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  Faridabad-based Ronald Web Offset is an in-house manufacturer of paper carry bags since the pandemic year 2021. It brings a total solution for square bottom paper carry bags, showcasing the Ronald 450 and 360 machine at PrintPack India 2022 . Ronald Web Offset provides a comprehensive solution for creating paper bags in-house, from printing to pasting, and fastening of handles. There are various Chinese machines available in the market for creating paper bags, but what makes Ronald stand apart is its make-in-India machinery. The firm gives competition to Chinese manufacturers. In terms of costs, both Chinese and Indian machines are comparable. However, Ronald claims its equipment offers excellent service and response times. Indian clients are increasingly opting for locally produced machines," says Adithya Gupta, director of Ronald Web Offset. The company uses Pidilite adhesives for pasting the carry bags, while also sourcing adhesives from local Delhi vendors. Ronald sold th...

  Colorjet is highlighting the Roland VersaUV series at one of its stands at the 15th Printpack. Present at the show in three different halls, Colorjet has displayed the VersaUV LEC2-330 printer and cutter and VersaUV LEF2 direct to object UV-LED flatbed printers at one of its stands. The VersaUV LEC2-330 can print, cut, diecut, perforate, varnish and emboss on a single device, on-demand. “The machine can be used for packaging prototypes and premium labels,” says Priya Dwivedi of Colorjet. The machine offers dual CMYK options or CMYK with white and gloss ink for 3D textures, simulated embossing and spot finishes. The VersaUV LEF2 series in for photo segment as well as packaging. Colorjet has had a great Printpack and expects some good deals to follow. “The concerns regarding the pandemic are over and printers are now confident of investing in new machines. We expect to close 35 to 40 deals by the end of Printpack.” Colorjet is in hall 5-C15, hall 14&15 – J36, J37 and hall 9C-...

  On 25 May 2022, Fujifilm announced an agreement with Color-Logic to sell its solution for producing metallic effects, using either digital toner or analog printing processes. Whether using silver ink or toner on a white substrate, or printing with white ink or toner on a metallic substrate, the Color-Logic System is the world’s first color communication system that takes into account the printing device, inks, press profile, and coatings unique to the printer. At the same time, it also provides designers, brands, printers, and convertors with an accurate color communication and print embellishment system to work from.  The agreement follows the certification of the new Fujifilm Revoria Press PC1120 for the printing of Color-Logic metallic colors and embellishments.   Fujifilm’s Revoria Press PC1120 is fully certified to print using the Color-Logic system for metallic colors and embellishments, whether using silver ink with CMYK on paper; or white ink with CMYK on meta...

  The 15th PrintPack India is set for its delayed biennial in-person celebration of the print and packaging industry. It takes place after more than two years of lockdowns in the mid-summer heat with the infection rates in steep decline and a historically successful vaccination drive that is now reaching all age groups. The celebration over the five days till 30 May heralds the deep desire of the industry to come back to its rhythm of expansion, innovation, and investment in new technology.  On our visit the day before the event, we saw the stands still rising, being dolled up, with the machines under installation getting ready to be powered up. Running machines and live demos are the heart and soul of print industry marketing. After the rational and antiseptic information exchange and trade of the pandemic years, the industry is very keen to shed all traumas and engage, network, and meet in person. The emotional component of a business is reinforced by seeing and meeting on...

  Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) will showcase the power, performance and versatility of its digital finishing solutions when it displays its X22 cutting table and range of innovative tools at this month’s Printpack India .  Across the five days of the event, to be held at the India Expo Center & Mart in Greater Noida, from 26 to 30 May, the company will be delivering continuous demos of one of the most versatile digital finishing devices on the market, the modular Kongsberg X22 .  Rafiq Shaikh , Kongsberg PCS sales leader, said, “With a complete range of tools on-hand, the Kongsberg PCS team will demonstrate to visitors how our digital solutions can tackle any job. They bring designs to life and improve productivity, efficiency and customer satisfaction for the corrugated, board and folding carton converters.” “We’re incredibly excited to have a presence at Printpack, one of the first events we’ve been able to attend in India since we launched ...

