Picture Gallery: The best of Labelexpo India

Labelexpo India 2014, the most anticipated trade show for the labeling industry in India, which promises to come ‘alive with technology’, was formally inaugurated at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on 29 October, in the presence of representatives from the Indian label industry

The lighting the lamp, prior to the show being announced open to the visitors. The show is being organised by UK-based Tarsus Exhibitions, and is on till 1 November

The Indo-German joint venture BST Sayona, one of the leaders in the web inspection systems market, is exhibiting its butt splicer technology with the Splicemaster along with Shark LEX 1000 (Defect inspection system) and Powerscope (Video inspection system)

Stovec Industries, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based SPG Prints, showcased several of its converting and printing technologies. At its stand, the company demonstrated Rotary Screen Integration (RSI), a system which can be retrofitted to any narrow-web flexo press, along with its flagship products, such as, Anilox rollers, Rotamesh and Rotaplate systems.

Mumbai-based Hyden Packaging has diversified into the label finishing segment with the launch of its U 350 slitter-rewinder cum camera-based inspection system.

​Sudhir Samant, who had announced his retirement after serving the industry for 40 years in July 2013, has inspired a stirring comeback with the formation of a consultancy firm Sudhir Samant & Associates.​ ​Samant had represent​ed​ Gidue while working ​for​ Reifenhauser​​, from where he retired

Ajith Kumar Shenoy of Print Tech, a visitor at Labelexpo India thinks there have been major improvements in the materials used for printing labels wrt the transition from using wet glue labels to self adhesive labels

Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HOMAI), which was founded in 1998 to represent holographic industry in India, has now been re-launched with a broader mandate as Authentication Solution Providers' Association (ASPA)

Ink specialist Fujifilm Sericol, have an aesthetically pleasing stall where they are displaying their latest ink solutions including Uvivid Flexo JD, Rotary RN and Screen CN under the theme of 'More than inks...solutions'

Creed Engineers showcased its Vinsak LVPI, which Ranesh Bajaj, managing director of the company, claims, is the perfect solution when it comes to printing personalised security labels with fully variable information, or frequently changing print

Monotech Systems unveiled its new avatar of Jetsci variable data printing (VDP) inkjet system at Labelexpo India 2014 on 29 October. VSRI stands for variable data printing, slitting, rewinding and inspection, and the machine, Jetsci VSRI 330, is on display at the company’s stall

Ahmedabad-based Arrow Digital introduced Any001, a digital label press and AnyCut, a label finishing systems at the show

Christian Menegon along with Deepak Manchanda, associate director-business development, Firstouch Solutions, Biswajit Basu, head - packaging development, Reckitt Benckiser Health and Personal Care and Hitesh Shenoy, head - technical packaging ISC, China and Asia Pacific, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare participated in a panel discussion to dissect the challenges faced by brands and the solution for getting the branding right each time

Labelexpo and HP Indigo co-hosted the Brand Innovation Summit an exclusive invitation-only session for some of the top brand owners. The summit looked at the unique demographic and cultural barriers that plague an Indian brand owner and attempted to find innovative solutions to these challenges

Stall of the day: Esko and Dupont - The artwork is processed through Esko's extensive suite of software to make it suitable to fire on the plates through Esko CDI Spark

The Esko CDI Spark images the artwork on photopolymer plates

The Dupont Cyrel Digiflow exposure frame exposes the imaged plate in an oxygen-free environment so as to produce flat-top dots

The plate is then sent to Dupont Cyrel Fast 1001 TD for clean-out. It uses a solvent-free process to provide more consistent relief depth and a more uniform floor, especially with thin gauge

The Inkmaker Dispensing System team used the Labelexpo India 2014 platform to informing their prospective customer of the salient features of their range of dispensing systems, including HA650, Piccolo and Croma. Inkmaker are making inroads into the Indian market with their range of dispensing systems

Mumbai-based Malhotra Graphics unveiled its packaging solutions. On display are a series of products, including PackZ, Studio-rip, Techkon and Xeikon ThermoflexX

Mandar Ugar, director of Vikram Printers, a visitor at Labelexpo India

Faridabad-based Multitec Aids, introduced two new narrow-web label printing presses – Ecoflex VSi Servo and Ecosmart. As we visited the stall, there were already prospective customers waiting for live demonstrations of the machines

Manish Kapoor, manager for sales, Nilpeter an exhibitor at Labelexpo India

The eight-year old Speclabels added capacity with an entry-level eight-colour Gidue MX narrow web flexo press.

Gurgaon-based A&A Labels bought two Vinsak slitter-rewinders and a Multitec Ecoflex narrow-web flexo press, thereby making an investment of over Rs two crore in this fiscal year

Avery Dennison’s theme of ‘Inspiring Innovation’ reflected the company’s thrust to provide products that will allow converters to expand the use of pressure sensitive materials and help them grow their business

Showcasing at Capital Graphic Supplies (CGS) stand, Tresu, the flexible, customised solutions provider for flexo printing machines and ancillary products for flexo and offset printing, showcased its chamber doctor blade system

TechNova launched the SmartJet LP112 digital inkjet press built on the revolutionary memjet waterfall technology. The new inkjet label press is an expansion on TechNova’s first concept inkjet label press, SmartJet-C showcased at Pamex 2013

Dow Corning unveiled its new high performanceSyl-Off release system which combines Dow Corning’s industry-leading Syl-Off SL 35 release modifier and new Syl-Off SL 411 Coating to help customers optimise quality control and cost-effective manufacturing

TechNova Imaging Systems showcased the Phoenix 4.0, the latest version of Canada-based Tilia Labs’ imposition software for folding cartons, labels, cards, signage and POP which has been designed with inputs from the TechNova team in order to simplify its operations and provide optimum ease of use.

Avery Dennison's stall at Labelexpo India 2014

Avery Dennison showcased reclosure labels at its stall. A reclosure label seals labels with pack many times. Number of resealing depends on the number of wet issues in the pack. Since the wet tissues are dipped in alcohol and other chemicals, these resealing labels ensure that those wet labels will not dry by air. Avery Dennison has used in-house adhesive R1490 to fix the label every time on the pack

UV ink curing manufacturer GEW Asia launched its Rhino electronic power supply and Rhino Rack for UV printing systems at Labelexpo India 2014

Digiflex, a Hyderabad-based pre-press bureau, booked the Kodak Flexcel NX, a digital flexographic system hoping to consolidate its services to cater to the packaging market in the city. The machine will be installed at the company’s Chellapalli plant by mid-December

Manoj Mehta of Manipal Utility Packaging Solutions, a visitor at the show was fascinated with the theme of two stalls, first being Arjobex and the second being Multitech

Martin Automatic, the US-based manufacturers of high performance splicing, rewinding, and tension control systems, created awareness about the importance of its systems to increase quality production and to reduce waste.

Arets Graphics, in collaboration with Toyo Ink India, its new Indian subsidiary, introduced a new series of UV flexo inks at Labelexpo 2014. The launch was presided over by Kotaro Yoshida, the new CEO of Toyo Ink India and Luc Dehandschutter, global manager, Arets Graphics, at the Toyo Arets stall.

At Labelexpo India 2014, Flexo Image Graphics sold five Rotoflex VSI 330 slitter rewinder machines with 100 percent fault detection systems. Among them, the machine showcased at the expo be installed at the shop floor of Noida-based Jain Transfer Products