Picture Gallery: Print shrugs off pessimism at Printexpo

PrintExpo from 18 to 20 April in Chennai reflected print's economic recovery which has accelerated in the first quarter

The exhibition, which was spread across 6,000 sq/m area, hosted 110 exhibitors, and saw a steady footfall despite the sweltering heat and Good Friday and Easter Sunday

The show was inaugurated by AMSG Ashokan, president AIFMP, PB Kumaravel, president, Tamilnadu Master Printer Association and O Venugopal, ex-president of Kerala Master Printer Association

Pankaj Kalra at the Xerox stall. The digital player launched IJP-2000, a wide-format colour printer. Along with this, Xerox also had Phaser 780 and Xerox 570 digital presses

Suba Solutions's meet-and-greet stall was busy with V Vaidyalingam, director at Suba Solutions and team engaged visitors about their ever product suite of packaging

Mohammed Rafeek Raja of Madurai-based Olympic Prints, which is headquartered in Madurai, has a digital retail chain in Nagercoil, Theni, Salem and Vizag in Andhra Pradesh booked a C751 from Ricoh

TechNova highlighted the SmartJet LP 112 digital labels system with Memjet printheads and its "Green Power"

Proteck launched the XC115D cutting machine for the first time at Printexpo. The company made a good start to the exhibition with an early sale of Horizon CRF 362 crease folder and Horizon PJ 100 jogger to Coimbatore-based Glo Color Labs.

TP Jain of Monotech, with a turnover of more than Rs 200-crore, spoke of 60% growth; plus his firm inked several new deals and alliances

Hi Tech added to its tally of more than thousand installations for firms seeking finishing solutions

Maruthi, Photopark and Zig Zag (all three from Coimbatore) showcased their range of visiting cards plus new installations and technologies

HP marched on - and in partnership with Redington - looked to add to the 130+ HP Indigos which are installed in the Indian market

Insight who notched up Rs 200-cr last year, has seen a raft of installs in the past few months with Komori's Enthrone and Lithrone series; as well as 10 Komori HUV machines. Ajay Aggarwal, the man at the helm is looking at "An order book of 35 brand-new Komori presses in the next 12 months." The numbers look equally healthy for Kodak Trendsetters as well

Anuj Mehta of Paper Bind with an installed base of 43 for their post-press devices. The ProTopic kit, was on view at PrintExpo

Paper Worldwide's uniquely designed stall displayed the company's signature paper products with emphasis on greener technology

Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) has announced the launch of Print Miracle Expo 2014, a trade exhibition for printing industry, which is slated for 12 to 14 December at CIAL Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre, Nedumbassery in Keral

Malhotra Graphics reiterated their commitment to South India with a range of their post-press equipment on display. The company is expected to open their south Indian branch office by the end of the first quarter

KMI Business Technologies sells Develop and Konica Minolta (KM) MFP brand of printers manufactured by KM, the only distributor in the world to do so. In addition, it also sells KM’s complete range of black and white; and colour production machines (Bizhub press)

Redlands Machinery focussed on the rigid box making machine. This machine is targeted for the FMCG and cosmetic industry. Also they highlighted the Champion DP115 cutting machine

Natarajan of Aura Print Solutions announced the installation of a five-colour loaded press at Dot Graphics in Baroda. Paper Bind appointed Aura Print Solutions as its authorised distributor for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa.

Om Vir Print O Pack offered an array of die cutting and punching machine, plus compact digital cutting machine

The highlight of the Grafica stall was the DMI new 11 special effects nano-screen printing machine which was on a live demonstration

Spotted: Rajendra Mehta of Multiflex, an AFTA award winning company for packing bags and carry bags, who has installed a CI Flexo at their Chennai unit

Spotted: Industry veteran Rada Radhakrishnan of Printalent who offers recruitment, training and business consulting for print firms

Priya Iyer at the PrintWeek India stall handling database management and audience development. She along with her team boosted annual subscriptions for the print edition