Faridabad-based Rototech Gravure India is showcasing its electronic rotogravure printing cylinders at the IntraPac India exhibition, being held at the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida from 10 to 13 December. The maiden edition of the FoodTek Pack conference is also being held alongside IntraPac India on 11 and 12 December.
According to Mukesh Kumar, senior marketing manager at the company, Rototech’s USPs are quality, reliability and innovation. The thickness of the cylinder wall is 3 mm with 150-200 micron copper plating and chrome of 10 microns, which sets them apart in terms of quality, he said, adding the electronic rotogravure printing cylinders are produced through diamond engraving.
Rototech is the second-largest cylinder manufacturer from Faridabad, he added, with cylinders being supplied to Delhi-NCR, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh. Exposure in the flexible packaging industry and promotion of its upcoming manufacturing facility in the Butibori Industrial Area of Nagpur were the main reasons behind Rototech’s participation in IntraPac.
With the fully automatic 25,000 square feet plant coming up in Nagpur, Rototech’s manufacturing and delivery time will be reduced to four days instead of the current 5-6 days, combined with enhanced quality, he said.
Presently, the company has two manufacturing facilities in Faridabad operating under the names Rototech Gravure and Rotopack Gravure with 200 people working in production, marketing and sales, and service support. The company provides in-house service sales support with its marketing and sales office in Kolkata. Both the Faridabad plants have a combined production area of 25,000 square feet.
Though flexo is steadily gaining traction in India, Kumar said flexo printing lacks the smoothness and shine of gravure.
