Indian converters swear by Bobst gravure presses

As the Swiss manufacturer of gravure printing machines, Bobst closed its 2015 books, it had sold eight printing lines in India thereby consolidating its presence in the Indian flexible converting market., Business

02 May 2016 | By Rushikesh Aravkar

These machines including 4003, 5002 and 888 models join a total of 70 existing Bobst gravure printing presses for flexible materials already installed in India, these being made up of more than 500 individual print units.
 
Nilesh Pinto, senior sales manager, Bobst India, said, “Given the fact that rotogravure is the predominant printing process for flexible packaging, and is such a buoyant segment of the industry, it has been a matter of pride for some years now that Bobst has maintained a market share of 70% of all imported electronic shaft gravure presses sold and installed in India.”
 
The top management at Bobst believes that Indian converters find its technology appealing because each solution in its comprehensive range delivers what customers wants in terms of the applications to be run on the line, their flexibility, sustainability, print quality, and operational efficiency - that is to say an ideal product-customer fit.
 
“Our market share is as high as 50% of the aggregate sales of both foreign and Indian electronic shaft gravure presses,” added Pinto.