Komori India to unveil star products at Printpack 2019

Live demonstrations for visitors at Hall No. 9, Stand H7, H8

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Komori India
Komori GL 437 + C

Printpack India 2019 which will take place from 1 to 6 February at India Expo Centre in Greater Noida will be hosting a number of reputed print and packaging companies. Komori Corporation Japan’s (KKC) Indian subsidiary – Komori India Private Ltd., will also be participating at the event for the first time. Earlier, it used to participate in the Printpack shows through its distributor – Insight Print Comunication in India. At Printpack, the company will be in Hall 9, Stand H7/8.

Although Komori India will not launch any new product at the show, it will run its GL 437 C (company’s star product for the event) and Enthrone 429 machines live, and offer live demonstration on these machines. Komori says it had launched GL 437 in the Financial Year 2018/19. Now, its Enthrone 429 is proving as the company’s best seller machine.

Komori India says that GL– 437+C is a high value added print machine with sustainable color management which reduces cost of production for the printers. This function enables printers to generate high profitability. GL-437+C is easy to operate and a low wastage printing machine with cost of ownership.

This machine is customized for better working conditions keeping in mind the space, power requirement, and ease of operations, Flexibility to perform low and high run length without compromising with the quality. The GL- 437+C refers that the press is capable of printing 37 inches in width with maximum sheet size 640X940 mm accommodates the simultaneous printing of a color bar with 8-up A4 or American letter size impositions.

The GL-437comes with single belt suction feeder, fan out, paper size preset, paper thickness preset, automatic nip pressure checking and connecting mode. Additionally, the machine accommodates Semi APC, KHS-AI and Ink roller wash as standard print speed with 15000 sph.

This press comes from a wide range of 2-8 color with anilox coater, IR hot air, options to choose perfecting mechanism, print density control systems, PQA, Komori OEM UV,HUV and LED drying systems as options and many other good features which adds value to printing.

The company claims that its star product GL 437 C has the power to address the full range of requirement in packaging, publishing and commercial, semi- commercial printing segment. Komori says as Printpack is the largest exhibhition in the subcontinent it is demonstrating its star products such as GL 437 C and Enthrone – 29 during the show.

The company says its target audience are those printers who are looking to grow their business in future. Komori says it will certainly make sure that these printers get best technology available in the market. It considers Printpack as a great opportunity to showcase its machines to a larger audience.

The company says it expects to get a great response from the customers in the biggest event of India. Komori India also intends to sale a minimum of 8 to 10 machines to potential buyers during the show.

2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India

Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.

The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry. While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.

The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.

Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.

Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.

Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.

– Naresh Khanna

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