Kolkata printers invest in 21 sheetfed presses

The last five years have seen offset press installations of around 21 presses in East India, 11 of which have been Komori presses followed by Heidelberg with nine and one Manroland. 110 CTP/CTCPs and 120 digital presses have been installed in the region.

According to SLKCG, there are more than 500 old printing presses in the region, 200 of which are Akiyama presses. “The print industry in this region is craving for organised service support and we hope to provide this through our expert servicing abilities,” says Vinayak Munipalli of SLKCG. 

The government of India has embarked on a programme, which provides for free textbook distribution to all school-going children across the country. Government of West Bengal controlled, Saraswati Press, Swapna Printing Press, and CDC Printers have been catering to the textbook segment.

It has also prompted new players to take up book printing business. MS Print & Publish has invested in a new plant and an Orient 508 web offset press. M S Print & Publish is the print division of MS Graphic, a representative for Kodak and Huber Group in Kolkata.

Among the post-press manufacturers, Welbound has over 200 installations, Electro Mec has 50+, Megabound has seven machines installed.

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