The Pamex 2015 Core Group, comprising leading suppliers, printers and media, met on 23 April 2015 at The Lalit in Mumbai. The meeting was organized by Print-Packaging.com, the event managers of the 10th edition of Pamex 2015, scheduled from 9 to 12 December at
Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai.
The meeting was attended by representatives from Dhote Offset Techno krafts, Grafica Flextronica, India Printing Works, Insight Communications, Kaleido Graphics, Kohinoor Printers, Label Planet, Lucid Prints, Mail Order Solutions India, National Printing Press, Nippon Color, Param Packaging, SL Kulkarni Cyril Graphics, TechNova Imaging Systems and The Jeyagraham Arts Crafts.
“Our mandate for the event organizer is simple – surpass the success of the year 2006,” said Dev Nair. Anil Arora, president of Print-Packaging.com, spoke about the background of the company and its association with the printing and packaging industries. He also explained how the Core Group would be central in planning and executing the event and in realizing the mandate.
Tushar Dhote, co-chairman of the Pamex Organizing Committee, updated the group on the status of exhibitor booking. “With over a hundred exhibitors including several major players
already on board, we are oncourse to attain the targeted 10,000 square metres from 300 exhibitors,” informed Dhote. He also spoke of the strategic agreements signed with Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC) and China Academy of Printing Technology (CAPT) and projected a large Chinese participation in a special pavilion. Dhote also outlined the structure of the day-long international conference planned for 10 December at the venue. He disclosed that the federation was targeting 1 lakh visitors from India and abroad for the 4-day event.
The road shows should also involve several printing associations not affiliated to AIFMP and the possibilities of holding such events in the neighbouring countries of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal should also be explored. AMSG Ashokan, chairman of the Pamex Organizing Committee, in his concluding remarks said, “The old formula of one big print show (Printpack) in Delhi and another big show (Pamex) in Mumbai will be revived with this edition.”
