Packaging South Asia

Trelleborg’s printing solutions operation is continuing its expansion in China with its first participation at the All in Print China exhibition. At this year’s event, which takes place from 18 to 22 October in Shanghai, the company will exhibit the widest range of offset blankets readily available in China, as well as Axcyl flexo sleeve products. The latter is specifically designed to have the best dimensional stability, is fully sealed and protected to extend life span, and has very low weight.

 

Athis year’s Labelexpo show in Delhi, Nilpeter will showcase a highly configured and feature-packed FB-3300 servo press. The 6-color UV-flexo press with short web...

Label convertors from across India gathered at Nilpeter’s technology center in Chennai on September 2 to participate in the Open House organized by Univacco...

The organizers of Labelexpo India will be hosting a four-day roadshow in early October in conjunction with the Offset Printers Association. Visiting Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Punjab, the roadshow events are being especially held for offset printers looking at diversifying their businesses into label and package printing.

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India (Henkel India), a fully owned subsidiary of Henkel, has expanded the capabilities of its Pune Innovation Centre with two dedicated laboratories, one for Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and the other for Acoustic and Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH). These laboratories will facilitate development of products that can meet the unique needs of customers to save costs, reduce downtime and improve performance; test products in simulated conditions in-house before they are used in actual conditions; and train customers on product selection, application, and best practices.

At this year’s show in Delhi, Nilpeter (Stand F15) will show a FB-3300 servo press at Labelexpo India 2016 to be held at India Expo Centre in Greater Noida (Delhi NCR) from 17 to 20 November. The 6-color UV-flexo press with short web path features a gravure unit at the last printing unit – a value-adding unit for metallic inks, solids, and coatings; and a new rail-based cross-over unit that can be placed above any printing unit for total flexibility.

 

Vinsak is one of the leading players in the label printing and converting industry operating in Asia, Middle East and African countries. At Labelexpo India 2016 to be held from 17 to 20 November in India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Vinsak will be showing its new machine USAR under the label slitting and rewinding category. Vinsak USAR was launched in summer 2016 and is currently available as a slitter-rewinder with major add-ons in register cutting; missing label detection by 100%; and an inspection camera and variable data printing option which makes it a suitable product for converters.

“Value-addition, innovation and quality are the three pillars on which our company stands. We always try to add a little bit of innovation to our products. Recently we have developed products with natural feel effect, special textured effect, fresnel lens, holographic effects and others which we are showcasing at our stand. We can see a great amount of interest and appreciation for these products among the visitors to our stand at PackPlus,” says Kuldip Goel, managing director of Any Graphics. At PackPlus 2016, Any Graphics was displaying its range of products with innovative features and effects.

Finding the sweet spot between the volume and throughput of automated processes and the fl exibility of slower processes is the benchmark of the best suppliers of processed foods. Wastage in India’s food supply chain is a concern especially when nearly half the population is malnourished. There is a need to address the issue beyond the glass doors of those in high places and take it to people who matter – the food processing and packaging industry. Packaging and labelling is a major factor in the overall appeal of processed food products. The most innovative packaging development cycle and workfl ow across the supply chain is what the Indian food processing and packaging industries need right now.

 

With an annual average growth rate of over 30%, Vasai-based Duralabel Graphics has had a great run in the past few years. The 8-color Mark Andy 2200 press that the company was employing since 2011 was not sufficient to meet the increasing workload. It was time to enhance the print capacity. In early 2016, Ravi Patnaik, owner of Duralabel decided to invest in a Bobst M4 8-color flexo press. The press was supplied by Reifenhauser India and was installed in April.