At the onset of the discussion, the print CEOs shared their updates of the year gone by. Among various issues discussed during the roundtable, the attendees confabulated on how the print industry had changed, and how they have attempted to evolve with it? Also they discussed how issues like power cut, raw material shortage and price war have affected growth prospects.

The roundtable discussion also shed light on how the CEOs looked at print and creating the best of print jobs.

PrintWeek India editor, Ramu Ramanathan, moderated the roundtable discussion.

The print CEOs who attended the meet were:

K Janakarajan, managing director, Star Colourpark

C D Kumarvel, general secretary, AIFMP; president of Coimbatore Master Printers’ Association, Tamil Nadu Master Printers’ Federation and head of Sharavan Press

T Asokan of Parameswari Paper Stores

Bharath Ramachandran, executive director of Ace Data

B Thilak Kumar of Shree Maruthi Printers

T Rathinavelu of Zig Zag Art Printers

J Antony, general manager (production), HiTech Universal

S Gopinath of Shrishti Impression

J Veeranathan of Essential Publications

J Anand Kumar of Easan Print

R K Rajendra of Nandini Offset Printers

R Rajmohan of Poly Laminations

The session was hosted by Coimbatore Master Printers’ Association at Velan Hotel. This was followed by a dinner session which was sponsored by TN Vetrivel of Saradha Papers and Boards.

PrintWeek India has so far hosted closed-door knowledge sharing sessions in Bengaluru, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune and Faridabad.