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The Indian printers are ebullient right now although they do keep crying about poor printing rates and thinner margins. Rightly or wrongly they are first of all (like many business constituencies) adamant in their support of the prime minister notwithstanding the lack of reforms so far. And they remain optimistic that acche din (good times) for the economy will come in spite of steep fall in exports over the past two years and the continued revelations of non-performing assets by the banks.

The Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) is the world’s first and only self-regulated non-profit organization that represents the entire authentication solutions industry globally. On 28 April ASPA announced the extension of its industry and consumer-centric ‘Make Sure India’ campaign to Maharashtra, to educate and enable brand owners to understand the benefits and importance of authentication solutions to curb counterfeiting in various sectors, thus protecting the lives of consumers, reputation of brands and revenue of brand owners in the country. Today, its member companies are already protecting more than 10,000 brands globally.

According to Prati, it had a phenomenal growth during the course of 2015. The company said that sales have rocketed by 95% over the previous year and the installed base has grown in all geographical areas substantially in line with global economic trends. With an average of one machine leaving the factory every second day throughout 2015, the first weeks of the current year are already confirming the recent trend. The company has achieved huge success in South Asia as well. The company described the forward-looking theme of drupa 2016 – touch the future – is in line with Prati’s optimistic vision of global trends.

GoIndustry DoveBid (Go-Dove), a Liquidity Services marketplace, provides professional buyers with access to a wide variety and volume of surplus business assets from Liquidity Services’ 8,000+ clients, which include Fortune 1000 and Global 500 organizations as well as government agencies. Go-Dove offers buyers competitive deals on surplus assets in over 500 categories, with thousands of items auctioned off every week.

Zünd Systemtechnik will be introducing the latest high-performance, ultra-versatile digital cutting solutions for commercial printers and other print service providers at Fespa Digital 2016 (Hall 1 Stand  G90) to be held from 8 to 11 March. In conjunction with its modular flatbed cutters, Zünd is exhibiting automation and productivity features for every application and production environment.

Uflex, one of India’s largest flexible packaging companies, has been conferred with the ‘World’s Greatest Brand, 2015—Asia & GCC’ award in the flexible packaging category. Ashok Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director of Uflex, was given the ‘World’s Greatest Leader, 2015—Asia & GCC’ award. The awards were conferred upon in a star-studded event held at Jumeirah, Dubai. The award ceremony was part of the two-day Indo-UAE Business Summit 2015.

Bobst, one of world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries, is celebrating its anniversary by launching a year of events. Under the motto ‘125 Years: For The Next Generation,’ Bobst will hold a year of events from autumn 2015 to autumn 2016. The anniversary celebrations are being projected as a tribute to those who have played a part in laying the foundation that the company intends to bequeath to future generations, the cornerstone of which resides in customer satisfaction. The company was founded in Lausanne in 1890 and since then it has built an ambitious international economic project.