Packaging South Asia

Flint Group announced on 20 November 2015 that it has acquired Xeikon, one of the leading digital solutions providers to the packaging and commercial...

While the Indian label industry is not used to the flattening of its growth curve which it is currently experiencing, there are several discernible trends. The first trend is the increased sophistication of both the presses and the finishing equipment being installed. For instance, just as Barcom’s third Mark Andy Performance Series P5 label press is being installed, it has also ordered a bi-directional Rotoflex for slitting rewinding and improved inspection for pharmaceutical labels.

 

Demand for higher technology in finishing is also being felt by industry leader Prati in India with the installation of a Sun bidirectional slitter-rewinder with a Nikka inspection system at Sel Jagat Printers in Sivakasi. Several other Prati installs have taken place in recent months for its slitting rewinding and inspection systems.

The Rako Group, based in Witzhave in Germany, has purchased two HP Indigo 20000 digital presses and nine HP Indigo WS6800 digital presses, making it the largest labels and packaging deal in HP Indigo’s history, according to HP. The purchase builds on Rako’s existing fleet of HP Indigo digital presses and expands its multi-press, multi-site labels and packaging digital offerings while providing increased capacity to meet customer demands.

 

At the last LMAI conference held in Jaipur in July 2015, although the label equipment suppliers and the printers were not so sure about the exact growth rate achieved by the Indian label industry, there seemed to be an industry wide consensus that there is a positive growth – that the industry is generally on the path of expansion and modernization along with sustainability. One of the ambitious young label printers in the Delhi NCR and director of Sai Com Codes Flexoprint Harish Gupta was there in Jaipur but in hindsight takes exception to this general optimism. Having shifted his label plant from Delhi to a bigger plant just North of the city in Sonepat, Gupta says the industry growth is slowing down and not growing at the pace it should have not even at the rate that he himself expected. According to Gupta, the government policies are not helping either.

 

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On 27 August 2015, the Avery Dennison Foundation announced its fourth ‘Spirit of Invention’ (InvEnt) scholarship award in Gurgaon, India, honouring 10 Indian students...

Avery Dennison is one of the major labelstock companies operating in India at the moment with its product line including pressure-sensitive and non adhesive...