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  The 47 th edition of Media Expo was held from 18 – 20 November 2021 at India Expo Center, Greater Noida, just across the river from New Delhi. Indian Printer & Publisher correspondent Priyanka Tanwar got a chance to interact with Raj Manek, executive director, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings . Here are edited excerpts from the interview: Indian Printer & Publisher –  Is this your first exhibition after the Covid-19 pandemic? Raj Manek – After two years of no exhibitions, this is our very first exhibition along with LED Expo which is taking place in the other hall.  IPP – What challenges did you face while organizing the Media Expo New Delhi 2021 ? Raj Manek – The biggest challenge is the supply chain – there are a lot of exhibitors who are waiting for parts and everything. That has been our biggest challenge. We have very, very strong loyal customers for the Media Expo. The show is extremely good and it is still good today. I think many of our exhibitors had a...

  Valmet will supply a grade conversion rebuild to VPK’s Alizay mill in France. In the project, the paper machine, which currently produces fine paper grades, will be rebuilt to produce recycled lightweight containerboard grades to support Alizay’s plans for long-term sustainable development in circular economy. The start-up is scheduled for the end of 2022. The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the fourth quarter 2021. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “We have excellent relations with VPK Group from earlier projects, for example  Blue Paper's grade conversion rebuild in France. I felt we were able to adapt well to the customer’s needs in this project as well – as the machine in question is familiar to us, we were able to offer proven and reliable technical solutions that fulfilled the requirements cost-efficiently,” says Markus Laitila, director, Large Projects, Valmet. Valmet's technical information about the delivery Valmet’...

  Mimaki Europe , the manufacturer of inkjet printers and cutting systems, has recently announced the technologies, including the JFX600-2513 , UJF-MkII e Series and 3DUJ-2207 , that will all be on show at their stand (Stand 2G34) during the Salon C!Print event (1-3 February, Lyon, France). This marks the French debut of Mimaki’s most recently launched printers. Visitors to the Mimaki booth will be able to view both the printers and the extensive applications possible, encompassing all sectors from sign graphics and industrial, to textile and 3D. Divided into three main sections, Mimaki will display 7 advanced solutions including flatbed, UV, and 3D printers. The booth will also include an interactive exhibit of success stories and application examples from customers, celebrating their achievements and the potential of Mimaki’s technologies. As a gold partner for the event, Mimaki will feature prominently in Salon C!Print’s show ‘Café de la Personnalisation’. At the heart of the ...

  Xsys has announced price increases across the nyloprint product range from 1 February 2022. The increase comes as a direct response to the unprecedented levels of cost inflation, which up until now have been mitigated by the company through various cost-reduction initiatives and projects, as well as technology improvements and other efficiency gains. However, in 2021, the cost inflation being absorbed by the company has increased to unequaled levels. Cost inflation is being passed on by suppliers and is present across a number of input costs as detailed below -  Raw material and feedstock suppliers are implementing double-digit price increases. Soaring gas and electricity costs have resulted in significant inflation in Xsys production costs and increased costs from suppliers. Freight costs are increasing, with the World Container Index at +15% since July 2021. This is having an impact on the supply of raw materials, as well as sea and land freight within the the company sup...

  The 50th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair 2022, from 8 – 16 January 2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, will have a physical format. The special edition will commemorate 75 years of the country's independence with the theme ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.’ The book event will witness an array of literary activities including book releases, book and picture exhibitions, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, author interactions, and more at the exhibition’s theme pavilion. The book fair will be held in its physical format after a gap due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Held virtually in 2021, the NDWBF nevertheless saw participation from visitors from over 70 countries, along with key Indian as well as international publishing houses. The 2021 virtual edition is said to have garnered 2.8 million hits. The annual book fair, organized by the National Book Trust , is much-awaited by bibliophiles and publishing professionals in the capital. NDWBF serves as a window to the Indian ...

