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At PackPlus 2016, Kody Equipment displayed its servo-driven slitter-rewinder Nuzen S737. This model was launched at K 2013 in Germany. According to Jashvant Panchal of Kody Equipment, the S737 received a good response at the K show at that time. Panchal says, “We have installed more than fifty Nuzen S737 slitter-rewinders across India since its launch in 2013. The USP of the machine is the Lay on Roller with linear motion movement.” The Lay on Roller is a part of an assembly which comprises rubber roller, cork roller and arms. The assembly can be easily moved on a linear motion guide and the widths of the rollers can be changed easily during the working.

Speaking about the demand for CI flexo presses in India, Ajay Tandon, president and CEO of Uflex engineering and new product development, says that CI flexo demand is picking up. Uflex recently shook hands with an Italian company to manufacture gear and gear-less CI flexo presses under a technology transfer agreement at Uflex’s engineering plant in Noida. Ajay Tandon says, “In Asia gravure printing is predominant, so the concentration of machines is gravure. In Europe it is 50% gravure and 50% CI flexo. In the US, it is 80% CI flexo and just about 20% gravure. In India, flexo is picking up quite fast since the last three to four years. Since flexo is picking up, we thought it to be the right time to get into flexo press manufacturing. Today, since the quality of CI flexo is very close to gravure, we see a very good potential for CI flexo machines.”

“Value-addition, innovation and quality are the three pillars on which our company stands. We always try to add a little bit of innovation to our products. Recently we have developed products with natural feel effect, special textured effect, fresnel lens, holographic effects and others which we are showcasing at our stand. We can see a great amount of interest and appreciation for these products among the visitors to our stand at PackPlus,” says Kuldip Goel, managing director of Any Graphics. At PackPlus 2016, Any Graphics was displaying its range of products with innovative features and effects.

Maharshi started with a modest beginning in 1980 and today it is a multi-product and multi-locational engineering group with proven capabilities in design, development and manufacturing of packaging machinery and material for different industries. Today Maharshi represents companies whose range of operations span across various industries like pharmaceuticals, distilleries and breweries, cosmetics and toiletries, lube and edible oil, pesticides, and food. Maharshi also manufactures sticker labelling machines and has a good number of installations in India.

Nichrome has recently launched two machines in the Indian market – the Excel 400 which is an updated version of its popular Excel range and a completely new multi-lane Stickpack machine which is aimed at packaging of small packages such sugar or dairy whitener for the airline industry or the fast food industry which is booming at the moment says Hemant Ogale, managing director of Pune-based Nichrome India. Nichrome is one of the exhibitors at PackPlus being held at Pragati Maidan from 27 to 30 July 2016.

Valco Melton’s focus is still very much on packaging at the moment says Ravi Kiran, director of Valco Melton India. In PackPlus 2016, Valco Melton, one of the world’s leading suppliers of adhesive dispensing equipment and quality inspection systems is offering its technical expertise, along with its solutions.

At the recent one-day print optimization and color management conference at PackPlus in Delhi, it became clear that it is a hot topic. Sorry to say it, but the topic is really a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t a printer adopt a method, technology or way of working that can save on substrates and inks, lead to faster make-readies and approvals from the customer and lead to better quality? Why will a brand owner continue to prefer Light, Standard, Dark (LSD) for quality assurance when he can specify quality in numbers or Delta E tolerances as brand owners such as Proctor & Gamble already do? Yes it will take some effort and time to upgrade the print ecosystem in the country.

At PackPlus2016, Coimbatore-based Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers showed live demos of its automatic carton print inspection machine – Checkmate 50. KG Suresh, joint managing director of Autoprint, says, “In the last three to four years, Autoprint’s focus has been more on the postpress section of packaging. We have launched coating as well as diecutting machines. And in the last two years, we have been focussing more on the automatic carton inspection machine called Checkmate 50 which runs at a speed of 250 metres a minute, with three cameras inspecting simultaneously. The machine gives tremendous confidence to end customers to deliver defect-free products to their clients. It is very critical especially in the pharmaceutical, FMCG and other industries where quality standards have become much stricter.”

Established in 1981, Mumbai-based SVP Packing Industry introduced its reclosable packaging in India through its brand Magicseal. “We are basically into innovative packaging manufacturing zipper bags and zipper profiles. Zipper bags or zip-lock bags is an innovative concept of reclosabilaty and reusability,” says Viral Shah, general manager of SVP. At PackPlus, the company displayed its range of zipper products including double flange zipper, single flange zipper, powder proof zipper, dual lock zipper and many more. 

At PackPlus 2016, Noida-based Naph Graphics showcased its Slitline 35 slitter-rewinder featured with a maximum web width of 1,300 mm and maximum unwind diameter of 1,000 mm. Naph Graphics has sold three of its Slitline 35 during PackPlus 2016.