(L-R) Uwe Bögl, team Avocet Scales & Labels and Neeraj Thappa
Avocet Scales and Labels, a South African company, installed Jetsci’sYUV Inkjet Imprinting System – the second consecutive installation by Jetsci Global within a year.
Neeraj Thappa, vice-president of Sales at Jetsci Global, expressed gratitude to Uwe Bögl, director of packwise-africa, for placing his trust in Jetsci, a global brand of Monotech Systems Limited, and helping them penetrate the South African market. He announced that this is the first global installation of Jetsci in the international market for this year, and other installations are in the pipeline.
Thappa said the Jetsci YUV system is a tested and validated solution for variable data printing, and can be easily integrated into existing web offset, flexo machines, slitters, rewinders, and more. He said as the system has just been installed, Avocet expects it to meet their business needs by allowing for inspection and customization of finished products.
“Avocet Scales & Labels conducted thorough research to find a solution for printing variable data on labels with high speed and quality, and the Jetsci YUV system was identified as one of the most viable solutions due to its exceptional productivity and print quality,” said Uwe Bögl, director of packwise-africa.
Bögl said the Jetsci YUV system is versatile and can be modified to work with various conventional printing systems, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. Jetsci Global offers customization options for bespoke applications, including fully integrated inkjet systems and standalone printing technology.
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.
