Through the Looking Glass: BMPA's Drupa Impressions 2012 - Keynote by Naresh Khanna
Given all the attention that Benny Landa and his nanography attracted at Drupa 2012, it could well have been “Landa’s Drupa”.
02 Jul 2012 | 2884 Views | By PrintWeek India
And so, unsurprisingly Benny Landa, Landa Nanography and the launch video of ‘Nano: bigger than you think’ continued to be a hot topic at the Bombay Master Printers Association (BMPA) hosted the Drupa Impressions (DI) 2012 in Mumbai on 30 June, 2012. In addition, there were high-octane panel discussions that focussed on commercial printing, packaging trends and technology at Drupa that took centre stage.
Attended by 60 printers, suppliers, dealers and trade professionals, Hemant Bhotica, president of BMPA began the proceedings with a welcome speech that highlighted the significance of the show after which the keynote by Naresh Khanna, the editor of Indian Printer Publisher, provided a Drupa overview.
The technology basket that represents itself in today’s mix of press, pre-press and post-press equipment in print includes much more than the normal standard to which we are accustomed to. “There is development all around,” said Khanna.
There are multicolour sheetfed presses – new model and enhancements, value-add pre-press, workflow, value adds in press room and post-press automation. “The next wave is colour standardisation,” said Khanna.
In his talk, peppered with off-the-cuff comments, Khanna said that at present the journey of economic meltdown is intense, which may affect us and our suppliers. “What happens if the print buyers do not support us,” he asked. And to address this we need to grow. “Brand owners are looking for benchmarking. And if we have to shape our industry we will need to invest in technology.”
According to Khanna, offset and computers have given a huge boost to our country. Even internet. “Actually the technology offered has no takers in many countries. The beneficiaries are the Indian. We are the ones that lack logistic support and hence used digital mode of delivery. We are the ones using internet to do that.”
Khanna continued, “There were reportedly 15,000 Indian visitors and the Indian printers have invested Rs 15-crores. That’s a good number… well worth. But in order to make it more worthwhile, you have to spend more.” Industry results versus individual results will be measured by output and not by work in progress. “We are fascinated by knowledge, we need it. We have to change the knowledge into action by being a cohesive industry,” exhorted Khanna.
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