  Fujifilm India held a launch event on 7 December for its Revoria Press PC 1120 in India at its India Distributor,  Insight Print Communications premises in Faridabad in the Delhi NCR. The high-end digital press can print up to 6 colors simultaneously with the two extra colors beyond the standard CMYK. There are six extra colors inks or toners which means that a great number of special effects can be created accurately. The Revoria is now available for sale in India and customers are welcome for demonstrations at the Fujifilm Demo center located in Faridabad.  The Revoria print engine can print at 120 pages a minute on media from 52 gsm to 400 gsm. It can print on substrates including colored, clear, transparent, photo media and label stock, metallic, and textured paper. Cartons, textile tags, security printing, can also be produced. The print resolution at 2400 x 2400 dpi implies high quality. Revoria – revolutionizing the digital printing arena The one-pass, 6-color ...

  In a bid to expand its distribution network in India for the digital printing business, HP today (17 December 2021) announced a strategic association with TechNova Imaging Systems – the largest offset Indian offset plate manufacturer for cartons and label digital printing. However, for commercial and photo segments, TechNova will continue to distribute Konica Minolta digital presses.  TechNova has provided and manufactured offset plates in the country for half a century now. Soon after the launch of the Indigo press at IPEX in Birmingham in 1993, it became the distributor of Benny Landa’s Indigo press. Although TechNova’s attempt at the distribution of the Indigo was too far ahead of its time, and HP acquired Indigo more than a decade later, HP Indigo , has come back full circle to the Indian offset print technology and marketing pioneer – at least for cartons and labels. Meanwhile, HP has established itself in the high-end of the digital printing market for commercial,...

  Calgary-based on-demand print and information solutions provider WCD recently used Drytac Protac AMP film with microban antimicrobial protection on a specialist project to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 among workers at a local distributor’s warehouse. WCD was tasked with planning, designing, and construction business WII Projects Calgary to create a café/kitchen experience for the business, overhaul the facility’s look, and ensure maximum protection for staff using the refreshment area. The primary challenge for WCD centered around the protection element, with the company having to source a material that would help cut the risk of the virus spread among workers using the facility while at the same time not impacting the look of the new images or surfaces underneath. WCD opted for Drytac Protac AMP, a unique clear textured polyester surface protection film with microban antimicrobial protection, which significantly reduces the chance of mould growth and bacterial contami...

  Eurobond , the flagship company of Euro Panel Products, producing and distributing Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) for over 19 years. Eurobond is headquartered in Mumbai and has a state-of-the-art plant at Umbergaon in Gujarat. Exports, distributors, government contracts, and private institutional tenders are the organization's four categories. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has also designated them as a One Star Export House. The firm serves a worldwide clientele and provides quick delivery of ace quality products across national and geographical borders (USA, SA, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Nepal) with an established capacity of 20,000 sq/m of ACP per day. On the third day of Media Expo , accommodating the slot after multiple reschedules,  Indian Printer and Publisher  finally met and talked with the dignitaries of Eurobond. Jayanta Das, general manager - specification pan India, Eurobond, expressed his gratitude towards the  Indian Printer a...

  Monotech Systems has installed a Ricoh Pro C5310S color digital production press and a Ricoh Pro 8310S monochrome digital production press at Ahmedabad-based Brigar Media. Established in August 2020, Brigar Media offers digital book printing services and is run by Sagar Shah and Brijesh Panchal, both of whom work as directors. Built as a right-sized solution, the Ricoh Pro C5310s offer a fusion of vibrant color, agile media handling, and a wide range of finishing options. According to Shah and Panchal, the company opted for the Ricoh production presses for their quality and robustness. Also, the after-sales of Monotech Systems is also a fact that they considered while going for the presses. According to Shah, after-sales service is the biggest challenge in the digital print business. Shah added that the company went for Ricoh to take advantage of the future of digital printing. “Technically, we were quite sound and by personally taking a trial of the machine, we were able to t...

