Manugraph India Limited, a leading manufacturer of web offset printing machines has entered into a strategic alliance with CI Flexo machine manufacturer C&C Flexo (Carraro) to commence the manufacturing of CI Flexo machine, Cyber Flex 2610-860. The Cyber Flex, a well-established product of C&C Flexo will be manufactured from Manugraph’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Carraro is a pioneer in making flexo machines and is the second company to launch CI Flexo machines across the globe.
Being marketing partners of Manugraph India Limited and C&C Flexo, the Cyber Flex’s global sales and marketing responsibility will be shouldered by Multigraph Machinery Company Limited.
Sharing his views on this strategic alliance Deepak V Kadam, general manager – sales, Multigraph Machinery Company Limited, says, “The Indian market is matured and ready to accept CI Flexo machine as sales of CI Flexo machine is rapidly growing in India. In the past two years, we have observed a growth rate of around 15-20% per annum. Manugraph is India’s leading manufacturer of web offset presses, having expertise in manufacturing complex machinery over the years while Carraro is a known name in CI Flexo machines. We are quite sure that ‘Made in India’ machines backed by reliable Italian technology will definitely generate good customer roll-out.”
Kadam further added that Multigraph’s infrastructure and its sales & service network across the globe will immensely benefit from the new venture. He believes that the alliance will be a great success as customers can avail benefits of local services and reasonable foreign exchange saving involved in import procedure.
Being in the first phase of this alliance, a brand-new machine completely made out of Carraro’s facility in Italy will be imported to initiate the process of transfer of technology. Thereafter, Manugraph will gradually start manufacturing certain aggregates of this machine at its Kolhapur facility. Eventually, only CI Drum and the deck will be procured from Carraro while the rest of the machine aggregates will be manufactured by Manugraph. Experts from Carraro will run quality checks on the initial few machines rolled out from Manugraph’s facility to ensure that the best quality product is delivered to the end user. Thereafter, regular indigenous production of the machine will start.
The first CI Flexo machine under this alliance will be ready by the end of this year for official launch and an Open House will be held to witness the performance of the machine.
