Packaging South Asia

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.

Hardly a year has passed since the last investment and TCPL Packaging, one of India’s largest packaging printers, has ordered another three Rapida 106 presses from KBA at drupa. They will join the four medium-format Rapidas with six to eight inking units, coater and logistics systems already in operation.

On 23 April 2016, The Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI) felicitated Anil Sharma, Avery Dennison’s managing director for South Asia and Sub Saharan...

LMAI (Label Manufacturers Association of India) successfully hosted a technical workshop for label printers and converters in Ahmedabad on 14 May at the Novotel...

Increasing volumes of shorter run jobs with smaller repeat lengths now drive the fast-growing global flexible packaging market. At the same time, brand owners...

Succession planning and smooth handovers of power were on the agenda at a recent meeting of young managers preparing for the day when they...

Rotoflex has recently launched Security Series at Barcom Industries, bolstering the Mumbai-based label printer’s strength in stringent label inspection and finishing. The Security Series module is integrated with a Rotoflex VSI 330 slitter-rewinder, high-end Nikka inspection system and multilane inkjet printing system combining end-to-end servo technology for ultimate control and automation, and advanced bi-directional inspection capability for pharmaceutical and other labels with strict compliance regulations. Flexo Image Graphics, the local Rotoflex distributor in India, led the sale and installation along with Manohar Dhugga, Rotoflex director of engineering and service.

The dizzying rounds of press conferences starting the day before drupa and going on for the first few days have begun. The press centre is full of the old time heavies who seem to always come back for more. Frank Romano is here, Laurel Brunner, Paul Lindstrom, Nessan Cleary our contributors from Digital Dots are here. South African, Aussies and of course the Indian trade media teams are here in full force.

The book binding specialist Kolbus will host one of the biggest exhibits at this show, with a 1,400 square metre stand packed with innovations. The Kolbus book manufacturing division will present 3D Format Variation of books on a running machine without stopping for makeready. The key elements of this presentation are the KM 200 zero-make-ready perfect binder with newly enhanced 3D Format Variation capabilities and the brand-new HD-HD 143 three-knife-trimmer. This new zero-make-ready trimmer can trim books of different thickness, different heights and different widths without stopping for format adjustment.