Excel installs its sixth Maxima die-cutting machine in Vadodara
Ahmedabad-based manufacturer of Maxima die-cutting machine, Excel Machinery has announced that it has completed six installations of Maxima in Vadodara, taking the total tally to 60 installations in India.
16 Jul 2013 | 8224 Views | By Rushikesh Aravkar
According to Jitendra Patel, managing director, Excel Machinery, the company had sold its first machine in Vadodara to A R Printing and Packaging India in 2007. "And since then we have installed one machine eachat Snehal Printing Bureau, Dot Graphics, Patwa and Sons, Color Point and the latest one at Concord Enterprise in February 2013," said Patel.
Managed by Kayyum and Arshad Memon, Concord Enterprise, also known as Pravin Printing Press, is one of the marquee names in Vadodara's print fraternity. Concord caters to pharmaceutical and food packaging markets with specialisaion in folding cartons.
According to Kayyum, the reason for choosing Maxima is the machine’s ability to produce precise and consistent cuts, which improves productivity and reduces wastage. “Besides, we have also been able toautomate our operations. Excel's prompt service and easy-to-use has enabled use to utilise up to 60% of our capacity with minimum deployment for 10 hours per day," added Menon.
Besides Maxima and host of post-press machinery, Concord's 10,000 sq/ft facility houses an Heidelberg SM 74 four-colour plus coater and a four-colour Komori Lithrone.
Color Point, which specialises in pharmaceutical cartons, flexible packaging, labels and food packaging is the other print company, which has invested in Maxima in 2010. Prakash Jagtap, partner, Color Point is a supporter of Indian machinery and also a modest admirer of Excel's Maxima. Jagtap said, "We have been using Maxima for the last three years and are very happy with the quality of its throughput."
The comapny uses this machine to produce sticker labels for pharma and food industry. Its print arsenal is powered with a four-colour Ryobi and the post-press is equipped with slew of Indian manufactured products.
Maxima die-cutting machine was launched at PrintPack India 2005. Patel of Excel, said, “We are the first Indian manufacturer to introduced automatic die-cutting machine in India. The awareness towards having automation in post-press division has surged in recent years and hence we have seen 12 installations of Maxima last year.”