Mumbai-based Edifice Technologies announced four concrete deals at the Media Expo Mumbai 2022. The company is the distributor of HP Designjet series and Canon digital production printers for the Mumbai market. Edifice also has its own in-house brand, Accucut, under which all finishing equipment is sold.

At the expo, the company…

The HuhtamakiFoundation inaugurated its first recycling plant in Khopoli, Maharashtra on 2 May 2022 to help drive circularity for packaging. The site – which is spread across 2,000 square meters – will recycle about 1,600 kilograms of post-consumer used flexible plastic waste per day from early May as the plant becomes fully operational. The Central Pollution Board of India (2012)…

The 2022 edition of Media Expo Mumbai opened on 12 May at Bombay Exhibition Ground in Goregaon. The trade fair returned to the Indian financial capital after a gap of two years. Organized by Messe Frankfurt India, the trade fair was inaugurated by the renowned creative leader and ad guru, KV Sridhar.

Other dignitaries present…

Cosmo Films Limited, a name in films for packaging, labeling, lamination, and synthetic paper and an emerging player in specialty chemicals, polymers & petcare declared its financial results for the quarter that ended in March 2022. The Q4FY22 EBITDA has increased by 31% on the back of higher specialty sales, better operating margins, and an uptick in performance…

Paperex, the well known and established exhibition and conference focusing on the paper, pulp and the related concerned industries finally started off on the morning of 10 May 2022 after the several delays and postponement caused by the pandemic over the past years. The footfall was good at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida which is across the river from Delhi and Hyve India, the organizers…

Apsom Infotex has announced its exclusive distribution agreement of instant Thread Coloring Unit (ITCU) technology with Swedish innovator Coloreel. A live demo of instant Thread Coloring Unit (ITCU) technology along with samples will be displayed at the Garment technology expo - GTE between 27–30 May 2022 in Delhi.

Coloreel is a Swedish…

Vinsakplans to bring innovative and business-oriented packaging solutions to PrintPack India 2022. This year, PrintPack is scheduled to take place from 26-30 May in India Expo Center, Greater Noida. It will also share information from Lombardi, AB Graphic International and Iwasaki. 

At Printpack, Vinsak will display its new range of label finishing equipment that…

Vinsakplans to bring innovative and business-oriented packaging solutions to PrintPack India 2022. This year, PrintPack is scheduled to take place from 26-30 May in India Expo Center, Greater Noida. It will also share information from Lombardi, AB Graphic International and Iwasaki. 

At Printpack, Vinsak will display its new range of label finishing equipment that…

On the morning of 9 May 2022, while The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line and The Indian Express are talking about a government ‘order’ on online news media compensation by the tech giants, there is thus far no evidence that the act tabled in the first week of April in Ottawa has yet been passed. While the federal government tabled the bill in parliament on 5 April 2022, the Act when passed…

Gujarat-based, Shilp Gravures, the flexographic platemaking specialist, has become the first company in India to receive best in class certification under the XPS Crystal Program from Esko. Gravure cylinder makers, Shilp Gravures moved into flexographic plate manufacturing in 2008. Having worked with Esko and used the company’s…

Valmetwill supply a Valmet IQ warp control system for the corrugator to Dunapack Packaging's Plovdiv plant in Bulgaria. The target of the investment is to decrease warp waste and improve the total productivity of the plant.

The order was included in Valmet's orders received for the first quarter of 2022. The delivery is scheduled for August 2022. The value of the order will not be…

ColorJet India, said to be India’s largest manufacturer of digital inkjet printers, is looking forward to meet the industry at PrintPack India 2022, which is taking place from 26-30 May in Greater Noida. The company offers a wide range of robust and high-quality industrial signage printing machines. It is recognized as a go-to signage print solution provider. 

ColorJet India has been…

4 May 2022 – The Ipack-Ima shows and programs that began Tuesday the 3rd of May are resuming the growth and innovation of the food, pharma, print and packaging industries on the scale of specialized global shows. Reflecting the decline of the pandemic and widespread vaccination availability in much of the developed world, it is a resilient step after 25 months of the Covid-19 pandemic that…

“A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee. These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and all the rainy days.”

– R M Engelhardt

Delhi's iconic bookstore Bahrisons has collaborated with Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters to bring the luxury of peace and quiet reading to the residents of Chandigarh.

Bahrisons has carved a niche for itself in the bookstore space with the perfect ambiance for leafing through stacks of books and engaging in literary banter…

Miraclon, home of Kodak Flexcel Solutions, recently announced the launch of spot color support for PureFlexo printing. Delivered as a new feature set for the Kodak Flexcel NX print suite for flexible packaging, the announcement enables flexible packaging printers to expand the cost-saving benefits of PureFlexo printing to higher volume anilox applications.…

The Women’s Prize for Fiction, said to be the greatest celebration of women’s creativity, recently announces its 2022 shortlist. Now in its 27th year, the Prize honors outstanding, ambitious, original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world. This year’s shortlist incorporates a range of themes including belonging and identity; the power of nature; the burden of…

Mumbai-based print finishing solutions provider Hi-Tech Systems will demonstrate a number of machines from its portfolio at the upcoming Printpack 2022.

The company will display solutions such as a digital zip lock stand up pouch printing machine, packaging, printing machine, label printing machine, and complete print finishing equipment. Hi-Tech Systems was established in 1989 and since…

Mumbai-based print finishing solutions provider Hi-Tech Systems will demonstrate a number of machines from its portfolio at the upcoming Printpack 2022. 

The company will display solutions such as a digital zip lock stand up pouch printing machine, packaging printing machine, label printing machine, and complete print finishing equipment. Hi-Tech Systems was…

Returning to ‘India’s financial capital’ after two years, the trade fair will bring together over 100 brands with their latest technological capabilities in indoor and OOH advertising, printing, static and digital signage, retail displays, finishing and fabrication, as well as consumables and media.

“Digitizing OOH spaces have opened up a massive opportunity – both for signage

manufacturers, advertisers and media owners. Especially with things now back to normal and rising…

While the pandemic has not gone away, the world is opening up and overseas visitors keen to interact with Indian publishers, printers, and label and packaging converters are arriving. India is the first place they visit when released from their confinement – it could be our low Covid-19 numbers or the high growth projections and investment pipeline, especially in the flexible packaging industry. 

The interest is not merely confined to equipment salespersons. Investors are also coming.…