products and solutions offered will be branded as “PRESSLINE-JETSCI”.

With the latest invent of variable data applications at Monotech, applicability of web offset machines will change trends of industry. Piling of large stocks of books, toiling with huge inventories will no more be necessity. In the current scenario where customization and variable data is essential ingredient of today’s education system, this partnership will play a vital role. Newspapers can do value-addition and enhance circulations by adding local news columns, while on the run providing mohalla news and ads as well.

Arrow Digital sold Vutek flatbed printer to Digi Graphics

The Vutek GS3250LXPro displayed at the stand of Arrow Digital was sold to Digi Graphics, Mumbai. According to Sam Patel of Arrow Digital, the show has been good for them.

The company also represented innovative EFI Fiery solutions at theshow. The latest addition to EFI Fiery is XB digital front end (DFE) platform for ultra-high-speed production inkjet presses. The Fiery DFE meets highly demanding requirements for performance, colour and imaging, including advanced variable-data production printing, at speeds upto 13,000 pages per minute or the data equivalent to two streaming movies each second.

LineOMatic donated 5000 notebooks to two NGOs at PAMEX

At PAMEX, LineOMatic donated around 5000 notebooks for the welfare of children of two NGOs – Spark a Change and Reach Out Help Hope Heal. According to Nirav Parikh of LineOMatic, this is for the first time that they are donating notebooks at a printing show, though they do donate notebooks in Ahmedabad, whenever they do trial and testings on their machines.

Pouring deals @ PAMEX 2017!

Many exhibitors reported good deals at the show. These include:

Zhongke India sold its ZK-5540OWL paper box making machine to Ma Prints Bengaluru. Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers booked an order for Blankmatic 108 2H, an offline stripping machine. While, EFI Vutek, announced the sale of EFI Vutek GS3250LX Pro wide-format kit.

Pratham reported that it booked orders for six paper folding kit of varying configurations.

Ample Graphics sold Fully Automatic Dry Lamination Machine, Window Patching Machine and Semi-automatic Rigid Box Making Machine. Memory Repro Systems (P) Ltd sold three of its machines from the range of automatic thermal lamination machine and automatic plate cleaning machine, which they were displaying at the event. Kadam Digital Transcripts (P) Ltd ordered HP Indigo 1200 press.

APL Machinery (P) Ltd booked orders for Smart Coater and Smart Coater+ at the event.Vijaya Grafiks sold its high speed Automatic Carton Folder Gluer. Besides, Gayathri Machineries received several orders of its Honnor Exact Plus Multi-head Wire Stitching Machine and Citoborma 111 Paper Drilling Machines. Sodhisons Mechnaical Works sold two of its Finishing Machines including SMW 1080 Double Head Automatic Striping Machine and KMM 1050 High Speed Automatic Multi Function Dry Laminating Machine.

Indo Poly Machines Corporation announced the sale of its Polymaster Machine while Five Star Printing Machinery sold a Multi-purpose Punching Machine and a Saddle Stitcher at PAMEX Exhibition.

Several companies received serious enquiries and gathered leads. The exhibitors as well as the visitors, both had a win-win situation.

Meeting & networking events @ PAMEX 2017

On the sidelines of the show, various parallel meetings and conferences were scheduled. Starting from the very first day of the exhibition, the organisers of PAMEX met the team of Japan Printing Machinery Association (JPMA) to discuss about the industry prospects. Elite from Indian print industry also discussed about the rising opportunities with the suppliers from China in closed door events. AIFMP, IPAMA, Capexil, LMAI and other bodies used the occasion to meet and network at the venue.

The exhibitors’ evening was organized at a glittering event where the prestigious National Awards for Excellence in Printing (NAEP) were given away. The winning entries were also displayed in a special gallery at the exhibition.

“We are exhibiting Canon C8000VP for the first time in West India” says Puneet Datta, Director, Professional Printing Products, Canon India, n conversation with P&P.

P&P: Tell us something about PAMEX?

Puneet: It’sa growing exhibition and the footprint has also increased. The quality of exhibitors is getting better. Number of exhibitors have grown. It seems to be the first exhibition to be conducted on weekdays and is still going good and this as a bold move on the part of the exhibitors because most audience prefers to come during the weekends. Our focus is more on applications that can help the customers grow. From product perspective, we are trying to look at C8000VP, and for the first time we are exhibiting it in an exhibition in the West. This has been a sort of flagship product since the launch of BC10000. If there are people who want the same reliability, consistency and color gamete that the 10000VP is now known for but do not have the upfront capital investments, this is the smaller version. It’s smaller only in terms of speed because he size, weight and everything is just the same.

P&P: Is this product at the entry level?

Puneet:No, the C850 series will be in the entry level, but this is not an entry level rather a mid-level color press. It’s just that it’s slightly more affordable than the 10000VP.

P&P: Apart from the production printers, what all are you showcasing?

Puneet: We have two wide format printers displayed on our stand, one is the inkjet wide format filter and this is the naturally very fast and we are ahead of the industry and gaining market share and this is due to the technology that we have incorporated within these printers and with the strength of our channel partners, who have the necessary tools and knowledge from our side to ensure that their customers have the right products and have the right up time which is very crucial. As you are aware, Canon products are known for their legendary reliability and their up time commitments, so the focus here for the inkjet wide format are many. We are targeting print service providers, photo studios and graphic art printers who are doing some specialized applications.

The other segment we are talking about is the LED pearl based machine which is the Color Wave 700+ which can do CAD CAM prints as well as graphic art application and specialized applications like décor. It is not about what this product can display but what better can this printer offer or what different it can offer than the competitors and that’s the aim of the exhibition.

P&P: Tell us something about your channel partners?

