Kamal Chopra, general secretary of OPA initiated the discussion with opening remarks about the health of the print industry in the city.

The 150-minute session, which was moderated by Rahul Kumar, associate editor of PrintWeek India, deliberated upon various topics including fluctuation of raw material prices especially paper, unavailability of skilled labour, lack of technical education since most of the presses are family-owned, less quality production, higher interest rate on loan and taxation among others.

The print CEOs who attended the meet were:

Gagandeep Singh of Pal Box Factory
Anoop Jain of Northman Printers
Sandeep Thapar of Raj Box
Amarjot Arora of Amarjot Box Factory
Inder Tuli of Tulison Printers
JB Goel of JB Box Factory
Hans Raj Chopra of Roop Rang Printing Press
Parvesh Jagga of Printmaster
Sanjay Gandhi of Shiva Packers
Amarjit Singh of Mancoo Box Factory
Saurabh Jain of Atam Grphics
Arjun Pandit of Neeldhara Tranfers
Ashwani Garg of Sona Packer

The session was hosted by Offset Printers Association (OPA), Ludhiana. This was followed by a lunch session.

PrintWeek India has so far hosted closed-door knowledge sharing sessions in Bengaluru, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune and Faridabad.