Bobst Days 2021 to take place from 7-10 June

Bobst will dedicate its each day to one industry sector

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Bobst Days 2021: 7-10 June

Bobst is set to deliver an extensive program of webinars and live discussions that will cover all aspects of label and packaging production over four days in early June. With each day dedicated to one sector, industry experts will present what’s new and essential to optimize your production floor.

Bobst Days 2021, “Shaping the future of the packaging world,” will take place on 7-10 June. Each day will focus on one industry sector, with multiple sessions covering technologies, applications, and services in labels, flexible packaging, folding carton, or corrugated board. 

This online experience has been created with flexibility in mind, which means that attendees can tailor their participation to their specific interests by registering for any of the webinars on any day.

Participants will gain insights into how Bobst is implementing connectivity, digitalization, automation, and sustainability across all technologies to help converters optimize their production. All webinars will be broadcast in English. Live Q&A sessions will allow attendees to quiz the presenters, which also include industry experts and customers. 

Bobst schedule for 7-10 June 2021

– Monday 7 June is dedicated to the label industry. Webinars will cover digital inkjet, flexo, and All-in-One technologies – flexo and inkjet – to help label converters optimize their entire production floor.

– Tuesday 8 June focuses on flexible packaging, helping converters to transform challenges into opportunities. Among the solutions presented will be the new Master CI Flexo press, eco-friendly laminates, one ECG printing, and recyclable substrates for new ways of meeting sustainability pledges. 

– Wednesday 9 June addresses converters in the folding carton industry. Experts will take an in-depth look at innovation in printing, die-cutting, and folding-gluing. It will include a presentation on a new hot foil stamper with the cross-foiling ability for new embellishment techniques.

– Thursday 10 June is aimed at corrugated board converters. Production floor optimization, versatility, and automation will be key topics to increase productivity and better satisfy e-commerce requirements.

“During our Bobst Days 2021, we are looking forward to debating how we together as an industry can shape the future of the packaging world. While we are, of course, disappointed that we are still not able to welcome attendees to a real-life event, we want to stay connected with all our customers and the entire industry,” said CEO of Bobst Jean-Pascal Bobst.

 

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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