  Insight is leading the transformation from analog to digital with global brands in all the segments like sign and display, label, packaging, textile, and commercial printing. It helps Indian businesses and printing enterprises to work more productively and cost-effectively with an integrated product portfolio, they empower Indian print service providers with the latest and sustainable technology.  The 15th edition of Printpack India happening from 26 - 30 May at India Expo Center, Greater Noida. Insight Print Communication will available in hall 9D stand H30B, it will showcase a range of products from commercial printing to digital label printing segments like Kodak, Scodix, Dainippon Screen and Fujifilm Revoria.  “Insight is leveraging its immense experience and resources to cater to the needs of the entire printing value chain from PSP to brands. Our partnership with Scodix for embellishment and Fujifilm for commercial printing and photo albums, Kodak for prepress an...

  Screentex India 2022 takes place from 29 to 31 July 2022 in Hall No11 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The organizer, the Screen Printers’ Association of India (SPAI) presents it as a unique and focused technology trade show on the printing related screen, digital and textile printing verticals of the industry. Leading brands and international and national companies have confirmed participation. The event is supported by FESPA and SGCCI and powered by Colors Printing Inks. Fujifilm India, Photokina Chemicals, Zibo Group are the platinum sponsors of the show. Hubergroup India, JN Arora & Co, Unitech (Duratech Automation) are the gold sponsors. The silver sponsors include Global Sales Corporation, Beatiflex Plastisol Inks, EPTA India, Bharat Fushing, Shree Union Ink & Graphic India. “The response so far is tremendous from visitors, as they can expect to see many innovations in the area of machinery, materials, inks and allied products,” says Jignesh Lapasiya, secretary SPAI. ...

  On 3 May 2022, the opening day of the Ipack-Ima, Pharmintech and Print4All exhibitions in Milan, the World Packaging Organisation held a press conference with president Pierre Pennar reiterating the WPO's overall sustainability objectives. It also released, in conjunction with its Global Packaging Design Recycling Guide, the second stage of this effort – the Waste Stream Mapping Guides for 20 countries that have already systematically listed packaging materials technically, and their prospects of entering appropriate collection and recycling streams. [caption id="attachment_69610" align="alignright" width="300"] Pierre Pennar, the president of the World Packaging Organisation. Photo PSA[/caption] A global ‘Packaging Design for Recycling Guide’ has been developed by the WPO, Circular Analytics, FH Campus University of Applied Sciences and ECR Community. The global Packaging Design for Recycling Guide to be made accessible in all countries is current...

  DC Books is creating yet another international first in publishing. The well-known publisher continues to mine the rich and adventurous seams of Indian writing, particularly in Malayalam, and is known for encouraging radical creativity in content and contexts. Moreover, it embodies a legacy of literary experimentation and willingness to take on new forms of design and production. DC Books’ most recent experiment is a disruptive reworking and designing of creative fiction called  ‘narratology’ – a novel that has no beginning or end – and yet while read in any order or chronology comes together as a whole story or novel. The idea of associative memory and cognition, the capacity of the human mind to make a whole out of only incidents or ideas that seem to be revealed in discontinuous bits was conceived and commissioned by DC Books many years ago. It paved the way for a creative and collaborative project with the publisher’s best-selling author Benyamin , a winner of several aw...

  Sustainability and consolidation will be the two main themes that will influence the Indian signage industry in the coming future, Vitesh Sharma, country manager, large format production business, HP India, told Indian Printer and Publisher during the Media Expo Mumbai 2022. “Sustainability will be an important theme that will impact the Indian signage printing industry. So, anybody who is future-ready with green technology will have an edge. Consolidation will be another major underlying theme that will shape the Indian signage industry. Serious and dedicated players will become prominent in the industry and the smaller players will gradually fade away,” Sharma said. At Media Expo Mumbai 2022, HP India was demonstrating its fourth-generation latex printers that were launched last year. On display were HP Latex 700W with white ink and HP Latex 800 without white ink. According to Sharma, the biggest highlight of these printers is that now managing white ink has become easy. Also...

