FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
To keep the costs of the Smart CI in control and with the promise of faster reel changes , it is being offered with shaftless chucks for quick reel changes and with turret unwinder and rewinders as an option . When I ask him about the stability of this arrangement , Panchal assures me it is a workable solution – “ Highly rigid frames with more steel and less automation .” He is planning to put it out there in the market at a very reasonable cost for an 8-color CI Flexo press running at 300 meters a minute .
z Echaar Open House on Dussehra – the Flexomaster CI Flexo at 500 meters a minute
On 15 October 2021 , the auspicious day of Dussehra , Echaar will begin its open house showing its Master CI Flexo running at 500 meters a minute . Planned to run for several days the open house will be both face to face and online . This will be an opportunity to see the company ’ s fastest CI Flexo press with full automation . Its solvent-less laminator will also be available for demonstration .
The open house will mark the persistence of Echaar ’ s flexographic press building program . The company is not only building three levels of CI Flexo presses but sees that the largest part of the market for some time will be the very competitive entry-level press . At the same time , it is leveraging its formidable engineering expertise to manufacture the key component of CI Flexo press , the central impression drum indigenously .
z Make in India doesn ’ t work for Indian banks
While speaking to Panchal and in deed to other Indian manufacturers , and even importers of flexible packaging presses , it becomes clear that for all the talk of ‘ Make in India ’ our bureaucratic rules and our formidable banks make it difficult to sell an Indian press to an Indian buyer . While exporting a press to anywhere else in the world an international bank can provide a loan to a customers at a reasonable rate .
Moreover , while importing a press from a European supplier , an Indian customer can get a delayed payment arrangement and a low interest loan on the basis of its balance sheet . However , for an Indian company to buy an Indian press , the bank first asks for a down payment and then offers a loan for the balance amount at an unreasonably high rate of interest . Prime minister , please note . z
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