PRINTPACK INDIA 2019 IPAMA BULLETIN
BRINGING TOGETHER THE KUTCHI PRINTING COMMUNITY
The Kutchi Printers & Allied Industries
Association holds first get-together in Mumbai
SHARDUL SHARMA
T
he newly formed Kutchi
Printers & Allied Industries
Association held its first get-
together on 6 October, in central
Mumbai district of Matunga. The
meeting was attended by members of
the association as well as members of
the media. IPAMA president Dayakar
Reddy was the chief guest at the
occasion. The Kutchi Printers & Allied
Industries Association is an attempt to
bring the members of industrious and
entrepreneurial Kutchi community,
which traces its roots to the Kutch
region of Gujarat, who are involved
in printing and related industries,
together.
The association is made up of
members involved in various types
of printing activity such as offset
printing, screen printing, textile
printing, label printing, flexo printing,
gravure printing as well as in activities
such as graphic designing, materials
trading and ink manufacturing,
among others. At present there are
close to 100 registered members of the
Kutchi Printers & Allied Industries
Association. Anil Gala of Navneet
Publication is the president, Dinesh
Gogari of Diamond Stickers is the vice
president, Ketan Sanghvi of Shanti Art
Works is the secretary and Vipin Shah
of Commercial Packaging Services is
the treasurer.
Speaking during the get-together,
Gala said that there are multiple
objectives behind formation of
Kutchi Printers & Allied Industries
Association, the most significant
one being that of knowledge sharing
among the Kutchi printing community.
“By sharing knowledge about the
latest trends and development in
the printing and printing-related
industries, we can help members
of the Kutchi community who are
involved in these businesses,” he said.
The association also plans to conduct
Anil Gala, president of the Kutchi Printers & Allied Industries Association, speaking at the get-together.
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factory tours and industrial visits,
exhibition visits both overseas and in
India.
During his speech, Reddy
congratulated the members for the
formation of the Kutchi Printers &
Allied Industries Association and
said that he expects the number of
members to rise in coming future.
“According to my estimate there
are about 370 printers from Kutchi
community across India. The current
membership of the Kutchi Printers &
Allied Industries Association is about
100. I hope present members will
encourage other Kutchi printers to
join the association as well,” he said.
Reddy also invited the association
members to visit the Printpack 2019
exhibition. “I encourage everyone
to visit Printpack 2019 as it is one
of the world’s biggest events related
to printing and packaging. This
time about 80% exhibitors will be
demonstrating machines at their
stands,” Reddy said.
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