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IPAMA BULLETIN
2018-19
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018
PUBLISHED BY IPP CATALOG PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD ON BEHALF OF IPAMA FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY RN NO. UPENG/2006/16787
IMPORTER OF RUIJIE DIE-CUTTING MACHINES TO INDIA
Vig Graphics to set up a new manufacturing unit in Mumbai
HARISH PENUMARTHI
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aridabad-based Vig Graphics, an
importer of machinery and paper
for the printing and packaging
industry, recently decided to expand
its operations in the western part
of the country. The company’s new
manufacturing unit will be located
at Biwandi near Mumbai. “Prior to
this, we had only one manufacturing
facility in Faridabad. However,
Mumbai is a big revenue generator,
just like Delhi-NCR, and therefore we
decided to set up our unit in Bhiwandi.
We’re still in the planning stage.
We have been manufacturing a few
of the machines that we sell at the
Faridabad unit but for a start, we have
plans to manufacture automatic flute
laminators at our upcoming Mumbai
unit,” says Vikram Sarin, director of
Vig Graphics.
“We are supplying die-cutters
to our customers through imports
from a Chinese manufacturer,” Sarin
adds. “However, some automation
accessories and some other parts,
such as baffle plates, runner systems,
thin plate system, etc. are being
manufactured locally by us which are
fitted on the brand new Chinese die-
cutters before being supplied to our
customers.”
The die-cutting machines supplied
by Vig Graphics are manufactured by
a Chinese company named Cangzhou
Ruijie Carton Machinery. Cangzhou
Ruijie manufactures and supplies
carton manufacturing machinery to
its wide base of customers worldwide.
The company also participates in
most of the packaging and corrugation
exhibitions organized in India in order
to tap more customers in the country.
At the IndiaCorr Expo 2018, which
was held at the Bombay Exhibition
Center in Goregaon (E), Mumbai,
the company sold its machines under
a common brand name – Ruijie Vig
Graphics. Vig is the only reseller of
Ruijie machines in India.
For the past three years, Vig
Graphics has been procuring machines
from Cangzhou Ruijie and has been
selling them in India under a common
brand name Ruijie Vig Graphics.
“But for the last 25 years, we have
been importing machines from well-
known companies such as Bobst and
Heidelberg among many others and
supplying the refurbished models to
customers here in India. We have sold
more than 80 refurbished Bobst die-
cutting machines in the last 9 years.
We also provide after-sales services for
these machines,” Sarin shares.
Generally, a carton manufacturer
buys an automated machine in order
to cut labor costs. One auto-platen
machine has the ability to perform
at a speed equivalent to two or
three manual die-cutting machines,
and there lies the problem; if one
automated machine breaks down for
nearly a day, it is extremely difficult to
bear the losses incurred.
Commenting on the after-sales
Vikram Sarin, director, Vig Graphics
services provided by Vig Graphics,
Sarin explains, “Any automation
should come with reliability and quick
service. We follow a specific pattern for
the services we provide. We maintain a
database of the machine’s health for a
period of nearly a month. The database
includes the run time of each machine
and the problems detected during that
period. Depending upon the severity
of the problem, upon consulting the
customer, we provide our services. We
make sure that our engineer checks
every machine installed at each of our
customer’s unit at least once a month.
Due to such a rigorous maintenance
schedule, there are extremely few
chances of a machine breaking down.
So, we’re always trying to provide
proactive preventive service in order
to avert any such situation where our
customer has to bear losses,” Sarin
concludes.
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