PRINTPACK INDIA 2019 SHOW DAILY
5 February 2019 | Supported by Indian Printer & Publisher and Packaging South Asia
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Coatings for packaging
Coating specialist Schmid Rhyner may look at manufacturing in India
S
wiss coating solutions provid-
er Schmid Rhyner could start
manufacturing in India in the
near future as the country’s packaging
expands, Karin Paldanius, area sales
manager of Schmid Rhyner said during
Printpack 2019.
“The Indian packaging market is
growing at a fast pace and has a lot of
big packaging companies. Yes, we are
definitely thinking about starting manu-
facturing locally,” Paldanius says.
Schmid Rhyner has been serving
the Indian market for a long time. In In-
dia, the company’s products are being
distributed by Delhi-based UV Graph-
ics and Mumbai-based San Printech.
Echoing satisfaction with the com-
pany’s progress in India, Paldanius
says, “We have seen very good growth
in India. It is a challenging market but
at the same time a very interesting one.
Talking about new offering in the
MEET
Schmid Rhyner
HALL 3
Stand B26-B27
Karin Paldanius, area sales manager of Schmid Rhyner at Printpack
coming year, she says that the next big
announcement and launch will happen
during drupa 2020. “It is in Germany,
during drupa 2020, that we will an-
nounce a big development. I cannot talk
more about it here, but I can tell you
that we will show something new at the
show next year,” Paldanius concludes.
– Shardul Sharma
Megabound at Printpack 2019
Megabound sells 38 machines in one day at Printpack 2019
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egabound is one of the mar-
ket leaders in the postpress
and binding equipment seg-
ment. The company is displaying 17
machines for box making and post-
press, including machines for other
printing and packaging applications at
the Printpack India 2019 show. A regu-
lar participant at the show, the company
is displayed eight machines the first
time it participated in Printpack and has
over the years grown and added more
machines to its product portfolio.
Every time the company partici-
pates in Printpack, it introduces at least
two or three machines to the market.
At the current edition of the show, the
company introduced its rigid box mak-
ing machine and the automatic case
making machine to the market. On Sat-
urday, 2 February, the company sold
38 machines at the show. The sold ma-
chines include one automatic case mak-
ing machine, two express booklines,
seven semi-automatic case making
machines and two perfect binding ma-
chines among others.
“We are an Indian manufacturer and
take pride in saying this. It’s high time
people start looking at Indian manufac-
turers. The myth about Indian machines
not being dependable has to be wiped
out. I believe we are no less in compari-
son to western countries. My sugges-
tion to all Indian printers and binders is
to consider Indian manufacturers over
Megabound team at its stand in Printpack 2019.
foreign ones,” says N Sreenivas Reddy,
director – Marketing at Megabound.
The company is also very particular
about the post-sales services it offers
to its customers. It has its own service
team placed at strategic locations in
various parts of the country. The com-
pany has deployed 22 people through-
out the country and also employs 65
service engineers at its factory in Ben-
galuru. Megabound provides services
to its customers within 12 hours irre-
spective of its customers’ location. The
company has its offices in Delhi, Mum-
bai, Pune and Kolkata as well. Dubai
is the only overseas country where the
company has opened its service center.
Apart from selling various machines in
India, the company also sold a machine
in the United States in 2018.
– Harish Penumarthi
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