Manesar, an industrial township in Gurgaon district of Haryana was originally a village of about 1,000 dwellings on Delhi-Jaipur highway. It is approximately 17 km from Gurgaon, 45 km from Delhi and 32 km from Delhi airport
More than 100,000 people go to work in Manesar from adjoining places. The Integrated Manesar Township (IMT) is a 1,750-acre industrial park initially planned as a joint venture of the Centre, the Haryana government and a Japanese company, now run by HSIIDC
After HSIIDC (Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation) took over in 1997, Manesar was developed in four phases
Kumar Printers, one of the first printing facilities to set shop in Manesar, deals in paper and board packaging and has presses from Heidelberg and post-press equipment from Bobst
The Bhargavas of Kumar Printers and Kumar Labels at Chandni Chowk offering the <i> PrintWeek India </i> team a tour of Old Delhi's authentic delicacies. MK Bhargava (in Nehru jacket), the founder of Kumar Printers spent his childhood in the old city
MK Bhargava, the founder of Kumar Printers, says in the early days when he came into printing, he operated this single-colour printing press himself. The equipment still holds a pride place in the company shopfloor
In an industry where the children join their parents businesses, Naraina-based Galaxy Offset sets a reverse trend, where the sons started the business and the father joined later
They say, where there’s a will, there's a way. Galaxy Offset has proved this and has been steadily investing in latest technology and people since 2006. Today, the company has a fleet of brand new equipment in their commercial printing plant in Naraina and the packaging printing plant in Manesar
In its Manesar facility, Galaxy Offset produces mono cartons, among others. The packaging setup is equipped with Heidelberg and Bobst
Rave Packaging, part of Naraina-based Rave Scan, has now shifted its entire production from Naraina and Gurgaon to a single facility in Manesar
Rave Packaging installed the country's first Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102-6 colour plus coater UV combination press with Foilstar on 28 October 2015. This is Heidelberg's 59th Foilstar installation in the world
Shiv Bhatnagar, the face of Rave Packaging, says the company’s packaging arm is growing and has good market potential. At the same time, the company is keeping its traditional business of commercial and book binding in good shape.
Kap Cones is one of the biggest manufacturers of sugar rolled cones, cone-sleeves, cups, tubs, laminated tubes, transparent soft-creased boxes, and food packaging. The company invested in a Bobst M6 line and OmetXflex X6 flexo press during Labelexpo Europe 2015
Gautam Mehra of Reifenhauser India (left) and Deepak Duggal of Kap Cones after signing the deal for the Bobst M6 line in Labelexpo Europe 2015
Swan Press, a family owned business, expanded its books and commercial printing with the new shop in Manesar, with the third generation joining the business
Bipon Malhotra of Swan Press says that print production in India is buoyant and he is optimistic about growth. Swan Press was established as a letterpress unit by Thakar Das Malhotra in 1952
At its Manesar facility, DJS Printers specialises in packaging printing for multinational food chains like KFC, McDonalds, Cafe Coffee Day and others. The family also owns Sangat Printers in Naraina
Navdeep Singh of DJS Printers is eyeing the niche market and recently signed an exclusive partnership with Billerudkorsnas for sandwiches wraps, wraps and sleeves for burgers and fried foods and trays and blister packs
Archies, known for its greeting cards, among other stationery and paper products, shifted its production base from its 100,000 sq/ft space in Delhi to 300,000 sq/ft space in Manesar in 2010 to consolidate all its operations under one roof. The greeting cards specialist has recently installed a Ryobi printing press
Archies installed the RMGT 925D five colour sheetfed printing press in its Manesar facility in February 2016. The press is equipped with coating facility
EIH, a part of the Oberai Group, maintains similar five-star premium legacy
With its corporate office in Okhla, Friends Color Images has four processing locations - Manesar, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Friends provides solutions for document management, mailroom management, transpromo and business process outsourcing
The rise of Manesar as a print hub
With traditional print hubs in Delhi bursting at the seams, and even the popular destinations in Delhi-NCR, such as Faridabad and Gurgaon, filled to capacity, in the recent years, Manesar in Haryana has emerged as the alternative for print firms looking to expand and relocate. Its proximity to Delhi and Gurgaon is an added advantage. So far, PrintWeek India has counted at least 20 big print firms in Manesar, while the unofficial number runs to hundreds. Kumar Printers was one of the first to set