Grand Prints buys Robus folder-gluer to add to post-press flexibility

Gurgaon-based Grand Prints, a food carton printing and pharmaceutical packaging company, has invested in an automatic folder-gluer from Robus India.

Dr Rohin Anhal, chief executive officer, Grand Prints, told PrintWeek, “We bought the machine in February. We want to cater to all sorts of requirements in the packaging sector, and the folder-gluer enables just that.”

Grand Print works primarily in pharmaceutical packaging. It is working towards expanding its customer base, now catering to FMCG products, carton packaging and custom-based packaging.

This is Grand Prints’ second Robus machine. The first was purchased in 2021, which was of a smaller format. “Robus is brilliant at asymmetrical patterns, which is what Grand Prints wants to diversify into,” Anhal said.

Grand Prints’ aim with the new folder-gluer is to enable short runs along with long runs. “We want to understand all of our customers’ different formats. That’s why, at Grand Prints, we look not just at pre-press but post-press as well. From plates, to the final product.”

The company has expanded into a 40-inch format, comprising die-cutting, post-press and finishing. The Robus machine enables it to run smaller patterns or smaller widths, even though the size of the machine is much larger, which enables it to make boxes for products such as eye drops.

Grand Prints also purchased a Baumer HHS glue system, allowing it to make a four-corner or three-corner system.

“The cost of ownership of the Robus machine is also comparatively lower than top-tier brands, albeit offering almost the same amount of flexibility,” Anhal said. “We can currently save memory for about 5000 jobs and it is possible to increase the number.

Grand Prints was established about four decades ago. The company has been invested in, in about two phases, with parallel plants of about 45,000-sqft. Grand Prints also possess a few Indian made die-cutters.

In the future, the company plans to dive into small flexo labels, as well as digital. In post-press, the company may be looking at the possibility of flatbed hot-stamping as it currently has two flatbed stamping machines.