The 61st AGM on 19 August at Hotel Parle International (Quality Inn)
Top ink CEOs gather for the half day seminar
Prakash Chivate, the secretary general of the AIPIMA welcomes guests
The who's who of the Indian ink industry
Sujata Gavali of Saraswat Bank speaks about finance schemes for the printing ink industry
Jayaram B of Buhler was felicitated by the outgoing president Raghav Raju
Vipin Doshi of Indian Chemical Council spoke about how to create a responsible printing ink industry
A V Venkatrangan touched upon the key aspects of the flexible packaging industry
Nitin Shah of Award Packaging stressed on the relevance of packaging from "womb to tomb"
Nitin Shah said, "India is a growing market for cartons". Award is ready to unveil its new plant in Silvassa in 2015
Ramu Ramanathan talked about disruptive trends and technologies which augurs well for the industry
B S Kampani chaired the panel discussion with A V Venkatrangan, Nitin Shah and Ramu Ramanathan
V K Seth of Sakata on pricing issues and margins that is gnawing at the balance sheets of the traditional offset carton converters
Vimal Mehra made a presentation about the Asia Coat + Ink Show exhibition from 2 to 4 March 2015
A laugh riot: Dhananjay Sathaye of United Inks delivered a witty vote of thanks in which he invoked Gods and Rajnikant and Santa and Banta
Asia Coat in March; R Y Kamat is AIPIMA president
The 61st AGM of the Ink Manufacturers Association was hosted to appoint a new president: R Y Kamat of Micro Inks. The event also saw a knowledge-sharing half day seminar plus the unveiling of Asia Coat + Ink Show 2015 show.
Glimpses of the event which attended by top ink makers captured through DIsha Gandhi's lense. Text by Noel D'cunha and Rushikesh Aravkar.