Print & Beyond seminar in Kochi boasts of top speakers

These industry leaders will be taking the stage to exchange ideas and share best practices at the upcoming Print & Beyond 2025 to be held on 22 February (Saturday) at the Holiday Inn in Kochi. Kutty said, the main aim is to understand how the industry leaders are reshaping their factory and processes in the factory. And how companies in India should be ready for the change? And what is the method the captains of our industry are following."

The keynote address will be delivered by Dr Frank Hornung, the Global CEO of Edelmann-Group. He will address the gathering about: Old formulas won't help you run today's factory: Ten best tips on how to do so"

Anil Rego of Brilliant Printers will talk about how the Brilliant team built a book manufacturing brand over the past few decades and how they created one of the best book factories in South India. Meanwhile Ajush Jain of Vijayshri Packaging will focus on how the packaging business is shaping up, and what more should Brand India be doing. And finally, Anil Namugade of Trigon Digipack will talk about how the group nurtured a brand over the past few decades and how Trigon created a unique business model.

Raju Kutty, chairman of Print & Beyond seminar

This is the ninth edition of the Print & Beyond full-day conference hosted by KMPA (Kerala Master Printers Association) as part of the association's Printer's Day celebrations. In 2025, the theme for the conference is: Build an Organisation that Outlasts You.

Kutty said, "Every year we try to curate speakers who can exchange their knowledge on the market, technologies and the future." The theme in 2024 was Print @ 2030 and the main speakers were Arvind Sekhar of Sai Packaging, Anuj Bhargava of Kumar Labels and Sahil Rao of Unbox. They discussed the scenarios in boutique packaging, disrupting label manufacturing and tech strategy for the packaging business.

PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines are the knowledge partners for the annual conference.