PRINTPACK INDIA 2019 SHOW DAILY
3 February 2019 | Supported by Indian Printer & Publisher and Packaging South Asia
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Print media continues to grow at a steady pace
Print Business Outlook Conference 2019 at Printpack India
Akanksha Meena
P
rint Business Outlook Confer-
ence 2019, organized by the US-
headquartered Association for
Print Technologies (APTech) and the
Indian Printing Packaging and Allied
Machinery Manufacturers Association
(IPAMA), took place on 2 February
2019 at India Expo Centre and Mart,
Greater Noida. The conference, titled
‘Print: The future is now,’ comprised in-
teresting and interactive discussions by
industry professionals about the critical
challenges, trends in the print industry
and the forecasts about how the indus-
try will fare in the coming years. The
conference also brought forward inno-
vation opportunities and challenges in
the publishing, printing, packaging and
pharma industry that are of great inter-
est to the industry and its senior busi-
ness professionals.
In an age where digital media is
posing a serious threat to print media,
the conference emphasized that print
media is still growing at a steady pace.
Erwin Wagner, business development
manager for security print, Baldwin Vision
Systems. Snehasis Roy, technical director of the
Times of India
Snehasis Roy, technical director of the
Times of India, during his newspaper
session – ‘Journalism, media, and tech-
nology trends and predictions 2019’ –
emphasized the importance of print me-
dia in India, and said, “If we compare
the print media with others, it is still
consumed by Indians at the surface lev- el and it cannot be neglected. According
to the recent reports, the revenue gen-
erated by television and print media is
still higher than digital media and it is
still growing at a steady pace.”
Giving a practical example to sub-
stantiate the fact, he further said, “If you
remember Yahoo and Orkut, the search
engine and the social media website that
ceased to operate in 2014; it proves that
media may come and go but print has
been surviving since 400 years and still
continues to thrive.” The print media to-
day has evolved to immerse the readers’
sense of sight, smell, and touch to further
establish its authenticity and corporality.
Apart from being cost-effective and eco-
friendly, print media lends a concise and
compact form of information source in
contrast to digital media.
The discussion was followed by a
short talk on ‘Digital print and quality
control trends in security printing’ by
Erwin Wagner, business development
manager for security print, Baldwin Vi-
sion Systems. He discussed the latest
innovation in security printing by cit-
ing the example of the Indian currency.
Furthermore, the conference discussed
trends in UV printing, artificial intelli-
gence and experiences for next-gener-
ation printing, understanding the Indian
book market and augmented reality and
packaging followed by an interactive
session with the industry experts.
Deal signed on day one of Printpack 2019
Bobst India sells second Expertfold with Speedwave to TCPL
Shardul Sharma
O
n the first day of Printpack
2019, Bobst India announced
signing of a deal to supply an
Experfold folder-gluer with Speedwave
to Mumbai-based printing packaging
major TCPL. This will be the second
Expertfold at TCPL with the Speed-
wave feature. The machine is currently
being displayed at Bobst India’s stand
at Printpack 2019.
“With the new Expertfold, TCPL
will augment its converting capacity.
The main reason why the company went
in for the Expertfold with Speedwave
feature is that they wanted to enhance
productivity for their crash lock bottom
Saket Kanoria (third from right) and Akshay Kanoria (second from right) along with TCPL
team and Bobst team with the Experfold folder-gluer with Speedwave at Printpack
jobs and for jobs like cavity boxes and
boxes with hangers. The Speedwave
feature also brings in much easier set-
ting with minimal stoppages during
production,” says Venugopal Menon of
Bobst India.
During the announcement of the
deal, Saket Kanoria and Akshay Kano-
ria of TCPL, along with other officials
from TCPL, were present at the Bobst
India stand.
Bobst India is demonstrating two
machines at its Printpack stand, one
being the Expertfold folder-gluer with
Speedwave, which has been sold to
TCPL, and the other the new generation
Novacut 106E 3.0 die-cutter. TCPL has
also placed an order for two Novacut
106 E 3.0 die cutters. In addition to the
two machines, Bobst’s business unit –
services is also showcasing new prod-
uct and solution offerings to existing
Bobst customers.
At Printpack, Bobst India is in Hall
9, Stand E35/E36.
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