The inaugural edition of India International Printing & Packaging Fair (IIPPF) held recently at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from August 06-09, 2013 marked a good start with future perfect vision on digital printing. Organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the fair witnessed a spectrum of focus exhibits on printing and packaging machineries as well and technological excellences.
Formally inaugurated by Rita Menon, chairperson and managing director, ITPO along with some captains of the industry, debut edition of IIPPF turned out to be a platform where major trade associations and leading industry players gathered to make new businesses and joint ventures. At the opening session, Rita Menon also released an exclusive directory of the Members of Delhi Printers’ Association.
Spotlighting a wide range of printing and packaging equipments and machineries, key segments covered at IIPPF include pre-press, post-press and finishing, packaging, converting machines and other innovative developments as well as time-saving novel solutions.
Seminar on future of digital printing
Onset of IIPPF set off with a thought-provoking seminar titled ‘Future Vision – Digital Printing’ conducted by a panel of eminent industry leaders, namely, Ranjan Kuthari, former-president, All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP); Pankaj Kalra, associate director & head production system group, Xerox India; and V Balakrishnan, executive general manager, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India. The seminar focused on the advent of digital printing which will be supplementing and complementing the existing offset printing industry.
Digital printing, which has generated tremendous interest across numerous industrial sectors in recent years, is set to flourish in India in the coming decade. In this concern, Pankaj Kalra pointed out that today’s business needs to have shortened the turnover time of ideate to print in less than four hours. There is an urgent need to replace older technology with the latest machines equipped with advanced speed, security and transparency. He further stated that the success of digital printing can be attributed to economies of high-quality print for short runs.
According to V Balakrishnan, future of offset v/s digital printing is mainly influenced by the market innovations and cutting-edge technologies. He further said, “Convenience is the key to today’s technology and the industry would continue to innovate.” He added that customisation, personalisation and colour have become obvious. Talking about the advantages of inkjet printing over laser printing, he informed that digital inkjet can accommodate much larger sizes compared to laser. He concluded, “Although the world is gradually drifting towards paperless office, the printed world is here to stay.”
In his keynote address, Ranjan Kuthari complimented ITPO for launching IIPPF 2013 to make the Indian printing and packaging sectors globally competitive. He mentioned, “Future trends of the digital printing indicate new growth patterns which would affect the related SMEs.” He further added that these future machines and innovations are amenable to operation even by less technically equipped operators. Wrapping-up of the seminar was marked with proposal of votes of thanks from Kamal Chopra, general secretary, Offset Printers’ Association, Ludhiana.
Exhibitors speak
“This initiative taken by ITPO is really a good. I see a good future prospect of this exclusive fair.”
-Chintan Mehta, Knowell Corporation, Mumbai
“First edition of IIPPF marks a good start; looking forward to seeing big success in future.”
-Shubhangi Tyagi, Jona, Delhi
“Indeed a good job of ITPO as this fair is focused and fruitful.”
-Manish Jaimini, GBT New Delhi
“We are happy that the exhibits are very selective and focused.”
-SN Patel,
Patel Enterprises, Mumbai
“Overall presentation is good and quite promising for more in the coming editions.”
-Sanjiv Chanda,
Integrated Graphics Solutions, New Delhi
“IIPPF is good for its compact and focused nature.”
-Anurag Gaur,
Naman Enterprises, Delhi