In 1961 , late Chandra Prakash Jain founded Chandni Industries at Barhi-Sonipat , as a candle manufacturer . The company diversified into playing cards in the 1970s , eventually becoming one of the industry ’ s dedicated producers in that segment by 1984 . Vipul Jain has been with the firm since 1994 , which now produces 25,00,000 playing card packs every month , in a factory with 30,000 square feet of built-up space situated on a 1,800 square meter plot of land .

Chandni Industries further diversified to monocarton production at the outset of the Covid- 19 pandemic two years ago . The company ’ s production assets include Heidelberg SM74 and a Heidelberg SM74 with coater presses , and a Heidelberg Suprasetter CTP driven by Heidelberg prepress workflow . There are also several local machines including coaters from Alpna and Autoprint .

“ Currently , our company is placed as one of the leading playing card producers of North India , due to our belief ‘ Outperform – Simplify – Inspire .’ We are familiar with paper and board packaging due to our existing business . Hence , we could start the packaging business with our current set-up ,” says Jain .

Chandni Industries saw several shifts in the consumer market during the pandemic . In the early days , it saw a rise in the current product portfolio , and as the pandemic continued , it saw printing innovation play a more significant part , even in its playing-card business .

Existence depends on innovation

Jain remarks on his company ’ s need for diversification , “ Today , existence is primarily dependent on innovation , and thus , we want to diversify . We built an in-house

Vipul Jain ( right ) director , Chandni Industries , standing in front of the DGM Smartfold machine . Photo Chandni Industries

printing plant for various print applications , which prompted us to decide to get into the paperboard packaging sector . We ’ ve started a packaging printing business , and we ’ ve invested in a DGM folder-gluer because of their team ’ s packaging expertise .”

Jain decided that the DGM converting equipment was the best fit for its market needs after assessing the other available solutions . As the company moved into packaging , DGM provided both ideas and advice and its professional support and infrastructure in India demonstrates the company ’ s commitment to the country ’ s packaging industry .

Chandni now produces all types of cartons such as lock-bottom , litholaminated and conventional monocartons . It also produces Braille embossed cartons , clamshells , and trays . It has reached a substantial production level with the capacity to produce 90 lakh to 1 crore ( 9 to 10 million ) cartons each month .

The packaging industry remains among the fastest-growing industries in the Indian economy . Before the pandemic started , the packaging industry was steadily gaining , but the pandemic seems to have given it an opportunity to leap forward in its growth . With the increased consumption of packaging many companies have scaled up and many commercial printers have diversified into packaging . Thus Chandni Industries is one among many of the diversifications to carton printing and converting and as its packaging work deepens , it is targeting customers from the pharma , cosmetic and FMCG industries to expand its production .

Having successfully diversified to packaging , the company quite naturally is thinking of its next steps . Among its plans is a greenfield expansion which includes more infrastructure , equipment , and technology . Jain says , “ The packaging sector is competitive and I believe that innovation unlocks new horizons .” n

We built an in-house printing plant for various print applications , which prompted us to decide to get into the paperboard packaging sector . We ’ ve started a packaging printing business , and we ’ ve invested in a DGM folder-gluer because of their team ’ s packaging expertise .

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Indian Printer & Publisher | 1 March 2022

Volume 44 - No. 3 | Page 30

Chandni Industries steps into packaging

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