Glo Colour Lab installs India’s first Indigo 5600, eyes Indigo 10000
Coimbatore-based Glo Colour Lab has installed India’s first HP Indigo 5600 digital production press in its printing facility in Madurai.
16 Feb 2013 | 7182 Views | By Supreeth Sudhakaran
This recent acquisition makes Glo the biggest customer of HP Indigo presses, with three machines already operating in its printing facility; excluding the new Indigo 5600.
Talking about the decision to purchase the fourth Indigo press, TS Ramanan, managing director of Glo Colour Lab said, “Installing HP Indigo 5600 has widened the scope of our business. Indigo 5600 can produce photoproducts on synthetic, coloured, and transparent substrates. This will open newer markets in photo merchandising (personal calendars, cards, and photo books), publishing, and commercial printing (marketing collaterals, newsletters, direct mailers etc.). As a company that relied on 90% of its workload from the wedding industry, we now have the capability to venture into the field of publishing, commercial printing, packaging, and proofing etc.”
He further added, “It’s been a win-win relationship that has grown along with our expanding business. Each press installed on our premise delivers great capacities with efficiency and is enabling us to explore new revenue streams. In the near future, we may also acquire the HP Indigo 10,000 digital press.”
Glo is known to seize the first mover advantage to enhance its digital printing capabilities by installing several new presses from the Indigo brand. In February 2012, the company had installed the first HP Indigo 7500 press in India, and now has similar plans for the new fiscal.
“2013 will be a very busy year at Glo as we have recently signed another new product from HP Indigo presses as well as several world class finishing equipment and machinery. With the help of an Australian company, we are also expanding our business to the online market, and hope to release software for our customers to have a hassle free printing experience. Our goal is to be one of the best in the printing industry internationally,” added Ramanan.
Appadurai A, country manager, HP Indigo & IHPS India and Sri Lanka, HP said, “Our association with Glo Colour Lab goes back a long way and we are proud to be associated with them. It has become our largest customer today with four presses installed, the most recent one being in Madurai. Glo has built fantastic R&D capabilities and innovation is in their DNA. They have always stayed ahead of the curve with innovations. The Indigo 5600 will be a game changer for us and Glo, as it sets a new paradigm for digital printing.”
The HP Indigo 5600 model runs at 68 ppm in standard colour mode, 136 ppm for two-colour jobs and 272 ppm for mono jobs. In addition, the press features EPM, allowing colour printing at 90 ppm. A new red-fluorescing invisible ink for the Indigo 5600 model gives printers a path to pursue new security-printing applications, such as ID cards, tickets and high-value coupons. A white ink option and upgraded media sensors on the press allows full-colour printing on black and fully transparent substrates, features that help print companies expand into new markets such as greeting card and static-cling window signage production.