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Founding Day celebrated

The Printing Technologists Forum celebrated the 31st anniversary of its foundation by honouring nine longstanding members and by arranging a special lecture by K Vipinendran, life member of the forum and associate professor, Department of Printing Technology, Anna University, Chennai. […]

New team at Offset Printers’ Association, Ludhiana

Parveen Aggarwal (Bharat Industries Limited, Ludhiana) and Kamal Chopra (Foil Printers) were unanimously chosen as president and general secretary respectively for next two years, flanked by vice president Kushal Kumar Jain (Jain Packwell Pvt Ltd) and OP Mahajan (right). Other

PPL acquires Webtech Labels

Further strengthening its position in the packaging segment, The Paper Products Ltd (PPL), India has acquired 51 percent share in the equity of Webtech Labels, a leader in the Indian pressure sensitive label sector. A majority owned subsidiary of Huhtamaki

Autoprint initiative to help their prospective customers continues

The market leader in the printing industry with an installation base of more than 9,000 machines in India and abroad, Coimbatore based Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers (P) Ltd has strategically tied up with the Indian Overseas Bank to provide easy loan

Insight becomes pan India distributors for Komori products

With a combination of the latest Komori technologies like HUV, KHS-AI, Komori Digital and the launch of the 25”x 37” press LA437, Komori Corporation plans to double their installation base in India in the next three years, while they have

Human resources techniques seminar held in Chennai

To realize the power of being self to the participants gearing for change, a successful seminar was recently conducted by The Printing Technologists Forum at Heidelberg India office premises in Chennai. At this human resources techniques seminar, the participants took

Pressline’s PRIMA goes South Sudan and Sri Lanka

The installation base of Pressline in the newspaper sector continues expanding with their latest supply to the Norwegian Church Aid, South Sudan with the configuration of their model PRIMA consisting of 4/4 tower with two mono units and a quarter

Morgana ties up with Graphics Square as Indian partner

UK-based Morgana opts for Graphics Square Pvt Ltd, Mumbai as their sales and service partner for India. The latter would handle the entire range of print Morgana’s finishing systems and equipments, which include auto folding machines, auto creaser, numbering, CardXtra

A busy September for printing fraternity

Institute of Printing Technology starts new academic year with QC equipments PK Ponnappa, new principal, taking charge from the academic year, arranged a brief ceremonial function to informally inaugurate the two primary equipments, a ‘gsm’ tester and ‘bursting strength’ indicator

Grafica’s nano-prinTex to be debuted at SGIA in USA

At the forthcoming 2012 SGIA Expo in Las Vegas, USA to be held during October 18-20, Grafica is to launch nano-prinTex, automatic direct-to-garment textile screen printing machine along with nano-Texdryer and nano-flashTex. Grafica’s managing director Bhargav Mistry, along with Ron

Print Yatra reached Uttar Pradesh

With the active support of Delhi Printers’ Association (DPA), the ‘Print Yatra’ – the novel concept of Offset Printers’ Association (OPA), Ludhiana under the guidance of Kamal Chopra to educate the printers about the latest trends in the industry and

Esko strengthens South Asia organization

In order to support its ambitious growth strategy for the region and further leveraging its leadership in its South Asia operations, Esko has appointed Niranjan Delavictoire as the general manager of Esko, South Asia. Delavictoire will be operating out of

Thai printer to further increase production capacity with Goss

-invests in second Goss M-600 commercial web press with sheeter to open new opportunities After becoming the first Goss M-600 user in Thailand in 2009, Siam Print, part of the Kilen Printing Group, has ordered a second Goss M-600 press

United Art Fair unveils impressive art works

The first ever venture to bring art into the open and make it accessible to general public, United Art Fair (UAF) 2012 recently showcased 2500 works of art in different mediums by over 600 artists from all over India. Divided

Pressmart launches MOCA, a tablet-based education solution

Pressmart, a leading provider of multi-channel content publishing services recently announced the launch of MOCA (Mobile Learning Classroom Application), a paperless, tablet based end-to-end solution for schools. MOCA allows school going children to access text books and worksheets in a

Shaheed Parivar Fund organises 108th distribution function

-the chief guest at the function ex dy prime minister LK Advani flagged off 327th truck of relief material In the 108th distribution function of the Shaheed Parivar Fund held on September 30, 2012, a financial help of Rs 32,00,000

Shailesh Gupta becomes new chairman at ABC

In a recently held 64th AGM of the Bureau, Shailesh Gupta – director marketing of Jagran Prakashan Limited has been unanimously elected as the chairman of ABC for the year 2012-13. Syed Mahmood Ahmad, executive vice president – marketing of

Mimaki launches tabletop type LED-UV curing flatbed printer

More advanced than the conventional UJF-3042 series that support A3 size, Mimaki has introduced UJF-6042, which supports the wider A2 size with the advanced function such as 6-colour process colour + white and 150 mm height. Adding on top of

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