Mumbai Mudrak Sangh (MMS) organized a seminar in South Mumbai for commercial, publication and packaging printers along with machinery, inks and substrate manufacturers in Mumbai region. Held on 7 April 2016, the seminar and power-lunch round tables were a part of the annual Printers’ Day celebration at the Garware Club House near Wankhede Stadium. This was an interesting and new way for the Mumbai printers to sit together to share knowledge and to again honour one of their own. Eight memberparticipants at each table included a machine manufacturer, a well-known printer expert in a particular segment or vertical, a moderator and five printer participants.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Arun Mehta, CMD of Vakil and Sons, was honoured with the MMS Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Kumar Ketkar, chief editor of Indian Express newspapers. Bimal Mehta, MD of Vakils Premedia, was honoured as a Trendsetter of the Industry by MMS past president Anand Limaye. “Arun Mehta is a stalwart of the Indian printing industry. The banner of Vakils started by GU Mehta is in full bloom today under the third generation guided by Arun bhai and currently spearheaded by Bimal Mehta. Arun bhai has been looked upon as a guiding force by the entire printing fraternity,” said Ramesh Kejriwal at the celebration.
With the coming drupa in mind, Mumbai print leaders shared their experience and expertise. Jehangir Surti of Prodon Enterprises spoke about commercial printing, “Printers need to be judicious while making investments. They should consider the benefits of both offset and digital presses and explore the options of printing on speciality papers as well as UV printing.” Other speakers including Kamlakar Wadekar of Ace spoke about value addition in screen printing; Amit Shah of Spectrum Scan discussed POS and indoor media; Khushru Patel of Jak Printers commented on books; Denver Annunciation of Janus International spoke about labels; Ramesh Kejriwal of Parksons Packaging discussed developments in the packaging industry; and Shailesh Sharma of Indus Cards and Gifts talked about web2print.
drupa 2016 curtain raiser
Provin Technos, the Indian representative of RMGT (Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology), Rotatek, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing and Packaging Machinery, DGM (Diversified Graphic Machinery) and Engine, highlighted the needs of printers according to the current scenario and spoke about plans for the upcoming drupa. “At drupa, the Japanese manufacturer will display three presses – RMGT 10, a 1,050-mm offset press and RMGT 9, an A1-size offset press and the RMGT DP7, a B2- size liquid toner type digital offset press jointly developed with Miyakoshi Printing Machinery. The first two presses come with LED-UV curing,” said Vinay Kaushal of Provin Technos.
Priyatosh Kumar, regional manager – business development, production systems group, Xerox India said, “It’s astonishing that years after the digital printing revolution only 2.5% of the global pages are printed digitally. Today, print providers are seeking new ways to escalate their business and those who are embracing inkjet are ahead of the game. We will take all our core capabilities offered under the banner of ‘Let the Work Flow’ at drupa 2016. Xerox has a breadth of technology offerings which enable new applications and profitable revenue growth for print service providers (PSPs). The automation built into the products as well as the workflow will aid PSPs to support the delivery of new applications.
“In inkjet presses, we will display the Xerox Brenva HD production inkjet press and the Xerox Trivor 2400 inkjet press – a 20-inch continuous feed production inkjet platform. The Xerox IJ print server powered by Fiery mirrors the scalability which Xerox delivers on the print engine with very flexible and powerful color management controls.” Samir Gulve, managing director and vice president – EFI, V Vaidyalingam, Suba Solutions and Ashok Phillip of HP also spoke about the new products that are going to be displayed at the upcoming drupa event.