 The new report brought out by the World Printers Forum chapter in India offers publishers a practical guide to migrate to lower grammage newsprint, helping them to make their business sustainable by optimizing printing costs. This report provides a practical guide to printing using 40 g/m2 newsprint and takes the reader through the various aspects that need to be considered. Detailed analysis of lower grammage newsprint, supported by laboratory findings, provide an understanding of where things could go wrong. Another important element of this report is the detailed evaluation of different TIC  (total ink coverage) parameters according to the grammage of the newsprint. The savings in printing could not only emanate from the cost of newsprint, but also on the savings in ink. ISO 12647-3 recommends TIC 220 for cold-set offset, irrespective of the grammage of newsprint used. However,  the studies done for the purposes of this report showed it is feasible to move to lower TI...

  The annual Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) announced its second list of speakers for the 15th edition, set to take place from28 January to 1 February 2022 in Jaipur. As the just-released list shows, the Festival will once again be a grand marathon of ideas between idealists, realists, visionaries, intellectuals, the avant-garde, and the iconoclasts, who will engage in informed discussion and be united by an abiding love for literature. The second list of 25 speakers include Indian poet, LGBTQ rights activist, and author of Like Blood on the Bitten Tongue: Delhi Poems and How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross Akhil Katyal; British biographer, literary agent, and author of several book books - including those on the lives of the writer John Buchan, spy Guy Burgess, and Edward VIII - Andrew Lownie; Mumbai-based writer and journalist Anindita Ghose; British archaeologist and author of (co-written with late anthropologist David Graeber) the New York Times bestseller The Dawn of ...

  After a compulsory break in 2021, preparations are well underway for the collective of converting paper and print exhibitions. Organizer Mack-Brooks Exhibitions is confident of holding the shows from 15 to 17 March 2022 at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany. Visitor registration is already open. “Finally, our live events can continue their critical role in bringing the global converting, paper, and print industry together. As of today, a total of 467 exhibitors will be presenting their latest technologies on a combined net exhibition space of more than 13,500 square meters”, explained Patrick Herman , event director of the Converting, Paper and Print Events at Mack-Brooks Exhibitions. “For the first time, the three shows will take place at the same time and the same venue creating an all-round experience with increased opportunities and synergies for all trade visitors on-site. With InPrint Munich covering the print technology for industrial manufacturing, we are now abl...

  The leading manufacturer of narrow- and mid-web printing talks about the benefits of hybrid printing capabilities at the Intercontinental Flexography Conference 2021 and the International Congress of Graphic Technology, fifth edition.   John Vigna, LATAM sales manager, Mark Andy, was invited to join the body of speakers   for   the most important technical conference about flexography in Brazil, the  Intercontinental Flexography Conference (CIF) . The seventh edition of the CIF, the official event of the Brazilian Technical Association of Flexography and Digital Conversion (ABFLEXO/FTA-Brazil) took place on 5-7 October, and, and counted with almost 500 participants and 15 industry experts from several countries sharing their vision for the industry and presenting market trends through a virtual and interactive platform.   “I was honored to be invited by ABFLEXO to speak at the CIF. As the world emerges from Covid-19, it was nice to share emerging technol...

  The  Golden Pen of Freedom , the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers ( WAN-IFRA ), has been awarded to publisher Jimmy Lai and the staff of the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong. The award, made virtually during the  2021 World News Media Congress , highlights “the fears and challenges of journalists in Hong Kong, the region, and the world in the face of heightening curbs on their ability to do their jobs credibly and independently.” “The jailing of a publisher, the arrest of an editor-in-chief and his senior colleagues, the shuttering of a newsroom, and the closure of a media title – the 2021 Golden Pen award recognizes, and reflects on, all of these,” said Warren Fernandez, president of the World Editors Forum , in announcing the award. “Journalism is at the forefront of history,” said Sebastien Lai, accepting the award on behalf of his imprisoned father, Jimmy, and the Apple Daily Hong Kong staff. “It records the now and inform...

