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Priyatosh Kumar, National Business head, Digital Printing, Fujifilm India
Koji Wada, managing director, Fujifilm India
Kentaro Imafuku, head of Division, Graphic Arts, Fujifilm India
Fujifilm displayed its digital and analog products at Printpack emphasizing its commitment to the graphic arts industry. Apart from its recently launched Revoria PC 1120 digital press it showed the new processless Superia ZX CtP offset plates and its water-washable Flenex flexographic plates.
On our brief visit to the Fujifilm stand at the show we met with Koji Wada, managing director of Fujifilm India, Kentaro Imafuku, head of Division, Graphic Arts, Fujifilm India, and Priyatosh Kumar the head of the company’s digital printing business in India. National Business head, Digital Printing, Fujifilm India. Fujifilm India has made steady progress in the market with its Revoria digital press since its launch in December 2021.
The Revoria PC 1120 is a 6-color press that targets the higher end of the market with its high-quality, special color capabilities and its high speed of 120 pages per minute. It supports a broad range of stocks from 52 gsm lightweight to 400gsm papers. While Fujifilm has thus far installed about half a dozen presses in the past five months, many of these have gone to high-end customers. With the economy opening up and the in-person displays and networking of the current trade show, the company expects a significant rise in its digital press sales.
In 2024, we are looking at full recovery and growth-led investment in Indian printing
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and multi-channel IPPGroup. It created the category of privately owned B2B print magazines in the country. And by its diversification in packaging, (Packaging South Asia), food processing and packaging (IndiFoodBev) and health and medical supply chain and packaging (HealthTekPak), and its community activities in training, research, and conferences (Ipp Services, Training and Research) the organization continues to create platforms that demonstrate the need for quality information, data, technology insights and events.
India is a large and tough terrain and while its book publishing and commercial printing industry have recovered and are increasingly embracing digital print, the Indian newspaper industry continues to recover its credibility and circulation. The signage industry is also recovering and new technologies and audiences such as digital 3D additive printing, digital textiles, and industrial printing are coming onto our pages. Diversification is a fact of life for our readers and like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
India is one of the fastest growing economies in nominal and real terms – in a region poised for the highest change in year to year expenditure in printing equipment and consumables. Our 2024 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock – to emphasize your visibility and relevance to your customers and turn potential markets into conversations.