  One might say that the Indian paper industry is seeing renewed demand after 16 quarters of low growth and poor demand with the exception of packaging papers. The eight pandemic-ridden quarters from April 2020 to March 2022 saw little or no demand for publication papers including newsprint, while paperboard for cartons and liners for corrugated carton saw brisk requirements from consumer product companies and eCommerce. Some publication paper machines downshifted to liners, and in that burgeoning segment new projects for liner grades and corrugated cartons were initiated. The new machines for quality monocarton paperboard installed before the pandemic saw relatively good demand and gained market traction as more commercial printers added cartons to their product mix. One of the presentations at the Paperex 2022 conference on 12 May 2022 from PK Visvanathan of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers discussed the need for Indian businesses to take stock in order to succeed in VUCA environ...

  At the stand H21 in hall 9D, Konica Minolta’s Accuriopress C7100/ C7090 will be part of the biggest show of the printing industry, ‘PrintPack’, which will be held from 26-30 May 2022 in India Expo Mart, Greater Noida. “Printpack is a national event, and we have high expectations from PrintPack, especially as this is the most extensive exhibition in the printing space after the pandemic. The expectation from the organizers is to facilitate the people coming from across the country. We hope we shall have many visitors looking at digital printing. People should feel safe and comfortable visiting the exhibition and discussing future growth opportunities,” said Manish Gupta, National Marketing manager - PP and IP at Konica Minolta. Following the pandemic, there has been a greater emphasis on digital printing. Printpack is a well-attended event, with visitors flocking to see what innovative printing technologies are on display. It aims to have more interesting discussions with visitor...

  Mumbai-based Edifice Technologies announced four concrete deals at the Media Expo Mumbai 2022. The company is the distributor of HP Designjet series and Canon digital production printers for the Mumbai market. Edifice also has its own in-house brand, Accucut, under which all finishing equipment is sold. At the expo, the company sold an HP Designjet XL 3600 large format plotter printer, a Canon imagePRESS C710 color production printer, a Canon imagePRESS C165 color printer and an Accucut cutsheet feeder which is a complete solution for cutting and does half cut, full cut, creasing and perforation. “The response at the expo has been really very good. We closed four solid deals for four different products. We have got some serious inquiries as well and expect to get more orders in the days ahead. Media Expo Mumbai is taking place after a gap of two years and there is a lot of excitement among the visitors. The print industry is bouncing back as the pandemic recedes,” says Saumitra ...

  The 2022 edition of Media Expo Mumbai opened on 12 May at Bombay Exhibition Ground in Goregaon. The trade fair returned to the Indian financial capital after a gap of two years. Organized by Messe Frankfurt India , the trade fair was inaugurated by the renowned creative leader and ad guru, KV Sridhar. Other dignitaries present during the inauguration were Rohit Chopra, chief operating officer, Times Innovative Media Ltd, Nilesh Taunk, general manager at Airport Assets, Khushi Ambient Media Solutions Balasaheb Ambekar, president of Maharashtra Mundran Parishad (MMP), Rajjat Kharbanda, research director, 6W Research and Winston Pereira, general manager, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd. Following the inauguration, a whitepaper on ‘Indian Digital Signage Industry 2022 – 2028’ was unveiled by 6W Research. The whitepaper provides analysis and forecasts of future trends. According to the report, India's digital signage market is in the growing stage of the industry life cycle...

  Apsom Infotex has announced its exclusive distribution agreement of instant Thread Coloring Unit (ITCU) technology with Swedish innovator Coloreel. A live demo of instant Thread Coloring Unit (ITCU) technology along with samples will be displayed at the Garment technology expo - GTE between 27–30 May 2022 in Delhi. Coloreel is a Swedish textile innovation brand with a groundbreaking technology for embroidery that enables high-quality coloring of textile thread on demand and will help clients unlock a world of creative potential. By instantly coloring the thread on-demand, it enables unique and more creative designs and vastly improves overall production efficiency. It can be mounted on all modern embroidery machines and brands. Easily create embroideries with unique texture and effects. A more sustainable embroidery technology. Coloreel products have been rigorously tested for quality assurance and validated to comply with textile industry standards for embroidery production. Co...

