Speaking to PrintWeek India, Samir Dayal, director at Dayal and Associates, said, “We produce nearly 20 to 25 lakh cartons per month and die-cutting such a large quantity was difficult to accomplish manually.”

He further added, “When we decided to opt for an automatic die-cutting machine, we evaluated the products available in the market and found Maxima to be the best fit for us. The machine offers value for money.”

According to Dayal, Maxima diecuts nearly 5,000 sph, which is five times more than what we were achieving earlier.

With this installation, Excel Machinery has completed nine installations in Maharashtra. Jitendra Patel, managing director, Excel Machinery, said, “Among these, four installations are in Pune. Besides Dayal, Cartoprint has invested in one machine, while Anup Printers houses two machines.”

Anup Printers, which specialises in folding cartons and labels, installed its first Maxima in 2008. With this installation it replaced its manual platen punching systems and thus it was able to improve its production capability and speed by ten-fold.

Amit Mittal of Anup Pritners, said, “With growth in business and as a part of expansion, in 2011, we invested in another Maxima. We have been associated with Excel Machinaries for last 15 years and we have found that their service support has been prompt.”

Established in 1996, Anup Printers, houses two five-colour Komori presses in an area of 11,000 sq/ft.

Another Pune-based packaging converter, Cartoprint, installed Maxima die-cutting machine at its Solapur plant three years ago.

This is the first automatic die-cutting machine at the firm. Earlier the firm had three manual platen punching machines.

Bhandari, director at Cartoprint said, “Our idea of installing the Maxima was to reduce the labour and to increase the production.” According to Bhandari, the efficiency of Maxima is 10 times greater than the manual die-cutting machine.

Bhandari further added, “The striking feature of the machine is its safety and the level of automation. No skilled labours are required for the operation.”

Cartoprint specialises in food packaging.

Maxima die-cutting machine was launched at PrintPack India 2005 by Ahmedabad-based Excel Machinery. Till date, the company has completed more than 60 installations in India.