Three highlights from Printex: ERP, PUR and UV
Printex is the flagship show of the Maharashtra Mudran Parishad (MMP). In addition to reaching to the print industry in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, the show is expected to raise funds for its training and education programs. According to PrintWeek India, the focus at the show was on ERP, PUR and UV inks.
15 Mar 2014 | 4828 Views | By Samir Lukka
The ERP evangelists
There are three ERP specialists at the show. The big news is: UK-based Tharstern and Abdul Kassas have a stall. From Lovely in Sivakasi to Balodayan in Pune, many Indian print firms had opted for this solution, which is ideal for estimation to delivery to invoicing. Having used this software, one thing I can say is, one's Tally could be linked with the MIS. Plus the Tharstern system generates purchase orders, delivery challans and invoices. Also, it streamlines the workflow and use of material (and this includes for a medium-sized to a small-sized print firm). Tharstern, like Shuttleworth is a good software; until the company exited from the Indian sub continent.
Most of the top players in folding cartons and corrugation have adopted Finsys. Gupta rattled off the names of his clients in Baddi, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Silvassa, Daman, Peethampur, and so on.
PUR continues its merry march
Meanwhile, PUR continues on its merry march. The Welbound stall had posters of its top PUR customers like Pragati Offset. In September 2011, Pragati Offset installed the RobaPur 4 MOD system on its Kolbus. The retrofitting of the applicator was done by Welbound. Narendra Paruchuri of Pragati, said, “With PUR, we can play around with a vast range substrates and employ a gamut of print finishing operations - and still bind the book.”
Endorsing PUR, M N Pandey of Avantika, who installed single-clamp PUR binder in 2012, said, “Digital print is all about the end-product. At Avantika, where we thrive on innovation and experimentation, Welbound and Henkel’s PUR solution is a great help.”
For Kannan and Chetan Shah, the UV ink market has been a strong performer in recent years. Now with the backing of Toyo and the Arets branding, it allows Kannan to set new goals.
Shah said, "Kannan is setting up a new office and stocking unit in Vapi to cater to the packaging players in Daman and Silvassa. Even Arets will have a brand new office. This is a growth initiative. It means, we can further improve the global brand of ink coating material products for the printing and information and packaging materials."
He pointed out to recent the JV between Toyo Ink and Heubach to set up organic pigment plant at Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. This plant and the new factory at Dahej should be a game changer.
Shah added, "Toyo is also introducing new ways of using existing products and creating demand from product replacement with eco-friendly products in Japan and Western countries, its mature areas."
As if to justify Shah's claim, many Indian manufacturers at Printex were bullish about UV printing in India with healthy double-digit growth.
Printex 2014. From 14-16 March 2014 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Organised by Maharashtra Mudran Parishad (MMP) and VNB International.