Digital printing in labels – The way forward

The Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI) organized a networking and marketing event called ‘Digital Printing in Labels – The Way Forward’ in Chennai on 20 December 2019. The first LMAI event in Chennai was sponsored by four companies offering digital solutions for labels – Xeikon, HP, Domino, and Astronova. LMAI board member Harveer Sahni kicked off the event by talking about LMAI and the evolution of the Indian label industry. In his brief history, Sahni recounted the advent of narrow-web flexo presses in India in the 1970s, to the incorporation of UV curing on flexo label presses in 1993, and to the subsequent arrival of digital label presses in the first decade of this century – the topic of the event. Presentations by AstroNova, Domino, HP and Xeikon In his presentation, Goutham Reddy, regional sales manager for US-based AstroNova, emphasized the growing need for digital. Reddy said, “There are various factors that are driving converters to go for digital setups. For instance, there is a shift towards shorter runs and shorter turnaround times. The…

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