25 Indian printers travel to Ipex

Speaking on the occasion, Parveen Aggarwal said, ‘Printing is the only industry in India which is growing at 18% per annum, and there is great capability to undertake the global outsourced printing and packaging work in India. Ludhiana is being developed as the ‘Printing and Packaging Cluster’ with the help of the Ministry of MSME, GOI and this group visit to Ipex may prove a landmark for the overall growth of this sector’.

Providing details about the visit Kamal Chopra said, the visit to Ipex is being organised under the International Cooperation Scheme of the Ministry of MSME, GOI and the Government has already sanctioned Rs. 9,50,000/- for this group visit being organised by the Offset Printers Association (OPA). In this group visit, Chopra said, 25 printers, (eight from Ludhiana, two from Phagwara, two from Jalandhar, nine from Coimbatore, two from Tirpur and two from Sivakasi) are participating under the banner of OPA. 

The group will visit Ipex and then to Istanbul (Turkey) for three days before coming back to India on 31^st March.

Chopra added, "We have received invitations from trade associations of Istanbul and London to discuss the possible areas of cooperation for the overall growth of printing and packaging industry." During this visit, he said, "OPA will sign cooperation agreements with the Electronic Publishing Association, Istanbul Print Media Association and British Print Federation etc."

S S Dhillon, the director MSME DI, Ludhiana said, "OPA is working with one step forward in all the fields, I would like to congratulate the management of this body. OPA is the leading association of the region in organising such group visits. This is for the seventh time that the delegation of OPA is visiting under I/C scheme of the GOI. OPA, perhaps is the leading association of India to avail the maximum benefit under this scheme. I am happy to see the working, dedication and growth of this association. I appreciate the imitative taken by the OPA officials in organising this group visit and wish all the 25 group members a happy and knowledgeable journey."