 

  Established in 1995, ColorJet is the Noida-based manufacturer of digital inkjet wide format signage printers and more recently, digital textile printers. Recognized by the government’s Department of Science and Technology, the company’s develop projects have brought many innovative printers to the market. Over the past 96 months, ColorJet has released 15 new products based on its 3E design philosophy – Economic, Efficient, and Ecological. Indian Printer and Publisher met with Smarth Bansal, general manager of Colorjet, at Media Expo 2021 from 18 to 20 November in Greater Noida. We asked about the company’s experience at the exhibition, the first after the Covid-19 pandemic and about the technology-driven printers displayed at its stand. [caption id="attachment_30745" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Colorjet Stand at the Media Expo2021. photo IPP[/caption] Bansal said, “After the pandemic situation, we are very excited to be here at the exhibition. Th...

  A plastic-reducing alternative to potato packaging has been introduced by Finnish Tuorekartano Oy when it recently launched its special potatoes in paperboard packaging . Tuorekartano Oy's premium quality La Ratte potatoes will now be packed in easily recyclable and biodegradable packaging made of a lightweight and durable paperboard produced by Metsä Board , part of Metsä Group. The paperboard is ideally suited to protect the potatoes from damage and sunlight. The small package size will also help to reduce food waste. "Tuorekartano is a company committed to Agenda 2030 and Commitment 2050 and has set itself clear sustainability targets. Plastic-free packaging, such as La Ratte cartons, is part of these goals. We have already reduced the amount of plastic in our packaging materials by 25%," says Kari Kastari, chief executive officer of Tuorekartano Oy. The packaging is made of lightweight MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB paperboard, which is made from pure fresh fibers and is ...

  Renowned Malayalam writer Benyamin recently received the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award 2021 for his literary work Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal published in Malayalam by DC Books. He will be presented with the 45th Vayalar award on 27 October 2021 at Nishagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram. The prestigious accolade includes a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, a felicitation letter by Vayalar Memorial Trust office, and a bronze sculpture chiseled by noted Indian carver Kanayi Kunhiraman. Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal is a political satire set around an ordinary village Manthalir which observes the impact of religion and politics on the culture of Manthalir over a period spanning two decades. The Vayalar award jury this year consisted of writers Dr George Onakkoor, Dr C Unnikrishnan and KR Meena. [caption id="attachment_30092" align="alignleft" width="200"] Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal published in Malayalam by DC Books. Ph...

  Industry’s leading B2B exhibition for garment and textile manufacturing makes a comeback with its first hybrid edition in the post-pandemic market. Gateaux Texprocess India will cater to the requirements of garment and textile manufacturing businesses, alongside Screen Print India from 3 – 5 December 2021 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The three-day hybrid fair brings together over 300 brands with more than 800 products on display and a dedicated trend area highlighting denim trends curated using factory waste. The platform will also see ‘ The Denim Pocket Story’ unveiling, showcasing classic pockets and their transformation over the years. After the challenging phase of the pandemic, India’s garment and textile manufacturing industry is preparing to bounce back and attend to the rising industry demands. To support local businesses on the road to recovery, Gartex Texprocess India, the leading B2B platform on garment and textile machinery, fabrics, accessories, and allied industr...

  Founded by Sumit Gupta and Mitesh Purohit, Delhi-based Umpire Technologies’ mantra is simple – delivering innovative technologies and solid after-sales support. With their extensive expertise in the laser, CNC, and CAD-CAM industries, rather than providing single products or machines, the company provides solutions that can connect ideas to manufacturing applications. It seeks to deliver and execute practical solutions that enhance industrial automation, and which are adaptable for a wide range of applications. At the Media Expo in Greater Noida ,  Indian Printer and Publisher, asked the two owners a couple of questions about the exhibition and the machines that they showcased there. Purohit commented, “Umpire Technologies participates every year and as the show was stopped for two years by the pandemic, we are now back at the same pace as in the earlier shows. Although in 2021 the exhibitors are less compared to 2019, the visitors’ footfall is quite good. The genuine custo...