WIDEFORMAT | SIGNAGE | TEXTILE | 3D PRINTING
Indian textile printing segment has immense potential
Felix Schoeller India shows Srace sublimation paper at Gartex
PRIYANKA TANWAR
Felix Schoeller India came into being in 2018 as a joint venture between New ( India ) Imaging Industries and the 125-yearold German Felix Schoeller Group . The Mumbai-based joint venture converts and distributes Germanmade premium specialty papers and media . It supplies paper to Indian paper manufacturers and textile printers with a range of durable and sustainable solutions .
With a state-of-the-art converting facility at Khairane in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra , the firm diversified to customized paper products in 2019 . Its facility can convert paper to a range of widths from 8 inches to 72 inches . It has the technical know-how to make wider widths up to 126 inches and is one of the few manufacturers in the world capable of providing this customization .
Felix Schoeller India recently exhibited its range of sublimation papers from Germany under the S- race brand name at the recently concluded Gartex Texprocess from 3 – 5 December 2021 at Pragati Maidan in Delhi NCR . These papers are used for sublimation printing and transfer onto textiles . Digital dye-sublimation printing works not only for fashion garments and sportswear but also for home décor and soft signage applications . The S-race range is claimed by the company to provide the brilliant pin-sharp image quality required in personalized applications and merchandise . S-race ' s papers range from 38 gsm to 120 gsm for textile and hard substrate applications .
Indian Printer & Publisher interacted with the company director Pranav Vaswani at Gartex , where he shared the firm ’ s experience during the Covid-19 crisis , “ It was a difficult time for all of
LR : Somit Sil , national sales manager ( West & South ), Atul Pathak , sales executive ( Delhi & UP ), Akshay Sharma , sales executive ( Rajasthan ), Sumit Kanwar , national sales manager ( North & East ) with Pranav Vaswani , director of Felix Schoeller India at the company ' s stall at Gartex Texprocess India 2021 . Photo Felix Schoeller India
us and especially the initial lockdown was very difficult but we managed to cope well with that . One of our products is used for medical purposes , so that was a good opportunity for us . We started supplying that product to hospitals . It was a difficult time but we managed it well and we have come out of it stronger .
“ That is a fast coated photo imaging paper that is used for testing procedures like X-rays . During the Covid time , many people had to get their lung X-rays done , so we had to supply the paper to various hospitals around India .”
With a sales office and a stock point in Noida in Northern India , Felix Schoeller India entered the sublimation market specifically for textiles two years ago . However , it has been selling sublimation paper for about four years , mainly for hard substrate applications .
Vaswani adds that the market for sublimation papers is growing very quickly with significant potential and scope soon . The firm primarily came to the event to find out more about the market and to try to get more customers , dealers , and distributors on board and was able to generate substantial leads . n
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Indian Printer & Publisher | 1 March 2022