Top ten eye-catching numbers at Pamex

Krishna Naidu chooses his favourite set of installations which made a big splash at Pamex; and tries to make sense out of them

16 Dec 2015 | By PrintWeek India

Anil Agencies: The Sweden-based Lamina, a supplier of sheet-to-sheet laminating/mounting and gluing machines is represented by Anil Agencies in India. Till date, there have been 15 machines installed in India. There are another five machines in the pipeline.
 
Canon: Today, the Imagepress enjoys 160+ install base in the country. With the new upgrade on view at Pamex, notably the C10000 VP, the numbers are likely to move upwards. To begin with, the C10000 VP launched at the show is going to Mumbai's Bharat Copier.
 
Excel Machinery: During 2015, the Ahmedabad-based company has installed 30 Maxima Exb-35 machines, taking the total numbers of installation to 114. The company has also received one order from Nepal for its automatic die cutting machine.
 
Grafica Flextronica: The Vasai-based Grafica had a good outing at Pamex. It closed orders for two cylinder press with inline UV and complete screen making set up, six sets of Nano Print with full screen making set up and UV, and nine Nano Print Plus with screen making set up.
 
Insight: By the end of Pamex, Insight clinched orders for six Komori presses and three Kodak CTP platesetters. As per the official government data, Insight has installed 52 new Komori presses in India in the last 18 months and they are likely to install another 20 machines by year end.
 
Line O Matic: Satyam's Palghar unit installs the SHS 104 from the stable of Line O Matic. The automatic reel to sheet, super high speed ruling / flexo printing machine is ideal for notebook manufacturing.
 
Monotech: Chennai-based Monotech has a total of 19 Scodix installations, 15 of which are S75 model and four are S74 model. There are three more in the pipeline, excluding a deal which was sealed by a Hyderabad-based firm.
 
Provin Technos: It’s been a solid nine months for Ryobi. Provin who represents Ryobi in India said, they have 19 machines which have arrived and are been installed. By March 2016, Provin expect to take increase its tally to 25 machines.
 
Welbound Worldwide: The WB 2000, Welbound’s signature six-clamp perfect binding machine had live demos at the stall. The six-clamp WB 2000 has seen more than 1000 installations pan India. 
 
Xerox: In 2015, Xerox has installed more than 100 units of C60/70 and hope to replicate the success with all its other devices in 2016.