Puneet: For wide format printers, we have more than 60 channel partners and the number of cities we are representing is now growing and we are planning to reach out to 100 cities in India by next year.

 

Konica Minolta steals the show with its next gen digital printing solutions

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies witnessed a significant response from printing businesses, showcasing its industry-leading Bizhub and Accurio Press series at PAMEX 2017 exhibition.

The four-day exhibition served as a key platform for Konica Minolta to demonstrate its next-generation digital printing solutions, tailored for end to end requirements of printing businesses in the country.

The exhibition garnered a slow but encouraging response in the first half and the number of attendees visiting the KM stalls soared significantly in the 2nd half and continues to draw high footfall till the fourth day of the event.

The key spokespersons from the company including, Yoshinori Koide, Director Business Strategy & Project Management (Konica Minolta Business India) and Manish Gupta, DGM PP & IP marketing were present at the event.

The Company highlighted its flagship products Accurio Press series C6100/C6085 for the first time in India at PAMEX 2017.

”We are overwhelmed and grateful to PAMEX 2017 team for providing us with an opportunity to demonstrate our trendsetting lineup of digital printing solutions. The response we have garnered in the four-day event is positive and it further cements our position in the competitive and lucrative printing industry of India,” added Yoshinori Koide, Director Business Strategy & Project Management, Konica Minolta Business India.

”These are exciting times in India as the country is rapidly transforming into a digital economy. Our new solutions are tailored to meet the next generation demands of businesses and set new benchmarks in the digital industrial printing segment,” said Manish Gupta, DGM PP & IP marketing, Konica Minolta Business India.

2017 Print Business Outlook Conference held successfully

In conjunction with PAMEX 2017, NPES (USA) The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies & The Bombay Master Printers’ Association (BMPA) hosted the 2017 Print Business Outlook Conference themed “What’s NEXT” on December 16, 2017 at The Lalit,Mumbai. The conference was supported by All Indian Federation of Master Printers Association AIFMP) and Indian Printing, Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) and Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS).

The conference focused on a full day of education and networking for developing invaluable cooperation, partnership and exchange with the Who’s Who. This print conference raised and debated critical issues facing our industry. With over 200 printers, publishers, manufacturers and suppliers in attendance, there were more than enough opportunities to interact, mingle, and network with your target audience.

A compelling agenda of timely topics presented by top industry experts inclued: Can We Turn Air Pollution in to Printer Ink? (Nikhil Kaushik, co-founder of Graviky Labs); The Future of Augmented Reality in Print and Journalism (Robert Hernandez, associate professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism); Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Printing (Manish Gupta, Konica Minolta India); Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Print for Packaging (A Appadurai, country manager – India & Sri Lanka, HP Indigo & Inkjet Press Solutions); EFI presentation; Future of Print Design Trends – a Designer’s Perspective Panel (Moderator: Faheem Agboatwala, managing director, Hi Tech Printing Services Pvt Ltd); Print Production Problems Keeping You Up at Night? (Tonyraj, Times of India); How to Survive in an Age of Changing Technology (Jeff Protheroe, VP Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Aleyant Solutions LLC); Optimizing and Automating Photobook and Photo Print Production (Raymond Duval, director, Ultimate TechnoGraphics); Are you and your customers seeing the same colours? Why you should use standard colour viewing conditions (Robert McCurdy, president, GTI Graphic Technology Inc); Indian Book Market – What’s Next? (Vikrant Mathur, director, Nielsen Book India and Asia Pacific); and Ask the experts. An interactive Q&A session was also held.

Sino-China Packaging/Converting Meet

On the sidelines of PAMEX, India Packaging/Converting Meet was organised in a fruitful way, withthe participation of dignitariesfrom China and India. Themeet was chaired by Vinod Rajpal, Chairman-InternationalRelations, All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP). With the introduction speech by AMSG Ashokan, President, AIFMP and greetings by Chang Xiaoxia, General Manager, Keyin Media, the meet highlighted Chinese products and technologies spanning over rigid box making, die-cutting and others. Delly Cai from Zhongke in the session ‘Craftsman Spirit of China’ talked about the company’s success story in rigid box making. Other talks at the meet revolved around innovations in die-cutting, paper bag making, and others from other speakers.

Chinese Pavilion @ PAMEX 2017

PAMEX 2017 witnesses a handful of Chinese exhibitors showcasing a string of machines presented in the well looped areas entitled ‘Chinese Pavilion and other individual stalls occupying an area of 5500 sq m of the total show floor. “We have brought 12 Chinese companies to this exhibition. These Chinese companies in the show are known for their competencies in machines and technologies,” says Jennifer Chen, exhibition division project director, Keyin Media. Many Chinese companies take part in international trade expos through arrangement of Kevin Media. UP Group, manufacturers and suppliers of pre-press, press and post-press machines, showcases its entire range of die-cutting, converting, UV-coating, lamination machines and others. Visitor’s Views….

“I am happy to see the show, which is meticulously planned by the organizers. It is a useful platform for young entrepreneurs.”
-Prakash, Sri Madhura Graphics, Bangalore

“We are regular visitors to PAMEX since 2008. We came here in search of new technology in digital garment printing as it is an upcoming trend. We found what we sought and wish to compliment organizers for their admirable arrangements.”
–Prasad Katre & Team, Revolution, Pune

“I am here to see foil or UV technology and I am glad to find what I was looking for. I can also say that the arrangements are better than the last PAMEX.”
–Aldrin Augustin, Colortech, Cochin

“We are visiting PAMEX as a delegation of 30 people and we are happy with the display of machines here.” –Sant Ram Chougule, President,
Ichalkaranji Parisar Mudrak Sangh