Rajasthan's Royal Prints leaps forward with Bobst

Gaurav Bhargava, director, Royal Prints, said, “We are a growing company with a CAGR of more than 15%. Thus, we are investing in multiple pieces of equipment to make our operations more precise and quicker. We examined other available brands of folder-gluers in the market, but none were able to convince us. After losing all hope, we reached out to Bobst. We went to the Bobst head office in Pune with 11 different types of mono cartons. The team at Bobst ran all 11 samples on its folder-gluers in eight hours. This convinced us, and we finalised the deal with Bobst.”

Chandrashekar Dhote, regional manager – sales (North & East), Bobst, said, “We are happy that Royal Prints took an informed decision after taking trials on Bobst and other Far East machines that are available in the market. Royal Prints brought 11 jobs to our competence center in Pune for trials on the Novafold machine, and we were able to successfully run all of them in eight hours. They were happy with the fast changeover and the knowledge and expertise that our process engineer team shared with them."

He added, "Bobst is here to provide the entire value proposition. We are not just selling a machine; we are selling the entire solution to our customers, and this makes us different from the other competitors."

Gaurav Bhargava added, “The initial investment in Bobst is comparatively higher compared to other available options in the market but when you compare the total cost of ownership, longevity, metallurgy, design and productivity of the machine, your investment will be justified. We have been running the folder gluer for the last few months and the machine has reduced our converting time significantly.” 

For example, Royal Prints recently produced two lakh straight-line cartons in two-and-a-half hours. “We ran the machine at the speed of one lakh boxes an hour. If we had produced those cartons on our existing India-made machine, it would have taken at least six-seven hours. Indian folder-gluers are also good but since our work has been increasing, we needed an advanced machine to fulfil the demand,” he said, adding, “The Bobst Novafold does perfect pre-breaking of creases and produces zero fault pre-folded glued boxes. It minimises our involvement in folding-gluing.” 

He concluded, “With the BOBST folder-gluer, our QC department feels more confident, and it takes a few minutes to approve the jobs.” 

Royal Prints is a family-owned business run by Mukesh Bhargava and his two sons, Gaurav and Abhishek. Gaurav is responsible for marketing and new product development, while Abhishek is responsible for administration and production. Mukesh Bhargava is responsible for administration.

Gaurav and Abhishek are electronics and communication engineers. Their grandfather, the Late Moolchand Bhargava, started the printing and paper trading business in 1963 in Jaipur. They shifted to Delhi in 1963 and established Mukesh Printers. On 17 June 2014, Mukesh Printers was renamed Royal Prints after the operation was shifted from Karol Bagh, Delhi to Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.

Mukesh Bhargava said, "We shifted to Bhiwadi because most of our customers were in the same industrial area. We supply materials to Amritsar, Roorkee, and Lucknow as well. We serve more than 20 clients from the pharma industry. 

"He added that around 60-70% of the company's jobs involve Pantone colours. "We convert more than 100 tonnes of paper and board per month in a 12 to 14-hour operation. We can produce up to ten lakh boxes per day and are currently manufacturing five to six lakh per day."

The company's printing segment is equipped with multicolour printing presses and post-press. "Die-cutting is our next bottleneck, and we are planning to invest in a Bobst die-cutting machine in the coming months to overcome this," he said.