Noida’s Narain Printers opts for Komori GL 437

The country’s print book market is going from strength from strength. This is especially true in case of the textbook segment. There is a demand-supply gap and the players are working towards bridging this gap.

12 Feb 2016 | By Rahul Kumar

This is the reason why Noida-based Narain Printers has opted for a four-colour Komori GL 437 press. The press is currently under installation.

The company already has Heidelberg and Dominant printing presses on its shopfloor, besides several India-made web offset presses.

IN Mittal of Narain Printers said, “Our production demand is increasing and by installing a new printing press, we can minimise our turnaround time to meet our increased production demand.”

This is not all. To meet the rising demand, the company recently invested in an in-house CTP system, with the installation of Ausetter T 848 from China-based Amsky. Earlier, the company was outsourcing its plate requirements.  

“We had started losing jobs because we used to outsource the plates, and there were issues of quality and delivery. Therefore, we decided to opt for a thermal CTP. Right now, we are consuming more than 100 plates per day,” Mittal said.

Recently, the first generation book printing company also invested in greenfield and purchased a separate piece of land (1,000 sq/m) in Noida Sector 63. Now, the company has two factories with a combined area of 2,000 sq/m.

The company’s continuous investment indicates a growth in the print book segment and that the industry is hopeful of the future. Financially speaking, Narain Printers, which is mostly into text and reference books, wants to achieve more turnover than it did in the last financial year, when it registered a 20% growth.

Unlike most print firms in the country, where the second generations join the firms started by their parents, it was Mittal’s son Prashant, who started Narain Printers. The senior Mittal, who was in Punjab National Bank in a managerial position, joined the company after retirement. “I am proud of my son. From being a serviceman, he helped me be an entrepreneur.” Both father and son look after the day-to-day aspects of the business.

The educational books production company produces between 40 and 50,000 books per day. “We are running more than 90% of our capacity right now,” concluded Mittal.