Picture Gallery: Print CEOs discuss audits for the industry
A roundtable by PrintWeek India in collaboration with Srinivas Papers and Paper Tyger on the eve of Awards celebration was attended by 18 participants. It saw a mandate for measurement. The future is about engaging with 150 media spenders and create a platform which provides a gateway between Indian print firms and print buyers
17 Oct 2014 | By Rushikesh Aravkar
Ramu Ramanathan, editor, PrintWeek India introduced the panel for the roundtable titled 'How Print Can Transform Business’
PrintWeek's Rushikesh Aravkar mapped the trends in the print industry, basis the entries received for PrintWeek Awards. For the packaging segment, he said, "24% were met-pet cartons, 36% used embossing, and 23% used lamination."
Geetanjali Bhattacharji of Spatial Access highlighted how print firms can develop their business through audits and measurement methods. Bhattacharji said the firm is keen to initiate a payment metric which provides a level playing gateway to Indian print firms. The idea is to attempt an online tracking system.
In his presentation, David Stedeford, global director, Chase Durable Paper Products, exhorted the benefits of Paper Tyger, a paper which is strong, durable and yet easily oxy-biodegradable.
Stedeford said PaperTyger is a combination of two 31gsm papers with a film in between. This makes the paper as sturdy as any synthetic material. The best thing about this paper is that unlike other synthetic material, it is degradable. The company is supplying the paper in India in collaboration with Srinivas Papers.
(l-r) Anil Rego of Brilliant Printers and Niten Shah of Vyoma Graphics
Ambar Patel of Shilp Gravures examines the Acetech brochure with innovative pop-ups
K M Bhaskaran of Shilp Gravures, who received the PrintWeek India Pre-Press Company of the Year award. This was Shilp's first Printweek Prism
K Sachindranath Udupa of Quenby Transfers, winner of the PrintWeek India Company of the Year 2014
Bhuvnesh Seth of Replika Press, the book printing powerhouse. The PrintWeek India Post-Press Company of the Year churns out 36,000 hard cover and 50,000 soft cover books per day on an average.
Sanjeev Sondhi of Zircon Technologies. The multi-locational label printing firm powered by five Mark Andy presses, is targeting a turnover of Rs 100-crore by 2015. With this, according to reports, Zircon will hold five percent market share of the total label industry
Swarn Pannu of PrintExpressions. Established in 2008, in a short span of time, the Delhi-based firm has been able to go from strength to strength
Ginny of MyWall which counts on companies like Nestle, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Apollo Munich Health Insurance, Greenpeace, Hyundai and Havells among clients
Gautam Modi of Gautam Paper Udhyog, a strong contender in many categories
Himanshu Pandey, Avantika Printers, the brain behind the Bhagvad Gita which the PM gifted the American president
Glo Digital Press's Gamyanth Shren, the multilocational HP Indigo player and pioneer in photo albums
Nimesh Vora of Srinivas Papers keen to share his learnings of costing models
Vishwanath Babu of Vishwakala Printers in Bengaluru on the expansion path
The group agreed to the plan to develop an analytics model and create a prototype
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