The 50th edition of the MediaExpo is being held from 2 – 4 March 2023 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The exhibition also featured the Industrial Print Excellence Awards (IPEA) 2023, which were awarded in a ceremony on 3 March at 1500 hrs IST.
The awards were presented by Anil Brahmbhatt, SGAI (India) president; Ajay Gandhi, CEO, Kunal Enterprise, Mumbai; Thomas, Marketing, Winson Inks, Thailand; Saurabh Newaskar, managing director, San Printech, Mumbai; Kaushik Shivakumar, Director, Snab Graphix, Bangalore; Deep Prakash, technical manager, Saralon GmbH, Germany; Dirk Oelschlaeger, Technical Sales Manager, KISSEL + WOLF GmbH, Germany; Rajendra Rajage, managing director, Umrao Automation, Vasai; and Woon Yen Khai, managing director – Asia Pacific, American Biltrite Far East (ABFE), Singapore.
The awards are as follows:
Awards for Smart/Credit Cards Gold Prize: Card Tec (India), Bangalore for an educational project by students
Gold Prize: Printing Department, KTHM College, Nashik
Silver Prize: Printing Department, KTHM College, Nashik
Packaging category
Gold Prize: Ocean’s Deep Printers, Ahmedabad
Gold Prize: Perfect Packaging, Mumbai
Container / Round Screen Printing
Gold Prize: Matoshri Graphics, Mumbai
Value Addition
Gold Prize: A & M Enterprise, Ahmedabad
Silver Prize: Kalarts & Screens, Belgaum
Silver Prize: Sainath Polylam, Ahmedabad
Graphic Overlays
Gold Prize: Protolab Electrotechnologies, Navi Mumbai
Gold Prize: Cutek Circuits India, Pune
Gold Prize: Neat Key Graphics, Pune
Silver Prize: RH Technoprint, Ahmedabad
Silver Prize: Dome Tech Art, Pune
Vinyl Printing
Gold Prize: Spectrum Scan, Vasai for the decorative sticker (vehicle)
Gold Prize: Prayag Advertisers, Hapur Doming
Gold Prize: Keetronics (India), Pune
Gold Prize: Cutek Circuits India, Pune
Silver Prize: Dome Tech Art, Pune for flexible PCBs
Automobile Speedometer, Gauges / Dials
Gold Prize: Protolab Electrotechnologies, Navi Mumbai for pad printing
Gold Prize: Dome Tech Art, Pune
Decal Sticker (Multipurpose)
Gold Prize: Decal Tech, Bhiwandi
Gold Prize: PRS Permacel, Ambernath (Part of Saint Gobain Group) for Decal Sticker (Two- Wheelers)