  On the morning of 9 May 2022, while The Hindu , The Hindu Business Line and The Indian Express are talking about a government ‘order’ on online news media compensation by the tech giants, there is thus far no evidence that the act tabled in the first week of April in Ottawa has yet been passed. While the federal government tabled the bill in parliament on 5 April 2022, the Act when passed is expected to add to Canadian newspaper revenues by as much Canadian$ 150 million. Bill C-18 known as the Online News Act would create a framework for news outlets to collectively negotiate deals with tech companies to share online advertising revenues when the parties cannot reach a privately negotiated agreement. It would basically compell the tech giants to compensate Canadian new media for content that appears on their global platforms. Canada’s heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez, who table the bill in parliament said during a press on Parliament Hill, “The news sector in Canada is in cri...

  Valmet will supply a Valmet IQ warp control system for the corrugator to Dunapack Packaging's Plovdiv plant in Bulgaria. The target of the investment is to decrease warp waste and improve the total productivity of the plant. The order was included in Valmet's orders received for the first quarter of 2022. The delivery is scheduled for August 2022. The value of the order will not be disclosed. “Our mission at Dunapack Packaging is to provide high quality and innovative packaging solutions, and we are constantly searching for development ideas and new technologies. Finding a reliable business partner with a proven portfolio in the field of process control automation was extremely important for us. We are confident that the reliability and capabilities of Valmet’s process control system will help us achieve our ambitious targets,” says Ivo Basmadzhiev, Quality specialist at Dunapack Packaging Plovdiv. “We are very happy to deliver our latest Valmet IQ technology for corrugators...

  ColorJet India , said to be India’s largest manufacturer of digital inkjet printers, is looking forward to meet the industry at PrintPack India 2022 , which is taking place from 26-30 May in Greater Noida. The company offers a wide range of robust and high-quality industrial signage printing machines. It is recognized as a go-to signage print solution provider.  ColorJet India has been very regular at PrintPack , and this time, the company will showcase a range of signage printers and solutions during all 5 days of the show at its 3 different stands, which are Hall 5-C15, Hall 14&15 - J36, J37 and Hall 9C -G31. In addition, it will also be displaying eco-solvent signage printers, UV Printers, true flatbed LED UV printers, UV LED Inkjet printers, new age signage and interior décor printer. ColorJet India sees good scope in the signage industry Priya Dwivedi , deputy manager of marketing, commented on the future scope of the industry in India, “The demand for the signage ...

  “ A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee. These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and all the rainy days.”                                                                                                      – R M Engelhardt Delhi's iconic bookstore Bahrisons has collaborated with Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters to bring the luxury of peace and quiet reading to the residents of Chandigarh . Bahrisons has carved a niche for itself in the bookstore space with the perfect ambiance for leafing through stacks of books and engaging in literary banter with bibliophiles. The bookstore is reputed for its attention to detail and for its ability to source any book for its customers, no matter how rare or obscure. Th...

  Miraclon , home of Kodak Flexcel Solutions, recently announced the launch of spot color support for  PureFlexo printing . Delivered as a new feature set for the Kodak Flexcel NX print suite for flexible packaging, the announcement enables flexible packaging printers to expand the cost-saving benefits of PureFlexo printing to higher volume anilox applications. Introduced in 2021 for process printing, PureFlexo Printing controls unwanted ink spread. It allows for greater latitude on the press to meet today’s high-quality expectations of brand clients while maximizing plant output and efficiency. It reduces unscheduled press stops and ultimately improves businesses’ financial bottom line. It is consistent with Miraclon’s commitment to delivering a constant stream of innovation to customers.  “PureFlexo Printing is enabled by unique multi-functional plate surface patterns designed to precisely control ink flow during printing. The rigorously tested and patented technology s...

  The Women’s Prize for Fiction, said to be the greatest celebration of women’s creativity, recently announces its 2022 shortlist. Now in its 27th year, the Prize honors outstanding, ambitious, original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world. This year’s shortlist incorporates a range of themes including belonging and identity; the power of nature; the burden of history; personal freedom; sisterhood; mental illness; ghosts; gender violence ; and the opportunity for renewal. The novels also offer globe-spanning settings, from Antarctica to Montana, Cyprus to Trinidad. The shortlist includes: The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini, Myriad Editions. Nationality: Trinidadian The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, Corsair, Nationality: American Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Nationality: New     Zealander The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, Canongate Books, Nationality: American-Canadian The Island of Missing...